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From the Friendly State to the Rapine Republic of Texas.

Taking the enlightened out of enlightened self-interest one education dollar from the electorate at a time. 

I've never experienced a military rout. But I am experiencing that sensation watching an unchecked enemy sweep across my country. In the fight, I was determined and passionate. In defeat, I feel like a resigned refugee.

A watcher and only a watcher. 

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This is amazing.
 
"It doesn't affect me or mine, so who gives a shit?"
 
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“Look, as long as they sweep up the glass promptly, this whole kristallnacht thing doesn’t bug me, I ain’t Jewish.”
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11 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Here’s a fun way to handle this situation, which I have used to great effect in person:

”have you ever considered the possibility that Ft Hood was named Ft Hood to make fun of Texas joining the confederacy to our face? He wasn’t born here, he didn’t die here, and in between he was one of the worst generals on the losing side of the war? Richard Cavazos was a native Texan and an American hero. No REAL Texan would ever want them to change the name back.”

"Cavazos doesn't sound American"

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21 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

No I won’t. It’s not in my district, and if it becomes any part of their curriculum I’ll bitch. I have 10th, 8th and 6th graders. I’ve heard nobody speaking of this and I speak daily with a school board member. My kids certainly would mention it. 

I’m not concerned about them because they’re largely past the indoctrination stage. It’s just a waste of time. 

HAHA HAHA HAHA

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Dustin Burrows of Lubbock is your new Texas Speaker of the House.

He's better than the other option, from what I understand.

I damn with faint praise, perhaps.

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21 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock is your new Texas Speaker of the House.

He's better than the other option, from what I understand.

I damn with faint praise, perhaps.

His winning coalition was 36 R and 49 D. 

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Burrows won 85-55 with the help of Dems but it's good to note that there are 86 republicans and 62 Dems in the Texas House. This wasn't 2 or 3 GOP members joining the Dems in voting in Burrows.

It creates an interesting situation where the GOP easily has the majority but that majority does not want Burrows as the Speaker. Natural result when the GOP is far from united. As mentioned, those voting for Burrows or abstaining will be targets to remove in 2026. At least we get a minimum of 2 years of Abbott and Patrick not getting everything that they want. 

Burrows is on the record that he won't stand in the way of school vouchers, so there's an expectation it will pass in some form. 

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55 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock is your new Texas Speaker of the House.

He's better than the other option, from what I understand.

I damn with faint praise, perhaps.

Yes, he's the less-shitty one. Guess that's better than the pure evil candidate.

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2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Yes, he's the less-shitty one. Guess that's better than the pure evil candidate.

It's Texas in 2025.  If your choice is the shit sandwich, or the shit sandwich with bacon....hey, bacon's nice.  But "how about....not a shit sandwich?" is never, ever going to be on offer.

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3 minutes ago, Nivek said:

I am pro pure shit sandwich. Let’s stop pretending.

Hey man, I'm on your team for the most part.  The only way we'll realize that touching the hot stove is bad for us is if we hold our hand on there and really hear and feel the sizzle.  Pain is the only thing we understand.

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6 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I really wish people would quit calling them Christian Nationalists.  The one thing they are not is Christian

Or are they?

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Pushing Christianity in school is already happening and will only increase once money is involved

I was surprised by what my kid says about it a large Austin high school. Tons of kids are all wrapped up in it because it’s the cool popular thing now. Normal kids a few years ago now going overboard with it. It’s fine if that’s your family /personal belief but keep it somewhat private like it used to be. It’s actually interesting how it’s become the cool trend - but scary.

If it’s like that at her school I’m sure it’s the same at most others. And yes the schools will take that $60 for any reason. They are in bad shape.

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12 minutes ago, Updawg said:

Pushing Christianity in school is already happening and will only increase once money is involved

I was surprised by what my kid says about it a large Austin high school. Tons of kids are all wrapped up in it because it’s the cool popular thing now. Normal kids a few years ago now going overboard with it. It’s fine if that’s your family /personal belief but keep it somewhat private like it used to be. It’s actually interesting how it’s become the cool trend - but scary.

If it’s like that at her school I’m sure it’s the same at most others. And yes the schools will take that $60 for any reason. They are in bad shape.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a lot of shit going on in America feels a bit like the mid-to-late 1980s. It's crossed my mind a couple of times, but this really brings back that decade when we had fashionable & performative high school popularity contest bullshit like:

  • WWJD bracelets
  • Choose Life T-shirts
  • Prayer around the (flag)Pole
  • A bunch of fucking Alex Keatons running around (this time with podcasts)

I dunno. Maybe I'm off base and just matching up various memories to get a handle on things, but it does have that overall vibe.

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it is similar and I was thinking about that. But this seems to be even stronger than it was then. Maybe it’s just a trend like back then. But I don’t think we should be funding it when we can’t even fund the basic systems like hvac, elevators etc at well off schools. Recapture pisses me off so much. Paying taxes on a $1 million dollar house should at least get you a normal functioning school (hvac, elevators etc)

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1 hour ago, Updawg said:

I was surprised by what my kid says about it a large Austin high school. Tons of kids are all wrapped up in it because it’s the cool popular thing now. Normal kids a few years ago now going overboard with it. It’s fine if that’s your family /personal belief but keep it somewhat private like it used to be. It’s actually interesting how it’s become the cool trend - but scary.

I’m sympathetic because I grew up between Houston and Beaumont with a bunch of Baptists who were happy to tell 2nd and 3rd grade me that I was going to hell (at the time this hit a lot harder).  
 

That said, it seems to keep the kids off the pipe and off the pole.  Once they start making it part of the curriculum it’ll surely become uncool again.  

