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Post by Turk on Jan 31, 2014 19:22:29 GMT -5
If it came to war. Us pot smoking liberals would roll over to the gun tooting, beer guzzling Texans. Sober or not my AR-15 with a lazer site is accurate within 1 centimeter at a quarter mile. I'll survive. Seems I recall a song here.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 1, 2014 16:48:46 GMT -5
War with Texas? I'm sure they would love that, which is why we aren't going to give it to them.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 15, 2014 4:15:38 GMT -5
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/5/in-texas-abortionclinicsclose.html"The anti-abortion legal group Americans United for Life says that several years of "aggressive legislative action" have transformed Texas into one of the most abortion-unfriendly states in the country. In 2000, Texas imposed a parental-notification requirement for minors. Since 2004, Texas has required that abortions after 16 weeks be performed in ambulatory surgical centers, which offer hospital-grade operating rooms suitable for gastric-bypass surgery or back surgery outside a hospital. (Abortion has complication rates comparable to wisdom tooth extraction and other procedures that are routinely performed in medical offices and clinics. Fewer than 0.05 percent result in complications serious enough to require hospitalization.) Two years later, the state tightened the maternal-health exemption for third-trimester abortions and switched from parental notification for minors to parental consent. In 2011 the state imposed mandatory ultrasounds and a 24-hour waiting period between the scan and the procedure. This July, Gov. Rick Perry signed into law the sweeping House Bill 2, which requires that all abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital, mandates an outdated protocol for medication abortions and bans all abortions after 20 weeks. The law also requires that all abortions be performed in outpatient surgery clinics, but that requirement doesn’t take effect until October 2014." All Texas women who prize their freedom to choose should move to California. And all you religious fanatics can move to Texas. Please.
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Post by Tired in CV on Feb 15, 2014 5:56:04 GMT -5
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/5/in-texas-abortionclinicsclose.html"The anti-abortion legal group Americans United for Life says that several years of "aggressive legislative action" have transformed Texas into one of the most abortion-unfriendly states in the country. In 2000, Texas imposed a parental-notification requirement for minors. Since 2004, Texas has required that abortions after 16 weeks be performed in ambulatory surgical centers, which offer hospital-grade operating rooms suitable for gastric-bypass surgery or back surgery outside a hospital. (Abortion has complication rates comparable to wisdom tooth extraction and other procedures that are routinely performed in medical offices and clinics. Fewer than 0.05 percent result in complications serious enough to require hospitalization.) Two years later, the state tightened the maternal-health exemption for third-trimester abortions and switched from parental notification for minors to parental consent. In 2011 the state imposed mandatory ultrasounds and a 24-hour waiting period between the scan and the procedure. This July, Gov. Rick Perry signed into law the sweeping House Bill 2, which requires that all abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital, mandates an outdated protocol for medication abortions and bans all abortions after 20 weeks. The law also requires that all abortions be performed in outpatient surgery clinics, but that requirement doesn’t take effect until October 2014." All Texas women who prize their freedom to choose should move to California. And all you religious fanatics can move to Texas. Please. I am not hung up on the killing of babies as it will happen whether the law makes it OK or not. Illegal abortions have been performed for a very long time and will not stop. Making it legal was mostly to try to get women better care when an abortion takes place. Since a far majority of the abortions are by women who are very liberal, I don't mind them killing off another future liberal. This is why the Democrats want to import more people, they know that the abortion issue is taking away their future voters. But they enjoy the votes they get on the issue!
