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�Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." -- Milton Friedman
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Been around just a bit - something suspicious about that "study" and the outcomes.
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Not surprised by this bit in the article,
�Nearly all of the unhappiest places in the nation lean heavily Democratic when it comes to voting,� noted Caroline Schaeffer of the Independent Journal Review.
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Specifically, the list-toppers are Lafayette, Houma, Shreveport-Bossier City, Baton Rouge and Alexandria.Baton Rouge. Population 230,000, 54% black, 66 murders in 2012. http://www.city-data.com/city/Baton-Rouge-Louisiana.html______________________________________ Shreveport. Population 202,000, 56% black, 17 murders in 2012. http://www.city-data.com/city/Shreveport-Louisiana.html______________________________________ Alexandria. Population 48,000, 60% black, 9 murders in 2012 http://www.city-data.com/city/Alexandria-Louisiana.html______________________________________ I'll think I'll just stay right here in My Old Kentucky Home.
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"""happy and in a city"" 2 words that can't go together...... whats next a black man in the white house ?
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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Might suggest the quality of the study but Kentucky while it does seem seem to favor democratic governors almost always is a red state in national politics something the lady should have realized with even minor fact checking.
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Cajun country. They have a good attitude toward life. Work hard and party hard, hunt and fish.
Good formula for happiness.
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Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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As far as "down south" cities, Auburn, Alabama sounds like a "happy" place to be.
Population, 57,000. 73% white. Averages about 3 murders a year. Much below the national average in crime statistics.
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another meaningless report. Once you start adjusting for this and that, you could call Hell the happiest place.
Sam......
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Fort Walton Beach, Florida made the top ten. Looks like a little beach town way out on the panhandle near Mobile, Alabama.
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This commercial brought to you by the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce. 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Those folks in Louisiana are more blissfully ignorant than happily sentient. 
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Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...
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As long as I'm happy, the rest of the city can suit themself.
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I lived in Houma for 4 years, makes sense to me. Hard to not love being in that area, unless of course you're a [bleep] Yankee than you're not happy anywhere.
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I think it's all those meals they eat at McDonald's.
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I've spent some time in Louisiana. Makes sense to me, dumb and happy seem to go together.
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I see my hometown, Erie, Pa, on the "unhappiest" list. Probably has something to do with a population over 100,000 - and only one job!!!
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According to a working paper from researchers at Harvard University and the University of British Columbia... Automatic DSQ. Dumb azz topic upon which to develop a 'paper'. CO not handicapped...of course they are happy. So were Cheech and Chong.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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As far as "down south" cities, Auburn, Alabama sounds like a "happy" place to be.
Population, 57,000. 73% white. Averages about 3 murders a year. Much below the national average in crime statistics. There'd be fewer murders than that if'n Bama fans would stay out.
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I've spent some time in Louisiana. Makes sense to me, dumb and happy seem to go together. Yea, they ain't got near the smarts as those along the I5 corridor. TFF
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