tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post3190755672948410320..comments2023-10-31T09:14:26.930-05:00Comments on Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues: Governor Goodhair, Moron: Says That Texas Teacher Layoffs Are A Local ProblemManifesto Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-41371879151099680312011-03-15T18:38:29.318-05:002011-03-15T18:38:29.318-05:00Welcome, timr, and please do come back.
I grew up...Welcome, timr, and please do come back.<br /><br />I grew up south of San Antonio, and there is indeed almost no snow there. I saw snow about 3 times by the time I was 25 and moved farther north in the state. Here, we actually got 12.6 inches in a 24-hr. period in Feb. 2010, and people didn't know what to do. The infrastructure isn't built for it, and most of the people don't know how to drive on it.<br /><br />The big problem here is for people like me, with respiratory allergies. This is no place for such folks to be. But places in the high desert, like Elko, Nevada, would be even more culturally barren than here. I don't know if I could stand that, as tough as it's been to be an almost lifelong Texan.Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-576305761470034852011-03-15T11:07:33.903-05:002011-03-15T11:07:33.903-05:00Joe, Nice to find you. I am an indenpendent libera...Joe, Nice to find you. I am an indenpendent liberal in San Antonio. A refugee from the wilds of northern Michigan my wife and I threw a dart at a map of the southern/western states back in 2003 to decide where we were going to retire to. The dart landed on San Antonio. We knew nothing about it other than there would be NO SNOW. Built a nice house in 2004 and due to Texas constitutional amendment, I pay zero property taxes.<br /> Now our kids are slowly moving to the area-because MI job market sucks and due to power grab by new rethug gov there.<br /> Keep it up, I am adding you to my favorite file and will be dropping by oftentimrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-2584743689912845962011-03-14T07:28:29.704-05:002011-03-14T07:28:29.704-05:00Joe, I sometimes dream Bernie Sanders is my US Sen...Joe, I sometimes dream Bernie Sanders is my US Senator. Then, there is a knock at the door and it's Mitch and Rand raising funds for the wealthy. Our governor is suing the EPA to prevent them from enforcing the law protecting surface water from mountain top removal. Your governor gives me a small measure of solace in that misery loves company.<br /><br />I knew about Buckley's civil veneer and agree with you. Daniel's post.Cletis https://www.blogger.com/profile/01865557276496148455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-4072814588530185762011-03-11T02:16:30.205-06:002011-03-11T02:16:30.205-06:00Oh, I forgot to spell it the new Tea Party way: MO...Oh, I forgot to spell it the new Tea Party way: MORAN.Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-83665527573466537502011-03-10T21:45:41.365-06:002011-03-10T21:45:41.365-06:00Joe,
It is hard for me to fathom a place as backw...Joe, <br />It is hard for me to fathom a place as backward-looking as Texas, or one so rife with ignorance and utter foolishness. God help you down there, my friend. The Texas educational system will soon make the current Mississippi one look good! No wonder those Texas Republicans hat "guvment" so much---it's been so long since they've had good governance, they wouldn't know if it came and bit them in the ass!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-35327156151957931202011-03-10T20:29:23.777-06:002011-03-10T20:29:23.777-06:00Texas currently has an astonishing $27 billion def...Texas currently has an astonishing $27 billion deficit. That dwarfs the deficits of many of the supposedly "spendthrift" Big Government Blue States.<br />It's amazing that Texas has a deficit at all, much less a $27 billion one. After all, Texas has a minimalist government. We don't spend shit on much of anything. Everything from schools to social programs are starved for funds.<br />Yes, we do have a gigantic prison system that locks up thousands of people for minor drug offenses. But it remains a mystery to me as to how on earth Texas could be so far in the red.<br />Under Ann Richards, we never had deficits that were remotely as large.<br />Bizarrely, most of Perry's deluded followers continue to maintain that he is a "fiscally responsible" Conservative. In reality, he's a fucking moron who almost makes W look good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com