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Born to Run

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  1. Part of the perception problem is that inaction is seen as beneficial to the Democratic Party from a purely political standpoint. These will eventually be overwhelmingly D voters. Everyone knows that.
     
    The cynic in me says that’s why nothing is done by Dems in Congress. Easier to scream racism and let everybody in. Bolster numbers. Unfortunately there are actual consequences to large amounts of illegal immigration on legal citizens and government services. Not to mention finances.

    Republicans do nothing because it’s a hard problem to fix and it’s good for riling up their base. The problem might be reaching level though that something has to be done. And you don’t ever want situations to ever where government has to “do something!”
    This is breathtakingly erroneous and chalk full of horseshit. I realize it's often repeated as truth, but that doesn't make it true.

    The GOP has moved from wanting guest workers programs and amnesty to not wanting Any immigration and deporting everyone.

    How can Dems "work" with that position?

    Immigrants are not a monolithic voting block. See South Texas or Florida.
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  2. Made that same drive recently and it did seem worse than usual.  Hotter out than it shoulda been which certainly didn't help.  But as they all say up there, "You get used it", but not over the course of one day you don't.  
    We had a "National Lampoon's Vacation" moment in Childress.  Ordered DQ or something similar to-go and took it over to the park to eat outside in the shade.  And at one point my oldest just freaked out, "These burger tastes like poop!"  And my wife was so embarrassed because we were with another family.  And I just laughed and got the "Don't encourage her!" look.  But it reminded me of Clark eating at the picnic, "Oh god, the Dog peed on the sandwiches!"  
    I realize those people have to make a living somehow, and if you're in that industry---god bless you and your labor.  But there's a reason animal waste smells like that, it's to biologically alert us to get the fuck away.  I don't know people not directly tied to the industry can live around there.  You can open up your cafe or insurance agency anywhere else.  Just because you're born somewhere doesn't mean you have to stay there.  But then, maybe when they visit other cities, they get out of the car and think our town smells funny.  Kinda like when you leave your home for a long time and come back and it kinda smells different 'cause you haven't been in there for awhile.  Or South Austin's Mom's vagina.
    Wait, what are we talking about again? 
    Perhaps their wagon lost a wheel, or they lacked ambition one?
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  3. Well, you can only rape, murder and deal drugs so much when you're working your ass off picking crops, roofing houses, cleaning other houses, and cooking the rest of us delicious food.
    Dumbest fucking culture war ever.  If Abbott and the other MAGAts actually have an impact, it is going to fuck small businesses all over the country.
    All my paint contractors have had at least a one month waiting list for the past 5 years and can't find help anywhere at any skill level. Wages are insane.
  4. Cool fantasy.
    When you realize that the current "immigration debate/fervor" has NOTHING to do with legal status, labor markets, costs, benefits, etc., and is ENTIRELY about nativist xenophobic demonization of all immigrants (remember, they want to end birthright citizenship, and flat-out close the borders to all immigration), then you realize that your entirely rational proposal is DOA.
    It's not any more complicated than that.  The reason that there have been no recent actual policy discussions or proposals about immigration is because the "anti-immigration" crowd has zero interest in immigration policy.  "Immigrants" are simply the demon/other they have chosen to villify, and that hatred is their entire reason for being.  "Solving the problem" would take the thing they hate away, and they can't have that.
    TLDR; we can't fix immigration because it's not about immigration at all.  It's about old fashioned hatred, full stop.
    I've been thinking a lot about how corrupted our historical biases pollute our current thinking. It's completely pervasive.

    Basic world history is taught from a Euro centered world view. Greece and Rome good, Moors bad. Never mind all the advanced civilizations that thrived during Europe's Dark Ages. It's ignored. Which makes xenophobia and racism an easy step. Bomb those savages back to the stone age. Without slavery the world would still be living in huts. White men made all the innovation and discovery.

    It's a problem. And we cant even talk about the impacts of slavery on subsequent generations.

    And our media silos mean it will never go away.
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  5. Well, it's been a hard journey, but I believe I've finally found the perfect quote. Enjoy it now, my friends, because we may never see the likes of it again. 
     
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    Like J Witt of Cuero etc? I'd think those fellas are ready to GTFO our racist back waters.
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  6. Wolf Creek Dec 25-30. Doesn't look like we are getting shit after I missed all of last season's epic snow (ACL injury).

    We were going to do Italy, but we are fostering a stray and he needs to travel with.

  7. Dealing with so many of those gomers on a daily basis is too high a price to pay.
    Amen, I grew up in the Cypress area. Lousy with aggy. Left for Austin when I was 18, never to move back. Dallas folks don't live amongst a bunch of aggy and don't get the hate.
  8. If your son didn't want to be sexually assaulted by other guys, you shouldn't have let him go to A&M.
    Some of the frat boys from the early 90s shouldn't be throwing any stones or claw hammers here, to be honest.
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  9. Did you know that hippos CAN'T swim? They just run and jump along the bottom when they're in water.
    (Damn - someone beat me to it)
    So if make it to deep water without getting eaten, I can float on my back and taunt them?

    Yeah you first, buddy.
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