Abbott being Abbott

[Brisketexan 105,572]

46 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Not a champion of personal freedom. Only a mascot of incompetence.

 

47 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

He seems to be in good hands. If only we could say the same for Texas.

Just.  Fucking.  Brutal.

And spot-on.

[TexArcher 38,415]

So I guess he didn't die in his sleep.  Dammit.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

thought this passage was rather poignant:
"The state’s response has been too little too late. While the health department recently announced it was opening nine infusion centers for Texans to receive Regeneron’s experimental monoclonal antibody treatment that can help mild cases avoid hospitalization, NBC News reported on Monday that Texas had also requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of an influx of dead bodies."

['stache 21,900]

This "personal responsibility" trope is bullshit of the highest order, and apparently something they all agreed upon at their last stonecutters meeting. Our shithead governor says the same shit. YOUR VOTERS DON'T CARE ABOUT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES SO JUST FUCKING STOP!!!!!

[elfenix 34,385]

"personal responsibility" is just a way to ignore systemic problems.   because if you can pretend there's no such thing as a systemic problem, you can claim there's no such thing as a systemic solution, which means you can claim much less government is needed. 

Edited August 18, 2021 by elfenix

[Anastasis 23,498]

Now that is getting dragged. 

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13 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

thought this passage was rather poignant:
"The state’s response has been too little too late. While the health department recently announced it was opening nine infusion centers for Texans to receive Regeneron’s experimental monoclonal antibody treatment that can help mild cases avoid hospitalization, NBC News reported on Monday that Texas had also requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of an influx of dead bodies."

Isn't this where a responsible leader would get on TV and tell the people of his state that he just ordered these mortuary trailers because of the all the death coming our way and that people need to get vaccinated, where masks and take all precautions in order to help our doctors/nurses and healthcare system get through this?  Nah, that would be crazy.

[Walser 1,110]

Those aren't mortuary trailers. They're Freedom Freezers.

[RDCanecutter 26,551]

11 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

I mean there’s a statue of the guy next to town lake. The first statue I know of erected in Austin. 

I didn't know a damn thing about SRV until one day I was riding my bike and stopped next to that statue for no planned reason. Noticed it had ribbons on it, read who it was. Turned out it was his birthday.

[RDCanecutter 26,551]

10 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

This reminds me of when my son accused U2 of being a Coldplay ripoff band. My son was 12 at the time. 

He seems to have recovered from the brain injury.

[Hagbard Celine 10,995]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

"personal responsibility" is just a way to ignore systemic problems.   because if you can pretend there's no such thing as a systemic problem, you can claim there's no such thing as a systemic solution, which means you can claim much less government is needed. 

hey, i fulfilled my personal responsibility to not die from hypothermia in february

i'm doing my part

[Born to Run 6,583]

Is it gauche to wear my Come and Take Him Shirt Today? What if I add my Greg Abott Sucks pin?

[WhatTheBuck 28,830]

11 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

I’m going to bow out of the music debate, I’m not qualified to go any further, but I was unaware of the esteem in which SRV was held until I was a student at UT.  I thought an out of state visitor to this site might be similarly unaware.

Jimmy’s reply was telling. I think if Stevie Ray was from California or New York, no one would have had a problem with what I said. (Of course then he would’ve gone by “Steve.”) But he’s from Texas so it’s like I was insulting their mom. Or, worse yet, Vince Young.

Interesting. And in a thread where you’re all being critical of your governor, no less. 

[Hanrahan 1,306]

1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

thought this passage was rather poignant:
"The state’s response has been too little too late. While the health department recently announced it was opening nine infusion centers for Texans to receive Regeneron’s experimental monoclonal antibody treatment that can help mild cases avoid hospitalization, NBC News reported on Monday that Texas had also requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of an influx of dead bodies."

Texas did not request five "mortuary trailers."  They're called "Liberty Limos."

[JimmyJames 12,271]

12 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Jimmy’s reply was telling. I think if Stevie Ray was from California or New York, no one would have had a problem with what I said. (Of course then he would’ve gone by “Steve.”) But he’s from Texas so it’s like I was insulting their mom. Or, worse yet, Vince Young.

Interesting. And in a thread where you’re all being critical of your governor, no less. 

So what’s your encore gonna be? Texas brisket sucks because not enough sweet bbq sauce and Willie Nelson never could sing and was a sellout chump? 
 

Or on topic you could just tell us your last stand is that in your opinion abbot is a fine governor just doing his job. 

[StassneyHorn 6,692]

I’ve seen enough. Negged for saying dumb shit in the past about Ohio State would have beat Texas in 04 if Hamby doesn’t drop a TD in the third quarter. Negged for getting pissy about ppl talking shit about Big Ten schools for being careless with sexual assaults. Negged for the butthurt about people talking negatively about Ohio. Negged for being a cockgoblin and not knowing Jason Isbell. And negged for this pathetic display of “awe shucks whotf is Stevie Ray Vaughan.”

