Abbott being Abbott

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[PenelopeWitherspoon 19126]

2 hours ago, DonkeyCigars said:

Just because you don't agree doesn't mean you are right and I am wrong, and visa versa. It's relative to our core personal values. So just because I think you are wrong and full of it, like you think I am, I don't think it merits rude behavior.

Well, calling people who have an abortion a murderer or wanting to subjugate over half the planet as second class humans because of your personal beliefs is pretty fucking rude IMO.  

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

 

I have a dream---

that everybody put DonkeyIdiot on ignore, and just like that:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

13 hours ago, mchookem said:

now why on earth are they screwing Harris County and giving all the money to smaller surrounding counties??  hmmm i wonder...🤔

jfc our leaders are just pure evil

ETA: any of our republican friends live in Houston? care to weigh in?

Distributing money to small poor counties ?  Sounds like some socialist bullshit.

[Michael Knight 12989]

Meanwhile in other incompetence

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office knew of looming natural gas shortages on February 10, days before a deep freeze plunged much of the state into blackouts, according to documents obtained by E&E News and reviewed by Ars.

Abbott’s office first learned of the likely shortfall in a phone call from then-chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas DeAnne Walker. In the days leading up to the power outages that began on February 15, Walker and the governor’s office spoke 31 more times.

Walker also spoke with regulators, politicians, and utilities dozens of times about the gas curtailments that threatened the state’s electrical grid. The PUC chair’s diary for the days before the outage shows her schedule dominated by concerns over gas curtailments and the impact they would have on electricity generation. Before and during the disaster, she was on more than 100 phone calls with various agencies and utilities regarding gas shortages.

After the blackouts began, Abbott appeared on Fox News to falsely assert that wind turbines were the driving force behind the outages.

 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/texas-gov-knew-of-natural-gas-shortages-days-before-blackout-blamed-wind-anyway/

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8 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

This thread bores me. 

No shit, I want to talk about the image of Abbott rolling around a darkened Governor's mansion, scared that Allen West is going to jump out from the shadows.

[Nivek 16946]

8 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

And I think you are a patronizing asshole - see the last part of your sentence.  The truth is, people like you who are like, "I just don't agree, I think you are wrong." are full of fucking shit.  Mrs. Wiggins post just down thread is absolutely spot on.  Men want to restrict women, but would not abide by any fucking restrictions on themselves. They like having an underclass of people to serve them.  

 

What did you expect from the party of "I take no responsibility at all"?

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

God dammit I just wanted to see if there was any info on some of the bills Abbott signed in the last few days and all you fuckers are arguing with the donkey troll. Knock it off. 

[tigol 2398]

11 hours ago, DonkeyCigars said:

And, hey, that's fair. I don't know your positions or stances on things as well as you seem to know mine, but I get that for some people, sometimes you can be too philosophically far apart to have productive and healthy discourse. I respect that. Peace.

Fuck responding to a troll.

Edited May 22, 2021 by tigol
Eat a dick.

[StassneyHorn 6623]

Day 2 and still no stories of anyone’s wife/daughter reactions to the rape fantasy. 

[DonkeyCigars 143]

47 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Day 2 and still no stories of anyone’s wife/daughter reactions to the rape fantasy. 

I think the rape fantasy was disgustingly yours, dude, definitely not mine.

Anyways, like most Texas families probably, we did end up having a conversation about it as a family, and long story short, we landed on a place of gratitude that we live in Texas. It has it's flaws and warts like any other place and it is true that it is quickly becoming more divided, but all things considered, we like the stock.

Edited May 22, 2021 by DonkeyCigars

[JimmyJames 12271]

55 minutes ago, DonkeyCigars said:

I think the rape fantasy was disgustingly yours, dude, definitely not mine.

Anyways, like most Texas families probably, we did end up having a conversation about it as a family, and long story short, we landed on a place of gratitude that we live in Texas. It has it's flaws and warts like any other place and it is true that it is quickly becoming more divided, but all things considered, we like the stock.

