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  • I think that itโ€™s now safe to say that we Texans now live in a failed state.ย  30 years of GOP rule, setting our own standard, living the โ€œTexas Dream,โ€ which theyโ€™ve bragged about relentlesslyโ€ฆand letโ€™s see where we are:

    A majority of the state in complete failure, unable to deliver the most BASIC of services (things that are called โ€œutilities,โ€ not โ€œluxuries,โ€ for a reason).ย  No power.ย  No water.ย  No means of clearing roads (that one, I canโ€™t fault the state so muchโ€ฆ.but it wouldnโ€™t be as big a crisis if people werenโ€™t stuck in their homes with no power and water).ย  So citizens are stuck in their homes, some of them dying there.ย 

    Water resource planning?ย  After pretending for decades that a drought would never happen again, and not doing ANYTHING to develop resources in the state water plan (a document actually developed using science and mathematical projections), we had several locations, including actual cities, down to a few days of water supply.ย  Weโ€™ve finally gotten on our horse a bit, but it may be too late if the next drought comes anytime soon. ย 

    State rank in key categories:

    Education โ€“ 34

    Health Care - 37

    Infrastructure - 33

    Opportunity - 39

    Environment - 44

    Infrastructure - 33ย 

    In overall quality of life ranking by US News, we are now #38, down from #36 just two years ago.ย  At that rate, weโ€™ll be in the bottom 3 within ten years.

    We are SUPER independent, and FUCK the fedsโ€ฆ.but we have requested federal disaster assistance more than any other state in the past decade or so.

    But hey, our economy is ranked #15!

    Thatโ€™s right, we have a โ€œroaring economyโ€ and the โ€œTexas Miracle!โ€ย  But we canโ€™t deliver the basics for our citizens.ย  The economy is VERY efficient at funneling bazillions to the very fewโ€ฆ..with little of it โ€œtrickling downโ€ to most Texans.ย  Yeah, the people on this board generally do fine, but face the facts โ€“ weโ€™re the top 10% or so.ย  We are educated, older, and fortunate.

    Our federal system allows for state-by-state experiments.ย  Texas is the poster child for near anarcho-capitalism and zero regulation or oversight.ย  We have tested that approach, for over a generation now (30 years of Republican rule).ย  That approach is a failure.ย  The evidence is undeniable, and overwhelming.ย  It doesnโ€™t matter how many River Oaks millionaires you produce if the rest of your people are dying in their homes.ย  Shit, some of those River Oaks millionaires might be freezing to death today, too.

    The kids of a middle class family can hardly afford to go to a good state school.ย  Their prospects for employment are mediocre.ย  Their prospects of suffering crippling medical debt at some point are significant.ย  Their chances of not having basic utilities needed for life safety at some point โ€“ all but certain.ย  Their chances of becoming ill or dying from a pollution-caused illness are material.

    Whatโ€™s the result?ย  Our leaders have sold Texas as a paradise โ€“ move here!ย  Bring your business here!ย  And some businesses have done so, adding opportunityโ€ฆ..but providing little to no tax support for the infrastructure we all depend on.ย  To the contrary, over the past few years, I know more and more people โ€“ educated people, people who can do their jobs elsewhere, who are looking to bail on this state.ย  Itโ€™s people with young kids, who want them to grow up in a better place.ย  Itโ€™s people in their working years, who simply want a better path.ย  Itโ€™s retirees, who want a safe and secure place to live.

    We have consumed our seed stock.ย  We have burned through our reserves.ย  We are now consuming ourselves.ย  The ability to pitch Texas as the land of opportunity is done.ย  Seeing what we have become, the tentative thought/plan my wife and I had of wrapping up our careers here and then getting the hell out of Dodge is becoming much more concrete.ย  Myย children are already unlikely to make their future in this state.ย  Now we are, too.

    But the response from the Republican leadership and their sycophants โ€“ โ€œhow are you gonna pay for it?ย  Taxes?ย  Thatโ€™s socialism!ย  You want that stuff, you have to pay for it!โ€

    Fuck yes I do, and Iโ€™m okay with that.ย  I want groceriesโ€ฆso I have to pay HEB.ย  I want a carโ€ฆso I have to pay Ford.ย  I want clothesโ€ฆ..so I have to pay Dillards.ย  I want my population educatedโ€ฆ.so I have to pay the school district.ย  I want electricity, with enough capacity to keep us running when we need itโ€ฆ..so I have to pay my bill, maybe with a capacity surcharge.ย  I want water to come out of the tapsโ€ฆ.so I have to pay for development of resources and maintenance of infrastructure.ย  I want roadsโ€ฆ.so I pay taxes to build and maintain them.ย  YES, I have to pay for all of those things, and โ€œnothing is freeโ€ โ€“ no fucking shit.ย  So, letโ€™s pay for it.ย  We have the #15 economyโ€ฆ.we HAVE the funds in this state.ย  An economy with the flow of funds that ours has can produce and maintain all of those results.ย  But we have chosen a different path; funnel all the dollars to the top, and spend next to nothing for the public good.ย  We have privatized profitโ€ฆ.we have socialized the costs.ย  And we are dying because of it.

