Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150313055759/@comment-1037137-20150427074011

Absolutely. In our case, it shattered the sense of security and self-assurance we had up here. That tornado changed how we react to bad weather, it was a pure chance event, but it happened and now we're not so lax about it. Even more so thanks to the series of powerful winter storms we've had since then. One was so bad it split my tree in half. Good thing here there's a strong sense of community when disaster strikes anywhere in this country. And yes, huge relief that neither myself or my folks were harmed by this thing. As for that school though, they absolutely have to get off their butts and just rebuild it where the city wants them to, that being the original site, which is now a massive pile of rubble and steel. That school is central to this city and the substitute school is in the next town. Which is a big inconvenience for some.

Tony Abbott? How bad is he?

Yeah, I do still believe Obama as a vested interest in doing the right thing for the majority. But those politicians who can't stand the very fact alone that he was the one to get in, the ones who want to kill his healthcare reform that now serves over sixteen million, who want to villify him and have taken steps to isolate and silence our struggling middle class and uphold archaic policies regarding gender roles, sexuality, religion and race.........You wish they'd just vanish, but they got masses of equally out of touch people backing them up, so getting rid of them is like pulling teeth from a gator's mouth. And the really insane ones, the ones who promote unrealistic ideas that harm more than they help.......they're mostly conservatives, the Republicans. Not so much on the Democratic side, though I won't dare suggest that liberals haven't pulled their share of crap too. But still, if you ever heard one of these guys here on a daily basis as we do...........Look up the guy who just accused the left of "liberal fascism" the other day because of that side's efforts to protect and advance marriage equality. American politics are ugly. You have to wonder how some of these guys aren't instead serving out their terms in an institution somewhere.

I know. If only we had more men like FDR and JFK. Though we might see a return of the Clintons if we're lucky, and I'll gladly settle for that.

You might've, actually. That said, I definitely will write up that reminder this week, I think at this point it's justified. Can't let it slide. If I have to post it all a second time as you apparently did, then I guess that's what I shall do. Also working on some other feedback I'm sending them soon.

Hey, thanks for that, man. :D Yep, I think you'd like Virginia. Getting around takes some effort but it truly is worth it.

Other places I'd recommend in the US: San Francisco, New York, Florida, Boston, also some prime spots.