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3 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

I’ve seen enough. Negged for saying dumb shit in the past about Ohio State would have beat Texas in 04 if Hamby doesn’t drop a TD in the third quarter. Negged for getting pissy about ppl talking shit about Big Ten schools for being careless with sexual assaults. Negged for the butthurt about people talking negatively about Ohio. Negged for being a cockgoblin and not knowing Jason Isbell. And negged for this pathetic display of “awe shucks whotf is Stevie Ray Vaughan.”

People who come to other team's football boards to post thousands, upon thousands of posts over the span of half a decade, when they aren't even in the same conference let alone have any meaningful history between the teams, are absolute fucking losers. Are you really that surprised?

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

7 minutes ago, SEC said:

People who come to other team's football boards to post thousands, upon thousands of posts over the span of half a decade, when they aren't even in the same conference let alone have any meaningful history between the teams, are absolute fucking losers. Are you really that surprised?

is this post meta-irony?

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3 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

is this post meta-irony?

Did I hit a nerve, old man?

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

2 minutes ago, SEC said:

Did I hit a nerve, old man?

42 is old?

nah, just thought it was funny that a poster named SEC was railing on outside posters when in fact, they are an outside poster (for at least another year)

Edited August 18, 2021 by Longhorn_Fan68

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2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

42 is old?

nah, just thought it was funny that a posted named SEC was railing on outside posters when in fact, they are an outside poster (for at least another year)

I was Big12 until literally the day we accepted the SEC invite, moron.

[jimmyjazz 46,474]

4 hours ago, The Dog said:

Absolutely scathing editorial from the Chronicle this morning:

Quote

Texans are watching you, governor. What are you showing them?

Not a champion of personal freedom. Only a mascot of incompetence.

That's gonna leave a mark.

[TheStoicPaisano 9,940]

19 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

I’ve seen enough. Negged for saying dumb shit in the past about Ohio State would have beat Texas in 04 if Hamby doesn’t drop a TD in the third quarter. Negged for getting pissy about ppl talking shit about Big Ten schools for being careless with sexual assaults. Negged for the butthurt about people talking negatively about Ohio. Negged for being a cockgoblin and not knowing Jason Isbell. And negged for this pathetic display of “awe shucks whotf is Stevie Ray Vaughan.”

05

And nobody was beating VY that night.

Edited August 18, 2021 by TheStoicPaisano

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

5 minutes ago, SEC said:

I was Big12 until literally the day we accepted the SEC invite, moron.

sorry i don't keep up with your prima donna username changes, princess. you have fewer than 1000 posts here. no one would claim you are significant

Edited August 18, 2021 by Longhorn_Fan68

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1 minute ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

no one would claim you are significant

Thank fucking god, last thing I would want to be known for is role playing as a big boy insider while paying to post on a free website.

[Aqua Buddha 14,653]

Cross posting like a motherfucker:

 

[jimmyjazz 46,474]

39 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I think if Stevie Ray was from California or New York, no one would have had a problem with what I said. (Of course then he would’ve gone by “Steve.”) But he’s from Texas so it’s like I was insulting their mom. Or, worse yet, Vince Young.

I was born and raised in Missouri, and owned SRV's first three records before moving to Texas for grad school.  The world at large claims him, and I suspect most music fans would put him on the Mount Rushmore of rock guitar, likely with Hendrix, Page, and Van Halen, but others would of course be in the conversation (Clapton, May, Gilmour, Allman, Beck, Berry among others).

Texans idolize him not nearly so much because he was a Texan, but because he was an absolutely iconic, beyond-prodigious talent.  So there you go. 

[Asithappens 974]

14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I was born and raised in Missouri, and owned SRV's first three records before moving to Texas for grad school.  The world at large claims him, and I suspect most music fans would put him on the Mount Rushmore of rock guitar, likely with Hendrix, Page, and Van Halen, but others would of course be in the conversation (Clapton, May, Gilmour, Allman, Beck, Berry among others).

Texans idolize him not nearly so much because he was a Texan, but because he was an absolutely iconic, beyond-prodigious talent.  So there you go. 

Good post, but Texans idolize him more b/c he's a Texan, imo. 

And I'm ok with that.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

part one of the finding out phase?

 

[South Austin 52,687]

6 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

part one of the finding out phase?

 

Not really. Win or lose any of these lawsuits, he doesn’t care, he’ll spin it how he wants, and he’ll get re-elected.

[C-Man 27,347]

part one of the finding out phase?
 

But I’m sure nothing will come of it.

