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from: Garry Stahl
date: 2003-07-08 22:34:34
subject: [teroknor] Rejected State Mottos

To: terok Nor 
From: Garry Stahl 
Reply-To: teroknor{at}yahoogroups.com


These go around now and again.  They'r still funny and Vermiont is still my favorite.


Alabama
It Should Be: At Least We're Not Mississippi It Is: We Dare Defend Our Rights

Alaska
It Should Be: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! It Is: North to the Future

Arizona
It Should Be: Dehyd-rific!
It Is: God Enriches

Arkansas
It Should Be: Litterasy Ain't Everthing It Is: The People Rule

California
It Should Be: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda It Is:
Eureka...I Have Found It

Colorado
It Should Be: Too Wimpy to Cross the Mountains So We Stopped Here It Is:
Nothing Without Providence

Connecticut
It Should Be: Like Massachusetts, Only the Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet It
Is: He Who Transplanted Still Sustains

Delaware
It Should Be: We Really Do Like the Chemicals In Our Water It Is: Liberty
and Independence

Florida
It Should Be: Senior Citizen Discounts Available It Is: In God We Trust

Georgia
It Should Be: Confederate Money Welcome It Is: Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation

Hawaii
It Should Be: Come, Get Lai-ed
It Is: The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness

Idaho
It Should Be: We Don't Care If You Spell Potato With an "E" It
Is: It Is Forever

Illinois
It Should Be: Please Don't Pronounce the "S" It Is: State
Sovereignty, National Union

Indiana
It Should Be: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free It Is: The Crossroads of America

Iowa
It Should Be: We Do Amazing Things With Corn It Is: Our Liberties We Prize
and Our Rights We Will Maintain

Kansas
It Should Be: Don't Blame Us, We Voted For Dole It Is: To the Stars Through
Difficulties

Kentucky
It Should Be: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names It Is: United We
stand, Divided We Fall

Louisiana
It Should Be: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
It Is: Union, Justice, and Confidence

Maine
It Should Be: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster It Is: I Direct

Maryland
It Should Be: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It It Is: Manly Deeds, Womanly Words

Massachusetts
It Should Be: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's It Is: By the Sword We Seek
Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty

Michigan
It Should Be: Land of the Free, Home of the Buick It Is: If You Seek a
Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You

Minnesota
It Should Be: 10,000 Lakes...and 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes It Is: The
Star of the North

Mississippi
It Should Be: Come and Feel Better About Your Own State It Is: By Valor and Arms

Missouri
It Should Be: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars Hard at Work It Is: The
Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law

Montana
It Should Be: It's Where You're Wanted It Is: Gold and Silver

Nebraska
It Should Be: More Corn Than Kansas It Is: Equality Before the Law

Nevada
It Should Be: Hookers and Poker!
It Is: All For Our Country

New Hampshire
It Should Be: Go Away and Leave Us Alone It Is: Live Free or Die

New Jersey
It Should Be: You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
It Is: Liberty and Prosperity

New Mexico
It Should Be: We Really Are One of the 50 States! It Is: It Grows as It Goes

New York
It Should Be: You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an
Attorney...
It Is: Excelsior

North Carolina
It Should Be: Tobacco Is a Vegetable It Is: To Be, Rather Than to Seem

North Dakota
It Should Be: Um, We've Got, Um...Dinosaur Bones? Yeah, Dinosaur Bones! It
Is: Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable

Ohio
It Should Be: Home of Lake Erie and the Mistake by the Lake It Is: With
God, All Things are Possible

Oklahoma
It Should Be: We're OK, You're NOT
It Is: Labor Conquers All Things

Oregon
It Should Be: Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner It Is: She Flies With
Her Own Wings

Pennsylvania
It Should Be: Cook With Coal
It Is: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence

Rhode Island
It Should Be: We're Not REALLY an Island It Is: Hope

South Carolina
It Should Be: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender It Is:
Prepared In Mind and Resources/While I Breathe, I Hope

South Dakota
It Should Be: Closer Than North Dakota It Is: Under God the People Rule

Tennessee
It Should Be: The Edjucashun State
It Is: Agriculture and Commerce

Texas
It Should Be: Si Hablo Ingles
It Is: Friendship

Utah
It Should Be: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus It Is: Industry

Vermont
It Should Be: Yep
It Is: Freedom and Unity

Virginia
It Should Be: Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix? It
Is: Thus Always to Tyrants

Washington
It Should Be: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers! It Is: Bye and Bye

West Virginia
It Should Be: One Big Happy Family...Really! It Is: Mountaineers Are Always Free

Wisconsin
It Should Be: Say "Cheeeese"
It Is: Forward

Wyoming
It Should Be: Why Are You Here?
It Is: Equal Rights



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