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One Texas county just swore in 17 black female judges
CNN ^ | January 1, 2019 | By AJ Willingham

Posted on 01/01/2019 6:30:03 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

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To: Blue House Sue

When the city floods yet again, the new 27 year old can “do her best”...

https://abc13.com/politics/today-marks-ed-emmetts-last-day-as-harris-county-judge/4995402/

Hidalgo, who is 27, served as a Spanish-English medical interpreter at the Texas Medical Center and remained in a tight race with Emmett on Election Night.


61 posted on 01/01/2019 8:56:34 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: yarddog
No surprise at all. If you watch TV and other media you would already know that all judges are Black females.

I went to high school with a girl who has been a judge for some time, and she is black. Although we would probably disagree on politics she was a hard working and able student. At times when I asked her opinions on personal matters I found her to be mature, soft-spoken, insightful and intelligent. I do believe in a courtroom she would give a fair hearing to both sides regardless of race, unless she has changed substantially since high school. I do know that she was exposed to a lot of good literature and some decent history courses at the prep school we both attended. She was NOT from a well-to-do family, and was from inner-city New Haven.

Her family sacrificed much for her, even throwing a well-mannered proper "dubutante ball" for her at the New Haven Park Plaza before her graduation. At the end, the mother led the group in proper Christian prayer. It was a classy event, with no crazy behavior, and reflected well on her and her family. I attended that party and was there until 5 am, even though I had Achievement tests at 9 AM the same morning. I aced them.

So yes, there are moon-bats out there, but there are also others who are well qualified. I am happy to have know several. Judge Angela Robinson (all 4;10" of her) was one of them.
62 posted on 01/01/2019 9:05:07 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Blue House Sue

The majority of the Katrina refugees left Harris County when the free hotel rooms, VISA cards and other freebies went away.

A few stayed....they are mostly the ones who are now working, settled and contributing to the community. One such is a friend of ours, who fled Katrina in high school, graduated top of his class, attended med school and is now a PA, at Houston’s largest medical system.


63 posted on 01/01/2019 9:10:48 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
.....part of a local democratic campaign called "Black Girl Magic Texas,"

Can you imagine the meltdown if a group of local REPUBLICAN women formed a campaign/group called "White Girl Magic Texas"?

Might just have to happen, now that there is a 'precedent'.

64 posted on 01/01/2019 9:13:48 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Yes.

This has been happening for decades.

Every teacher, every state and federal employee here in NJ that I know, retires and moves down south (NC is the most prominent place but Florida too). NJ is too expensive. Then they move down south and proceed to vote for what they escaped (as long as the politician is a dem).

We can’t continue to live here. It’s too expensive. My husband wants to move to Florida (and the move, wherever may happen soon since his company is chaos now). I couldn’t move when my parents were alive and I can’t move now because of my kids. Sure, I’ll move, as long as I can see my kids daily or weekly or my grandkids. Sure I’ll move, but now I have medical benefits so I ain’t retiring until I qualify for medicare, lol.

One of my daughters just bought a home in our town...affluent area...I tried to discourage her but they wanted to live and both work here.

We are a close family. We like spending time together. I can’t imagine not seeing my kids daily or weekly. My parents have died but I still have family here. We host Christmas Eve dinner...I can’t imagine moving from here. Told my husband, I’ll move as long as I can come back at least once a month.

I look around my house and still can’t believe I live here. I grew up in a tiny row home in South Philly. Married and lived in an apt in DC then an Apt in this town then a townhouse then this house. This is my family home, where we raised our kids, and I can’t imagine leaving it. It’s not a McMansion but it’s huge compared to what I grew up in. I used to walk down the stairs every day and say I can’t believe I live here.

Sometimes I forget, we have been so very blessed and worked so hard for this.It’s not a McMansion or magazine style house but it’s huge and ours and so many memories here.

My husband says we can’t live here because it’s too expensive and I get that but how can we move? I can’t leave my home, my kids’ home. And I hate living in NJ!

I think I finally understand my Mom’s adversion to giving up her home in south philly to move in with us.My daughter and son in law just bought a home a few blocks from us. I really can’t imagine moving out of state now. I want to be close when they have babies and watch the babies when they go to work. Now I can’t imagine leaving NJ. Ugh.


