A Midwestern state of excessive whining from 6.3 million sorry ass people who have no life but to complain about anything and everything, even if it behooves their state. Most of their whining is based on pure laziness and ignorance, proving Hoosiers are anitquated and don't really know what they want because they are afraid of change. Unfortunately, this makes my home state of Indiana a laughingstock. They complain about the bad and complain about the good. They complain about EVERYTHING. They want to have their cake and eat it too. The state is where NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) is a disease and impeading progress. This is the typical Hoosier mindset:
1. They complain that there's allegedly no jobs in the State but then complain when a company wants to invest in the State saying, "it isnt enough" or "it will ruin the environment" or that "Indiana is the 'last place' a company should bring jobs to."
2. They complain about their politicians but then continuously re-elect them.
3. They complain that Indiana's politicans are shortsighted and antiquated but then complain when Mitch Daniels, the current Governor, wants to make changes and modernize the state's infrastructure.
4. They complain of the alleged bad quality of roads but then complain when construction occurs to improve them.
5. They complain of the "lack" of money to maintain the roads but then complain about their tax dollars having to pay for improvements.
6. They complain about Indiana not having an interstate that goes southwest to Evansville but then complain it will "ruin the environment" or "only save XX minutes of commuting time to/from Indianapolis" or that "it will cost too many tax dollars" to build the needed freeway.
7. They complain the state is wasting money but then complain when the Governor privatizes the Toll Road to do it.
8. They complain the state's infrastructure is antiquated but then complain when Governor Daniels brings changes that will behoof the state.
9. They complain the state's leaders break campaign promises and can't be trusted but then complain when Governor Daniels does everything he promised he would.
10. They complain that the state relies too much on manufacturing but then complain when manufacturing jobs are lost to high-tech automation.
11. Indianapolis area residents complain about the lack of lightrail but then complain taxes will be used to pay for it or "ridership won't be enough" or "Indy isnt dense enough"
12. They complain about the presence of too much government but then complain of a police merger (IndyWorks!)in Indianapolis to decrease it.
13. They complain about the bad quality of schools but then complain that taxes will be used to improve them.
14. They complain about how small and antiquated the RCA Dome in Indianapolis is but then complain when taxes are used to build a new stadium (Lucas Oil Stadium).
1. They complain that there's allegedly no jobs in the State but then complain when a company wants to invest in the State saying, "it isnt enough" or "it will ruin the environment" or that "Indiana is the 'last place' a company should bring jobs to."
2. They complain about their politicians but then continuously re-elect them.
3. They complain that Indiana's politicans are shortsighted and antiquated but then complain when Mitch Daniels, the current Governor, wants to make changes and modernize the state's infrastructure.
4. They complain of the alleged bad quality of roads but then complain when construction occurs to improve them.
5. They complain of the "lack" of money to maintain the roads but then complain about their tax dollars having to pay for improvements.
6. They complain about Indiana not having an interstate that goes southwest to Evansville but then complain it will "ruin the environment" or "only save XX minutes of commuting time to/from Indianapolis" or that "it will cost too many tax dollars" to build the needed freeway.
7. They complain the state is wasting money but then complain when the Governor privatizes the Toll Road to do it.
8. They complain the state's infrastructure is antiquated but then complain when Governor Daniels brings changes that will behoof the state.
9. They complain the state's leaders break campaign promises and can't be trusted but then complain when Governor Daniels does everything he promised he would.
10. They complain that the state relies too much on manufacturing but then complain when manufacturing jobs are lost to high-tech automation.
11. Indianapolis area residents complain about the lack of lightrail but then complain taxes will be used to pay for it or "ridership won't be enough" or "Indy isnt dense enough"
12. They complain about the presence of too much government but then complain of a police merger (IndyWorks!)in Indianapolis to decrease it.
13. They complain about the bad quality of schools but then complain that taxes will be used to improve them.
14. They complain about how small and antiquated the RCA Dome in Indianapolis is but then complain when taxes are used to build a new stadium (Lucas Oil Stadium).
Indiana residents have no life and have nothing to do but complain about everything, even when it behooves the state. Indiana: the Capital of whining. What do you people think your tax dollars are for?
by krock1dk@yahoo.com December 08, 2007
A Midwest state with 6.4 million residents, but only 60 last names. Indianapolis is the capital and largest city.
