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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 16, 2014 at 8:20 am
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(August 16, 2014 at 1:17 am)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:Aren't you supposed to be rational?
Not when it comes to Texas...or Oklahoma or the Deep South. I'd like to see some evidence of this change you think you see.
Wait, you mean to say your rationality can take a powder in some instances ... and then you turn around and ask for evidence?
Really, all you have to do is open your eyes and look around a little. Not that I think you will, you seem pretty wedded to your blinders at this point.
(August 16, 2014 at 1:17 am)Minimalist Wrote: It's not a dodge. It's just that I see no indication that Texas is making any progress at all.
Of course it's a dodge, you didn't address my point about overbroad generalizations.
(August 16, 2014 at 1:17 am)Minimalist Wrote: Feel free to point some out...if you have any.
You've already admitted that you feel no obligation to be rational about this, so I'm thinking that this will probably be a case of pearls and swine, but here goes:
By a thin majority, more Texans support gay marriage than oppose it. Houston has elected an openly gay mayor. Of the ten states with the highest hate-crimes rate, only one was arguably in the South -- Kentucky.
There's a start. If you want more, I'll be happy to suggest search terms to you.
(August 16, 2014 at 7:06 am)whateverist Wrote: I'd say trying to reign in your elected dickhead is laudable for sure. Your state gets slammed for having so many dickhead-leaning voters. But you and this prosecutor are bright lights who deserve everyone's appreciation.
Thanks. We're not alone, there's a widespread dislike for the guy we call "Governor Goodhair" ... and there's also a move towards a broader-minded outlook all the way around.
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 17, 2014 at 1:26 am
I hope so. I'm moving there in T minus fourish months :-\
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 17, 2014 at 7:52 am
(August 17, 2014 at 1:26 am)Luckie Wrote: I hope so. I'm moving there in T minus fourish months :-\
Where to?
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 18, 2014 at 10:02 am
So how likely is it that Perry is going to see the inside of a prison cell?
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 18, 2014 at 10:25 am
(August 16, 2014 at 1:40 am)StealthySkeptic Wrote: Even if he isn't guilty of anything, and I personally think he is, I also think that any political career he might have had has just gotten a huge, steaming dump taken on it.
As if his national political career could have gotten worse?
The one regret I have is that we won't be treated to the entertainment and slapstick comedy of a Perry presidential campaign in 2016.
I'm willing to bet you would've heard more than a few exclamations of "DAMN!" if you'd been sitting in The Daily Show's script writing office when the news broke.
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 18, 2014 at 10:51 am
How can you guys have strong complex views on your politicians?
I hate everyone in Libya (big fat liars). Although nákyr changed my view of him (he Claims to be Against war, for Democracy and separation of religion from the state. Maybe the disbanding of the fatwa house. Even though he sounds rdíf and used to be the biggest liar)
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 18, 2014 at 9:33 pm
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(August 17, 2014 at 1:26 am)Luckie Wrote: I hope so. I'm moving there in T minus fourish months :-\
... Wait, are you saying I should care about my voting potential for your sake? 
(August 17, 2014 at 7:52 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Where to?
I'd answer where to... but I'm too broken up over it 
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 19, 2014 at 7:38 am
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 19, 2014 at 7:45 am
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RE: Rick Perry Indicted
August 19, 2014 at 7:48 am
(August 19, 2014 at 7:45 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:
I miss that stupid book.
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