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By PAM BELLUCK - Published: November 14, 2004

BOSTON — If blue states care less about moral values, why are divorce rates so low in the bluest of the blue states? It's a question that intrigues conservatives, as much as it emboldens liberals.

As researchers have noted, the areas of the country where divorce rates are highest are also frequently the areas where many conservative Christians live.

Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas, for example, voted overwhelmingly for constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage. But they had three of the highest divorce rates in 2003, based on figures from the Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics.

The lowest divorce rates are largely in the blue states: the Northeast and the upper Midwest. And the state with the lowest divorce rate was Massachusetts, home to John Kerry, the Kennedys and same-sex marriage.

Yo sé que mi tocayo, el gobernador, ha defraudado a muchos. Yo me incluyo en esa lista. Sin embargo me enconjona sobremanera el que le quieran endilgar a el solito la responsabilidad sobre el fiasco que ha sido la implantación del impuesto sobre las ventas y el uso; el dichoso IVU.

Feliz Cobrando El IVU

Sin embargo, no podemos perder de vista que la legislatura tiene tanta culpa del desastre que es el IVU. Sino es que más. Siento que debo puntualizar lo dicho anteriormente porque me parece que hay mucho odio en la calle dirigido hacia Acevedo Vila. Odio que debería estar dirigido a otros. A la gente que amapuchó la ley, para que nos hiciese más daño.  read more »

I just don't talk about politics in this blog. Even when that might attract a much larger readership than I would otherwise get (I think!). One reason is that I want to be... Huh.. Err... politically correct. By not talking about the subject I also think it would be more probable to keep my job. You know, the virtues of public service and all. And last but not least, there are others that are doing a much better job than I think I would do.

I want to state, however, the conditions under which I will cast my next vote. I will further clarify that I seldom vote. Yes. I am one of those people, you know... non-voting people. Indecisos, we sometimes call them here. Though none of them really are, I bet. Non-affiliated would be a better name for such as the likes of me, however. Yes, I know that's hard to believe; but I have never been affiliated with any political party. And I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

Anyway, the prerequisites for my next vote are... simple. I will vote for the person (I won't use the term politician; since that gives them an air of respectability none of them has actually earned)... Sorry, got sidetracked there. I will vote for the person, or persons that vow to do less. Yes, you know... less.

Less politics.
Less laws.
Less bickering.
Less promises.
Less grand-standing.

Less. Less. Less!

Any senator, no matter what ideology he begets, need only make this one promise: "I will only make laws that simplify or derogate other older laws."

Anyone who runs for governor that, instead of having a more-with-less mentality, says he (or she) will do less with less; will instantly get my vote.

I know it's hard... Huh... Well; that isn't hard at all...

The information soldier is politically correct, respectably so