Born N Bled Red

So you looked at one chart and decided the argument was poor- I thought you wanted data???? From the article, if you had chosen to read rather than seek confirmation bias to refute and score a quick dismissal. "What’s the cause of this disparity? Rural people are, on average, poorer and older than those who live in the cities. As a result, almost all of the difference in spending on income security derives from spending on Social Security, disability and other direct payments, according to an analysis by the Rural Policy Research Institute. Per capita spending is lower in rural areas than in urban counties in total — and the only reason the totals are even close is that rural people are, on average poorer and older than those who live in the cities." Come on man. You're better than this. Research the topic reach out to organizations who specialize in rural poverty to learn more. Then lets discuss. If you want to understand "What's the matter with Kansas." this is it. If you want to understand why a RED wave is sweeping rural America, and how the left can combat it, it will do you well.

Dude, quit getting defensive and read what I'm saying. - I agree inner-city minorities are (not) getting some great handout by the "do-good Democrats." But they are getting more than the rural population is getting on a per capital basis. Doesn't matter if campaign messages are reality or not, if it is the only point of contact a party has with a voter. Democrats have NO RURAL STRATEGY. Campaign messaging and Fox is all rural people know of the democratic party. Here is an entry point to look at data. I'm giving you a start feel free to google away. The Myth of Rural 'Subsidies' - The Daily Yonder , 6 charts that illustrate the divide between rural and urban America | PBS NewsHour I grew up rural, am a registered democrat, live in rural (after many years of urban living) have advanced higher education (poli sci major, undergrad), have worked on state level democrat campaigns, and work in the field of social justice. - I'm not some right winger attacking the dems. I've worked long and hard to understand the rural RED voter's mindset. You can argue against it, sure, but it doesn't make me any less right on the midset of the rural red voter. This is it. Their vote is both a vote in favor of the Red outrage talking points and a FU to the ones who left them behind while helping similarly situated minority individuals. (True or not, their perception is their reality until proven otherwise.) Dems need to understand this and make inroads or they will not compete in the Senate.

The myth that these poor inner-city minorities are getting some great handout by the "do-good Democrats" makes people feel better, but if you've been to the areas you're talking about you see this simply isn't true. I've been there. I know this. I work in this field- I live in rural America. - The rural whites know this too. But... they also know and live their own situation. Every inner-city, minority success story shared as part of a campaign message, as part of successful poverty initiative only serves as a reminder that no one has been there for them, that they haven't received any of that support. That they've been left to fend for themselves and did it without the support of the left. And while you say urban poverty isn't getting "some great handout," the per capita investment discrepancy disagrees. There is a reason Republican politicians stir up outrage on guns, on religion, and on race. It is because if they give the rural whites this- they don't have to give them anything else. Because the left sure as heck isn't offering anything either. So, the choice to vote red is just as much a vote for those social issues as it is a finger to the people who helped everyone else in their situation, but them.

True enough on urbanization. It's likely a lost cause. My hope is that Covid has boosted "work from home," possibilities enough that some may be more attracted to small town life and can now make that more realistic. Now - sorry, but this might turn into a rant. When it comes to elections Democrats need to do a better job appealing to rural people. And I don't mean in platitudes either. The truth of the matter is that rural people have become the great forgotten in nearly every metric. Did you know that urban areas receive more philanthropic dollar per capita at 4:1 ratio? Tax dollars are similarly allocated. Road maintenance and construction, etc. What is worse is the complete and utter neglect of rural poverty. There is a reason that some white people have a hard time grasping the idea of white privilege. It is because they also grew up poor as heck, in houses built at the turn of the century without adequate heating and air, with lice and other infestations. They wear holey smelly clothes to school because that's all they have, and no one is there offer them a hand up or a hand out, like they see going to minority and inner city people. The impoverished rural population is out of sight, out of mind. No one gets feel good jollys out of seeing their dollars get a kid to sports practices and after school programs because no one sees that poor white kid out in the boonies. Both parents work, parents can't afford daycare. That kid is home alone just as much, if not more than the inner city kid. There is no one to teach that kid to read, no one to help with homework, no one to ensure the kid doesn't end up on drugs or alcohol before puberty. And that kid is the one who never leaves their small town, the one who grows up hating the system that saw free college given to someone just because they grew up poor and a minority. That is someone who grows even more spiteful knowing their kid will live through the same and likely suffer the same fate. That is the voter who wants to stick it to the man, the person who celebrates diversity initiatives and who left them behind, who told them they weren't good enough for the free ride to college or the donated after school programming, or the free lunches all because, they were the wrong skin color and grew up in a rural area. People want to understand the rural voter- this is it. They are forgotten by the do-good left, and coddled by the right on platitudes and social issues while having their pocket books stripped and livelihood depleted by the right. This is what they mean when they say both sides are just as bad. At least the right makes their intent obvious. The left offers solutions to the very problems they face- but for everyone but them, an even greater affront. This is what the redneck white are saying when they say "all lives matter." This is what they are saying with their vote for Trump and turning their counties and states RED on the electoral map. And, if the leaders of the DNC cannot figure this out, if they cannot or are not willing to truly address rural poverty in the same way their bleeding hearts tackle urban poverty. They deserve to lose the senate. End Rant.

