State Mottos

Sometimes they are included as a part of a vehicle license plate, other times they can be found as part of the state seal and nearly always they are on the welcome sign as you drive into a state. They are state mottos, they are a phrase that is meant to formally describe the motivation or an intention.

Yet, with all the pompousness of the bureaucracy, I thought a good way to begin another week would be to reexamine the mottos and suggest ones that are more apropos of the state. Here are a few suggestions:

• Alabama - Hell Yes We Have Electricity.
• Alaska - 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong.
• Arizona - Passport Please.
• Arkansas - Litterasy Ain't Everything. 
• California - By 30 Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.
• Colorado - If You Don't Ski ... Don't Bother.
• Connecticut - Like Massachusetts Only Dirtier With Less Character.
• Delaware - We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.
• Florida - Ask Us About Our Grandkids.
• Georgia - We put the "Fun" In Fundamentalism.
• Hawaii - Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (..... Leave Your Money).
• Idaho - More Than Just Potatoes, Well Okay, We're Not, But They're Good.
• Illinois - Please Don't Pronounce The "S".
• Indiana - Two Billion Years Tidal Wave Free.
• Iowa - We Do Amazing Things With Corn.
• Kansas - Where Science Don't Mean Squat.
• Kentucky - Five Million People; 15 Last Names. 
• Louisiana - We're Not All Drunk Cajuns But That's Our Tourism Campaign.
• Maine - We're Really Cold But We Have Cheap Lobster.
• Maryland - If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It.
• Massachusetts - Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's. (In most tax brackets)
• Michigan - First Line Of Defense From Canadians.
• Minnesota - 10,000 Lakes and 10 million mosquitoes.
• Mississippi - Come And Feel Better About Your Own State.
• Missouri - Your Federal Flood Relief Dollars At Work.
• Montana - Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies And Little Else.
• Nebraska - Ask About Our State Motto Contest.
• Nevada - Hookers and Poker.
• New Hampshire - Go Away And Leave Us Alone.
• New Jersey - You Want A $#@%&( Motto? I Got Yer %%#%( Motto Right Here!
• New Mexico - Lizards Make Great Pets.
• New York - You Have The Right To Remain Silent ....
• North Carolina - Tobacco Is A Vegetable.
• North Dakota - We Really Are One Of The 50 States.
• Ohio - At Least We're Not Michigan.
• Oklahoma - Like The Play, Only No Singing.
• Oregon - Spotted Owl ... It's What's For Dinner.
• Pennsylvania - Cook With Coal.
• Rhode Island - We're Not Really An Island.
• South Carolina - Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender.
• South Dakota - Closer Than North Dakota.
• Tennessee - The Educashun State.
• Texas - Se Habla Ingles (We Speak English).
• Utah - Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus.
• Vermont - Yep
• Virginia - Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
• Washington - We're Overrun By Nerds.
• West Virginia - One Big, Happy Family - - Really!
• Wisconsin - Come Cut Our Cheese.
• Wyoming - Where Men And Sheep Are Sacred.

No matter where you live there is one motto we should adopt as our national motto. "America Has The Best Politicians Money Can Buy."

 Have a great week.