Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 04:30:53 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA "Filthy And Disgusting" After Traveling to Japan: "We Are Like Hogs Compared to the Japanese" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240405113612.00003a57@example.com> <5iadnWu7MamezI37nZ2dnZfqn_YAAAAA@giganews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: <5iadnWu7MamezI37nZ2dnZfqn_YAAAAA@giganews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 59 Path: ...!news.snarked.org!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 09:30:53 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2769 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c3a6f4d66825ed$3384$1100308$44d50e60@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3157 On 4/5/24 2:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > Rhino wrote: >> On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 09:30:49 -0400 >> FPP wrote: >> >>> On 4/4/24 11:40 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> In article , >>>> super70s wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2024-04-05 00:03:47 +0000, FPP said: >>>> >>>>>> So you'd be OK with higher taxes to fix our problems at home, >>>>>> right? Because that's how things work. >>>>> >>>>> 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). >>>>> >>>>> Kimmel's rant fits in well with our homegrown rightwingers' racist >>>>> dog whistle about "dirty Blue-run cities" though. >>>> >>>> How exactly is it racist to point out how filthy and trash-strewn >>>> and graffiti-covered the blue cities are? >>>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >> 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. In the word of Matt Johnson aka The The, "If you can't change the world change yourself."