Congratulations to Texas Governor Rick Perry, the State of Texas, and the City of Austin: http://www.statesman.com/business/apple-plans-3-600-new-jobs-for-austin-2228637.html Once again, I love you for achieving, and being what so much of the rest of the United States, obviously, is NOT.... Oh, Governor Perry wasn't able to "talk pretty" enough to win the hearts and dumbed-down minds of most Republican voters (and, of course, he's hated by Democrats), but once again, he has demonstrated his ability to lead, and the ability of the hard-working, smart-thinking people of the Lone Star State to survive bad times, laying the positive groundwork to thrive and prosper in the times that come! So often we see that when people in other states are hit with a disaster (like Hurricane Katrina), many of them whine to the Federal Goverment and go on welfare for the rest of their lives. Texans sustain disasters (Like Hurricanes Rita and Ike), pick themselves up, clean up the damage, go to work, and PROSPER! If you Texans ever do decide to go ahead and secede from the United States, I hope we in Colorado can join you! You are more like the America I grew up in than this pathetic, diseased pile of crap that America has turned into....
That disease is called "Progressivism", but is really Marxism in disguise. The left has created a parasitic class which is beholden to an authoritarian government. It happened through public education, unions, and the bureaucracy.
How typical of this Forum that a thread focusing on exactly the kind of truly great news that this nation needs would be ignored. The futility of "trench warfare" goes on, and little of any importance or significance is discussed. I didn't know things could become this hopeless. We've got the Republicans trying to decide if they want to have even a ghost of a chance of getting rid of Comrade Obama by way of RINO Romney, or if they want to go down in *spectacular* defeat with Crusader Rick, the scourge of women voters and 77 million Baby Boomers who are about to retire.... On the other hand, we have a majority of our people, mostly hyperlib Demos, sucking on one form of welfare or another, paying no Federal taxes, and either finding mostly "crap" jobs or giving up on finding jobs altogether. Hey, as long as Obama's Welfare State will guarantee them a subsistence existence, who cares? Who indeed? It's hard to love something you despise, and nobody loves a parasite -- not even another parasite.... Congratulations again, Texas! Congratulations to you, Austin! Congratulations to all true Texan Conservatives! You are doing exactly the right things to isolate and insulate yourselves from the greater tragedy that is America while increasing your own strength and increasing prosperity. With time, and with luck, you may be able to leave the United States altogether, before it drags you down into being just another piece of crap bobbing around in a toilet full of socialistic s**t....
I don't have to. I know Texas history. Still waiting for your evidence that Texas seceded from the US. Are you going to back off that lie or keep going forward with it?
The Texas Ordinance of Secession (February 2, 1861) The Texas Ordinance of Secession was the document that officially separated Texas from the United States in 1861. It was adopted by the Secession Convention on February 1 of that year, by a vote of 166 to 8. The adoption of the ordinance was one of a series of events that led to Texas' entry into the Confederacy and the American Civil War. The ordinance text is much less known and less accessible to the general public than the Texas Declaration of Independence. According to some historians, however, it ranks equally with the earlier document in its impact on Texas http://www.lsjunction.com/docs/secesson.htm
Margot, I know you are smarter than this! Texas has not seceded from the United States since the Civil War! No doubt, "Texans won't talk about it" because nobody who was alive then is alive now... it was over 150 years ago! Maybe you should stick to commenting about the Middle East... you seem to know a lot more about that than Texas.... Interesting, though... if you talk to Texans today about getting out of the United States for good, you'll find that it is a much more popular idea than most other Americans would believe, and I'm as serious as I can be!
Lol. That was the civil war! You pretended Texas did it on their own not part of the south. Next time be more careful with your words.
More jobs to TX. They are going to have all the jobs while other stats have none. good for them though.
Funny "Perry called on the Obama administration to expand the scope of federal disaster relief. He noted that in addition to issuing state disaster proclamations when fires flared in April, he had sent a letter to President Obama requesting a major disaster declaration, which would have made the state eligible for federal assistance." The minute those fires started he was begging for assistance, while of course (true gop style) complaining federal gouv spends to much and should cut back(but not his aid of course) and uncontrolable fires after he slashed 75% of the fire department budgets..
The wildfires in Texas were the worst in this country's recorded history. Month after month went by when no rain fell and Texas burned, square mile after square mile. It wasn't until September before the Obama regime did anything to help Texas, and that was very little. Governor Perry was, after all, a Republican, and we all know what Obama is.... Texans have learned to be self-reliant, and that's a good thing, because they have had to be! Now, in their booming prosperity they should remember who their friends were, few though there were. In the immortal words of Davy Crockett, Tennessee Congressman, and hero of the Battle of the Alamo, "You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas!" And for those of us who can't really move to Texas now, I hope we can import the Texas spirit that nourishes the soul and improves the mentality....
Complete and utter republican BS. http://www.politifact.com/texas/sta...house-press-secretary-jay-carney-says-obama-/ perry demanded help almost the second those fires started. He whined he didnt get EVERYTHIGN he asked for . He even asked help when the local fire depertments could handle the issue. "Indeed, the state has received 27 grants requested in connection with 27 wildfires that burned about 1 million acres in 31 counties. The grants cover 75 percent of the firefighting costs associated with the 27 fires. FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Racusen later told us the grants factored into the agency’s denial of the request for the disaster declaration because they "fund many of the same emergency response activities Gov. Perry was seeking assistance for." Separately, some affected Texas residents are eligible for other federal help, including low-interest loans and assistance to ranchers and farmers who lost livestock in the fires. Texas Forest Service spokeswoman April Saginor told us that from Sept. 1 through May 15, local fire departments and the state spent about $97.5 million on wildfires. Of that, the state has pitched in $90.8 million, and expects to be reimbursed about $23 million from the 27 approved federal grants to date." Absolute BS? first perry cutting money for fire depertments, then when a big fire starts asking directly for handouts even if his own depertments can still handle it. Whining later he never got anything or too late or not enough.
