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North Carolina highways look like garbage dumps

In 2007, my husband and I traveled to Ohio and Maine by automobile.

The roads in North Carolina are generally the best to travel on with one exception. The people of North Carolina use the sides and medians of our highways and byways as a garbage dump!

We did not find this to be true in the other states we passed through.

Why are the people of North Carolina so thoughtless and unconcerned? Do they treat their homes the same way?

The solution is easy. Keep a plastic trash bag in your vehicle and use it. Dump it when you get home or in one of the trash receptacles furnished by the state.

"Keep North Carolina green and clean" is a great idea.

Mary S. Ward
Madison

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neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Que pasa, Mary?

VPNGSO [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Yes, they probably do keep their homes the same way.

hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

I've had great fun taking down litterbugs tag #s and reporting them on the DOT "swat a litter bug" website.
http://tinyurl.com/2dc92n

The owner of the car gets a nice DOT/Highway Patrol letter sent to them reporting the incident and advising them of the fines if they are caught by the Law.

For all you kids out there who got chewed by your parents because I reported you, I hope you got a good lesson learned out of it, especially the high school kid driving his parent's SUV who dumped McDonald's cups, bags, and burger wrappers on Battleground ave. last fall.

Buz [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

neo,
from my observations i couldn't blame the mexicans for all the trash. i seen an awful lot of anglos, blacks and everything in between use the highways as their personal garbage can. marys idea of carrying a plastic bag is one great way to avoid throwing trash out the window, i've been doing it for years.
three things i've noticed since i've moved to nc.
1) a lot of people tailgate (regardless if you're going 10 over)
2) a lot of people throw trash out of their cars
3) a lot of people don't use their courtesy sticks (i.e. turn signals)
ok, i'm ready for the "you're hatin' n.carolinians" tongue lashings.

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

buz, I'm just tired of picking up the Corona beer bottles and Taco Bell wrappers out in the ditch in my front yard every Sunday morning.

Also, I've driven in Ohio, Michigan, SC, Colorado, Ca. Fl. Nevada, etc, etc, etc. It's my observation people drive pretty much the same all over the country. They'll cut you off in Boston just as quickly as in G'boro or Savannah. You yankees are just lookin' for something to bitch about. :-]

Illiterati [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

neocon, Corona bottles and Taco Bell wrappers means frat boys, not Mexicans.

Mark [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

If you stop throwing your trash out the window, what will the prisoners have to pick up?

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Illiterati, do most of the frat boys ride around in lowered 78 Chevy Caprices with 20 inch chrome wheels and listen to loud carnival music while they toss out the Corona bottles and Taco Bell wrappers?

THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

neocon said:

"Que pasa, Mary?"

and this pearl:

"I'm just tired of picking up the Corona beer bottles and Taco Bell wrappers out in the ditch in my front yard every Sunday morning."

Once again our right wing hate-filled bigot steps up and blames it all on a particular ethnic group. Guess he was out cleaning up the ditch before he goes to Sunday School to declare his devotion and love of the baby Jesus. That would truly be ironic.

Neo, the fact you do not even try to mask your hate filled racist remarks says a lot about you. When called out, you just resort to everything short of racial epithets as if you are actually defending something noble. You are one dispicable human being and most here would agree, after reading your comments above.

My children love Taco Bell, and I'll have an occasional Corona. My family originated in Scotland therefore I couldn't fit your narrow view.

You really are bottom of the barrel and a grotesque figure who reminds us all, that racism is alive and well.

Your comments, twisted and vile as they are, indicate just how sick your heart and soul are. But at least we don't have to live with you, work with you, or even associate with you.

Even if you had a good point to make, you are not taken seriously because of the shallow nature of your existence. We already knew you abhorred black people, but now we can add hispanics to your ever increasing list of hated peoples of the world.

While you may think you are picking up some Mexican's tossed out garbage, it is you who spews venomous garbage which does far more harm than wrappers and bottles blotting the landscape.
Saddest part, is that you somehow think you are correct and everyone who disagrees is just a "liberal". Sorry fellow, but you are the dinosaur in the room.


neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

THE LIBERAL CANADIAN, ...yawn...

Buz [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

"You yankees are just lookin' for something to bitch about. :-]"

neo,
your post prior to that comment seems to display some logic. i was simply participating in this discussion and was not bit@#ing but was making an observation. but i did say in my first post that i was ready for the tongue lashings - so for that i am not too disappointed in you. poor upbring is probably the root cause here...what the kids see mama & pa do, they're gonna do also.

Buz [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

tlc,
your tongue lashing of neo (deserved or not) is really ironic (imo). you have lambasted many here on numerous occasions and you should stand in front of the mirror and repeat these words.... "Even if you had a good point to make, you are not taken seriously because of the shallow nature of your existence........it is you who spews venomous garbage......"
you are not as innocent as you believe.
back to the real topic, the answer is simple - keep your windows rolled up at all times thus exempting you from discarding your trash thru them onto our highways!!

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

buz, no offense intended. Welcome to nc.

THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Buz,
neo is a repeat offender as both racist and bigot. If you agree with him, then you too, are guilty.
I assail ignorance, right wing arrogance and religious piety. If that offends you, then so be it.
Any further business?
We are now adjourned.

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

"We are now adjourned."= "I will now tuck tail because I have no rebuttal for your observations, buz."

"neo is a racist and bigot'...old hat. you need a new act. Be on the lookout for some snazzy bumper stickers you can parrot.

Buz [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

neo,
i wasn't offended , just thought part of your comment was unwarranted.

tlc aka demon deacon(ess),
i have not sided with anyone here and if i did agree with neo on some issues that would not cause me to be a racist or bigot.
but imo you are one of the most bigoted posters on these blogs - you are not necessarily intolerant of race or culture but you are very intolerant of others who choose to disagree with you and you philosophy and religious leanings. but then again everyone is bigoted to some extent.
"I assail ignorance, right wing arrogance and religious piety".......... you are most honest in that quote for you surely do attack violently with blows or words those which believe differently than yourself. you wear your (supposed) intellect on your sleeve as some badge of honor but more than that you believe it allows to to be judge and jury of others who don't have your educational background. i quote spurgeon (because i could not say it better):
"When we fail to view others as the Bible instructs us to view them then we are in reality setting ourselves up as the standard whereby others should be judged. Think about that for a moment. If we fulfill this command of Scripture and if we "esteem all others as better" than ourselves (Philippians 2:3) then we will not be proud. But if we are proud and do think more highly of ourselves than we ought then we will truly be thinking that others are not as good as we are. The result is that we set ourselves up to be the standard. It is as if we say If you are below me then you have failed to be as good, or humble, or spiritual as I am!"
i am certain you will explain why you are exempt from that admonition.
a bigot i may be (as we all are) but a racist i definitely am not.

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