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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am from the government and I am here to help you turn your power back on
....is a sentence that exactly ZERO Texans would perceive as terrifying right now, despite Reagans famous hyperbole.
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I am from the government and I am here to help you turn your power back on (Original Post)
RealityBasedNewYorkr
Feb 2021
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)1. We've had our share of bad weather here in New Mexico during the past week. Through it all
our electric power has stayed on. I haven't even seen a flicker. I wonder if the fact that we
have strong Democratic state and local governments has anything to do with that.
live love laugh
(16,262 posts)3. Yup I think so -- like IL. nt
sheshe2
(96,618 posts)2. Ya scared me for a second there.
I was thinking someone went to the orange man and told him he could get his power turned back on. I kid you not, for one brief moment that thought shot through my head.
