While you were distracted by the Tranny Bathroom Wars, Colorado apparently invaded Wyoming and set it up as a distribution center to export “Marjijuana” all over the country.
According to USA Today anyway. (They have partly fixed the graphic.)
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In New Mexico they grow their own, don’t need that Colorado stuff.
Oh, the graphic doesn’t matter. It is, after all, accurate in that it is somewhere in “fly-over” country. That’s all that will matter to the liberal elite on the coasts.
Ahh, the advantages of a modern liberal arts education.
Typical for the State-Run Media. And they call us conservatives “ignorant!”
*Shaking head, reaching for martini*
Regards,
Peter H.
When the scoop becomes more important than the facts…
I’m not surprised (though disappointed, as I’m sure the person responsible for that graphic is under the age of 30–if not under 25–and thus further depresses my vision of the future). There’s a notable clip from one of the earlier seasons of The Oprah Winfrey Show where the topic is geographical literacy and the host, who by that time had spent a good deal of time in Chicago, could not identify either Colorado or Wyoming on a blank map.
But back to the point of the graphic for a moment…yeah, legalization was totally supposed to eliminate the black market.
I showed that map to my husband not realizing something was wrong, but noting i thought co was further south than that..
The dark blue is Wyoming. But those East Coast snobs don’t know any geography west of I-95 until they hit LA or SF.
Something tells me Janet Loehrke isn’t going to be answering her phone later today…
I only know that’s not Colorado because I’ve driven from Wyoming to Colorado.
We will not ask why… **wink, wink, nudge, nudge**
I’m sure it very scenic.
Knowing Cinesnatch, it’s probably because of those “special” drugstores in the People’s Republic of Boulder. Either that or it’s because his therapist relocated.
Regards,
Peter H.
Well, all those Big Square States do look alike.
Way back (80s), I used to live in the Midland-Odessa area of west Texas (I remember then looking up GWB in the Midland phone book – and he was in the book) and there was an article in the paper about people calling tourism agencies in New Mexico asking about passports and visas; vaccinations, currency, etc because masses of Americans had no idea NM was a state. That’s why NM license tags used to say “New Mexico, USA”.
To add to Ilion’s comment, all those rectangular-ish states (ND, SD, NE, KS) look alike, too.
As Kansans, it’s been a while since hubby and I have visited our neighbor to the west but next time we go, I can assure you we won’t be bringing back any souvenirs from CO. My bet is that the KS Highway Patrol it all over I-70 looking for any excuse to stop cars headed east from CO.
As a New Mexican, I can feel Colorado and Wyoming’s pain. Our state is constantly deleted/overlooked as being one of the 50. One of the worst offenders in knowing New Mexico is a state is the New York Times. Sorry to see USA Today join their low level of fact checking knowledge.
Back in the day, this was one of the hot topics that the late Ann Landers featured in her column. It was prompted by a letter from a New Mexican who was really quite tired of fielding those questions, both as a resident and as a tourist to other locales (particularly the East Coast). It really is quite amazing that people who consider themselves educated and rather literate (as well as urbane, sophisticated, and a little bit better than those who live elsewhere) still can believe something so stupid.
What a lot of “recreational tourists” (yes, that is a term being used, which begs the question if there are ‘business tourists’) don’t realize is that it violates Colorado law to depart the state with any type of a particular kind of agricultural ‘souvenirs’, in any form. There is a purchase limit of one half-ounce of “product” to those with foreign [ie, non-Colorado] identification. Though the legislature is looking at eliminating that requirement because the ‘pharmaceutical retailers’ are whining because the record-keeping requirements are onerous and vague when it comes to whole product versus ‘edibles’, oils, and other non-whole product types.
Not only KS, but NE and OK as well. Hence those states attempting to sue (unsuccessfully, thanks to SCOTUS) CO because of the enforcement problems created by the latter’s change in laws. Then there’s the CO residents who complain of uneven and unequal enforcement because they contend they are universally selected for traffic stops because they have CO plates on their vehicles when traveling in those states.
I was flown by a company jet into Wyoming to drive a truck full of bicycles cross-country to Illinois. It was the first time I ever drove a truck that size (not a mack truck, but not a regular size either). I quickly learned what a governor on an engine was, because it prevented me from going over 65 mph.
Wyoming was beautiful. The air was so clean. I wish I could have stayed longer and did some horse riding and hunting. I’d really love to go back to Montana though. That was something else.