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Ag with kids

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  1. Ok? And? Your map is showing that Red states are less gerrymandered than Blue states... Hint: Green is Very gerrymandered...Red is less gerrymandered. Eight of those states in your pic are Red states. And I will disagree with Maryland since they're 7-1 Democrat (88%)...
  2. No... They went to public schools in Texas...but one of the GOOD parts of Texas.
  3. I also have 22 grandkids...
  4. You realize that most of those "gerrymandered" states only have 1 to 2 representatives, right? And that goes to both the right and the left. Vermont is not gerrymandered because it's 100% Democrat. It only has 1 representative. It's either 100% Democrat or 100% Republican. Since most of their citizens lean Democratic, their Representation is 1-0 Dem. Similarly, North Dakota only has 1 representative is not gerrymandered because it's 100% Republican. It only has 1 representative. It's either 100% Democrat or 100% Republican. Since most of their citizens lean Republican, their Representation is 1-0 Rep. It's not rocket surgery...
  5. I only try to discuss the subjects that have been presented to me. Bozo hasn't brought the taxation system of Texas up. I have not stated whether I think the current Texas taxing system is optimal or good. That is a different discussion that should be a different thread.
  6. JFC...yeah...it was... Raising 9 kids was a shit ton of work. But, I got them all to adulthood. And they're all good kids.
  7. Meh... I've done OK in life.
  8. Why would this be a joke? Democrat run states are more gerrymandered than Republican run states.
  9. And you're one of the reasons why this site is nothing but a burnt orange democratunderground echo chamber. Congrats, I guess???
  10. Meh... I changed it from my avatar that was on shaggy/hornfans that was kind of a joke on my school... I'll change it so that the sand will get out of your vag...
  11. I have 9 kids. That's where it comes from. hth
  12. I don't like how many states have apportioned their voting structure. HOWEVER, I also don't think that the right should acquiesce to the fact that the left has "gerrymandered" or "partisan apportioned" their legislatures to be more partisan than the right. And are now demanding "fairness"... The right should return the favor and get on an even field and THEN negotiate to change things. Otherwise, they're doing every election with AT LEAST one hand tied behind their back Hell, blue states are apportioned at 79% Democrat. Red states are at 76% Republican. IF Texas gets 5 more seats, the red states STILL won't be at 79%. Tell YOUR side to change first since you don't like the way the districts are set up... BTW, to answer your original question...Yes, I'm OK. Thanks for asking.
  13. They have one... And their "nonpartisan" redistricting commission gerrymandered the state to 83%-17% when the state votes 59%-39%...
  14. My consideration of party support had to do with how a state voted. CA voted Harris 58.47% Trump 38.33%. Their legislature should be close to representing that ratio. However, it's currently 83%-17% A state that votes 55-65%-45-35% for X party should have a state legislature and US House representation somewhere around those values. Unfortunately, you will NEVER be able to do a NON gerrymandered map. Look at every single state - the rural areas are bright red. WHY? Because they have "conservative values" (however you want to define those)... But, then you get to the urban areas and that's why you have the "salamanders" crawling all over them. And you want, I forgot what you called it, but I think "communities of interest" or something like that to be linked. I don't think I ever argued against that. People in urban or even suburban areas don't live where they live to fit some type of good "district map"... My whole point has been that the legislature makeup should match the voting makeup. How do you propose that districts be drawn up that ONLY reflect "communities of interest" and yet allow the majority in the state to have their voting "power" be reflected in a way that actually works?
  15. California has their Congressional representation at 83% Democrat/17% Republican. Illinois has it at 82%/18%. New York is at 73%/27%. All 3 have now discussed doing ADDITIONAL gerrymandering in response to the Texas effort. All of those states vote around 58%-55% Democrat. Spare me your outrage.... And damn you for dragging me back here to talk about politics...
  16. No problem. Paul's is legit good! You'll be happy. It's not a tourist place. It's a locals' place...
  17. Yep. One in Port A and then one on Flour Bluff on the north side of SPID between Waldron and Flour Bluff Dr. Big yellow building. You can't miss it. They actually serve fried fish there now. It used to just be a bunch of coolers with fresh fish, but they've expanded.
  18. Fine. I retuned my model and now it's 3.14159 26535 89793 23845 / 1.61803 39887 49894 84821 / 0.83462 68416 74072 18628 However, since I live on N Padre Island, the concept of "non-zero winds" is not possible here.
  19. Euler included that in his constant. Duh.
  20. Pffft.... Anyone who doesn't do 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 / 1.61803 39887 49894 84820 / 0.83462 68416 74073 18628 has no idea about cooking ribs! Amateurs...
  21. So THAT'S where Brokeback Mountain was filmed... But, seriously, it IS really beautiful there. I just hate cold. That's why I live on N Padre Island. So, I'm only going to visit my daughter in the summer...
  22. That place is the fucking tits. Even when you aren't hammered late at night.
  23. I'll be in London in late October to present a paper for a conference. I grew up in England (from 5-10 years old), so it's cool going back. I talked with my Dad and he's going to go, too. London will be a few days for my conference, and then we're going to head out to the tiny town we lived in so my Dad and I can FINALLY drink a pint together at his favorite pub there. Any food recs in London for us to make sure we go to?
  24. I don't come on Cloak Room often. (I used to on Shaggy and whatever it was called on HornFans, though) I was probably on the Food & Travel forum. Why would anyone that isn't far left spend a lot of time visiting this forum? It's an echo chamber that attacks anyone that has any type of conservative views. I drop by every once in awhile to see what the latest outrage is. Sometimes I make a comment.
  25. Even when EVERY SINGLE AGENCY has the same function - HR/Payroll? So you need hundreds of HR/Payroll offices? And they don't share any information? That's extremely inefficient. Why not have one central HR/Payroll office that handles those functions instead of hundreds of them - each with X number of VPs, Y number of Directors, Z number of managers?
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