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Title: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: HurricaneDitka on October 13, 2011, 08:14:50 PM: Hi all. A little about myself -- a 25 year old accountant living around Baltimore. Grew up here, moved to Richmond for a few years, and moved back to be closer to family. Attended West Virginia University (Go Mountaineers!). Stumbled across this blog in a comment section while reading an article on how Art Laffer endorses the 9-9-9 Plan. Thought it might be a great way to exercise my conservative mind, especially in such a liberal state. Everyday I read many things that seem ill-reported and slanted, especially in the mainstream media. Looking for insightful banter with like-minded individuals.

Bear with my abilities to blog, this is the first one I have joined. Eventually I will get the hang of it.

Anywho, with a very important election coming, this forum should provide an opportunity to share some thoughts on important decisions the people of this country need to make.

A brief story of what conclusions educated people should come to based on current situations (which leads me to believe most of the country is uneducated):

My roommate voted for Obama, based on his centrist running platform. Despite various warnings from me (and my family), that ticket was punched. Fast forwarding to today, he admits that it was one of the worst decisions he has made. If learning a few things from this forum can allow me to change 1 vote, it has done its job.

Look forward to participating.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 13, 2011, 08:19:28 PM: Greetings HurricaneDitka and welcome.

The best way to "blog" or participate is to weigh in - read the threads and comment on what you see. It's all about adding voices to the conversations. We all have to start somewhere.

~Soup~
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Libertas on October 13, 2011, 08:42:08 PM: Welcome aboard HurricaneDitka, glad to have another financial processional on hand and another state represented in our thriving conservative community!
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: charlesoakwood on October 13, 2011, 08:48:36 PM: Welcome HurricaneDitka.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 13, 2011, 09:59:24 PM: Welcome to the forum HD. Take a look around and chime in.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 13, 2011, 10:21:31 PM: I am so greatly and deeply tempted to respond with "Woo HOO! Fresh meat! Come and get it and it's, like, twelve!!", but my Spirit Guide is Souping elsewhere right now and I fear the other members would .... not approve ...... so let me just say, "Welcome!" and let us know if you need assistance with the formatting. :supercool:
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 13, 2011, 11:55:09 PM: C'mon Pan, let the fresh..er new member get settled before we begin the ritual blood initiation.

(Did anyone see where I left my can opener?)
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 13, 2011, 11:59:08 PM: Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 13, 2011, 11:55:09 PM
C'mon Pan, let the fresh..er new member get settled before we begin the ritual blood initiation.

(Did anyone see where I left my can opener?)

Whuut? You mean to say you mislaid yore K-Bar too?
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 12:15:29 AM: Quote from: Pandora on October 13, 2011, 11:59:08 PM
Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 13, 2011, 11:55:09 PM
C'mon Pan, let the fresh..er new member get settled before we begin the ritual blood initiation.

(Did anyone see where I left my can opener?)

Whuut? You mean to say you mislaid yore K-Bar too?

You know you're not supposed to lead with your best silverware ;D
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 12:23:31 AM: Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 12:15:29 AM
Quote from: Pandora on October 13, 2011, 11:59:08 PM
Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 13, 2011, 11:55:09 PM
C'mon Pan, let the fresh..er new member get settled before we begin the ritual blood initiation.

(Did anyone see where I left my can opener?)

Whuut? You mean to say you mislaid yore K-Bar too?

You know you're not supposed to lead with your best silverware ;D

So sez my Mama too, so you're in good company.

HurricaneDitka? You still here, son?
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Delnorin on October 14, 2011, 06:18:23 AM: Welcome !!
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Damn_Lucky on October 14, 2011, 04:16:45 PM: Welcome to the pot. ::stirpot::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 04:35:34 PM: Uh oh; looks like we scared him off.

'Cane! Come back!

We were just kidding!
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 14, 2011, 04:52:15 PM: Sometimes people join, post once or twice, and don't come back. ::whatgives::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: LadyVirginia on October 14, 2011, 06:48:14 PM: Quote from: IronDioPriest on October 14, 2011, 04:52:15 PM
Sometimes people join, post once or twice, and don't come back. ::whatgives::

Ya mean not everyone gets addicted to this place like me?
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: John Florida on October 14, 2011, 06:59:25 PM: He shows on line. ::thinking:: ::curtsy4::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Janny on October 14, 2011, 07:04:58 PM: Hi, Noob!

Is he gone already?
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 09:32:37 PM: And nobody got my play on words, either. :'(
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 10:12:55 PM: Quote from: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
And nobody got my play on words, either. :'(

That was a few years back yaknow... ::whatgives::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 10:15:06 PM: Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 10:12:55 PM
Quote from: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
And nobody got my play on words, either. :'(

That was a few years back yaknow... ::whatgives::

Years? Pffft. What'd you do, sleep since then?
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 10:16:22 PM: I got kicked in the head. Over and over.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 10:17:59 PM: Well, save for the occasional lapse, nobody would ever know. So, sssshhhhhhhh.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 10:19:52 PM: Toby Keith - As Good As I Once Was (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y#ws)
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: BigAlSouth on October 15, 2011, 05:08:42 AM: K-Bar?

Dude, they was kiddin.