Dude you’re being a disingenuous troll here. Not a surprise. You are the one who is ok with a woman who was raped with the state forcing her to carry the baby to term even if it kills her. Or am I misinterpreting your stance here.

[Da Fino 2783]

I think the rape fantasy was disgustingly yours, dude, definitely not mine.
Anyways, like most Texas families probably, we did end up having a conversation about it as a family, and long story short, we landed on a place of gratitude that we live in Texas. It has it's flaws and warts like any other place and it is true that it is quickly becoming more divided, but all things considered, we like the stock.

[StassneyHorn 6623]

2 hours ago, DonkeyCigars said:

I think the rape fantasy was disgustingly yours, dude, definitely not mine.

Anyways, like most Texas families probably, we did end up having a conversation about it as a family, and long story short, we landed on a place of gratitude that we live in Texas. It has it's flaws and warts like any other place and it is true that it is quickly becoming more divided, but all things considered, we like the stock.

Disgustingly mine?

 

[workswithseed 2109]

17 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Disgustingly mine?

 

Fuck that's just too funny.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I am ashamed that Abbott is a Longhorn. I’m struggling to think of another alumnus that I am more embarrassed by.

[Guest Lobo]

I'm sure we have a couple others, but he's been on a fucking roll lately.  

Really though, as you look around the political landscape of Texas.......more often than not the biggest dipshits of either party are Baylor grads through and through.   A&M's got nothing on them.  

[JimmyJames 12271]

28 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I am ashamed that Abbott is a Longhorn. I’m struggling to think of another alumnus that I am more embarrassed by.

He’s a worse governor than aggy Rick. Chew on that for a minute.

[staboner 4984]

49 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I am ashamed that Abbott is a Longhorn. I’m struggling to think of another alumnus that I am more embarrassed by.

lotta options in dailytexan i am afraid

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

lotta options in dailytexan i am afraid

Harmless liberal journalism majors vs a fucking dumbass actually affecting policy for nearly 30 million people? Not even close.

[softlynow 1816]

4 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Harmless liberal journalism majors vs a fucking dumbass actually affecting policy for nearly 30 million people? Not even close.

I think he means the "conservative," afraid to be exposed as cult members posters on the board of that name, not the student paper, but your point does still remain.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I think he means the "conservative," afraid to be exposed as cult members posters on the board of that name, not the student paper, but your point does still remain.

If so, the point still remains. Shitty Longhorns being stupid on an Internet forum still not as bad as hot wheels.

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1 hour ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I am ashamed that Abbott is a Longhorn. I’m struggling to think of another alumnus that I am more embarrassed by.

I read a bit about him having the tree fall on him, suing, getting six figures a year for the rest of his life (he currently gets $14,000 a month tax-free from the lawsuit) and occasionally gets lump sum payments (last year or the year before I think he got around a $400,000 lump sum).

But then you read about his legal work to make it hard for somebody with injuries similar to his to collect the same type of payouts he received, and he's just fucking despicable.  He should have been a champion for disabled people, not actively work to make it harder for them.

And that's before you see what he's currently doing with his power.

I do take some solace in the fact that the Republicans in Texas are fucking themselves in the long term when it comes to younger people.

[totallynotabuttpirate 5400]

Y'll motherfuckers need to stop posting here and watch the baseball game.  

[kevwun 15811]

14 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I read a bit about him having the tree fall on him, suing, getting six figures a year for the rest of his life (he currently gets $14,000 a month tax-free from the lawsuit) and occasionally gets lump sum payments (last year or the year before I think he got around a $400,000 lump sum).

But then you read about his legal work to make it hard for somebody with injuries similar to his to collect the same type of payouts he received, and he's just fucking despicable.  He should have been a champion for disabled people, not actively work to make it harder for them.

And that's before you see what he's currently doing with his power.

I do take some solace in the fact that the Republicans in Texas are fucking themselves in the long term when it comes to younger people.

