Posted on 09/12/2004 3:09:07 PM PDT by Mark
and another thing...for all the talk about "small government" and "less taxes", Texas is a huge recipient of federal funds...gross excess in what they get from the feds compared to what they pay in...Lonestar freeloaders!
"the worst American president texas ever spawned"
You DUmmies really are easy to spot.
New Yorkers voted for Hillary Clinton. Texans rule the world.
How are we Texan's supposed to a take grown man seriously with a name like Kimit?
I've commented on this in immigration threads, and I still have no real idea why California has such a huge racial divide along latino lines, and Texas does not. It's a mystery.
Show me. Last I saw, Texas was one of the few states that put more into the fed than it got back. Wyoming of all places was the state that got proportionally the most back compared to what it put in.
"Texas was one of the few states that put more into the fed than it got back."
Let me get this straight. Texas is supporting via federal taxes liberal bone-heads, such as yourself, and you want to get rid of it?
You may now have another meltdown.
To: Melas,
Sorry, I thought that was to Captain Photon.
Folks in Texas tend to accept people for who they are, and race is rarely brought into it unless the person shows a blatant character flaw.
If you meet a stupid Mexican, the first thing that comes to mind is the stupidity, not the fact he/she is Mexican.
Same for a 'lazy Gringo'. It's the action or inaction of the person, and just because you meet one piece of lazy white trash DOESN'T me all white people are lazy or trashy.
Having spent several years in California, I got the impression that appearance was a number one priority there.
Didn't matter how you acted or what kind of person you really were, you just had to 'look' right.
Guess it's just a long-winded way to say-
Californians look from the outside in,
while Texans look from the inside out!
How's you get back in here, Rat?
Oh just for fun, Civil war trivia.
The "Texas" general who held out was Edmund kirby Smith, a Floridian. The Premier Texas General of the war was John Bell Hood, who's most notable achievement was to totally destroy his army in the invasion of Tennesee, mostly to prove to himself it could still fight. And the Texans got a huge US army base named after this loser...Ft Hood!
Yes, Texas was never subdued like the rest of the south, but that's because the war was fought and won in the midwest and the east. If Texas hadn't surrendered, MSRS Grant and Sherman would have paid a real visit.
MamaTexan gives a very insightful response, and GOPcapitalist brings out great historical background behind the relationship between Hispanics and European settlers of Texas. When settlers made their way to Texas in the 1800's and whites were the alien immigrants, the native Tejanos people in the region helped defend the settlers against the fierce Commanche Indians. Without this cooperation, the settlers and Tejanos would have suffered the same gruesome fate at the hands of the Commanches. I think this formed a basis for a bond of trust bridging racial lines that remains today.
I don't speak spanish.
Arshloch: 'little a$$hole'
A confession? I would have thought that being as you are, you may also be homosexual. In which case, I sould not expect yours to be that little.
Captain Photon:
Re: Comment #51 Removed by Moderator
Given the off chance that you have not yet been baned from FR, you DO know that LBJ was a Democrat, don't you?
If the guy was only bitten by four mosquitos then it must have been a slow night during off season. He should consider himself lucky.
Don't Mess With Texas. We like it just fine and if you don't then ... Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
I didn't say you spoke spanish, I said you should be learning Spanish.
You seem to have gender issues expressed as gun issues. Low wages? low self esteem?
We'll work on that in our next session.
No I'm, quite well employed, happy with life and myself.
"We'll work on that in our next session."
Now you are openly offering to sell sexual favors right here on FR? Astounding!
Allow me to point out that before we can have a "next" session, me must have a "first" one. Allow me also to inform you that I decline. However, I'm sure your clients up there are not lacking in number, so don't take it personal.
I do applaud your bravery in standing up for your beliefs, no matter how deranged or filthy.
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