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Post by jdredd on Feb 15, 2014 13:36:48 GMT -5
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/5/in-texas-abortionclinicsclose.html"The anti-abortion legal group Americans United for Life says that several years of "aggressive legislative action" have transformed Texas into one of the most abortion-unfriendly states in the country. In 2000, Texas imposed a parental-notification requirement for minors. Since 2004, Texas has required that abortions after 16 weeks be performed in ambulatory surgical centers, which offer hospital-grade operating rooms suitable for gastric-bypass surgery or back surgery outside a hospital. (Abortion has complication rates comparable to wisdom tooth extraction and other procedures that are routinely performed in medical offices and clinics. Fewer than 0.05 percent result in complications serious enough to require hospitalization.) Two years later, the state tightened the maternal-health exemption for third-trimester abortions and switched from parental notification for minors to parental consent. In 2011 the state imposed mandatory ultrasounds and a 24-hour waiting period between the scan and the procedure. This July, Gov. Rick Perry signed into law the sweeping House Bill 2, which requires that all abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital, mandates an outdated protocol for medication abortions and bans all abortions after 20 weeks. The law also requires that all abortions be performed in outpatient surgery clinics, but that requirement doesn’t take effect until October 2014." All Texas women who prize their freedom to choose should move to California. And all you religious fanatics can move to Texas. Please. I am not hung up on the killing of babies as it will happen whether the law makes it OK or not. Illegal abortions have been performed for a very long time and will not stop. Making it legal was mostly to try to get women better care when an abortion takes place. Since a far majority of the abortions are by women who are very liberal, I don't mind them killing off another future liberal. This is why the Democrats want to import more people, they know that the abortion issue is taking away their future voters. But they enjoy the votes they get on the issue! You may have a point. Look at how Mormons are taking over the Southwest because they have big families (Hispanic birthrates are way lower than they used to be). Still, a lot of libs are made not born IMHO. Is it also possible that crime rates have dropped because fewer unwanted kids have been born? I don't know.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 4, 2014 0:02:46 GMT -5
www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/Feb/06/texas-austin-perry-jobs-economy-websense/"Thanks to a $4.5 million check from the Texas government, San Diego-based software company Websense is moving its corporate headquarters to Austin, capital of the Lone Star State. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office announced Thursday that the Texas Enterprise Fund will send the cash to Websense, which in exchange will relocate 445 jobs to Austin and also make a to-be-announced $9.9 million capital investment. Websense, which opened in 1994, was purchased by Vista Equity Partners in June for $910 million cash." Gosh, Websense takes a $4.5 million bribe to move to Austin. Who is the least ethical in this scam, Texas or Websense? They deserve each other.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 7, 2014 21:19:14 GMT -5
So Rick Perry spent some time slamming California and New York and hyping Texas. Well, I'm glad Texas is doing well, if it really is, but personally I'll stay in California if you don't mind. The idea of living in one of those States Run by Religious Fanatics is not at all appealing, no matter how well they are doing. Besides, I hear Texas in the summer gets a little warm. I wouldn't know from experience since all I've ever done is fly over it.
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Post by jdredd on May 13, 2014 1:38:56 GMT -5
www.aei-ideas.org/2014/05/chart-of-the-day-california-vs-texas-in-one-chart/"The chart above displays 1-unit housing starts for the entire state of California and the Houston metro area annually from 2011-2013 and year-to-date through March for 2014. During the period from January 2011 to March 2014, there have been slightly more single-family housing starts in Houston (95,037) than in California for the entire state (94,993). In this single chart, we can understand the dynamism of the booming, expanding Texas economy and housing market compared to the stagnation of the California economy and the housing market there for new construction." Gosh, I am just so bummed that California has started less houses than Houston. Makes me want to jump in my F-350 with its gun rack and head to Texas, pardner..."The religion of “open space” in California probably helps explain why there’s more new construction of single-family homes in Houston than in the entire state of California. And those “open space”-driven housing restrictions in California help explain the high cost of housing there relative to Houston. During the month of March, the median sales price of homes sold in California at $376,000 was almost exactly double the median sales price of homes sold in Houston at $189,000. The median sales price in the SF Bay area in March was $579,000, more than three times the median sales price in Houston. And those huge differences in housing prices probably help explain why firms like Toyota and Occidental Petroleum are moving from California to Texas, joining other firms including Industrial Brush, General Motors, DHF Technical Products and Sony Pictures that have relocated operations this year to Utah, Michigan, New Mexico and British Columbia respectively. Expect more out-migration of people, jobs, businesses and one-way U-Haul trucks from California in the future…." IMHO, the real reason houses are so much more expensive in California than in Texas is NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE IN TEXAS!!!
