Eddie, I've discerned four points from your response. I will try to address each.
1) Our state produces more wheat than any other and we have the biggest ball of twine.......and don't forget Dwight David Eisenhower. The Krauts and the Democrats never will.
2) Here's a newsflash for ya. When you look around and see Paul Wellstone, Teddy Kennedy, Jessie Jackson and the lovely Hillary.......that's not the middle, my friend.
3) As for our population, This is gathered from the 2000 census data. (numbers will not add up to 100 due to rounding effects)
Rednecks..86%
Black...........6%
Hispanic......7%
Asians.........2%
Redskins.....1%
As compared to the US as a whole:
White............75%
Hispanic........12%
Black.............12%
Asian..............4%
Injuns.............1%
For a farm state, I'd say we're diversifying quite nicely, thank you.
Minority numbers have grown by a large percentage here over the last decade. Race doesn't matter.....people seem to like it here.
4) I'm glad we've got someone in office taking care of Big Oil. As the Oil Companies go, so goes the country. Oil Companies are much maligned, usually unfairly. Oh sure, you get the occasional drunk driving an oil tanker. But Exxon has paid dearly for it.
I LOVE OIL. OIL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!
But more seriously. If getting the government off Big Oil's back is the definition of "helping his buddies" then I say he should help his buddies more often. Getting more oil domestically will only help the country, not hurt it. Besides, how am I suppose to drive my Ford Excursion to my deer stand if we don't pump more oil?
Your fellow countryman,
nighthorse