Alaska is a Swing State After All!
I remember back before Sarah Palin was tapped as the VP nominee, when Alaska was considered….sigh…a swing state. I loved those days. Anchorage was swarming with Obama staffers and we really thought there was a chance Alaska would go blue for the first time since Lyndon Johnson. But alas, we all know the end to that story.
Well, now we learn that we’ve gotten that “Swing State” honor back again…but not in the way you might think.
It may be the long dark nights, the physical isolation, or all those conservative Republicans, but it turns out that Alaska is the #1 state in its membership per capita to the world’s largest site for swingers, adult chat and personal ads.
Yes, the numbers have been crunched, and analyzed and the public records at AdultFriendfinder.com don’t lie. In Alaska, there are 123 members of Adult Friendfinder per every 1,000 adults in the state. That’s a whopping 60,797 members out of a total adult population of 493,869. Yowza. We leave the #2 state, Wyoming, in the dust. They have a paltry 92.83 members per 1000 adults.
And Washington D.C., home to the nation’s most scintillating sex scandals, takes the bronze medal with 92.07 per 1000 adults.
And to satisfy your curiosity, the rest of the Top 10 “Swing States” are:
Nevada (91.67)
Hawaii (85.97)
Maine (81.81)
North Dakota (81.33)
New Hampshire (80.29)
Georgia (79.14)
Virginia (78.85)
But don’t forget, Alaskans…. We’re #1.
A hat tip and a stuffed green olive to Mudflatter Jeff for the number crunching!
Wonder who the ‘King of the Swingers is?,
YEAHHH!!! A list where Louisiana is not in the top ten!!!
Wonder who the ‘King of the Swingers is?’
That’s easy. The first DUD, of course. Followed by Rev. Muffee.
karin in ct – GaaaH!! I was trying to be subtle, what with the rumours an’ all
Wonder who the Queen of Swingers is – even
THANKS! This is another funny at the end of a rather plain work day…must be all that cold’ness and nite time that lead to # 1 for AK [?]
I so understand, cause folk do get tired of running for office, hiding babies, hiring folk based on the Friend & Family Plan, shopping @ co-signment shops, and stuff because too also…
…so does that mean, [based on the law[s] of average] that most of these ‘so-called’ swingers in AK are……Repugs?
just asking – since the state is RED
…so much for Family Values
Wow the love just doesn’t stop: “Katie Couric has won a Cronkite Award for her revealing, multi-part interview of Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.”
Awesome – Just posted on Huffpo!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/katie-courics-sarah-palin_n_173661.html
AKM – Interesting research you did there !!
LOL! It was not my research. I must thank an anonymous Mudflatter who sent me an email. Guess I should state that in the piece, shouldn’t I?
AKM
Am I counting right? Is this the 5th post in 2 days???
I am still voting on that poll way back there (78% say YES!!)…. Waiiiit for meee
Kmart Palin Blue Lite SpecialNo Gravatar (14:34:39) :
…so does that mean, [based on the law[s] of average] that most of these ’so-called’ swingers in AK are……Repugs?
just asking – since the state is RED
…so much for Family Values
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…great minds……that the first thing I thought of when I saw that my home state of Georgia made the top 10.
on there.
That’s a whole lot of kissing cousins! I will not think of ‘swing state’ without thinking of AK/GINO/HS friends in high places (well… for little while anyway).
Everyone’s got to be first at something and online porn was already claimed by Utah.
My thoughs exactly Lance. I am happily a Southern Californian now, but originally from Georgia. Family values indeed!
OK – Since we’re kinda on the subject…….20 some years ago , at a dinner party , a woman present loosened up after some vino and told us that she was a Madame. We all were among friends , so I asked who the “best” clients were. She didn’t even blink when she said “Old , fat , Republicans”. …Scientific ?? …..No……..but I heard it from the whor….oops , horses mouth.
We have a swingers club a few miles down the road. People come from all over the country to swing there. A newspaper article recently reported they have a 28 seat hottub… creepy ooey gooey chills -or is it just me that doesn’t want to swin in that ilk??? Apparently swinging is a really popular sport across the nation.
