A few reasons why I'm glad that I don't live in Texas

[MrScorpio]

1. Repression and exploitation of the stripper class:

>>San Antonio's City Council last week approved a measure requiring exotic dancers to apply for permits that they must wear while performing.

Law enforcers say the permit rule, which goes into effect next week, is intended to allow background checks on dancers and to quickly identify who is breaking local nudity laws. Full nudity is not allowed in San Antonio strip

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2953380

Looks like Texas public officials will do just about anything to go to the strip club and make it look that they're on official business.


2. Insanely applied parental consent laws:

>>Supporters of restrictions on teen access to contraceptives say the issue is not one of costs, but whether parents should know what is happening in their children's lives.

"Whatever the cost, if these laws force even a few teenagers to talk to their parents about these issues, then they're worth it," said James Sedlak, vice president of the American Life League, an anti-abortion group.

"If a young girl is afraid to talk to her parents about using contraceptives, then she knows she's doing something wrong."<<

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2953109

Well, Jimmy Boy, I hope that you'll wish a hearty congrats to all the thirty year old grandparents that you'll see this year.

3. Pitiful support for women's rights:

>>RESOURCES STATISTICS

• The state: Domestic violence shelters in Texas turned away 20 percent of those requesting services in fiscal 2004.
• The county: Harris County turned away about 62 percent.

Sarah carries scars on her arms and face from the times her former boyfriend pushed her from a moving car and cut her along her jaw with a screwdriver.

Last summer, Sarah, 26, fled to a shelter for victims of domestic violence. Sarah is not her real name. She had to leave the shelter at the end of its maximum 90-day stay. She was jobless and, after calls to other shelters, still without a bed.<<

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2953490

This is just too sickening to make light of.

4. The reelection of Tom Fucking Delay and the consequences thereof:

>>A group of House Republican lawmakers, stewing over a Democratic ethics complaint filed against Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), is pressing for the GOP to file a reciprocal complaint against Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for violating campaign-finance law.<<

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/121504/ethics.html

Texas can just kiss my black ass.

(With all apologies to all Texas-based DUers who have to live there)

[Solon]

1. Two reasons why I wish I lived in texas...

Lone_Star_Dem and her daughter
:P

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Well, that was a surprise!

Here I was all ready for a Texas bashing and you posted that. :)

Thanks, Solon. You're a sweetheart. :hug:

[Jack_Dawson]

35. Which one is older?

:shrug:

[name not needed]

38. The one on the right

[7th_Sephiroth]

2. Texas: The New Alabama

the huge shitstain of the world

[MrScorpio]

3. I spent six weeks in Alabama last year

It's still pretty bad

[7th_Sephiroth]

4. i live 6 miles from alabama, man

can you please kill me

[Maestro]

5. Uh not quite

You need to think a little more before posting. There are many great things here in Texas including a long democratic heritage. We are just going through a nightmare that started when Ann Richards left the governor's house.

You want to talk about shitstains, look at your own underwear. ;)

[7th_Sephiroth]

6. i have lived in texas

i now live 6 miles from alabama, i think that makes me qualified enough to have made that comment, i know there are good people in texas,but you dont have enough sense to kick the freepers out

[Maestro]

8. Oh please!

Kick the freepers out! Please tell me how. And while you're at it, tell us out to kick the freepers out of the damn US!

[7th_Sephiroth]

10. a long swift and brutal series of executions allways worked before

the freepers are the enemy, they laugh at peacefull protest and do not hesitate to use lethal force with glee, fire with fire, ya know

[Maestro]

17. Well that is helpful

Can you think of something legal even though the freepers might deserve it. You decry us liberals here that let "them" come to power but this is your advice.

[7th_Sephiroth]

27. well, you can look up obscure old laws

and call them on it, i break obscure local laws here all the time, i walk around town without cash (theres an anti vagrancy law that says you must posess atleast $20 in cash or you will be arrested for vagrancy) i skateboard without a license, and i roll barrels down the sidewalk downtown (a $5 fine that increases with the contents of the barrel)

[redqueen]

19. WTF?!

", i know there are good people in texas,but you dont have enough sense to kick the freepers out"

:puke:

Thanks a lot, pal!

:grr:

I worked my ASS of this year - Dallas was nearly 50% for Kerry - and this is the crap I get for it from my good LIBERAL friends at DU... in the frickin LOUNGE?!

Nice. Really nice.

[texastoast]

29. A-frickin'-men, Redqueen

Don't you love the liberal bigots!!!

[redqueen]

37. Yep

Nothing like being trashed by your fellow liberals.

LOVE IT!

[indigobusiness]

45. I feel abused.

I could use a hug.

[redqueen]

46. Me too!

:hug:

[indigobusiness]

49. I feel better now...thanks, yer majesty.

Would it be appropriate for a commoner like me to offer hugs to royalty?

Awww...what the hell...I'll risk it.

