I doubt there is is a causal relationship though. Rural, economically marginalized people in the U.S. seem to take on a more right wing/libertarian outlook on the percieved threat of the federal government on their traditional lifestyle. This is particularly true in the South, MW, and PNW.

Perhaps those living in small rural towns in say Northern California are more likely, geographically, to hear of and perhaps even see “sasquatch,” and due to the economic stress of deindustrialization and corporatization are also more likely to generate an extreme religious and far-right subculture?

Probably not relevent to the original post, which was well written I think, despite a provacative title.

Now am I hostile, you bet, in the other thread where you popped up like a zit on prom nite, it was clear the intent is not to sway adults but ignorant children in the schools. That is what I find offensive, if we as a people abide by the belief that religion is to be kept out of schools then why are they allowing atheist to come in and preach? One side does not play fair. It can not play fair, if it did it would be forgotten in a month. Same with marx, they knew they could never get people to follow such insanity so they preached it was science and survival of the fittest, so it was okay to kill the unfit. Darwin siad so!

Oh and you have not refuted or debated in any of your dribble, you have tried to attack me on a personal level, and not on the issue, but on spelling. Well you did try to toss in the non-sense about jefferson. I know the attempt by the hippies to try and claim the libertarian party, they have failed, thank God.

As for the moon statement, JFK was horrid and if you bother to see what he did you would agree, he compitulated to russia in the cubain crisis, we lost, JFK lost. Also look into his great social programs, pure disaster, we now have a defunct nasa thanks to him, we entered the veitnam war thanks to JFK, yes I do agree he was horrid, and as those that lived thru his term die off his history will be what people judge him by. The same will be done in 50 years for Bush, and even now we see clinton will never be considered a viable president since they lame ducked him in the first 2 years of office. Same will happen to obama, who might not make a full term due to the resco thing and the IL curuption that is about to really hit the fan. But look on the bright side we came from monkeys, we have no higher power than government.

James Harrignton

that would actually be not Harrignton (sic) but Harrington.

Which canidate is better hoss?

that would be not canidate (sic) but candidate.

and on and on.

listen, i would like to allow you to have the last word after this posting, as this long since degenerated into name calling and bickering.

you WIN. i am a Godless commie liberal pinko who is a latte-sipping elitist Marxist socialist (fill in the blank here).

there, you, you are right (wing) and i, i am not.

gosh, it sure feels good to be able to admit i’m actually plotting the downfall of Western civilization and smart, critical thinkers (not to mention good spellers!) like yourself are our salvation.

no wonder we’re the “envy” of the world!

back when those horrid intellectuals actually had a say, we landed a man on the moon.

now we just have the man in the moon in the white house! our thanks as a nation to you, sir.

anyway, post as you will, i respect this forum enough to say: i can’t argue with you about the imaginary person you imagine me to be in your postings.

you clearly have this image of this phantom diety (pun intended) that i am part of… the vast ‘left wing’ conspiracy, as it were… and no matter what i say, you only take sanity as provocation.

so, mea culpa, sorry i engaged you, you are obviously a superior intellect, more righteous in the Lord, and in every way, shape and forum (pun intended) my better.

humbly in beaten retreat,

crypto

Which canidate is better hoss? Oh boy my bad monkey brain has problems with tha spelling.

Samuel Beer, to make a nation, isbn: 0-674-89317-4
page 100,

James Harrignton
“Against the charge that “the lower sort of people” would follow a “king piper” who proposed to rob the rich for the benefit of the poor, Harrington countered that even the footman or peasant would understand that making war on the rich would “obstruct thier own livelihood”"

Ah, but you as a free thinker, who also goes to schools and forces a restrained group of children to listen to dribble about atheisum and marxism under the thin veil of sceince, you sir, dear sir, are lower than the sort of common footman discussed 250 years ago by the wisest of men.

A libertarian has faith and belives in people, a liberal thinks the government should control all aspects of ones life.

that’s a classic right winger’s definition, spewed forth with reactionary zeal only Karl Marx could emulate!

straight from Faux News and Rush’s web site! LOL!

now, at the risk of further incurring your wrath? it’s not “ones (sic) life” but “one’s life” in this case.

one might think one would be better served to know the difference if one is concerned with “ones” (sic) rights to distinguish possessive vs. plural forms!

don’t lose your sense of humor. okay, Justn? you’ll find when you’re ridiculing other people but live in a glass home? it helps to expect a few broken panes/pains in your own life structures!

don’t forget: jodi miller is funny, after all. a little laughter goes a long way.

It is the basis of this very country, you haus have no idea of history or politics.

if your stated versions of history and politics are to be ASSumed to be correct?

you are absolutely right (wing) about that statement!

but… i notice you “learned” a little something from my diatribe against your constant misspelling of my name. you actually bothered to cut n’ paste it correctly!
this shows that — despite your hard language and evident anger on display — you do have the ability to learn and grow.

that’s a good thing, Justn. it shows an open mind. keep it up and i thank you for responding to my novel-length reply to your earlier missive. i also thank you for not slandering my family.

I think the issue is about peoples thoughts on a subject not symantics.

fyi, and don’t get angry, that’s not “symantics” (sic) but “semantics.” and “peoples” (sic) would be “people’s.” don’t they have a spellcheck on the Liberatarian web site, or what?

I work, so I will not expand upon my beliefs

it’s nice to know that you consider whatever your unstated work is that you consider it (by implication) “real work” and the rest of us “types” as “latte” sippers.

fyi, i work three jobs, sir. and i have plenty of time to still critically engage my fellow Americans, not Libertarians!

as for lattes? that’s a liberal drink! i told you: i am an American, sir. free from your political machinations. i don’t vote party, i am independent, sir. i vote of my own free will, after careful consideration, not because some Uber Party tells me how to vote and for whom to vote.

think about it. you vote for a party member who cannot win; i choose from the best of what i am offered by the Machine.

neither of us is ‘winning’ anything, sir. we’re both being marginalized by the corporate state. i just choose not to align myself with one party over another because to do so makes no sense, especially if the party is self-defeating like the Libertarian one is!

give me hot black coffee or give me Death!

the Starbucks are coming, the Starbucks are coming!

as Paul Harvey said, “Good Day!”

As for mankind, we are not branches of the nathanderals, we have nothing in the fossil record that is close to us, and within the last 2 weeks the study of genes has proven about 70,000 years ago there was less than 2,000 humans like us.

As for spelling, my god, what is wrong with you pointing out my spelling errors?? Do you think that is normal? I think the issue is about peoples thoughts on a subject not symantics.

I work, so I will not expand upon my beliefs, as for me acting as if I know you ,,, I do, I have seen your type sipping a latte thinking you have some intellect. Then you race to vote for a fool that promises to raise taxes and remove free choices.

I ask questions in some blog headlines, not because they express any thoughts I hold as near or dear to my heart, but because they create thoughts, reactions, and hopefully discussions.

I think this blog is a success for those very reasons.

And, please note, at the end of the blog, I said clearly: “I no more think that all ‘right wingers hate Bigfoot’ than I consider that Burgess’s Bigfoot TV documentary, ‘Bigfootville,’ is the final word in hominology.”

Some people wish to ignore that part of this blog.