Come on, Cane. Post away.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: HurricaneDitka on October 15, 2011, 07:55:50 AM: Quote from: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 12:23:31 AM
Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 14, 2011, 12:15:29 AM
Quote from: Pandora on October 13, 2011, 11:59:08 PM
Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 13, 2011, 11:55:09 PM
C'mon Pan, let the fresh..er new member get settled before we begin the ritual blood initiation.

(Did anyone see where I left my can opener?)

Whuut? You mean to say you mislaid yore K-Bar too?

You know you're not supposed to lead with your best silverware ;D

So sez my Mama too, so you're in good company.

HurricaneDitka? You still here, son?

Yeah. Busy time for work -- not for profit audit season. I'll try and chime in when I can, but time is hard to come by for a few weeks. Any time I don't have to look at a computer monitor is a plus for me. And, hunting season is coming up!
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: HurricaneDitka on October 15, 2011, 08:04:02 AM: So what states are represented in this forum? Any concentration? Just curious what kind of grass roots touch each geographical area has.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 15, 2011, 08:21:05 AM: There's a few Minnesotans... North Carolinans... Coloradans... Floridians.... Pennsylvanians... Tennesseans... Texans...

I'm certainly missing some others, but those are what springs to mind.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: HurricaneDitka on October 15, 2011, 08:54:15 AM: Good to know. Yeah at some point in my life I want to relocate, get out of liberal Maryland and get to a red state with more lax carry laws. Glad to see there is some representation in other blue states, though.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Janny on October 15, 2011, 09:03:14 AM: Quote from: Pandora on October 14, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
And nobody got my play on words, either. :'(

I did!
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: RickZ on October 15, 2011, 09:11:20 AM: Quote from: IronDioPriest on October 15, 2011, 08:21:05 AM
There's a few Minnesotans... North Carolinans... Coloradans... Floridians.... Pennsylvanians... Tennesseans... Texans...

I'm certainly missing some others, but those are what springs to mind.

Queens, by way of Virginia.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Predator Don on October 15, 2011, 09:11:59 AM: Welcome aboard. It's a fun group.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 15, 2011, 10:36:58 AM: Think there's a Bostoner here too. At least when Dan used to stop by.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 15, 2011, 10:38:03 AM: Alphabet Soup hails from around Seattle.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Janny on October 15, 2011, 10:59:30 AM: Arizona for me. ::beertoast::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Alphabet Soup on October 15, 2011, 11:00:04 AM: Quote from: Pandora on October 15, 2011, 10:38:03 AM
Alphabet Soup hails from around Seattle.

I like to think of it as keeping an arm's-length from the Seattlunatics ::exitstageleft::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 15, 2011, 11:13:04 AM: Quote from: Alphabet Soup on October 15, 2011, 11:00:04 AM
Quote from: Pandora on October 15, 2011, 10:38:03 AM
Alphabet Soup hails from around Seattle.

I like to think of it as keeping an arm's-length from the Seattlunatics ::exitstageleft::

You are our buffer zone.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: charlesoakwood on October 15, 2011, 11:13:35 AM: What was that? You can see hell from there?

Don't forget Ohio and Louisiana.

They are going to get internet hook up in Kansas and Nebraska next year.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Predator Don on October 15, 2011, 11:45:04 AM: God bless Al Gore for inventing the internet. ::bsmeter:: We Tennesseans invent all the cool stuff. ::hysterical::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: John Florida on October 15, 2011, 07:23:05 PM: Quote from: Predator Don on October 15, 2011, 11:45:04 AM
God bless Al Gore for inventing the internet. ::bsmeter:: We Tennesseans invent all the cool stuff. ::hysterical::

You must be very proud of that one. ::rockethrow::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: BMG on October 15, 2011, 07:43:25 PM: Florida for me, by way of Alaska.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: John Florida on October 15, 2011, 08:38:40 PM: Quote from: BMG on October 15, 2011, 07:43:25 PM
Florida for me, by way of Alaska.

Where about?
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: BMG on October 15, 2011, 08:57:20 PM: High Springs, just north of Gainesville.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: John Florida on October 15, 2011, 09:03:16 PM: That's up there,I'm in Port Saint Lucie.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: BMG on October 15, 2011, 09:31:15 PM: Hrm, I've never been there. Not terribly far from here though - just a few hours. :D
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: John Florida on October 16, 2011, 01:30:34 PM: Quote from: BMG on October 15, 2011, 09:31:15 PM
Hrm, I've never been there. Not terribly far from here though - just a few hours. :D

It's only a couple of hundred miles.
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Pandora on October 16, 2011, 03:18:04 PM: Or less. If you drive like John drives. ;D
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: John Florida on October 16, 2011, 04:17:20 PM: Quote from: Pandora on October 16, 2011, 03:18:04 PM
Or less. If you drive like John drives. ;D

::curtsy4::
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: BMG on October 16, 2011, 05:06:58 PM: Heheh...
Title: Re: Hello from Maryland.
Post by: Delnorin on November 07, 2011, 01:49:36 PM: Quote from: IronDioPriest on October 15, 2011, 08:21:05 AM
There's a few Minnesotans... North Carolinans... Coloradans... Floridians.... Pennsylvanians... Tennesseans... Texans...

I'm certainly missing some others, but those are what springs to mind.

Arizona !