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Post by jdredd on May 29, 2014 23:06:10 GMT -5
www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/05/28/Tea-Party-Rides-to-Victory-in-Texas"HOUSTON, Texas—The Tea Party is alive and well and is firmly established as a dominant force in Texas Republican politics. Victories by Tea Party favorites nearly swept the statewide Republican runoff election. Establishment candidates like State Representative Dan Branch and State Senator Bob Deuell faded quietly in defeat while strongly supported Tea Party candidates like Sen. Dan Patrick, Sen. Ken Paxton, and former State Rep. Sid Miller sailed to easy victories in their statewide races. The trend of Tea Party victories continued down the ballot as well. In Senate District 10 (currently held by Sen. Wendy Davis), Tea Party favorite Konni Burton won her race with a 20 point margin over the more moderate Mark Shelton. In a report by Merrill Hope, Burton told Breitbart Texas, “We are so excited. We've been working for this for a year. Our message has resonated with the voters and we couldn't be more pleased." Burton was also supported by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz who, in 2012, proved the Tea Party and grassroots activism can overcome insurmountable odds to bring victory for conservative principles." I guess if you like the Tea Party, you'll love Texas.
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Post by jdredd on Jun 4, 2014 22:31:52 GMT -5
www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140604-texas-gop-taking-aim-at-parts-of-gov.-rick-perry-s-legacy.ece"AUSTIN — As he gears up for a possible second presidential run, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is crisscrossing the country extolling a business-first philosophy he says made his state’s economy white-hot — and can work for the rest of America too. But back home, members of Perry’s own party seem poised to dismantle key parts of his legacy. The longest-serving governor in state history isn’t seeking re-election and may see two of his achievements — distributing hundreds of millions of dollars to attract top employers to Texas and stockpiling a rainy day fund robust enough to bankroll infrastructure projects — swept away not long after he moves out of the governor’s mansion. Also likely doomed is a Perry-backed program extending in-state university tuition to the children of immigrants in the country illegally, a nod to Texas’ Hispanic population that’s long been championed by top business leaders clamoring for a softer approach to immigration. The rebuff to Perry, who was once known as one of America’s most conservative stalwarts, reflects the grassroots surge that has seen the tea party seize almost total control of the state’s political and social agenda in the last two years and push it to his right. " Ha-ha! Even Rick Perry is no longer right enough for the Tea Party zealots.
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Post by Tired in CV on Jun 5, 2014 6:24:00 GMT -5
www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140604-texas-gop-taking-aim-at-parts-of-gov.-rick-perry-s-legacy.ece"AUSTIN — As he gears up for a possible second presidential run, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is crisscrossing the country extolling a business-first philosophy he says made his state’s economy white-hot — and can work for the rest of America too. But back home, members of Perry’s own party seem poised to dismantle key parts of his legacy. The longest-serving governor in state history isn’t seeking re-election and may see two of his achievements — distributing hundreds of millions of dollars to attract top employers to Texas and stockpiling a rainy day fund robust enough to bankroll infrastructure projects — swept away not long after he moves out of the governor’s mansion. Also likely doomed is a Perry-backed program extending in-state university tuition to the children of immigrants in the country illegally, a nod to Texas’ Hispanic population that’s long been championed by top business leaders clamoring for a softer approach to immigration. The rebuff to Perry, who was once known as one of America’s most conservative stalwarts, reflects the grassroots surge that has seen the tea party seize almost total control of the state’s political and social agenda in the last two years and push it to his right. " Ha-ha! Even Rick Perry is no longer right enough for the Tea Party zealots. Perry only appeared to be conservative. It was revealed how he is so middle of the road and sometimes leaning left. His immigration issue shows that he will lean way over to get votes. He will prostitute himself for his gain. Not someone we want in the White House. Yes, he has some conservative ideas but if the winds change so will he!
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Post by jdredd on Jun 5, 2014 15:05:56 GMT -5
www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140604-texas-gop-taking-aim-at-parts-of-gov.-rick-perry-s-legacy.ece"AUSTIN — As he gears up for a possible second presidential run, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is crisscrossing the country extolling a business-first philosophy he says made his state’s economy white-hot — and can work for the rest of America too. But back home, members of Perry’s own party seem poised to dismantle key parts of his legacy. The longest-serving governor in state history isn’t seeking re-election and may see two of his achievements — distributing hundreds of millions of dollars to attract top employers to Texas and stockpiling a rainy day fund robust enough to bankroll infrastructure projects — swept away not long after he moves out of the governor’s mansion. Also likely doomed is a Perry-backed program extending in-state university tuition to the children of immigrants in the country illegally, a nod to Texas’ Hispanic population that’s long been championed by top business leaders clamoring for a softer approach to immigration. The rebuff to Perry, who was once known as one of America’s most conservative stalwarts, reflects the grassroots surge that has seen the tea party seize almost total control of the state’s political and social agenda in the last two years and push it to his right. " Ha-ha! Even Rick Perry is no longer right enough for the Tea Party zealots. Perry only appeared to be conservative. It was revealed how he is so middle of the road and sometimes leaning left. His immigration issue shows that he will lean way over to get votes. He will prostitute himself for his gain. Not someone we want in the White House. Yes, he has some conservative ideas but if the winds change so will he! Are you sure? Maybe it's that "conservatism" is being continually redefined narrower.
