What's wrong with Texas?

[beefytee]

Doesn’t Texas still have some dry counties?

[BlueK]

Kudos to the state leg for booting him.

The Texas senate still has to vote and it's less clear they'll have the two-thirds needed. Adding to the drama is that his wife is a state senator.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Ken Paxton doesn't help burnish the state's rep as being super law and order. A lot of corruption for a long time.

Kudos to the state leg for booting him.

[frank ryan]

Ken Paxton doesn't help burnish the state's rep as being super law and order. A lot of corruption for a long time.

[wuapinmon]

There’s an alcohol tax in Texas? In the land of the free?!?
what the hell Ted?

Yes, there is. When I came back across from Tamaulipas into Texas, on foot, the state agent (outside the federal customs/immigration) who was stopping cars, leaned out the little booth and yelled, "Any alcohol?" We didn't have any, so he waved us on.

[Uncle Ted]

There’s an alcohol tax in Texas? In the land of the free?!?
what the hell Ted?

I wouldn't know.

[Northwestcoug]

There’s an alcohol tax in Texas? In the land of the free?!?
what the hell Ted?

[Northwestcoug]

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I am heartened that his rallies seem to be getting smaller, even if they are getting distilled down to even more delusional supporters. Still worried that this faction controls too much of state election positions.

[myboynoah]

This is why the term "fellow American" is no longer useful. Zero affinity for these life forms. I know it's probably impossible to wish people out of existence, but I still spend a couple of minutes a night practicing, just in case.

[Non Sequitur]

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This is why the term "fellow American" is no longer useful. Zero affinity for these life forms. I know it's probably impossible to wish people out of existence, but I still spend a couple of minutes a night practicing, just in case.

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[falafel]

My Houstonian cousin wants to Make Texas a Nation Again. I would love to watch them pass a Brexit-style, no forethought kind of secession bill and then watch the US Army walk in and napalm Uncle Ted and his AR-15 (for hog hunting only).

[Uncle Ted]

I'm not sure I care about stopping secession. At some point you have to realize that the United States has gotten too big and too diverse to be managed under a single Federal umbrella. It's naive to think the the U.S won't eventually break up into smaller entities. It will eventually happen, and it won't necessarily be a bad thing.

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[BlueK]

On a positive note, the convention has renewed hopes that Texas might secede from the Union.



I suggest we offer Texas a nice package to follow through. Maybe offer to throw in Arizona if they agree to expedite the secession.

As a Texas resident and registered voter I would vote no, cancelling out Ted's vote.

[Non Sequitur]

On a positive note, the convention has renewed hopes that Texas might secede from the Union.

The proposed platform (it’s expected to be approved when votes are tallied) adds: “Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto.” It wants the secession referendum “in the 2023 general election for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation.”

I suggest we offer Texas a nice package to follow through. Maybe offer to throw in Arizona if they agree to expedite the secession.