The Hiking DUmmie (MO to WA) gives up in KS, backtracks to Springfield, MO

[BattleHymn]

This one is a three thread post.  First comes the explanation of the backtrack, followed by roots growing into red city hell soil, then roots growing deeper still.  Although I am disappointed that the DUmmie didn't manage to see their trek come to fruition, at least they are somewhere that their vote will be diluted by a sea of red:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9780330

Lady Freedom Returns (56 posts)             Sun Sep-11-11 02:40 AM
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Finally back in Wi-Fi but due to a sad reason
   

 
We had to double back due to my Husband's Dad has passed away. We did not want to go back to Joplin, we decided to stay in Springfield Mo to get the paper work and funeral planed.

How ever we have seen some coll stuff in Kansas. Did you know that Kansas have wild Turkeys? They did not like the sound of the camera so I had to use Video so they would not hear the camera and run.

I am trying to find a way to up load the film since my laptop cam not read the mini DVDs.

Watch as the DUmmie begins to grow roots in evil red city hell:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9780970

Lady Freedom Returns (56 posts)             Mon Sep-12-11 01:09 AM
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I think I am falling in love with Springfield!
   

This city is awesome! And I haven't even seen a quarter of it yet!

This place is easy to travel from too! it has a Greyhound bus line as well as a national airport! I have taken a look out of curiosity at the apartment prices here and they are not bad at all! Why have I never looked at this city before? And it is so liberal for a city in SW MO!

The tumbleweeds blowing around in the parking lot at the county's local Democrat Party HQ last November makes your statement only that much more absurd. 

Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts)           Mon Sep-12-11 08:39 PM
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9. Too hot and too many tornados for me tho. n/t

Wish I knew what a "tornados" was, so I could conjure up more to keep you guys away.

RushIsRot   (1000+ posts)           Tue Sep-13-11 12:45 PM
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17. Bass Pro Shops is one of the most fascinating stores I have ever seen.

Agreed.  I'm going there tonight to pick up some more ammo. 






The roots get deeper still:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9781655

Lady Freedom Returns (56 posts)             Mon Sep-12-11 10:10 PM
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You will not believe what I found today!
   

 
A grocery store with a bar in it! I kid you not! It is called the Bistro by Price Cutter. It also has a large buffet in it ans some fantastic Gelato! It even had a Starbucks! And it had all the other stuff that you would expect in a grocery. It was great! The people are so friendly and helpful. It was the wildest thing I ever seen.

av8rdave   (1000+ posts)             Wed Sep-14-11 09:13 AM
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6. That's awesome...may have to move to Missouri!
   
Besides, I hear that Missouri loves company.

Boy, I've never heard that one before.  I'll be sure to have my "tornados" machine up and working by the time you think about coming out here.

Bake   (1000+ posts)           Wed Sep-14-11 08:57 AM
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4. Because there's nothing like shopping for groceries while hammered!
   
A clever ruse to get you to spend more $$$$.

Now that you've begun to take root, here are a few links that you may find helpful: 

Here, here, and here.

[franksolich]

Uh, I'm sure Tanker's going to be pleased with his new neighbors.

[ChuckJ]

Lady Freedom Returns (56 posts)             Sun Sep-11-11 02:40 AM
Original message
Finally back in Wi-Fi but due to a sad reason
  

 
We had to double back due to my Husband's Dad has passed away. We did not want to go back to Joplin, we decided to stay in Springfield Mo to get the paper work and funeral planed.

How ever we have seen some coll stuff in Kansas. Did you know that Kansas have wild Turkeys? They did not like the sound of the camera so I had to use Video so they would not hear the camera and run.

I am trying to find a way to up load the film since my laptop cam not read the mini DVDs.

This is just a tad scary. I have an uncle who went to Missouri sometime last week because his wife's dad was very ill and they didn't give him long to live. I don't know where in Missouri. I just know that it was Missouri.

If by some chance it is determined that my uncle is married to a woman who is sister to the husband of a DUmmie does that mean I get free shit from the government?

[tanstaafl]

Lady Freedom Returns doesn't seemed to have gotten out much.

Wild turkeys in Kansas? There's wild turkeys in all 48 contiguous states. And except for the 10 blocks around SWMO State, the average ratio of Rep to Dem is pretty high, as it is across MO outside of STL, KC and Columbia.

Still, I was looking forward to more On The Road posts from her, especially the ones like where they are eaten by wolves and maybe kidnapped by a roving band of refugees from a commune.

[franksolich]

Wild turkeys in Kansas? There's wild turkeys in all 48 contiguous states.

I wondered about that too.

Some days in October, this place is overrun by wild turkeys, wild turkeys jammed neck to neck.

It discombobulates the cats, but I can't do anything about it.

[BattleHymn]

Lady Freedom Returns doesn't seemed to have gotten out much.

Wild turkeys in Kansas? There's wild turkeys in all 48 contiguous states. And except for the 10 blocks around SWMO State, the average ratio of Rep to Dem is pretty high, as it is across MO outside of STL, KC and Columbia.

