“Ohioans are practical. We’re a can-do people. Give us a problem, we’ll give you a solution.”

Everything depends on a good job – strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.

What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives – family, friends, faith and freedom.

We stand strong together – as Americans – many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God.

We live in a land like no other – a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.

Now, see, that’s why you want Internet friends. You can find people just exactly like you. Screw your neighbors and your family, too messy…the trouble is, once you filter out everybody that doesn’t agree with you, all that’s left is maybe this one retired surfer guy living in Idaho.

Yeah, I left Idaho at 17. You know, I graduated high school a year early and just, you know, the typical story, packed up my car and moved out.

I grew up all over Idaho – I was born in Emmett, a very small town.