Polio made FDR a better person.  Paralysis made Abbott a bigger asshole.

Edited May 23, 2021 by kevwun

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1 hour ago, Lobo said:

I'm sure we have a couple others, but he's been on a fucking roll lately.  

Really though, as you look around the political landscape of Texas.......more often than not the biggest dipshits of either party are Baylor grads through and through.   A&M's got nothing on them.  

[Bullneck 19185]

On 5/21/2021 at 12:28 PM, elfenix said:

he did send a couple bears to maul 42 boys for telling elijah he was bald as elijah was on his way to the the house of el, which got retconned to house of yahweh. 

 

[JimmyJames 12271]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Polio made FDR a better person.  Paralysis made Abbott a bigger asshole.

His positions on making it harder for people to sue based on what he’s gotten tons of money for is despicable.

Edited May 23, 2021 by JimmyJames

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Abbot has empty eyes.

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

13 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

Abbot has empty eyes.

So would you if you ate rubbery brisket for a promo ad.

 

 

 

[Neonmoon 38129]

24 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

His positions on making it harder for people to sue based on what he’s gotten tons of money for is despicable.

What position of his isn’t despicable?

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

3 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

What position of his isn’t despicable?

Top of a steep hill?

[Neonmoon 38129]

2 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Top of a steep hill?

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32 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

What position of his isn’t despicable?

Well he’s against laws that would help the handicapped.

But wait. I suppose that’s kind of despicable also.

I got nothing. 

[South Austin 52523]

8 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

Abbot has empty eyes.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9341]

Abbott's done one useful thing--signing the alcohol to go law--which currently puts his shitty vs good actions while governor at about eleventy billion to one. I never thought he'd hitch his wagon to the faux evangelicals and the Q mouth breathers, but he's shown that he will pander to the lowest of the low in order to remain in power.

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14 hours ago, Lobo said:

I'm sure we have a couple others, but he's been on a fucking roll lately.  

Really though, as you look around the political landscape of Texas.......more often than not the biggest dipshits of either party are Baylor grads through and through.   A&M's got nothing on them.  

Actually he's been rolling quite a while, or at least since that whole tree and gravity thing he got mixed up in.

[Neonmoon 38129]

The White Supremacist banned talking about white supremacy 

 

[mchookem 16338]

hopefully our friends in DT all freaked out about their third grader maybe having to learn too much about the history of racism in this country can shut up about it now 🙄

[elfenix 34330]

racism isn't divisive, learning about racism is divisive!

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

20 minutes ago, mchookem said:

hopefully our friends in DT all freaked out about their third grader maybe having to learn too much about the history of racism in this country can shut up about it now 🙄

I'm uncomfortable about this bill because of 2022/24. Essentially if I'm understanding this, you've got a foot in the door (based on the language and my understanding of it) because of this phrase among other things:

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an individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual's race or sex...

that phrase as it relates to course concept/requirements as written in the bill opens up (IMO) teachers to being sued because a parent can use that phrase with a broad brush can't they? Even if it has a very specific meaning, it would act as a blanket to stifle any classroom discussion where students have different points of view. because what teacher wants to open up that can of worms. Going further down that path yields a return to segregated schools so that no one "feels" uncomfortable. May be the end goal regardless, but the party of snowflakes is on the march.

 

[JimmyJames 12271]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

The White Supremacist banned talking about white supremacy 

 

They’re next gonna pass a law which mandates that teachers refer to the civil war as the “war of northern aggression”and slavery had absolutely nothing to do with it. 
 

Oh yeah and the south would have won too if they hadn’t been stabbed in the back by the Jews. Little known civil war fact. 

Edited May 23, 2021 by JimmyJames

[workswithseed 2109]

55 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I'm uncomfortable about this bill because of 2022/24. Essentially if I'm understanding this, you've got a foot in the door (based on the language and my understanding of it) because of this phrase among other things:

that phrase as it relates to course concept/requirements as written in the bill opens up (IMO) teachers to being sued because a parent can use that phrase with a broad brush can't they? Even if it has a very specific meaning, it would act as a blanket to stifle any classroom discussion where students have different points of view. because what teacher wants to open up that can of worms. Going further down that path yields a return to segregated schools so that no one "feels" uncomfortable. May be the end goal regardless, but the party of snowflakes is on the march.

