My name is Washington, not really, but you get the reasoning.  I'm from the state that any Presidential candidate needs to win to be President, which is the 50/50 state of Ohio.  I hate it here and want to move to Texas, but that's not important now.  About me,

I'm 28 and I'm arrogant in the sense that I'm a political, financial, and Business genius.  How I know this is I took over a failing sales corporation  that was 600,000 in debt and made it a multi-million dollar franchise company that's now top 10 in the world all by the age of 22.  I was the head office executive in that corporation while a sophmore in high school and managed to get my school work done and get A's and B's even though I didn't get done with work till 11pm.  I believe in a hard work ethic and lazy people I don't give the time of day.  Another reason why I don't respect people that have the mindset to stay on government assistance.  I'm a hard A$$ and say it like it is.  That's just the Business owner/CEO in me it's part of who I am.  Last year I got promoted to Divisional supervisor where I oversee hundreds of franchises across the country.  I also make speeches in my field on how to be successful business owner by the president of the company.  I turned 28 years old last August. I'm in that top 1%, and don't give a damn what the liberals think of that.   

I have big time guts and will debate anybody on these 3 things.  We all have a common goal, which is to get Obama out, and take over congress by this November.  I can tell you without any doubt that both will be accomplished around May of next year.  Knowing this I'm at peace and have a unique way off looking at what is really going on politically.  I said years ago that Obama's approval even among libs would plummet, and some will start to turn on him and boy was I right. 

Looking forward to talking with you all.  God bless.   

Any questions feel free to ask.   

So why do you dislike Ohio? 

Quote from: quiller on September 12, 2014, 01:59:57 AM
So why do you dislike Ohio? 

Compared to Texas economically it's like night and day.  Did you know that Texas has I believe 3 city's Austin, Dallas and another one that are in Forbes top 5 best economic cities?  Austin in 1 or 2 on the list.  You live down there and they say what recession?  They say you want a job I'll hire you but you have to move to Texas. 

I'll give John Kasich credit he is turning around the state but he is limited by the state being split 50/50 politically.  Some complaints i have is he has decreased the income taxes, but has increased sales taxes and property taxes to make up for it.  Our sales tax is 7.5%!  Plus the Mayer of Columbus, OH is a liberal that will literally never retire. 

Also, I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Buckeyes.  I'd rather hear about Illegal Aliens.. 

Also even though it's illegal to use in wars now I'd resurrect the napalm bomb and toss a few thousand of them on these terrorists and send them to hell quite literally.  I'd love to get that on video.  It will have 100 million views on youtube and would scare the crap out of these new terrorist recruits.  That's how you handle terrorists. 

Quote from: washington on September 12, 2014, 02:20:02 AM
Compared to Texas economically it's like night and day.  Did you know that Texas has I believe 3 city's Austin, Dallas and another one that are in Forbes top 5 best economic cities?  Austin in 1 or 2 on the list.  You live down there and they say what recession?  They say you want a job I'll hire you but you have to move to Texas. 

I'll give John Kasich credit he is turning around the state but he is limited by the state being split 50/50 politically.  Some complaints i have is he has decreased the income taxes, but has increased sales taxes and property taxes to make up for it.  Our sales tax is 7.5%!  Plus the Mayer of Columbus, OH is a liberal that will literally never retire. 

Also, I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Buckeyes.  I'd rather hear about Illegal Aliens..

I believe this is the Forbes article you're referring to. It places Austin (#2), McAllen (#3), and Dallas (#5) as top-five cities for job growth. The same article goes on to place Houston at #9 and San Antonio at #10, meaning that five of the top ten cities for job growth are in Texas, at least according to Forbes. For the record, you would probably hate Austin even more than you do Columbus -- it is a (rare for Texas) true-blue liberal Democrat enclave, for much the same reason Columbus leans that way -- it's the seat of state government.

Ohio carries legacies that tend to largely account for the roughly 50% liberal/Democrat tilt. A powerful union presence has been fundamental to the makeup of cities like Toledo (Chrysler), Dayton (General Motors, NCR), Youngstown (steel), Akron (tires), and Cleveland (steel, Ford). Transportation patterns and proximity to Kentucky (a "border" slave state before the Civil War) have produced high concentrations of blacks in cities like Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, and Youngstown. All of these cities are at or near majority-black status, all of them are in decline with large areas of inner-city blight, and all of them have been run solely by Democrats for at least a generation. Also, Ohio is home to a number of nationally-recognized hotbeds of liberal/progressive academic thought, including Ohio University (Athens), Kent State University, and Oberlin College.

