State motto should be “Welcome to Hell.”
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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I live here. I agree.
I wish this state would split into multiple smaller states. Not all of us who live here are conservative nut jobs. Let us have our autonomy from the red counties.
They know they need the entirety of the size of the state to overcome any of the larger metro areas. Break that up and they’ll lose the power & prestige it brings in the Electoral College. They’ll never give that up, hence the massive voter suppression.
fun little thought experiment: Texas secedes from the US but then the metro centers secede from Texas and rejoin the US (Dallas taking banking with them, Austin taking the capital, San Antonio taking the Alamo, …) – we can let them keep scenic Midland and Odessa, but Big Bend National Park and Johnson Space Center as well as all the military bases are federal property …
Oh yah I’m all in, but then to drive to any other area I’d have to cross into the badlands. Can we take the interstates too with the big cities?
well they were paid for with federal tax dollars and we know how much Texans love paying taxes …
My thought as well. Let’s do this!
Even Austin?
That guy with all the exes who live in Texas better be worried because Hell is freezing over.
No worries, that’s why he hangs his hat in Tennessee, which probably comes with its own issues.
Next to his child bride
Is Tennessee one of those states? Can never understand how the “save the children” crowd and the “marry ‘em too young to know better” crowd intersect.
Because they don't want to "save the children" for the sake of the children but for the sake of their fragile egos that can't handle the idea that their wife might have had other experiences to compare with.
I had to live in HEll Paso because I was stationed there in the army. Iraq was better. The good news is I was able to leave.
“Don’t mess with Texas! (We do it enough ourselves)”
"Don't mess with Texas! (We reserve the right to mess with you)"
Yet another reason why I'll never live in Texas.
Remember when Texas was threatening to secede and then everyone realized the state just falls apart when they have any kind of weather besides 90 and sunny.
"Was" threatening to secede? This is from like a week ago: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-independence-usa-secession-1852816
Texans sure must love being abused by their GOP rulers.
Stockholm Syndrome
And Texans should have no legal responsibility to pay taxes.
Or the bill tbh...
All this really means is that the life insurance companies won't be able to transfer their financial liability to the power companies.
Shit states gonna shit state..what a joke of a dump.
When you create an account with a utility, aren't you creating a contract with them? What happened to contractual duty?
Your contact is to pay for the power they provide. It is a regulated field so if something fails, then it is up to the regulators to cover the costs of they want more redundancy but 100 percent guarantees are not possible. Solar doesn't provide all days and wind can be gone for weeks. Do you think you should be able to sue them for that?
Are they allowed to also selectively release electricity to the highest bidder, so that only rich people get power when the system is stressed?