:hug: :hug: :hug:
--:party:--

[LDS Jock]

66. you tell it redqueen

I don't know what the messages from this person were since it is on my ignore list, but I know its trashing Texas and that is enough. That plus whatever reason I put it on ignore to begin with. Keep up the good work in Dallas. It's turning in the city. Now if we could only do something about Collin County.

[LDS Jock]

67. bravo Maestro!

thanks for sticking up .. and love the little guy with the snowball

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. I don't think we have that level of hate here, yet.

I had family that lived there, the horror stories they told me gave me nightmares. Seriously. The Texans that let this crap pass are on a whole clueless and undereducated. We do have a minority of people that are just assholes, too. However, they are a minority. I can't change their minds no matter how much I talk to them. I admit, sometimes I just want to knock them on the head and see if it helps any.

[indigobusiness]

7. But, women can legally go topless in the streets of Texas

I remember Austin, the day the law was clarified. I almost swallowed my chaw.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. Yes, we do have some good things going on...

However, we're tainted right now due to Bush, DeLay and crew. It's going to be a hard fought battle to clear up our mess.

Austin should buy us some bonus points though, it's a liberal mecca!

[atxryan]

28. Topless Austinites

HAH! That's funny... women can go topless whenever they want, except for certain times like Mardi Gras. You can flash on Mardi Gras, but you can't go topless because they're afraid it'll incite a riot. :)

[indigobusiness]

30. It's legal in the entire subcontinent of Texas

unless specifically prohibited.

[Bouncy Ball]

34. Well that's Austin

Austin's like a whole 'nother place. Our little liberal oasis.

I wish I lived in Austin.

[indigobusiness]

40. It's a state law. n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

41. Well DAYUM

why am I not outside topless right now then?

(oh yeah, it's a little NIPPY out!)

;-)

[indigobusiness]

43. That's the whole idea.

Want some hot cocoa?

[Bouncy Ball]

44. Yes, please. Make it two mugs.

;-)

[indigobusiness]

47. But, of course.

We must out them nippys.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

48. As my friend always says...

It's nippley out. :)

[indigobusiness]

51. Proof that Texans are worth more than meets the eye.

What meets the ear will sometimes flat out crack you up.

[Gman]

9. Mr Scorpio, Brother

There's a lot of good Black brothers and sisters in Texas I would like you to meet some day that don't like what's going on down here any more than you or I do.

[Lenape85]

12. Also, the pollution in Dall-Ass and Pewston

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. You forgot Stinkadena

It's true that our air quality is crap now. We have Bush to thank for that one. Ann Richards was a fine Gov. and to be honest we appeared to be moving forward under her. Then enter stage left KKKarl Rove and crew and we have been having MAJOR hell since then.

There are so many of us here who are fighting this. It's not like we have just rolled over to play dead. They had us down and have kicked the living shit out of us.

It still has not stopped the Democrats here from working their collective asses off without any support to speak of from their own party!

[sundog]

14. here we go

flame suits ready! :P

[Bridget Burke]

18. So--where do you live?

So often, people will bash a state or region but are ashamed to indicate their own home. Even the Great State of California has a Republican steroid freak as governor.

Make your complaints to my representative, Sheila Jackson Lee. I'm sure she'll agree demurely.

[NoPasaran]

20. With all due respect, Mr. Scorpio

Don't you live in Virginia? The home of Pat Robertson AND Jerry Falwell? Seems like you have a little freeper problem of your own.
(With all apologies to Old Dominion DUers.)

[Lenape85]

31. Not to mention George Allen

[MrScorpio]

32. I'm STATIONED here by the Air Force

and they sent me to Texas a couple of times too.

If I had my druthers, I'd rather be in the Netherlands


On Edit: Oh Yeah, these VA fuckwads can kiss my black ass too

[Texasgal]

21. ARRRRGGG!

Here we AGAIN..... :(

Stupid, useless argument..... I can't believe I actually read this thread.

STUPID. USELESS.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. a lot of states have idiotic laws adn corrupt politicians

[Joe Power]

23. Austin and Houston

Austin is a bastion of liberal ideals and Harris county (Houston) has recently become more Dem than Pug. Without dirty tricks Delay would already be gone, and isn't likely to survive much longer.

I moved to Houston from a very Democratic area (Toledo, Ohio) and I have had more than my share of culture shock moments down here (Clear Lake, a burb of Houston), but the Dems are surprisingly strong in this area. Not to mention, Texas is traditionally Democratic, and it's only recently been Pugged.

Instead of having Texas kiss our collective asses, which is a very understandable sentiment, it should actually be looked at as a huge battleground state in upcoming elections.

:dem:

[XNASA]

24. Hey Joe.

Welcome to DU.

I too once lived in Clear Lake. In El Lago. Do you work at JSC?

[Joe Power]

25. Clear Lake

No, I am a Web developer...currently doing freelance work. I don't live too far from JSC, though. I'm looking forward to visiting there someday soon.