Indiana calls itself the Crossroads of America to those who live there, but is the road to nowhere if you don't.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com May 25, 2008
The Peachtree City. The Athens of the South. Hotlanta. These are just a few of the nicknames for Atlanta, the largest city in Georgia with about 450,000 in the city limits and and additional 4 million or so in the metro area and growing almost exponentially. It is now among the fastest growing metro areas in the U.S. It is quickly emerging as a major international city and amajor media center thanks to CNN and Ted Turner being in the city. It hosted the Summer Olympic in 1996 and is becoming a major cultural center. It has the CNN Center, the Georgia Aquarium which is the largest in the U.S., the Coca Cola Museum, and a place called underground Atlanta.
The Atlanta area is nice to live BUT I wouldnt want to live in the city proper. It is among the most crime-ridden cities in the country. Alpharetta or Sandy Springs is more appealing to me.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com November 05, 2007
The state capital and largest city of Ohio. A small-to-medium sized city and 16th largest in the U.S., with about 700,000 in the city and another million in the metro area. It will NEVER have the profile of New York, Phily, Boston, San Fran, Chicago or L.A. but is more comparible to its peer cities of Indianapolis, Louisville or Kansas City. It's a nice college town with plenty of bars, but keeps a very low profile. It is known for nothing except for Ohio State University football. OSU is the single-largest university in the country by student body. Columbus is a progressive metropolis however with a generally young, educated population, where jobs in high-tech industries are growing rapidly. All in all, Columbus is a nice city to live in with several hip neighborhoods.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com December 04, 2007
The capital and largest city of Ohio and for some reason, is the 16th largest in the U.S. It is a nice place to live but this college town suffers form a low profile and hardly any identity (at least Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). Its known for absolutely nothing, except the Buckeyes of Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the United States.
What the heck is in Columbus?
by krock1dk@yahoo.com July 06, 2007
An infatuation. You can "fall" out of it just as fast as you can fall in it. A phrase that is often misunderstood today and used very loosly to the point of nearly loosing its meaning. Contrary to poplular belief, being in-love IS possible without the same affection in return. Just because someone doesn't love you back means you are not actually in love? Hogwash. You CAN indeed love someone unconditionally without being loved return. Being "in-love" does not occur by accident, because love is a choice and an action rather than an emotion, like most people believe. Howver, being in-love or loving a person romantically and unconditionally has a few symtoms:
1. getting butterflies in your stomach or nausea when you see the object of your infatuation.
2. your pulse races when you are with or near that person
3. you cant stop thinking about them
4. the can be in your dreams
5. you can't stop smiling when thinking of the person
6. you imagine having children with that person, perhaps to the point of thinking of names.
7. you imagine yourself going to the altar with that person
8. you have a longing to be with that person
9. you get clumsy when thinking of them
10. you think you will do anything to be with that person
11. you have pet names for each other.
1. getting butterflies in your stomach or nausea when you see the object of your infatuation.
2. your pulse races when you are with or near that person
3. you cant stop thinking about them
4. the can be in your dreams
5. you can't stop smiling when thinking of the person
6. you imagine having children with that person, perhaps to the point of thinking of names.
7. you imagine yourself going to the altar with that person
8. you have a longing to be with that person
9. you get clumsy when thinking of them
10. you think you will do anything to be with that person
11. you have pet names for each other.
Being in love is the best thing that happens to a person BUT can turn into the worst thing that happens to you when it doesn't work or goes bad.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com December 16, 2007
a period of rivalry that included a nuclear arms race between the West and Communist countries—primarily between the US and the former USSR—over global primacy. It began just after WWII and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s when the USSR dissolved. It left the USSR bankrupt, and the fall of the communists dissolved the USSR into separate countries now known as the Commonwealth of Independent States. The US then became the soul superpower in the world. During the cold war, the Soviets sent the first person into outer space, but it was the US that landed on the moon. The cold war led to the Red Scare, a fear of Communism in America by which people would build bomb shelters in case the Soviet Union attacked. In the 1960s, the USSR and the US nearly went to war over the Cuban Missle Crisis. In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an “evil empire” and boldly demanded that they tear down the Berlin Wall.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com August 16, 2008