65 posted on 01/01/2019 9:26:28 PM PST by Twink
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To: ealgeone

You have already been informed that Harris County is long gone. SheJac elected multiple times? Joe Green?

You get the picture. It is a cesspool.


66 posted on 01/01/2019 9:27:16 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just hava few days that don't suck.)
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To: a fool in paradise

It didn’t make NJ residents realize that so I don’t have confidence it will affect the new demographic.


67 posted on 01/01/2019 9:29:56 PM PST by Twink
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To: Jane Long

Back in the 70s and early 80s in my high school, the black student caucus developed. I said, then we need a white student caucus, and that was shot down.

This has been going on since at least the 70s and it wasn’t shot down then and here we are.

Identity politics started 40 years ago. Or earlier. Every high school group associated with racial, ethnic, and gender is anti white. And also anti American as we know it.


68 posted on 01/01/2019 9:38:01 PM PST by Twink
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To: ConservativeStatement

The demographic has changed.


69 posted on 01/01/2019 9:47:04 PM PST by Twink
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To: Twink

Forget any justice based on fact or the Constitution in Harris county. Max Watters with Oprah antics, mixed with toxic racism should be fun to watch from a distance.

Get the h out of Harris.


70 posted on 01/01/2019 9:59:40 PM PST by whistleduck (arpoon)
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To: whistleduck

Same in NJ.

We are screwed if we don’t stop this.

Maybe they’ll be a surge like when Trump won in 2016. Then we lost the midterms so I’m not so sure.


71 posted on 01/01/2019 10:09:50 PM PST by Twink
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To: Professional Engineer

“Harris County has been gone a while.”

How much longer before all of Texas is gone?


72 posted on 01/01/2019 10:34:46 PM PST by aquila48
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To: aquila48
How much longer before all of Texas is gone?

Not long, all big city counties and the border are blue, and Tarrant county went purple with voting for Beto in the last election.
73 posted on 01/01/2019 11:04:47 PM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: upchuck; ConservativeStatement
You mean you didn't like what happens when we visited MSN?
Here's how their page loaded with Safari Reader turned on (only edit is the red circle):

Harris-Dems

Here's how it loaded with Reader turned off:

Harris-Dems2

74 posted on 01/02/2019 1:34:14 AM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: ConservativeStatement
The same county that gave us Shelia Jackson Lee... who is calling for Reparations.

Which is strange since she already has 40 acres of ass and a face like a mule.

75 posted on 01/02/2019 3:49:17 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: a fool in paradise
>>Here comes a new bathroom bill for Houston!

Possibly but not necessarily.

There were black pastors who got Mayor Anus Pucker’s GLBT ordinance knocked down.


I'm not thinking of color but the fact they are liberals. And I'm not saying it will win - but with liberal judges the Left will try a new tack of mandating instead of the law that was overturned by proposition. I said "bill" but it will probably be some kind of judicial order. They will make Houston fight for bathrooms all over again and force them to take it to the Supreme Court.
76 posted on 01/02/2019 3:49:29 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: \/\/ayne

>>but with liberal judges the Left will try a new tack of mandating instead of the law that was overturned by proposition.

You are right on that, because that is what California did in spite of a popularly voted proposition (8).

I don’t see Mayor Turner trying to push the issue because he’s a Democrat but he’s not a homosexual as his predecessor was. She left him saddled with a number of policy headaches.


77 posted on 01/02/2019 4:05:05 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: a fool in paradise

Those concerned about property taxes never seem to get much traction in big cities. People just like “big government.”


78 posted on 01/02/2019 4:15:24 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: BTerclinger

Wellllll.....isn’t that an interesting description? Good catch.


79 posted on 01/02/2019 6:17:27 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Maybe a large chunk of Harris county residents are renters and don’t (directly) pay property taxes.

The businesses are screwed because they, well, are in the city for the business. Most business owners live out in the suburbs, which are mostly conservative....for now.

One of the largest counties, outside of Harris County, just turned blue for the first time in many decades, if ever.


80 posted on 01/02/2019 6:20:58 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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