Ha ha…Couric’s award is titled “Special Achievement for National Impact on the 2008 Campaign.” I’ll say!
“The interview — in which Palin spoke about Alaska’s proximity to Russia and was unable to name a single national publication that she read — was an instant classic.” No doubt.
I know it’s a real award, but because of the circus that is GINO, it all seems so tongue-in-cheek. Dang that gotcha journalism, winnin’ awards…
Don’t you guys also have the hottest guv with the coldest heart?
LOL… and consider this: we’re not talking about Natives out in the netherlands up there… they are probably lucky to have phone service, never mind internet to join up! I’m thinking that Wasilla is highly represented.
Oh and BTW, I’m glad CT is out of the spotlight today
Brian and Brenda may want to swing too.also.
http://www.adultmoosefinder.com/
@ 264 Crayons–thanks for the link. You all should treat yourselves and check out the comments. We’re actually NICE to GINO compared to those fuffians.
rufffians
Well, I have it on good authority that Brenda and Brian hooked up using the following site:
http://www.adultmoosefinder.com/
Enjoy! I hope to See Brad or Brittany this spring… heh
austintx (14:54:59) : lol Great minds !
Ripley, don’t know about you, but I’d much prefer for CT to be #1 on AdultFriendFinder.com thing than being the first state to fundraise for the ice queen.
Georgia!!!???
Yikes that is depressing…..
Wow..California didn’t even make the list. Everybody knows we are wild out here….:) But Maine!?
OT: but good
Shout out and Thanks to Ann S!
I made Ann’s fry bread recipe and it was AWESOME!
I cut the recipe in half and it made alittle over a doz. good size bread.
couple of changes used honey instead of sugar and coconut oil instead of crisco.
In case you missed it here is Ann S frybread recipe.
Fry bread recipe… very easy
1 cup warm water
1 cup milk
1/3 to 1 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you want your bread)
1/4 cup margarine, veg oil or crisco, melted
pinch salt
1 package yeast or a scant tbsp if you are using bulk
about 5 cups of flour, I don’t really measure just mix in enough to get the right feel to the dough. (hee hee had to come back and add that since I forgot it when I put up this post
mix it all up, knead it for awhile, let it rise until double, punch it down
grab a piece of dough about the size of a golf ball or a lil bigger roll it around into a nice smooth ball. Flatten it out using flour on your hands so it doesn’t stick. tear lil holes in it to keep big bubble from forming when you cook it and then FRY IT until golden brown on both sides drain on paper towels and enjoy!! OOH one RULE while you are frying it you MUST sample several when they are done just to make sure they taste good before you feed them to others
*Don’t forget the last rule!
Thanks Ann
I makes perfect sense to me.
It is cold up here. How do you people stay warm?
As the number cruncher in question, I am fine with not bein’ anonymous.
An’ the rest of the list is at:
http://www.intotemptation.net/2009/03/09/top-swinging-states-aff/
-jeff
On a morning radio show in Houston last week, they were talking about a study done to find the states with the highest rate of online “adult” subscriptions. Alaska is #2 per 1,000 households. Here is a link to the report. It’s a pdf file, so you’ll need Acrobat if you want to view it. I thought about posting the link when they talked about it on the air, but it was way off topic. Since we’re kind of on a similar topic now…
Click on the section titled Subscription Patterns and there’s a table.
http://people.hbs.edu/bedelman/papers/redlightstates.pdf
Edit – Alaska varies somewhere in the top 10 depending on type of internet connection. I would never judge though. We’ve all got our vices.
Virginia….?
In a twist of fate (karma?) Darwin takes Sarah Palin down!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/gop-political-darwinism-w_b_173415.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_go_co/congress_spending
Earmarks for Alaska:
Among the many earmarks are $485,000 for a boarding school for at-risk native students in western Alaska
talk about engery! management!
karin in ct (15:02:41) : “…being the first state to fundraise for the ice queen.”
fun raising…guess that’s one of the MANY-MANY-MANY benefits of swining….made me laff again!