[XNASA]

26. Excellent.

Merry Christmas.

[Lisa0825]

36. Hey Joe! I live about 15 miles south of Clear Lake....

Are you in any Democratic clubs in your area? I just went to the Bay Area new Democrats Christmas party sunday, and plan to join their group. Good people, including DUer johncoby.

[Joe Power]

39. I was there

I was at that dinner myself. I don't believe that I have ever eaten so much beef in my life.

[Lisa0825]

42. No kidding!!!LOL!

Well, maybe I'll run into you at a meeting sometime!

[Joe Power]

50. Even funnier

I learned about this site at the dinner. Were you there spreading the word?

[Lisa0825]

52. Did you do the webpage for BAND? If so, that was me at your table,

short blonde hair, wearing red and black.

[Joe Power]

65. I thought so!

Yes, I am the one re-doing BAND's site. Thanks for the tip about this site!

[Lisa0825]

68. Glad to see you found us!:-)

Told ya this is a great place!

[Joe Power]

69. Yes, you did

You forgot to include that it is so addictive that I'll probably never get any work done again as long as I live. :toast:

[Lisa0825]

70. You got that right!LOL

I'll be in serious trouble if the sys admin ever starts tracking us!

:scared:

[Joe Power]

71. No worries

If he's like most sysadmins, he's too busy discussing Star Wars, Comic Books, and Gillian Anderson on boards similar to this one. ;)

[Phillycat]

58. Where you goin' with that gun in your hand...

Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

[ceile]

63. Thank you, Joe!

I wholeheartedly agree! Austin is my current home and a wonderful openminded city. Houston is my hometown and I have always known the liberal leanings of Houston. It really chaps my hide when yankees assume that Houston is nothing but repug oil men. :grr:

[Bouncy Ball]

33. Well you should count yourself lucky

it rather sucks here.

I love the land, I love the fact that my family's roots go back to before it was a state.

But just about everything else? Nope.

If tomorrow I got a chance to move to New York or Portland, OR or hell, just about any blue state, I'd jump at the chance and so would my family.

We are a truly back-asswards place. No offense to THESE Duers, but there's a reason we're often thankful for Mississippi, Alabama, etc.

They make us look good sometimes.

[Z_I_Peevey]

53. Here's something you won't see every day:

An Okie sticking up for Texas.

There are liberals in every state. There are wingnuts in every state. If your state went blue, then congratulations. We are happy for you.

Those of us who are blue, even in the reddest of states, still fight on, both against the irrational Shrub-worshippers around us and against the perceptions of our 'superiors' in the blue states.

If you ever get to Oklahoma, and manage to survive amongst the knuckle-dragging, cousin-marrying, possum-eating populace that surely must exist here (because I keep hearing about it so much), then give me a buzz. I'll cook you a meal and we can compare our liberal cred.

[redqueen]

54. Whoa

It must be cold in hell today!

Thanks, neighbor!

:hi:

[Lisa0825]

55. Thank you!!!

I am a Texan who lived in OK for a couple years. But I was lucky enough to have liberal in-laws there. Big donors in fact!LOL! It was funny, because my then-husband was actually a moderate Repuglican, but the rest of his family were all die-hard dems! I got to meet Al Gore when he swung through the state, campaigning for Clinton. Grandpop-in-law paid our way into a fundraiser. It was pretty cool:-)

[Z_I_Peevey]

56. I still reserve the right

to disparage you come Cotton Bowl time, however. :)

[Maestro]

59. Did you ever go to the parties

in Dallas over the Texas-OU weekend before Dallas cracked down on all the debauchery. Man, I did, and it was wild. About the only thing wilder were Mardi-Gras.

[Z_I_Peevey]

60. Never was much for debauchery,

but I did engage in some simple sinning during OU-Texas weekends.

I did drive down Commerce and observe some pretty spectacular behavior, however.

[Maestro]

57. History of the Democratic Party in Texas

Democratic History in Texas

[Lone_Star_Dem]

61. Great link, Maestro!

It made me curious as to when the Dems lost control of other states. I think I'll do a little research on the subject.

[Maestro]

62. No problem

[Bridget Burke]

64. One good thing: 71 degrees in Houston today

Freezing temps predicted overnight, Christmas Eve & Christmas. But then the weather gets back to normal. Does this make up for the summers? Not sure.

Yes, there's a lot wrong with Texas. Read the true story in the Texas Observer, now in its 50th year as the voice of Texas Liberals!

www.texasobserver.org/default.asp

[SammyWinstonJack]

72. This is your reason for not living in Texas?

:wow: :shrug: While I am not a Native born Texan, (I am married to one), I have lived here for 12 years and for the most part I like it here. I find most people to be friendly and a dollar stretches pretty far here compared to other states which is a plus. My home state of Cali is very expensive, I couldn't afford to live the way I do in Texas, in Cali. And the thing is, we would probably have the same income in Cali as we do in Texas. So all in all, we are better off financially in Texas.