    My fellow Texans are dying in their homesโ€ฆ.and thereโ€™s nothing I can do about it today.ย  And I am enraged.

    I love Texas.ย  I am 6th generation here.ย  My ancestors have Texas historical markers on their graves.ย  We helped make this state, and this state helped make us.ย  It educated us (back when college was affordable).ย  But itโ€™s time to face the fact โ€“ this state is a failure, and on its current path, with its current leadership and philosophy, it will only get worse. ย This state has a terrible future, unless we dramatically change our path.ย ย  Chances of that happening?ย  0.0% -- because weโ€™ll continue to vote for the guys who make our leadership priorities bathroom bills, and transgender sports, and requiring the national anthem be played at certain events.ย  Any bill that has been proposed to improve emergency preparedness of govโ€™t entities has been crushed by the Republicans controlling the legeโ€ฆ.but we will definitely stick with those guys.ย  No taxes.ย  No government functionality.

    What we are seeing happening right now is our system working EXACTLY AS IT WAS DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO WORK.ย  And we will, I guarantee it, collectively decide to stick with that.ย  This state is in free-fall, and anyone with eyes can see it.ย  And anyone with a brain is starting to think of ways to make their life elsewhere.ย  It breaks my goddamned heart to see us commit collective suicide, but hereย we are.

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    Longhorn_Fan68

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    Just now, Thatguy said:

    Everyone here(Texas) thinks we are crazy for picking up and moving. I just couldn't keep staring my wife and daughter in the face day after day and telling them it will be ok. Meanwhile the state of Texas is showing it's ass week after week. I had to do something.ย 

    we'll hold shit down while you're gone. hopefully you come back to something better someday. hopefully.

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    Pato del Muerto

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    11 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    we'll hold shit down while you're gone. hopefully you come back to something better someday. hopefully.

    In the time it will take to reverse things sufficiently, climate change will have Houston underwater and most of Texas an uninhabitable desert wasteland.ย 
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    but, you know, hereโ€™s to hoping!

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    BrickHorn

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    21 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

    Everyone here(Texas) thinks we are crazy for picking up and moving.ย 

    Sounds like yโ€™all were surrounded by dummies. Damned near everyone in our social circle is contemplating a move out of state. Not everyone will pull the trigger, but Iโ€™ve yet to hear a single friend or family member question the wisdom of getting the fuck out.

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    LCHorn

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    1 hour ago, BrickHorn said:

    Sounds like yโ€™all were surrounded by dummies. Damned near everyone in our social circle is contemplating a move out of state. Not everyone will pull the trigger, but Iโ€™ve yet to hear a single friend or family member question the wisdom of getting the fuck out.

    My circle isn't, but that's all because we have little kids and extended family that's part of the care givers.ย ย 

    That said, my wife works in tech and I've already made clear that if her career prospects are better in the South Bay then I'll be happy living in a shack and away from Gilead.ย ย 

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    sasquatch69

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    Facing growing political pressure, Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III announced Monday evening that the dean and department head overseeing a childrenโ€™s literature course at the center of a viral recording were going to be removed, saying they approved plans to teach material inconsistent with the published course description.

    The announcement came after a video circulated online Monday showing a student confronting a professor over LGBTQ-related content in the class, sparking backlash from Republican lawmakers and calls for investigations, a response from the U.S. Department of Justice, and a statement from the Texas A&M System chancellor pledging to discipline the professor.

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    https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/texas-am-video-professor-student-gender-identity-content/

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    BrickHorn

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    Our universities are so fucked.ย 

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    Chuckie Finster

    Posted

    Our universities are so fucked.ย 

    Thereโ€™s still about a decade before we have to make the call, but at this point Iโ€™ll consider it a failure if my kids end up going to school in state.
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    South Austin

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    37 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

    Our universities are so fucked.ย 

    After reading the football forum I tend to agree with you.

