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07 Jan 2022, 5:05 pm

Reason # infinity why I despise the GOP...

https://twitter.com/TexasGOP/status/1479561642618851343


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07 Jan 2022, 5:26 pm

Meanwhile, 74,871 Texans have died from Covid since the pandemic began.

I will never again vote for another Republican until Greg Abbott no longer has a stranglehold on the Texas GOP.



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07 Jan 2022, 5:33 pm

Masks are dumb, they're medical theater to reassure anxious people rather than having any real practical effect. I only wear one to avoid drama due to the mandate in my state, and then for as little as I can get away from, not least of all because they give me a panic attack if I wear one for too long, I can't wait for this particular silliness to go away.


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07 Jan 2022, 5:51 pm

I love the wearing mask thing, it's been great for me, it's like wearing a... well a mask but a social one Image


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07 Jan 2022, 5:55 pm

Since I began wearing masks in public, I have only 1 asthma attack a month (at most) instead of 3 or 4 each week before wearing masks became "fashionable".  Living near Los Angeles is not good for asthma anyway, so I am retiring out-of-state (maybe even out-of-CONUS).



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07 Jan 2022, 10:47 pm

hmm how about 'Texas is dumb'...especially with their disgusting abortion laws.


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09 Jan 2022, 5:07 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
hmm how about 'Texas is dumb'...especially with their disgusting abortion laws.


Abbott and Cruz certainly are.

The only Texas Republican I have any respect for is Sen. Cornyn.

Texas Dems, however, have to do better than Beto.


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10 Jan 2022, 3:17 pm

 ! Cornflake wrote:
Several pointless and argumentative posts were removed.

I'd ask that you play nicely but we all know that some of the contributors just can't do that, which is disappointing.
So if there's any more of it, this thread will be locked.


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10 Jan 2022, 3:33 pm

:D (Thanks, Cornflake!)

Sweetleaf wrote:
hmm how about 'Texas is dumb'...especially with their disgusting abortion laws.
Mmm . . . no.

What I mean is that while I object to Texas' authoritarian leaders and draconian laws, the people themselves can be rather pleasant, especially those living and working in Austin.  I would relocate there but for the heat, the humidity, and the state's political climate.



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10 Jan 2022, 7:42 pm

Fnord wrote:
:D (Thanks, Cornflake!)

Sweetleaf wrote:
hmm how about 'Texas is dumb'...especially with their disgusting abortion laws.
Mmm . . . no.

What I mean is that while I object to Texas' authoritarian leaders and draconian laws, the people themselves can be rather pleasant, especially those living and working in Austin.  I would relocate there but for the heat, the humidity, and the state's political climate.


Yes, the humidity is what gets you.


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10 Jan 2022, 8:54 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
Fnord wrote:
:D (Thanks, Cornflake!)

Sweetleaf wrote:
hmm how about 'Texas is dumb'...especially with their disgusting abortion laws.
Mmm . . . no.

What I mean is that while I object to Texas' authoritarian leaders and draconian laws, the people themselves can be rather pleasant, especially those living and working in Austin.  I would relocate there but for the heat, the humidity, and the state's political climate.


Yes, the humidity is what gets you.


The authoritarian bigotry of the TX GOP is what gets me...but the humidity certainly doesn't help.


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18 Jan 2022, 6:02 pm

i loved san antonio when i was stationed there. but texas just seems so hostile on so many different fronts.