Sorry, but this whole issue is good for about 2-days of laffin’ each and every time I think about it…
UK Lady – you were asking who the “King” is. To compile the data – they use credit card #s and corresponding zip codes…….that is how it was explained to me. Of course it is not our business….but it would be fun to know if the “King” in fact lived in Wasilla !!
…whats a King to do when the wife is all like prego for like 5 whole weeks…come on…give the guy a break…
I have a high school friend who’s now a pro-domme in NYC. According to HER, Repugs are rampant in ‘the scene’….
@ Ripley, Karin & Aussie, I’ve just pm’d you.
Repugs try to keep all that stuff bottled up inside….next thing you know they slip up and join in with the swingers…wonder how many deals have been made in the middle of ….eeeewwww [bad visual]
MonaLisa ( in CT ) ……….yeah , the woman I mentioned above said , and I quote , “They are the sickest puppies”…..no offense to our canine friends……..
Hahahaha – this is way to funny (in a sad way).
AK leads in Incest, Unwed Moms (?), Domestic Violence, and now Swingers. But I’m sure those in charge have their head in the snow and won’t acknowledge these problems.
It’s too bad, as AK is a beautiful state.
nabrum (16:17:44) : “…Incest, Unwed Moms (?), Domestic Violence, and now Swingers.”
…just WONDERING if there is some overlap….?
Yea, but what is the ratio of women to men?
SarahGates of Hell said Teal (16:22:02) :
nabrum (16:17:44) : “…Incest, Unwed Moms (?), Domestic Violence, and now Swingers.”
…just WONDERING if there is some overlap….?
Sure there is! They all go to GINO’s church.
Karin…..you are so so WRONG, but so dang funny…LOL
how many un-wed Moms are Swingers…[might not be a fair question, cause some ppl might still 'be' planning to marry some day in the distant future, I suppose also]
[OK, I'll behave]
karin – LOL…….GINO and her church…..works for me…..
SarahGates – Single , unaccompanied women are allowed into most swinger clubs.
SarahGates of Hell said Teal (16:42:26) :
how many un-wed Moms are Swingers…[might not be a fair question, cause some ppl might still 'be' planning to marry some day in the distant future, I suppose also]
Don’t know. Maybe you should ask Bristol and Levi Johnston! Rumors say he is a swinger…
Karin… that’s funny…LOL
it would be too freaking funny if the names from the Swingers List matched the Church members List….
bet ya they’re getting nervous, real nervous right about now….
swinger or player ?? swinger as in both ways a la “Brokeback Mountain” ??
…….and wives and SO’s snooping thru e-mails and demanding to see the credit card bill !!
OT kinda, but connecting just he same as some of GINOs ppl are bound to end up in prison….
Regina has writen a very detailed diary about….GINO’s PRISON GATE…highly recommended!
Sarah Palin’s Prisongate?
dailykos. com/ story/2009/3/10/9324/73109
HS kids don’t join swinger websites. They just text each other for hookups.
swinging as in ‘relating to one person then moving on to another person, [m/f]alone or in group….[hope I'm not sounding like an expert or something...]
I wonder how this information intersects with what we always say down Washington way about prospects for women heading north in search of men:
The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
(No offense Gryphen, Dennis, et al. AK male Mudpuppies excluded, I’m sure.)
Wonder what the changeable signs in front of the Wasilla churches are gonna say the sermon is about this week ??…..”Fidelity in the Home”
Levi is back in HS ?!?!
Let me try to reason this out as to why these states have shown up on this list:
Alaska – long winter, cold, somewhat isolated, something to do while having “coffee”
Wyoming – sheep and cattle can only do so much. . . .
Washington DC – Not enough pages and interns? Public bathrooms patrolled?
Nevada – not everything in Vegas stays in Vegas. . .
Hawaii – military base(s); nuff said.
Maine – see Alaska
North Dakota – see Wyoming
New Hampshire – close to Maine. . .so it’s the “neighborly’ thing to do . . .
Georgia – trying to get the South to rise again. . .
Virginia – see Virginia. . .
Wow! what happens in Alaska stays in Alaska. Wink Wink! Gino will be so proud.
CHURCH Announcement:
The Society for Women -in- Gents, [SWING] Meeting has been moved to the Spa Room. I mean the Baptism Room in the rear of the church.