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    Michael Knight

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    They will probably wind up firing the president too

    HenryJames

    Posted

    On 9/8/2025 at 8:41 AM, CooterBrown said:

    My kid went to the doctor in Fort Collins for the first time last week.ย  When the nurse asked where she was from and she replied Texas, the nurse said "don't worry we love you here and will take of you."

    YARN | 'cause I'm the nurse who likes to... | Ferris Bueller's Day Off  (1986) | Video clips by quotes | 28e2dc12 | ็ด—

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    Fudge Nuggets

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    3 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:


    Thereโ€™s still about a decade before we have to make the call, but at this point Iโ€™ll consider it a failure if my kids end up going to school in state.

    My kid will be class of 2028 and has already said she would prefer not going to school in TX.ย  I told her I don't blame her one bit and I'll foot the bill wherever she decides to go as long as it's not OU.

    speed817

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    13 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    My kid will be class of 2028 and has already said she would prefer not going to school in TX.ย  I told her I don't blame her one bit and I'll foot the bill wherever she decides to go as long as it's not OU.

    Liberty University???

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    Biff Tannen

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    My kid will be class of 2028 and has already said she would prefer not going to school in TX.ย  I told her I don't blame her one bit and I'll foot the bill wherever she decides to go as long as it's not OU.

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    Fudge Nuggets

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, speed817 said:

    Liberty University???

    I kind of figure if she don't want to go to school in TX for "reasons", then Liberty would be off the list as well; along with a whole spate of sec sec sec sec sec type schools.

    HenryJames

    Posted

    1 hour ago, speed817 said:

    Liberty University???

    Bovine University?

    Satchel

    Posted

    6 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

    Our universities are so fucked.ย 

    This is so damned depressing.ย 

    TwiceHorn

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

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    J'Accuse!

    Fucking narc tattletale.

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    Burt

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    1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

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    Dbeasy

    Posted (edited)

    Jesus. This is unbelievable. The US has become the Taliban.ย 
    edit: whatโ€™s even more frightening is all the Aggie rubes supporting the firings on Facebook. Thousands of people.ย 

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    speed817

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    2 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

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    Just ventured over to texags to see their thoughts on this.ย  Not surprised by a majority of the responsesย ๐Ÿ˜…

    The aggies subreddit is the exact opposite of texags.....

    royiv

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    TwiceHorn

    Posted (edited)

    21 minutes ago, F250 said:

    From the comments.ย Aodjx8aa3.thumb.jpg.ecf12553818da1b379153dc840e2cf88.jpg

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    Buncha fuckin 2%ers.ย  But seriously, that's nice to know.ย  I "hate" aggy, but it's really not fun actually hating aggy as represented by those troglodytes on Texas.

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    tx 3 putt

    Posted

    13 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

    Our universities are so fucked.ย 

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    abbott has a plan and no one is going to stop itย 

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    tx 3 putt

    Posted (edited)

    7 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

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    snowflake microscope GIF

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    that video is sickening, student understands that she'll have to interact with 'illegal' genders in the real world ?

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    speed817

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    10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    abbott has a plan and no one is going to stop itย 

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    Ghost of NMAS

    Posted (edited)

    I'm just waiting for the video of an aggy student protesting the teaching of slavery in his history class.ย  Of course, in a few years I won't be able to laugh at it.

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    CooterBrown

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    I want to laugh at aggy but I know this same shit will happen at Texas at any moment.

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    Willfully Horn

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    13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    snowflake microscope GIF

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    that video is sickening, student understands that she'll have to interact with 'illegal' genders in the real world ?

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    Reality scare them to death.

    Pescado_Rojo

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    13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    abbott has a plan and no one is going to stop itย 

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    another tree is our only hope

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    CTC2

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    23 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

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    I didnโ€™t get past the part where she suggest that we have to obey โ€œour Presidents lawsโ€.ย 

    tx 3 putt

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    Brisketexan

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    Thatโ€™s horrible. That sonofabitch even stole @Bozo_Casanova โ€™s jacket.
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    pacman

    Posted

    On 9/9/2025 at 1:52 PM, Michael Knight said:

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    Just another publicity stunt from Harrison, a huge piece of shit.

    Bozo_Casanova

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:


    Thatโ€™s horrible. That sonofabitch even stole @Bozo_Casanova โ€™s jacket.

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    ClubWhatever

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    9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    South Austin

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    1 minute ago, ClubWhatever said:

    Wouldnโ€™tย 

    I strenuously object.

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    9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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