Re: Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA "Filthy And Disgusting" After Traveling to Japan: "We Are Like Hogs Compared to the Japanese"

On 4/5/24 2:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 09:30:49 -0400
FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 4/4/24 11:40 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <uunqht$152al$1@dont-email.me>,
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
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On 2024-04-05 00:03:47 +0000, FPP said:

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So you'd be OK with higher taxes to fix our problems at home,
right? Because that's how things work.

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Tokyo has 14 million people, I doubt "everywhere you go" is so
clean it would pass a Drill Sergeant's inspection (google "Tokyo
slums" if you don't believe me).
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Kimmel's rant fits in well with our homegrown rightwingers' racist
dog whistle about "dirty Blue-run cities" though.

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How exactly is it racist to point out how filthy and trash-strewn
and graffiti-covered the blue cities are?
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Because when you look at the states that are consistently at the
bottom of the barrel in terms of education, infant mortality, income,
etc, - they're all Red States.
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When did California become a Red State? Because it is ranked at the
BOTTOM of all 50 states in terms of education.

 But we have the highest paid teachers in the nation

Highest-Paid States for Teachers
     California ($92,960)
     New York ($91,290)
     Washington ($88,530)
     Massachusettes ($82,960)
     Connecticut ($80,230)
Nov 28, 2023
Teacher Salary by State - Study.com
Study.com
https://study.com › academy › popular › teacher-salary-.
Holy balls, Cali teachers avg. $670 per annum more than NY, that's hugely significant!!!!!
  so you can see what a

great ROI we're getting for that tax money.

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