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Teslas biggest fan here ”The Cybertruck will sell like hotcakes and take pickup sales from the D3” ”The Cybertruck will make money for Tesla” Also the Cybertruck… https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-says-dug-own-102158965.html

Where I lived in the 70s was south of Youngstown on the Ohio River--Steubenville (birthplace of Dean Martin). Was an old steel town in decline, like a mini-Youngstown. Our next-door neighbor was rumored to be the capo of the local Mafia franchise. Big black Cadillacs were often seen next door. Also the birthplace of Ohio Valley Style pizza (DiCarlos)..I like to go down there once a year or so..see the plaque to my father downtown, have a meatball heel at Naples or a meatball sub at Capri's and get a slice or two from DiCarlos.. Speaking of Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen wrote an excellent song called 'Youngstown' about the decline of industrial America, was on his 1995 'Ghost of Tom Joad' album..a great, ferocious live track..

I think a lot of it has to do with "packaging." Generally speaking, red places have way more hicks, aren't as well educated, many people are gullible and see things in black and white for simplicity's sake, and, along with that, comes things like non-denominational Christianity and love of guns. Most/many Catholics, Episcopalians, and Lutherans lean blue. So, when they identify by their specific denomination, I don't lump them in with "Christians," though they are a subset. Some of the shootings in bluer places (Colorado, Connecticut) were carried out by kids or younger people who were disturbed and slipped through the system because the signs were missed, but rabid love of guns is way more of a red thing. I rehashed the poor Republican joke because someone like that is irritating me more and more: she IS educated, but is a megachurch Christian, is proud to be a gun owner, and likes the New Millennium's "Agent Orange." Last Christmas, she texted me how she spent the day and it included a link for the service she attended with her mom: 40 minutes of "hickdom" that I watched for 15 seconds - just to see what kind of stuff I was being fed - and then turned it off. That alone would point to the bad boundaries this person has. - - - - - My jokes ... from school and neighborhood days: "Down the Yellow River" by I.P. Freely "Rusted Bedsprings" by I.P. Nightly "The Proper Use of a Condom" by Justin Case "Under the Bleachers" by Seymour Butts "Hawaiian Pleasure" by Kamana Wanaleia - - - - - Have a nice day, folks!

A Republican, a Democrat, and Bill Clinton are traveling in a car when a tornado picks up the car and tosses them miles into the air. When the car finally comes back down, the three men realize they’ve been transported to Oz. “I’m going to ask the Wizard for a brain,” says the Democrat. “I’m going to ask him for a heart,” says the Republican. Bill Clinton looks around and asks the two men, “Where do you think Dorothy is?” The following is a funny and true story shared with me by KC Williams who teaches AP Government at Santa Fe High School. In one of KC's classes, they were discussing the qualifications to be president of the United States . It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president. KC and the class were just taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating .... "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by c-section?" And someday she'll vote!

Good morning: A poor Republican is like a cow that is pro-leather.

This is probably more of a definition than a joke. "Youngstown tune-up" I have both heard this from someone who lives there and have read about it ... when the mob was more active decades ago in a bustling industrial Youngstown (OH) that hadn't yet gone into an economic slumber, this was the term used when someone got rubbed out by the mob there. Mildly humorous ... in a twisted sort of way.

No, 6 million accidents and 40,000 deaths a year is about the average for the USA. November 30th for Cybertruck!