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Post by jdredd on Jun 6, 2014 16:19:11 GMT -5
www.economist.com/news/united-states/21603490-places-america-are-equal-norway-or-unequal-south-africa-norway"WHEN asked about income inequality, Judge Skeet Jones of Loving County was, at first, quizzical. The topic, it seemed, had never come up before. But on hearing how the Gini index is calculated and how this dusty corner of west Texas scores, the judge (county chief executive) became intrigued. Loving County (pictured) is the most equal county in America. Its Gini score, at 0.21 (where zero is perfect equality and 1 means one fellow has all the income) beats Norway’s (see chart). That makes sense, agreed Mr Jones. Many of Loving County’s workers have the same employer—the county itself. The poverty rate is far lower than the statewide or national figures, and by the judge’s count, only four residents are unemployed. Conversely, although the county is rich (in oil and gas), its residents are not. Most of the mineral rights are held by people who live elsewhere, and the median household income in the county is about $39,000, or about $14,000 lower than the national number. “If you had a lot of income, you wouldn’t want to live here, would you?” asked Mr Jones, cheerfully. “I’d live in Lake Tahoe.”
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Post by jdredd on Jun 6, 2014 22:10:17 GMT -5
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/6/texas-reparativetherapy.html"The Texas Republican Party’s new platform may endorse psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay people straight, in a move partly aimed at rebuking laws in California and New Jersey that ban "reparative therapy" — also known as conversion therapy — for minors. A push to include the new language in the platform survived a key vote late Thursday in Fort Worth at the Texas Republican Convention while, across the street, tea party star Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, fired up attendees at a rally to defend marriage as between a man and a woman. Under the proposed new plank, the Texas GOP will "recognize the legitimacy and efficacy of counseling, which offers reparative therapy and treatment for those patients seeking healing and wholeness from their homosexual lifestyle." The full convention of nearly 10,000 delegates from across Texas will take a final vote on the platform on Saturday." "In August, New Jersey became the second U.S. state to bar licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight. The bill was signed by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a possible 2016 presidential candidate who opposes same-sex marriage but has said that he believes people are born gay and that homosexuality is not a sin. Judges on a federal appeals court also upheld a similar ban in California last fall, saying that trying to change a minor's sexual orientation through intense therapy appeared dangerous. The California Legislature has cited reports, experts and anecdotes involving suicides, substance abuse and other behavior by young recipients of the therapy." Keep it up, Texas, we appreciate you sending us well-educated professionals who happen to be gay who don't want to live in such a backward state.
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Post by jdredd on Jun 15, 2014 0:38:11 GMT -5
america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/texas-middle-classprosperityeconomyjobs.html“When you want to open a restaurant somewhere, you can’t start building it until you get permits,” Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, the company behind the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. restaurant chains, told me. “In Texas it takes, on average, 60 days to get a permit. In Shanghai, it’s 63 days. On Karl Marx Avenue in Novosibirsk, Siberia, 125 days. But in Los Angeles, where our company was founded, it takes 280 days.” "And in California, rigidly inflexible, litigation-friendly labor laws drive employers’ costs upward. California doesn’t have a 40-hour workweek, but rather an eight-hour workday. This means that someone who works 10 hours one day and six hours the next has to be paid two hours of overtime — with a 50 percent increase in wages — forcing companies to limit workers’ flexibility for time off. “The employees hate it,” said Puzder, but the regulations leave him no choice. “So the idea that you can work harder, faster, better, longer and get ahead — you can’t do that in California. They’re killing entry-level jobs. We used to have six restaurants in San Francisco and we’re down to two.” Could it be, Andy, that you are down to two restaurants in SF because YOUR FOOD SUCKS? Nah...And by the way, I always wonder about this cliche of "getting ahead". Is that the point of working? Getting "ahead" of your fellow workers? Employers must love the concept of their workers being in some kind of race for the top of the heap. Not so much fun for employees, though, being pitted against each other, but they've got us sold on it, so whatever.
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