Swing Vote: Nevada – it’s golden!

Well, thanks to Pam, Swing Vote: Nevada is a success! Not only is Pam awesome, all of you who shared StealingFaith with your Nevada friends are pretty sweet, too!

Pam wrote last night to let me know Nevada is ok, except when it’s HOT, HOT, HOT (and I’m not talking about the song, here.).

Which makes sense. After all, most of the state is desert and clocks in a whopping 7 inches of rainfall a year. It’s parched.

It’s logical to assume the lack of water is why the Kangaroo Rat, a.k.a. the “Kennedy Rat” lives in Nevada in the Death Valley area. That crazy animal lives its entire life without drinking a single drop of water.

I don’t understand it, but it’s true.

I like water. I like drinking Coke more than I like drinking water, but, hey, I’m far from a Kangaroo Rat. I don’t jump, either. Well, I do, but it’s not anything to nickname me kangaroo about and usually only happens when I’ve been significantly startled.

Usually my children or husband are to blame for that (did you know my husband tried to catch a watersnake with his bare hand on Sunday?! He’s insane.)

But back to Nevada, the desert provides the perfect place for the government to practice it’s bombing notions. Because we know the government likes to blow up stuff besides our national budget and audacious hope for the future.

Area 51, the location where the Stealth bomber and alien remains are rumored to be found, are a part of the 87% of Nevada land managed by the U.S. Government.

Andre Agassi is also from Nevada. But he’s not to be confused with a Kangaroo Rat. Not matter what he looks like and how high he jumps. I think he drinks water.

Finally, our last fun Nevada fact of the day!

Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the union and third in the world behind South Africa and Australia! Who knew?

So the next time you’re in Vegas and want to scratch off some of the gold-plating, feel free. They can get more if you just walk to the nearest river and start panning for gold. Or something like that.

Do you know anyone from Nevada? Send them this way to tell us about their state! And watch out for the rats.

 

Swing Vote!

Typically I know you’re not supposed to admit when you have an itch.

It’s a personal problem.

But I can’t help it. I’ve got an itch and it needs to be scratched. It’s time for another Swing Vote!

For any newcomers to StealingFaith.com, the Swing Vote is becoming a bit of a monthly tradition. Remember the movie, Swing Vote, with Kevin Costner where the politicians do their best to woo his character toward their cause? It’s kind of like that, except there are no dances with wolves, Kevin Costner is not involved, and the winner doesn’t get a free ride in an airplane.

I know, the disappointment is killing you.

In this version of Swing Vote, we take a look at the stats of visitors to the site and I do my best to entice a visit from that location from someone who’s never been to StealingFaith.com before.

Along the way we learn trivia, we fall a little in love with a new place, and I may or may not poke some fun at portions of our dear, beloved America.

After all, who doesn’t love knowing Maine produces the most toothpicks in the United States as well as the Maine Coon Cat, a feline the size of a John Deere tractor those crazies believe should be a pet? And let’s not forget North Dakotans have a fetish for milk, turtles, gas cans and geese!

The location of our newest Swing Vote? It was a hard decision to make.

Let’s see if you can guess.

• Elvis loves it. (posthumously.)
• The government likes to blow it up.
• Ocean’s 11 brought it to life.

Have you guessed?

Have ya, have ya?!

NEVADA!!!

Though Nevada houses the epitome of gluttonous culture of our country there has not been a visitor to StealingFaith.com that state! Can you believe it?!

I know, I can’t either. I will definitely have to ramp up my mentions of fuzzy dice and casino visits.

But maybe in the next three days we will get a Nevada visitor who will tell us about their state from a native’s perspective!

That’s the whole goal of Swing Vote!

So you have three days! Go, out, chat up your friends from Nevada, and send them over to StealingFaith.com to educate us! We need help!