Greytdog – too funny !! Wyoming – where men are men and sheep are scared…….
A funny short version of the Katie Couric/GINO interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07kO9TtHYzQ&feature=channel_page
Katie Couric wins Cronkite Award for Palin interview
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/katie-courics-sarah-palin_n_173661.html
Guess this means SP will be whining again about how Katie is using her????
Terry Tate is one funny dude…
It was almost 30 years ago that I moved to Alaska. I went to a potluck my first weekend in Ketchikan, and a grand old Scandinavian lady told me: “Here in Alaska, there are only three things to do: fishing, fighting, and fornicating. And no one fishes in winter.” Some things never change…
Levi is HS in habit and education level, I believe.
Lovely new post,
Did you notice how many of the top 10 voted red, or voter blue this election after a loooong stint as red states? Hawaii seemed to be the only reliable blue state there.
What’s that about practicing what you preach? How about it, red states!
Idaho is number 11. That is too funny.
I am very disappointed that MN did not make the top ten. I might have to move to AK after al–oh, wait, you still have the crazy Tina-Fey impersonator for a Guv’nator. Ferget it!
P.S. CA dreamin of AK, there was a study done of how much porn was consumed in different states (sorry, too lazy to look it up), and most of the top states were red states as well. Guess which was number one? Utah. Pertinent fact–eight of the top-ten porn-consuming states went with John McCain. Six of the least-ten porn-consuming states went for Barack Obama.
I looked it up after all:
voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2009/03/virginia_maryland_in_top_10_po.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Since apparently I used a word the censors didn’t like, I’m going to tailor a bit. Use your imagination to figure it out. AKM, go ahead and delete the other one.
I am very disappointed that MN did not make the top ten. I might have to move to AK after al–oh, wait, you still have the crazy Tina-Fey impersonator for a Guv’nator. Ferget it!
P.S. CA dreamin of AK, there was a study done of how much p0rn was consumed in different states (sorry, too lazy to look it up), and most of the top states were red states as well. Guess which was number one? Utah. Pertinent fact–eight of the top-ten p0rn-consuming states went with John McCain. Six of the least-ten p0rn-consuming states went for Barack Obama.
I looked it up after all:
voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2009/03/virginia_maryland_in_top_10_po.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Adult chat? What the heck is that? Is that like… one-handed typing? Perhaps a cottage industry is in the making for Alaska? As in hand towel production. …
Hm, what an interesting thing for which to be #1. Bet I can guess some names on that list…
Change we can believe in ……….
http://nynerd.com/change-has-come-to-the-whitehouse/
austintx – I don’t get the point: size matters? Hah!
gov. Palin is making Huff today………going, going,………..soon to be gone.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/sarah-palins-biggiest-leg_n_173728.html
Good one Shannyn Moore!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/palins-servants-heart-nee_b_173552.html
I missed this Kieth Oberman and Arianna Huffington talk about the Repubs……bottom line is Rush, Joe the Plumber and Palin are standing out as the sum total of intelligence for the republican party right now, which they agreed ain’t sayin too much, lol.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/arianna-on-icountdowni-di_b_173340.html
Ms. Rice could’ve been been indicating W’s attention span…..
I am very late to this thread – but I just wanted to put a burr under your saddles about the idea that you are ‘not’ a swing state based upon the results of the presidential election.
I (and most of my friends) found it quite odd that the election predictions done by Nate Silver from fivethirtyeight.com were 99% accurate for every single state except Alaska. I also find it odd, when the results were first announced that Stevens had won when the polls said Begich was ahead. Fortunately, that one was close enough for a recount and Begich actually did win – and just about by the amount that had been predicted by fivethirtyeight.com.
Makes me wonder if an informal recount might be done by some interested parties to verify the results of the Obama/McCain contest as well. Obama was supposed to carry the state by a small margin.
Like I said – just seems odd that Alaska was the one place where Nate Silver didn’t get it right.
Tennessee would be on the list if 79/1000 Tennesseans could read…
Well, Virginia IS for lovers. But North Dakota? Is it that boring?