[UDontKnow 10,503]

4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Not really. Win or lose any of these lawsuits, he doesn’t care, he’ll spin it how he wants, and he’ll get re-elected.

['stache 21,900]

15 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

part one of the finding out phase?

 

Part 2. He's already facing state lawsuits and the state supreme court's stay does not resolve the matter (although it indicates that they'll do Texas like things on the merits). This is a more promising way for him to "find out."

[cactusflinthead 27,615]

[CooterBrown 18,089]

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

That's gonna leave a mark.

Hopefully, the hit was above the belt otherwise he won't notice.

 

[Sawbonz 27,777]

6 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

Texas had also requested five mortuary trailers

Is that a lot? That sounds like a lot 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

5 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Is that a lot? That sounds like a lot 

depends on if they are the 16 or 50-body model.

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7 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

That editorial is great and all but he'll get nominated and reelected with zero problem.  

If he thought he'd win his primary with no problem, I don't think he'd be actively working against counties/school districts who are trying to protect their residents/children from COVID.  I also wonder if he's concerned about Huffines or West going on a third-party run.

Since Abbott announced that he caught COVID, Huffines backed off on attacking him over school districts pushing mask mandates, so Abbott will probably catch COVID every month or so between now and the primaries.

[South Austin 52,687]

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

Since Abbott announced that he caught COVID, Huffines backed off on attacking him over school districts pushing mask mandates, so Abbott will probably catch COVID every month or so between now and the primaries.

Great strategy.  He should make plans to go to a Toby Keith concert once a month through next Spring.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

4 hours ago, SEC said:

Thank fucking god, last thing I would want to be known for is role playing as a big boy insider while paying to post on a free website.

lol, I missed this the first time. sorry you're poor.

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3 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

part one of the finding out phase?

A) Love the Mothers Against Greg Abbott

B) Federal lawsuits will be fun for Abbott.  I would think, given the circumstances (pandemic and all) that this could see action very quickly.

Make no mistake though, federal lawsuits also solve a lot of problems for Abbott.  They can decide in favor of school districts, and Abbott gets to play the martyr that tried to stand up to the feds, but in the end, he had no say in the matter (which is why you should vote for him for President so he can have a say) and it'll help cases go down.

[C-Man 27,347]

8 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

lol, I missed this the first time. sorry you're poor.

TREE FIDDY = serious business

I'm sure the irony of the site being "free" for him and others is utterly lost on him. Kind of like mask/vaxx debate.

[Sawbonz 27,777]

How shitty of a human do you have to be to get sued by schoolchildren? Has this happened to a governor since desegregation?

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,917]

7 minutes ago, C-Man said:

TREE FIDDY = serious business

I'm sure the irony of the site being "free" for him and others is utterly lost on him. Kind of like mask/vaxx debate.

it would humorous to have him explain socialism to us and why it is bad, in this context

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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

lol, I missed this the first time. sorry you're poor.

And you feel you're important because your old ass writes two-dollar checks to the third spin off site for ut football rabble rousing, because that's simultaneously your measure of success and wealth, per your own admission.

[SEC 1,174]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

TREE FIDDY = serious business

I'm sure the irony of the site being "free" for him and others is utterly lost on him. Kind of like mask/vaxx debate.

what is advertising, kent, how does it work??

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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

it would humorous to have him explain socialism to us and why it is bad, in this context

I can tell you that any site that has a copyright notice at the bottom and takes in private donations paid to a for-profit llc is pretty fucking awful at socialism.

sounds like you like your socialism in lemonade flavor, you neolib moron.

Edited August 18, 2021 by SEC

[Ghost of LL 15,604]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

A) Love the Mothers Against Greg Abbott

B) Federal lawsuits will be fun for Abbott.  I would think, given the circumstances (pandemic and all) that this could see action very quickly.

Make no mistake though, federal lawsuits also solve a lot of problems for Abbott.  They can decide in favor of school districts, and Abbott gets to play the martyr that tried to stand up to the feds, but in the end, he had no say in the matter (which is why you should vote for him for President so he can have a say) and it'll help cases go down.

That's why I thought the SCOTX decision was such terrible politics.  

SCOTX could've just absolved Abbott of responsibility by leaving the TROs in place.  That way, Abbott could run around to the MAGAts saying "I tried, guys, but those damned libs in the cities . . . and the Lege didn't pass the laws we really need . . . and judges--what're you gonna do."  And what does SCOTX care?  They run without a primary all the time.  And it's not like they're going to lose in a general.

They thought they were doing the good MAGAt thing.  But really they just fucked Abbott.

[Deej 77,171]

11 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Any idea how long ago he received the third shot? Shouldn't the booster increase protection against a breakthrough infection? 

Booster is ineffective when you've had a maskless Fitlump in your lap. 

[StassneyHorn 6,692]

West has been eerily quiet