Texas

[LastPoet]

Ah, America, when the trailer parks vote for teh freedom! As an European, I am not sure if I should laugh or cry...

[Rahul]

When Texas begins it's subjugation of the rest of the US there will be a special treatment reserved for you, Min.

It's not that you point out the batshit crazy shit that happens in Texas. It's that you ONLY point out the negative shit.

The good shit? Eh, not worth mentioning.

Even if you find negative news about another state that has nothing to do with Texas you STILL take a dig at Texas when posting it.

Let's look at another article from the same website you just posted on.

Republicans spur progressive movement in Texas by middle class and poor

Many cringe whenever they hear that Texas is a Red state. Demographically it seems impossible. Texas is a majority minority state. Specifically, non-Latino Whites make up 44 percent of the state. Latinos make up 38 percent of the state, Blacks 12 percent and Asians 4 percent.
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Republican control of Texas is effected by the fact that Texas is ranked 51st in voting.
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Texans have not been mad enough to rebel against Republican politicians. For a long time they have just been apathetic. Things were bad, but not bad enough to elicit massive action. They were not bad enough to generate an organic grassroots movement emanating from the middle class and the poor.
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This session, however, was the straw that tipped the scales. SB5/SB1 which effectively shuts down abortions in most of the state along with other medical infringements on women’s right and bodies would not go unnoticed. Women and men from all corners of Texas revolted. It caught Republicans by surprise.
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Republicans have done a humongous favor to the progressive movement in Texas. There have always been progressives in Texas, from President Lyndon Johnson to Gov. Ann Richards. Rick Perry and his Republican cohorts overreaching will be seen going forward as the rebirth of the progressive movement in Texas.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/14...s-and-poor

Texas Republicans just fucked themselves.

[LastPoet]

Oh, shit will surely hit the fan when oil goes out.

[Rahul]

Oh, shit will surely hit the fan when oil goes out.

That will take a while. And when it does it will slowly fade out. I've seen this first hand growing up in east Texas as the oil industry slowly moves west.

It won't matter though. Texas is diversifying it's economy too much for it to hit us too hard.

Texas is a productive agricultural state with the most farms both in number and acreage in the United States.

Texas leads the nation in number of cattle, usually exceeding 16 million head.

The state also leads nationally in production of sheep and goat products.

Texas is king of cotton leading the nation in cotton production, its leading crop and second-most-valuable farm product.

Texas is a leader in cereal crop production.

Texas is also a large producer of watermelons, grapefruits, and cantaloupes.

Healthcare is a growing industry in the state of Texas. The Texas Medical Center, located in southwest Houston, is the largest medical center in the world.

Texas is a top filmmaking state. Austin is now one of the leading filmmaking locations in the country.

Texas is a leader in alternative energy sources, producing the most wind power of any state.

Air Cargo World rated Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as "the best air cargo airport in the world".

Texas is one of the major hubs in the U.S. for development of computer components and systems, as well as software.

Dallas is the birthplace of the integrated circuit, and by some definitions, the birthplace of the microprocessor.

The North Dallas area is called the "Telecom Corridor" or the "Silicon Prairie" for the area's high concentration of Information Technology companies such as Texas Instruments, Perot Systems, and EDS, as well as telecommunications giant AT&T.

The Austin area is often nicknamed "Silicon Hills" because of the concentration of semiconductor design companies including Silicon Laboratories and AMD. Dell's headquarters is located in the city's suburb, Round Rock, and major offices for Google, Facebook, EA Games, and Apple are also open in the Austin area.

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, the center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is in Houston. It is a leading hub for the Aeronautics industry.

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, located nearly equidistant from downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth, is the largest airport in the state, the second largest in the United States, and fourth largest in the world.

The defense/military industry is the second largest sector of the Texas economy, trailing behind the petroleum and gas industry.

Texas (specifically Dallas and Houston) has a large number of defense contractors which creates sizable employment for the state.

Fort Worth is also the home of Bell Helicopter Textron, which manufactures several helicopters for the military, including the V-22 and the H-1, on which final assembly is performed in Amarillo. Furthermore, three major defense service contractors (DynCorp, AECOM, and Computer Sciences Corporation) have substantial operations in Fort Worth.

Other major defense contractors with DFW presence include Boeing (Richardson), Rockwell Collins (Richardson), Vought Corporation (headquarters in Dallas; facilities in Dallas and Grand Prairie), Raytheon (plants in Garland, Dallas, and McKinney), L-3 Communications (plants in Arlington, Carrollton, and Greenville; also has a facility in Waco), BAE Systems (facility in Fort Worth), DRS Technologies (Dallas), EDS and Perot Systems (Plano), Alliant Techsystems (facility in Fort Worth), and Elbit Systems (facility and US headquarters in Fort Worth). The Defense Contract Audit Agency maintains its Central Region office in Irving.

[wwjs]

I'm sure this large group of women with tampons were having menstrual period at the same time and weren't planning to start throwing them in the gallery.

[Tonus]

What had she shot with the spent shell?

Based on where she kept the gun, I can only assume she shot her wad.

[Bad Writer]

I moved to San Angelo, TX December last year, and, sorry Rahul, so far I'm not impressed.

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Although I will say that I might enjoy Austin much better.

[Minimalist]

Texas Republicans just fucked themselves.

The imagery and irony in that statement is remarkable!

[Rahul]

I moved to San Angelo, TX December last year, and, sorry Rahul, so far I'm not impressed.

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Although I will say that I might enjoy Austin much better.

I wouldn't be too impressed by San Angelo either. You're in scrub territory. Move farther east a hundred miles or two.

Austin is fun. Too many people for me to live there but I love visiting it every chance I get.

[Faith No More]

Why the fuck were they taking tampons?

What reason could they possibly have to confiscate them?