Still, I was looking forward to more On The Road posts from her, especially the ones like where they are eaten by wolves and maybe kidnapped by a roving band of refugees from a commune.

There are a few patches through town that you can expect to find "D" signs up during elections, but not many.  The area around MSU being one of them.  Otherwise, it's pretty doggone red around here. 

I've also noticed it is getting easier to find someone in this area who will owe up to voting for Carter, than finding someone who will owe up to casting a vote for Obumbles.     

[tanstaafl]

I wondered about that too.

Some days in October, this place is overrun by wild turkeys, wild turkeys jammed neck to neck.

It discombobulates the cats, but I can't do anything about it.

When I drove through your neck of the woods, er, I mean grasslands last April, I was astounded by the number of Toms drumming on the Lek. They were kind of scrawny in NE Wyoming, though. But I have seen 'em from Maine to Florida, across the Norther Frontier and down to the Mexican border, to the Front Range of the Rockies and down the better part of the West Coast.

I never got out of the airport in Hawaii (on my way to Johnson Atoll) and it was dead winter when I went to Alaska (on my way to a DEWline station way up north and east) so I can't vouch for those two states.

[miskie]

Wish I knew what a "tornados" was, so I could conjure up more to keep you guys away.

Maybe the primitive meant Toronado ?

Oldsmobile Toronado ? Fender Toronado ?

[Freeper]

When I drove through your neck of the woods, er, I mean grasslands last April, I was astounded by the number of Toms drumming on the Lek. They were kind of scrawny in NE Wyoming, though. But I have seen 'em from Maine to Florida, across the Norther Frontier and down to the Mexican border, to the Front Range of the Rockies and down the better part of the West Coast.

I never got out of the airport in Hawaii (on my way to Johnson Atoll) and it was dead winter when I went to Alaska (on my way to a DEWline station way up north and east) so I can't vouch for those two states.

So you can only vouch for 55 of the 57 states then. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

Uh, I'm sure Tanker's going to be pleased with his new neighbors.

Yeah, hardly good news, I was rooting for da Bears (Real ones).  But they couldn't have found a Redder city to park their useless hippie asses in than Springfield (Well, except maybe Branson).  It's a totally safe GOP district, I hope the wayward scum choose to crap on their ballots there instead of someplace they might wreck the country worse than they already have.

[Ballygrl]

Condolences on the loss of her FIL. Is she still going to Oregon?

[tanstaafl]

So you can only vouch for 55 of the 57 states then. 

Seein' that its been well over 40 years since my last geography class, I bet I could still ace Obummer out of the top grade.

[longview]

Weren't these folks a little short on cash?  Riiiiight. 

A laptop, camera, tickled about Starbucks, etc.  I call BS.

My sympathies for the loss of his father.

[Freeper]

Seein' that its been well over 40 years since my last geography class, I bet I could still ace Obummer out of the top grade.

Sounds like there were only 13 states when you were in school. 

[BattleHymn]

Maybe the primitive meant Toronado ?

Oldsmobile Toronado ? Fender Toronado ?

You might be on to something with the Oldsmobile Toronado.  Once, I had a 1966 Toronado.  It was 20 feet long, somewhere around 5000 pounds (just shy of Moochelle's GVWR), sported an enormous hood, and was all wrapped up in a very suggestive phallic shape- perfect for running over primitives, peasants, and other poor people. 

[Tucker]

My guess is that they came up to the Ozarks and thought that they were the Rockies and admitted defeat. Nobody can cross mountains on foot. Everybody knows that.

[Odin's Hand]

Hmmm, the DUmmy goes straight for the bar with a handful of EBT cards...shocking, I know.

[tanstaafl]

Sounds like there were only 13 states when you were in school. 

Jesus sat next to me.

[longview]

Hmmm, the DUmmy goes straight for the bar with a handful of EBT cards...shocking, I know.

Quite likely!   

[JohnnyReb]

Sounds like there were only 13 states when you were in school. 

Eleven when I went....and then we lost the war.

[JohnnyReb]

Eleven when I went....and then we lost the war.

ETA: Backpackig is physically hard work...DUmmies and hard work... ...is a no-no.

[Evil_Conservative]

Has this DUmmie lived under a f-ing rock her whole life?

She's having orgasms over a damn grocery store and a Starbucks.

[GOBUCKS]

Has this DUmmie lived under a f-ing rock her whole life?

She's having orgasms over a damn grocery store and a Starbucks.

Most democrat neighborhoods have a liquor store, a 7-11, and a check-cashing joint.
The nicer areas may have a muffler shop.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Most democrat neighborhoods have a liquor store, a 7-11, and a check-cashing joint.
The nicer areas may have a muffler shop.

Generally also a pawn shop and tattoo parlor, at least in the upwardly-mobile ones, so they can fence what they steal and then get big body art to demonstrate their success in life. 

[Bodadh]

Has this DUmmie lived under a f-ing rock her whole life?

She's having orgasms over a damn grocery store and a Starbucks.

No kidding, I live in a rual town of about 5000 and store down the street has a Starbucks. Wait till she finds out about talkin moving picture shows.