Traitor Rick has to be incredibly flexible today. First, after screaming about government spending and how he rejects stimulus money while whispering secession, he now wants the Feds to cough up flu meds for his state’s citizens.
Hold on there jackass. That Tamiflu was bought with FEDERAL tax dollars. You know, the same money you don’t want on principle. I, in general, don’t wish harm on Texas residents, but practice what you preach, ya know?
Oh, never mind. Turns out Traitor Rick has NO problem whatsoever in drumming up $2.7 million in campaign contributions from folks in DC. It technically isn’t the same thing, but at the same time it is.
Bob starts this entry on torture loving idiots. And truly, how degenerate are you that you can call yourself a Christian AND lust after torturing people at the same time?
Over at Political Irony, some more deep thought has been put into confronting this issue. Arianna Huffington frames it as it should be considered, as a “What does this say about America?” question.
Meanwhile, even FAUXNews talking heads like Shepard Smith question his network’s stance, not to mention the GOP’s, on cheerleading torture. To be fair, Smith is the only employee over there who doesn’t drink all of Murdoch’s Kool-aid, but still a bold move for him, if genuine:
Indeed, say it with me: Torture NEVER Works. Not for the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazis, the KGB, a pack of Neanderthal hunters. Not the Bush-era CIA or roving bands of West Virginia National Guardsmen and -women. It. Does. Not. Produce. Viable. Intelligence.
“But on the plus side, if Texas did secede from the Union, we could then invade them for the oil.”
– Jay Leno
So…more on the whole Texas secession concept. This is just the latest spin on disgruntled Texan behavior. It happened when I moved down in 1982 and spawned a militia during the 1990s.
Here’s a comedic look at this idiocy:
And here is a list of where Texas stands in relation to other states. It ain’t pretty. Five Thirty Eight lays out some other benefits to ditching the Lone Star State.
There isn’t much a chance for an independent Texas to improve things either. After we pull out the military bases, nuke bombers and MX missiles in the silos, there is going to be some pretty big unemployment. Since the US isn’t using the Houston Ship Channel and the Navy will be ditching Corpus Christi and the Air Force rides out of San Antonio – not to mention moving NASA – there are a lot of jobs leaving.
Plus, and this is key, apparently 35% of Texas’ income comes from – (drumroll) – American federal dollars. And yes, this is an amount far more than Texas pay in taxes.
Bonus fun: either the State Department is playing along or is just infested with Clintonite numbnuts but they had temporarily listed Texas as a foreign country recently.
Damn, if this keeps up I’m going to have to create a whole other category.
Folks are finally finding out what we’ve known for years. The only way to get the “Real Thing” in this country is to head over to your local Mexican food store and pony up for the 11 oz glass bottle.
Actually, our local Vons now carries a special cooler of the good stuff.
Thank God not all of Vegas is infiltrated by Talibangelicals. Give this a read and be sure to down some painkillers before starting in on the comments.
I truly wish that those bigoted hatemongers who supposedly speak for the Almighty would kindly shut the hell up and let actual caring folks speak for their religion.