 

Yeah, that seems stupid and unnecessary. Oh no, little Jimmy feels bad that people were terrible the other Americans cause of their race. He shouldn't feel empathy. We gonna sue you for teaching history.

Hell, if worry, just get on school boards, and make sure you tech little Jimmy what you think how it happened. No need to sue someone.

 

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7 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

 I never thought he'd hitch his wagon to the faux evangelicals and the Q mouth breathers, but he's shown that he will pander to the lowest of the low in order to remain in power.

Abbott never thought the state GOP would actually, and very publicly, turn on him.

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2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

The White Supremacist banned talking about white supremacy 

 

I honestly want more of this.  This is the kind of shit that will piss off Democrats, minorities, younger people, etc., and get them out to vote.

It's a bit of a Streisand effect going on - by trying to ban this shit, the Republicans are drawing attention to it.

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38 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

They’re next gonna pass a law which mandates that teachers refer to the civil war as the “war of northern aggression”and slavery had absolutely nothing to do with it. 

I guaran-fucking-tee that Republicans would like to erase all traces of this little document.

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/2feb1861.html

DECLARATION OF CAUSES: February 2, 1861
A declaration of the causes which impel the State of Texas to secede from the Federal Union.

The government of the United States, by certain joint resolutions, bearing date the 1st day of March, in the year A.D. 1845, proposed to the Republic of Texas, then a free, sovereign and independent nation, the annexation of the latter to the former as one of the co-equal States thereof,

The people of Texas, by deputies in convention assembled, on the fourth day of July of the same year, assented to and accepted said proposals and formed a constitution for the proposed State, upon which on the 29th day of December in the same year, said State was formally admitted into the Confederated Union.

Texas abandoned her separate national existence and consented to become one of the Confederated States to promote her welfare, insure domestic tranquility [sic] and secure more substantially the blessings of peace and liberty to her people. She was received into the confederacy with her own constitution, under the guarantee of the federal constitution and the compact of annexation, that she should enjoy these blessings. She was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as negro slavery--the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits--a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which her people intended should exist in all future time. Her institutions and geographical position established the strongest ties between her and other slave-holding States of the confederacy. Those ties have been strengthened by association. But what has been the course of the government of the United States, and of the people and authorities of the non-slave-holding States, since our connection with them?

The controlling majority of the Federal Government, under various pretences and disguises, has so administered the same as to exclude the citizens of the Southern States, unless under odious and unconstitutional restrictions, from all the immense territory owned in common by all the States on the Pacific Ocean, for the avowed purpose of acquiring sufficient power in the common government to use it as a means of destroying the institutions of Texas and her sister slave-holding States.

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14 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

Hell, if worry, just get on school boards, 

Getting involved with the PTA or local school board would be an example of "small government".

The Republicans would rather have "big government" where the state legislature is dictating what local school districts can teach.

[Satchel 6938]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

The White Supremacist banned talking about white supremacy 

 

This is so damn depressing. Neither Abbott nor most of the signatories to this bill could define CRT if their lives depended on it.

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3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Getting involved with the PTA or local school board would be an example of "small government".

The Republicans would rather have "big government" where the state legislature is dictating what local school districts can teach.

If they're that worried go to homeschooling, but most people want the free daycare, so that would be the next best step other than moving or going private.

[JimmyJames 12271]

27 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

Yeah, that seems stupid and unnecessary. Oh no, little Jimmy feels bad that people were terrible the other Americans cause of their race. He shouldn't feel empathy. We gonna sue you for teaching history.

Hell, if worry, just get on school boards, and make sure you tech little Jimmy what you think how it happened. No need to sue someone.

 

Are you drunk or high or both?