Now its time to surpass our northern neighbors in the liberty stakes. Memo: don't follow Australia's lead, they imprison there huddled masses. As for Russia, we already have a Führer obsessed with lowering America's liberty standings (from its current 20th placing to mirror that of Russia's 111th).
The annual State of the State speech (on 1/31/17) was another way for Governor Abbott to flaunt Texas' wealth. What popped out to me most was the vastness of its size: Texas' economy (measured as a country) would be larger than that of Australia, Canada and Russia. Whilst Texas has rapidly risen in the ranking of best-managed state (currently ranks 7th, was 36th in 2010), it still lags in education and health indicators (ranked 43rd and 34th respectively in both areas), which explains why the Governor glossed over them and instead concentrated on harping on about the destruction of Sanctuary cities.
Those not familiar, Governor Abbott is himself disabled and has a Hispanic wife, what does that have to do with anything you say? Well, you'd think from living with adversity and having a spouse from such an important contributor to Texas' wealth, you'd understand empathy. Crime comes from many sources, just singling out the undocumented makes you a fool. Everyday there's an example of white specimens (yes, even of the blond hair blue-eyed variety) committing atrocities, where is their ban?
Need I keep reminding readers of Charles Whitman. A white Christian who shot up the University of Austin (at a time when minorities didn't "terrify" white suburbia) on August 1, 1966. Then there's a that little statistic - chance of falling victim to an undocumented immigrant: 1 in 10,900,000,000.
Let's talk Mexico, seeing as the Governor is trying to send out coded messages of blaming them for everything that's wrong with the state. Feast your eyes on the following: Texas ranks No. 1 in export jobs and Mexico's the states top export destination. Add to that all the cultural richness they've provided and you have an excuse to support a border wall - not!
If the Governor has any backbone, he will send Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (in Texas, the Lieutenant Governor has excessive powers) to voice concerns to our white nationalist Führer. Patrick blows up over trans-gendered folk in bathrooms, so why not over the benefits of our southern neighbors. Pigs might fly, the hypocrisy from our elected leaders has no end. Republicans are meant to be pro business and pro amnesty, that's what Lincoln would stand for, yet they insist on practicing Slavic style ethno-nationalism.
Here in the heart of Texas business is booming and progressive values endure, even though one of the biggest financial backers of Führer Trump* (Andrew Beal) happens to reside in a $100 million Dallas mansion. Than you Mayor Rawlings for standing up for all the green card holders who were discriminated against for wanting to visit a nation built by the tired and poor. As an immigrant myself, I applaud anyone who gets it: apart from Natives, we're all foreigners.
PS. Talking transgender, Texas has joined the lists of states with a Transgender mayor. To top it off, the town of New Hope, TX is in Collin County (which voted for a bigot in November, who shall remain nameless).
The annual State of the State speech (on 1/31/17) was another way for Governor Abbott to flaunt Texas' wealth. What popped out to me most was the vastness of its size: Texas' economy (measured as a country) would be larger than that of Australia, Canada and Russia. Whilst Texas has rapidly risen in the ranking of best-managed state (currently ranks 7th, was 36th in 2010), it still lags in education and health indicators (ranked 43rd and 34th respectively in both areas), which explains why the Governor glossed over them and instead concentrated on harping on about the destruction of Sanctuary cities.
Those not familiar, Governor Abbott is himself disabled and has a Hispanic wife, what does that have to do with anything you say? Well, you'd think from living with adversity and having a spouse from such an important contributor to Texas' wealth, you'd understand empathy. Crime comes from many sources, just singling out the undocumented makes you a fool. Everyday there's an example of white specimens (yes, even of the blond hair blue-eyed variety) committing atrocities, where is their ban?
Need I keep reminding readers of Charles Whitman. A white Christian who shot up the University of Austin (at a time when minorities didn't "terrify" white suburbia) on August 1, 1966. Then there's a that little statistic - chance of falling victim to an undocumented immigrant: 1 in 10,900,000,000.
Let's talk Mexico, seeing as the Governor is trying to send out coded messages of blaming them for everything that's wrong with the state. Feast your eyes on the following: Texas ranks No. 1 in export jobs and Mexico's the states top export destination. Add to that all the cultural richness they've provided and you have an excuse to support a border wall - not!
If the Governor has any backbone, he will send Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (in Texas, the Lieutenant Governor has excessive powers) to voice concerns to our white nationalist Führer. Patrick blows up over trans-gendered folk in bathrooms, so why not over the benefits of our southern neighbors. Pigs might fly, the hypocrisy from our elected leaders has no end. Republicans are meant to be pro business and pro amnesty, that's what Lincoln would stand for, yet they insist on practicing Slavic style ethno-nationalism.
Here in the heart of Texas business is booming and progressive values endure, even though one of the biggest financial backers of Führer Trump* (Andrew Beal) happens to reside in a $100 million Dallas mansion. Than you Mayor Rawlings for standing up for all the green card holders who were discriminated against for wanting to visit a nation built by the tired and poor. As an immigrant myself, I applaud anyone who gets it: apart from Natives, we're all foreigners.
PS. Talking transgender, Texas has joined the lists of states with a Transgender mayor. To top it off, the town of New Hope, TX is in Collin County (which voted for a bigot in November, who shall remain nameless).