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So democrats need to stop overloading themselves into the cities and move back into the boonies with the rest of us and balance back out the vote. Think of it as the great repopulating of rural America. Thank how many other things this might help as well. Over crowded city schools, underutilized rural schools, rebalance out income and property taxes. Restabilize the housing market. etc.

Not going to lie though. I and probably many others would still feel this way about the 2009 BIG Championship. If I had an audience that gave any kind of damn about what I thought, I don't know that I'd have hesitated to say exactly this in the weeks following that game.

It would be fun to have an 8 team fantasy league that only consisted of portal players.

At this point All Hail Herby is just trolling. He's not engaging in discussion and he repeats the same thing over and over across multiple threads. You probably won't even get a response. If he's not careful, he'll probably earn a short vacation from the board.

Don't some of you get tired of repeating the same thing over and over and over... Omg. We suck, its terrible, the sky is falling woe is me. If football makes you this miserable, you probably should find some new hobbies.

Say what you will about our record, but the BIG is showing out in bowls so far. 3-9 in the BIG this year is 6-6 in any other conference.

Don't know if you saw, but last night Iowa State completely, and I mean it was so obviously done, stole Nebraska's 2 minute, end of game, game is on the line game plan. I mean seriously UNL should sue them for copyright infringement or something. I mean it was so obvious that it makes Vanilla Ice's rip off of Under Pressure look like an innocent mistake.

You forgot to announce that you were making this announcement about the future announcement. - Amateur

Is this a not so subtle hint Sean Snyder will be joining the staff?

??? We've had winning seasons in the BIG haven't we? I mean we've played for the title. Maybe you meant Frost's first winning season in the BIG?

Not really unprecedented. People have been acting against their own self interests due to politics for a long while. "What's the matter with Kansas?" comes to mind. Interestingly it seems to be the same group of people repeatedly doing so...

God what I wouldn't give to see Gregory join Suh and David in Tampa. That would be a tremendous defense.

Didn't know much about Thompson, so I looked him up. We thought our relationship with Clester Johnson was bad. What did Oklahoma do to Thompsons old man that he wants to play for both Oklahoma's top two rivals???? (For those who don't know his dad is Charles Thompson.) Raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, Charles Thompson proved to be a highly skilled athlete and was recruited by the University of Oklahoma, a NCAA Division I-A college football program, under head coach Barry Switzer. He was also drafted by Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds in the 34th round as a second baseman; however, he decided to focus on football. As a redshirt freshman, Thompson became the starting quarterback of the nationally ranked Sooners for the 1987 season. The highlight came on November 21, 1987, when Thompson led the offense of then #2-ranked Sooners to a dominating victory over the #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers in a game that was heavily hyped as the Game of the Century II. While the Sooners would drop their final game of the season in the 1988 Orange Bowl and finish 11-1, Thompson's status as a nationally famous collegiate athlete was confirmed. During the 1988 season, Thompson, now a redshirt sophomore, led the Sooners to a 9-3 record but did not play due to a leg injury in the 1989 Florida Citrus Bowl. Thompson was a successful quarterback, named to the All-Big Eight Conference - 1st team. Off the field he was a celebrity, volunteering to speak to at-risk youth about how to succeed in the face of adversity and, the danger of illegal drugs.

People who watched Joe Burrow didn't think he was Joe Burrow. Gotta match QB talent to the offensive scheme and existing talent. If the coaches think he's a fit, I'll watch it play out before I launch into the pit of despair.

Haha... Joe Burrow says hello. The whole first part of your post is regurgitating everything that was said about him on this board.

It was the best collection of talent and experience he ever had around him. I don't think Martinez necessarily peaked then, but the team as whole was stronger making Matinez's play look better.

Hmmm... you mean you want a quote of Frost or the coaching staff telling you you have a terrible memory? I really don't think that is a service they provide.

Nah, either Brewington or Vokalek

He's at KSU so he can come home at night to his gf. Not cuz of his talent.