Red State, Blue State

*Cue witty Dr. Suess reference*

I think it's funny that the Linguistic Society of America has named its catchphrase of 2004, "red state, blue state, purple state." Especially considering, as Kevin Drum points out, the terminology is only temporary (he even has a nifty little table).

For those of you that don't know, LSA is also the group that also resolved that Ebonics is a language.