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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:14 AM Original message |
Poll question: Say the next Congress votes to relocate the nation's capital. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. easy...other |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hi, petersond. Help me out here. Is that a real town? (I don't |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. I don't think so, but |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Ok, got it. I was just lost on that town -- I hear ya now loud and |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. AUSTIN |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Not a bad idea. Austin's a lot bluer than most of the rest of |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. So we could be the United States of Texas? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Hell no I don't want those Capitol Hill assholes in my Austin. /nt |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
80. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, that's easy. Vegas. nt |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I second vegas |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Interesting choice. Wouldn't it be a leering temptation for people |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. No, see, I figure we'd save money by putting everybody right |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Well, that's true. Maybe Las Vegas is the most practical option. |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Other, Boston nt |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. A town rich in Revolutionary War history. Plus, it has Fenway Park. |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hey |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Hi, Oversea Visitor. Nice to bump into you tonight on DU. |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Me too (the thinking of bush part) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Well, a lot of us are volunteering for local Congressional Democrats |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. No not Alaska...no way....:) nt |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. To their local districts |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Hi, IChing. A very plausible possibility, perhaps not so far away in |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Lol....I forgot about those damn |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. LOL! Well, thank god we have a tech wizard like Ted Stevens |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I think DU is a start |
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wiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. Buffalo, New York! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I could see either one. I like the idea of walking across the Walt |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. New Waverly, TX (Population: 950) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. LOL! Sounds like a real-time, real-world bar, and I bet you're right |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Provincetown, Massachusetts . . . n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Beautiful place. Plus, it would really piss off Jim Dobson to move the |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. Easy: The Moon. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. I voted for Omaha. That's where Titor said it would be after the nuclear |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I say we definitely want to skip the nuke part no matter what. n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. others: |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Death Valley. Put some heat on 'em. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. LOL! Death Valley. That kills me. The first thing they'd do is |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I figured you'd like that place! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. - - - |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. That would do it. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
70. It's hot there |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Yes. There'd have to be some map-carving done. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
34. Philadelphia |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yes. The spirit of Ben Franklin might like that idea, too. |
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titoresque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. It will be located in Omaha Nebraska n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. In this age of technology, there is NO reason for Congress to meet... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Easy solution: Congressional barracks! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. We'd have a real Federalist government |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
75. This is what I keeping telling my Conference Minister |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. Buffalo, New York 3 out of 4 seasons ain't bad, they only |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yep. 'Had friends go to college there at the university and they |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Other |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. HF, you very often come in to a subject from an exciting angle. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I love Germany too Old Crusoe. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. What a great post. I needed a moment after I read it just to |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Thank you, very kind of you to say so... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Reading your descriptions and observations and accounts of |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. Take a drunk guy, blindfold him... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Ok. There goes the dart.... and it lands on... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. Manhattan, Kansas |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I could see it. I like Kansas to begin with, and don't blame the State of |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Manhattan's far enough away from Kansas' population centers... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Something to be said for a geographical middle for the capital city |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Baghdad, Iraq |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. Deadwood, South Dakota. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 01:05 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. I'm just guessing, |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. It's a sarcastic play on words... |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's GOING to be Denver... half the agencies have already relocated there. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. "And the river she flows..." |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
78. I remember hearing about that. Do you have any links about it? |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
79. dupe..n/t |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
87. They also have a good airport |
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JohMunich99 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
64. Chicago or St. Louis |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Agree on all counts. Just came back from a brief trip to Chicago, |
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JohMunich99 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Excellent, Chi-town is where I hang my hat. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. And you've got Wrigley Field, too. Damn I love that park. One of the |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. St. Louis actually makes sense... |
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JohMunich99 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. St. Louis almost became the capital at one point |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #72 |
86. Actually, no it isn't... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
73. Des Moines |
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FairVotes4all (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
76. Rapid City or Sioux Falls SD. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
77. NOLA |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
81. a PO Box in the Bahamas |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
83. Wake Island. Or maybe Midway. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
84. Global Warming will eventually flood DC so this is a good discussion. |
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InaneAnanity (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
85. Crawford, Texas |
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Brian Stevens (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-13-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. San Francisco nt |
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