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5 minutes ago, Ten Bears said:

jesus fucking christ. So much goddamn false victimhood mindset.

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Lawmakers are expected to continue that trend during this year’s legislative session (the Ten Commandments bill already has been refiled). And pastors, emboldened by President Donald Trump’s reelection and the ultraconservative U.S. Supreme Court, said Tuesday that they believe they have their best shot yet to topple the church-state wall and the Johnson Amendment, a federal rule that prohibits churches from engaging in overt political activity.

Rick Scarborough has spent decades working to do exactly that. A former Southern Baptist pastor in Pearland, he has become a leader in a movement that seeks to mobilize pastors and undermine the Johnson Amendment, which he says is toothless but has been used by “cowardly” pastors who don’t want to engage in politics. The result, he said, has been an ineffectual Texas Legislature that has often cowered to the LGBTQ+ community and their heretical, progressive Christian allies. (Texas lawmakers have passed dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in recent years, overriding opposition from a large majority of Democrats).

One of his movement’s ultimate goals, he said Tuesday, is to draw a lawsuit that they can eventually take to the U.S. Supreme Court, which they believe will ultimately overturn the prohibition and unleash a new wave of conservative, Christian activism.

“The Johnson Amendment is nothing but a fig leaf to cover the fear that pastors already have,” he said in an interview after praying over GOP lawmakers on the Capitol lawn. “Most pastors are so fearful of their reputation that they won't stand, and they don't know how much God will defend them if they get out there and stand up and speak fearlessly.”

 
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On 1/14/2025 at 10:27 AM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I really wish people would quit calling them Christian Nationalists.  The one thing they are not is Christian

So what you're saying is they're "ChINOs"?

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On 1/14/2025 at 5:58 PM, bolverk said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a lot of shit going on in America feels a bit like the mid-to-late 1980s. It's crossed my mind a couple of times, but this really brings back that decade when we had fashionable & performative high school popularity contest bullshit like:

  • WWJD bracelets
  • Choose Life T-shirts
  • Prayer around the (flag)Pole
  • A bunch of fucking Alex Keatons running around (this time with podcasts)

I dunno. Maybe I'm off base and just matching up various memories to get a handle on things, but it does have that overall vibe.

In the 90’s we had Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life.

Super fucking lame. 

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On 1/14/2025 at 3:08 PM, Brisketexan said:

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock is your new Texas Speaker of the House.

He's better than the other option, from what I understand.

I damn with faint praise, perhaps.

I actually know David Cook.  He's not a bad guy, but I haven't gotten political with him.  There's a few data points indicating he's not a big Trumper type.  But his suppport from the ultra-loons seems to belie that.

But hell, I don't know.

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3 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

In the 90’s we had Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life.

Super fucking lame. 

We had the FCA kids, too. It was kind of a weird deal that I had some trouble wrapping my head around.

In early high school, I was still in the thrall of Reaganism because I was being raised in a Republican Southern Baptist household and still called myself a Christian at the time, but the notion that Christianity was linked to athletic performance didn’t really settle with me. It just felt a little fake, ya know? Like a bad taste in my mouth kind of thing.

Then, there was the whole FFA vs. FCA confusion that I could never keep very straight because all the FFA kids were also in the FCA. I dunno; I’ve never been good with acronyms, but the blue jackets helped sort it out sometimes.

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

We had the FCA kids, too. It was kind of a weird deal that I had some trouble wrapping my head around.

In early high school, I was still in the thrall of Reaganism because I was being raised in a Republican Southern Baptist household and still called myself a Christian at the time, but the notion that Christianity was linked to athletic performance didn’t really settle with me. It just felt a little fake, ya know? Like a bad taste in my mouth kind of thing.

Then, there was the whole FFA vs. FCA confusion that I could never keep very straight because all the FFA kids were also in the FCA. I dunno; I’ve never been good with acronyms, but the blue jackets helped sort it out sometimes.

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3 hours ago, Homercles said:

I’ve always been partial to Fuck Off Jesus

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I've always wondered: are these new drawings with modern captions or old drawings with modern captions? dude has some pretty sweet kicks in that drawing

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23 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

I've always wondered: are these new drawings with modern captions or old drawings with modern captions? dude has some pretty sweet kicks in that drawing

Looks like he has an Apple Watch as well, although that artist signature does say ‘96.

not to even mention he appears to be stretching carpet that’s already tacked down in that direction, while there’s a huge gap along the wall behind Jesus. 

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2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Looks like he has an Apple Watch as well

Pretty sure that's a Casio Calculator Watch. Don't ask me how I know. Pretty sure the date on the bottom right says '96

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13 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I actually know David Cook.  He's not a bad guy, but I haven't gotten political with him.  There's a few data points indicating he's not a big Trumper type.  But his suppport from the ultra-loons seems to belie that.

But hell, I don't know.

Is he a Republican? If yes, he’s a big Trumper type. Don’t fool yourself.

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14 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I actually know David Cook.  He's not a bad guy, but I haven't gotten political with him.  There's a few data points indicating he's not a big Trumper type.  But his suppport from the ultra-loons seems to belie that.

But hell, I don't know.

I'm sure Burrows is just the lesser of two evils, but Cook was the chosen one by Abbot, Patrick, and the nonresident billionaires who own the rest of our state government so there is no way that he is not a Trumper

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3 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I'm sure Burrows is just the lesser of two evils, but Cook was the chosen one by Abbot, Patrick, and the nonresident billionaires who own the rest of our state government so there is no way that he is not a Trumper

Sometimes we are forced to chose the lesser of two evils over the evil of two lessers. 

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