Robert Gordon looks better with one on.
In all the arguing about Godwin, did everybody miss that the chair and a slew of commissioners of ERCOT resigned? Mostly out-of-staters who weren’t personally bothered by the storm.
And super-long cars with longhorn hood ornaments.
I saw one on the Flintstones once, but I can’t find an image. That is, lots of images of hood ornaments, but no super-long cars.
Damn straight!
What dumbfuck brought that silly internet meme into the conversation, anyway? That’s the person we ought to be piling on. 
What kind of Texan allows out-of-staters to tell them what to do?
From the Texas Tribune:
In order for ERCOT to maintain its certification as an independent organization, the board, which should consist of 16 members, must include five directors who are completely unaffiliated with “any market segment.”
Probably difficult to find five Texas Republicans who aren’t affiliated with some sector of energy production and distribution.
What about leather belts that have one’s name printed on them? Asking for a friend.
If Texas could just stop executing so many people and stop electing psychopaths, I’d overlook their bizarre fashion choices.
Your friend has a belt with your name printed on it? That’s kind of weird.
Probably because they weren’t comparing the Texas situation to the Holocaust. They were using it as an example to refute the quote about people getting the government they deserve.
It’s a pretty dumb quote. It was apparently first said by Joseph de Maistre, an 18th century French monarchist who believe government should be a theocracy led by the Pope. That makes a lot more sense why the quote seems so absurd.
Now, now, now, let’s not be judgmental.
Well, it’s not somebody else’s pablum, at least. Let’s see what we can do with it.
Well, the same could be leveled against the whole of the US recently. If you are a resident of the US: You think that a few months of us having adults in charge absolves you of our country’s recent past? I don’t. We had a collective failure and are working our way out of it. Best I can say: I’m working on convincing the rest of the state. No matter where you are: if you live on Earth, I’m sure where you live is fucked up, and you could be asked to look in the fucking mirror yourself.
Again, pretty easy to level these charges at the rest of the country, and to the rest of the world in general. If you’re not embarrassed by your government, you either aren’t looking hard enough, or don’t have a government.
Ehh, I’m not going to defend that. However, I have had leather goods with my name (or other’s names) stamped into them.
Are they still using the electric chair in Texas? That might be inconvenient.
No, that they will have a contingency plan for. Throw 'em into a tank full of electric eels, have an angry mob throw batteries, something like that.
No shit that red states have turned America into a third world shit hole. What was your first clue?
Aww, it’s pretty quaint when someone feels they can point at the other for all of their problems.
If you haven’t figured out how to get the red states to go along with what your idea of “right” is, you’re in the same spot as 45% or so of Texans like myself. Look in the fucking mirror (or look at your fellow countrymen or humans) and figure out how to convince them. I do it fucking daily, If all you have to dole out is blame, you’re useless.
Today I saw a car downtown (or what passes for downtown in these parts) festooned with in your face Texan-by-the-grace-of-God style bumper stickers, including one with the outline of Texas and the words “Come And Take It”.
It would’ve been sort of impressive on a big ol’ pickup with giant tires, but this particular vehicle was a Nissan Versa. 
Heheheh, I’m more impressed by it being on the Versa. 
This thread title is fuck Texas, not fuck America. Start that thread and I’m happy to chime in. In the mean time, Texas needs to get their shit together. Stop fucking whining about it and do it.
I’m not really sure I’m the one who started the whining, but OK. Continuing with what I was doing before this diversion.