As for the Buckeyes, I should think you'd be used to it by now, especially if you live in or near Columbus. But if you do move to Texas, you'll just be trading the Bucks for the 'Horns. And you'll have to learn to do this, at a moment's notice, no matter where you are....

Kudos to TBone for an excellent objective review of Ohio and its pernicious Democratic Party. Toledo is a town best known for Jeep, the only U.S. vehicle even the UAW cannot screw up. Chrysler is now owned by Fiat.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/fiat-jeep-sales-idUSI6N0QH02420140911

Here's the poll released last Wednesday by Rassmussen....

Kasich is ahead by a comfortable margin against the Demodunce opponent, whatshisname....

QuoteTroubled Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald has now fallen 20 points behind incumbent Republican John Kasich in Ohio's gubernatorial contest.

Ohio is rated Safe Republican on the Rasmussen Reports 2014 Gubernatorial Scorecard. Kasich was first elected governor in 2010 by a narrow 49% to 47% margin. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The survey of 780 Likely Voters in Ohio was conducted on September 8-9, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/ohio/election_2014_ohio_governor

Links to methodology are within the post.

Thanks guys! 

Could use your support in the politics thread.  Solar doesn't like me very much..

Quote from: TboneAgain on September 12, 2014, 05:51:29 PM
I believe this is the Forbes article you're referring to. It places Austin (#2), McAllen (#3), and Dallas (#5) as top-five cities for job growth. The same article goes on to place Houston at #9 and San Antonio at #10, meaning that five of the top ten cities for job growth are in Texas, at least according to Forbes. For the record, you would probably hate Austin even more than you do Columbus -- it is a (rare for Texas) true-blue liberal Democrat enclave, for much the same reason Columbus leans that way -- it's the seat of state government.

Ohio carries legacies that tend to largely account for the roughly 50% liberal/Democrat tilt. A powerful union presence has been fundamental to the makeup of cities like Toledo (Chrysler), Dayton (General Motors, NCR), Youngstown (steel), Akron (tires), and Cleveland (steel, Ford). Transportation patterns and proximity to Kentucky (a "border" slave state before the Civil War) have produced high concentrations of blacks in cities like Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, and Youngstown. All of these cities are at or near majority-black status, all of them are in decline with large areas of inner-city blight, and all of them have been run solely by Democrats for at least a generation. Also, Ohio is home to a number of nationally-recognized hotbeds of liberal/progressive academic thought, including Ohio University (Athens), Kent State University, and Oberlin College.

As for the Buckeyes, I should think you'd be used to it by now, especially if you live in or near Columbus. But if you do move to Texas, you'll just be trading the Bucks for the 'Horns. And you'll have to learn to do this, at a moment's notice, no matter where you are....

Thank you!  Exactly correct.  Could use you in the political forum. 

Quote from: washington on September 13, 2014, 09:08:11 AM
Thanks guys! 

Could use your support in the politics thread.  Solar doesn't like me very much..

Solar has an issue with arrogant kids that think they have all the answers.
You'd be better served by listening to the members rather than trying to cram your warped version of history on the forum.
Keep in mind, most of what you claim to understand as history, most of us remember it as if were yesterday.
Yes, we have a contextual understanding of yesteryear in relation to current day issues.

Quote from: Solar on September 13, 2014, 10:58:53 AM
Solar has an issue with arrogant kids that think they have all the answers.
You'd be better served by listening to the members rather than trying to cram your warped version of history on the forum.
Keep in mind, most of what you claim to understand as history, most of us remember it as if were yesterday.
Yes, we have a contextual understanding of yesteryear in relation to current day issues.

I never said I had all the answers, but i do have a lot.  Listening goes both ways and so does arrogance. 

Quote from: washington on September 13, 2014, 11:55:21 AM
I never said I had all the answers, but i do have a lot.  Listening goes both ways and so does arrogance.

Do you think this forum popped out of nowhere?

Quote from: Solar on September 13, 2014, 11:59:20 AM
Do you think this forum popped out of nowhere?

No.  Could use some updating, though.

Quote from: washington on September 13, 2014, 12:11:14 PM
No.  Could use some updating, though.

For instance?

Quote from: Solar on September 13, 2014, 12:19:16 PM
For instance?

Technological and new information and more knowledge.