KaskadskyjKozak

I typically buy Chopin. I don't go over often enough to bring back anything. Besides, I tend to save my two-bottle customs limit for cognac and armagnac I picked up in the duty-free. The state-owned liquor stores here suck donkey dick and all stock the same mass-produced shite. I miss the good specialty stores in California... Amen to that, bratyku. I got a taste for Armenian cognac, and they don't have shit here. :-( The stores in Cali, OTOH...

All libtards do is bitch - about everything. So I should fit right in with you folks.

If I can get organized enough. It takes at least 2 hours to make a batch of that stuff...

Heretic!!! The ideal accompaniment to vodka are pickles (or maybe marinated mushrooms) Sure, for an "appetizer". I'm talking about the main course. And I prefer ukrains'ka z percem, but that's me. My father in law detests Polish vodka for some reason, so we never buy it. Chopin is supposed to be quite good, and I liked it the time I tried it. Do you buy it locally, or have to bring "the good stuff" over when you visit Poland?

Yes, we could go round in circles forever. We have no idea what the State spends on roadway maintenance and construction, nor how this stacks up with other states, or what it would cost to make overall improvements to what we have and how that would stack up. It boils down to this: you are critical of everything the government does just as a matter of principal and I argue that, yes, they are corrup and inefficient -- but so is private business. I actually think our government is OK even if our president is a crook and our State governor mediocre. You think our government sucks, and the president is mediocre while the governor is a crook. Mistrusting the government and power in general is healthy. Questioning where our money goes is my right, and also wise.

Why? You getting horny? good one!

we call it horilka, of course. :-)

I didn't realize there was competition about the originas of barszcz... you guys have your own variant, we have ours. We call yours "barszcz ukrainski", and other than that it is made from beets it bears little resemblance to what I know as barszcz... Of course competing for who invented this poor man's stew is kinda like west virginia and kentucky hicks competing who came up with squirrel on a stick... sure it tastes good and is part of our heritage, but the rest of the world just doesn't get it. borshch and vodka (and fresh garlic). there's nothing better than that, man

OK, this thread has almost run its course. Let's bring Anne Coulter into the discussion now.

Montana has a state income tax. I don't know how the budge works but they do have a nice interstate maintained with federal dollars, and a network of state roads that receive very little traffic. look at the chart man. And the differential between total tax burden per capita in CA vs. WA is not that great - a couple of 100 dollars a year.

How about a good Polish Vodka instead?! That's an oxymoron. Oh whatever... you wouldn't know good Polish vodka if it came up and bit you in the ass. Go find you sippy cup while the adults drink I was hoping to ruffle GGK's feathers. You know damn well the "friendly" competition about who makes the best vodka and who originated borshch.

So lemme get this straight - you like what California gets from all of its high taxes - you just don't want to pay them. I want, I want, I want you sound like a libtard KKK How's the emigration process going?

I find roads in Montana to be better than WA: linky

So lemme get this straight - you like what California gets from all of its high taxes - you just don't want to pay them. I like ROI. Damn you are one slow fucker.

Maybe when I get to 10000 posts. I'm slow that way.

She's smart enough to take a vacation from the peanut gallery once in a while.

Are you kidding? Our roads are pretty damn amazing if you ask me. By all accounts we've let maintenance of our infrastructure slide in recent years and I'm no traffic engineer but I have traveled a fair bit and I can't think of anywhere that the roads are vastly better than ours. Yes, there are some pretty sweet highways in Europe, but they pay more in taxes and much less of them actually drive on the roads than we do. Is that what you want? You are joking, right? Roads in WA suck ass. When I moved here from CA, it was obvious. And whenever I leave the state it is immediately noticeable. And I believe Hugh Cockway was talking about the 520 bridge replacement, BTW. I was answering with all the taxes we pay for these big projects - already - and what do we get in return? Shit.

sure, MattP, whatever you say.

Printed in China in black and white... and now re(a)d all over...

Try putting a new tarp and fresh boughs on the roof. Curb appeal is everything. Also, you might want to get rid of those three wrecks in your front yard. Just sayin'...

How about a good Polish Vodka instead?! That's an oxymoron.

Sounds like WA State residents bitching they can't afford to pay for roads WE already pay for them. And get shit in return. Alaska gets free bridges to nowhere though.

Just curious, but do any of you actually know anybody from this part of the world? Or talked about this conflict with anyone from "over there"?

Canada will have their share before the games are over. If the Chinese don't cheat much more than they are, that is.

I know a lot of "poor" people with a fishing boat, 2 cars, a house, and the funds to buy gasoline, cigarettes, and plenty of beer. But they can't afford health insurance. Or there house payment. What this country needs is a higher standard of education. You are the poster boy for this argument.