#NotAllTexans... but...

[TygrBright]

Texans are my neighbors. Some of them are assholes, or, as we call them here in Northern NM when they visit and park in handicapped spots and pass in no-passing zones on the highway and complain bitterly about the "no firearms allowed on these premises" rules in downtown business, "Texasses."

And some are Texans- kind, friendly folk with a large size in heart as well as attitude, and brought up by parents what raised 'em right, to be polite and treat everyone kind and listen before talking.

But right now, they're pretty much all miserable. And I'm real sorry about that. I don't want even Texasses to potentially pay with their lives for decades of choosing low taxes over competent government so automatically it has virtually become a reflex.

We have a competent national government now, that all of us who don't mind paying taxes to support rely on when we're in trouble from some major disaster. With the scope of this winter storm, it's stretched pretty thin, but it's working, and we'll send all the help we can.

Assuming the incompetent, greedy, selfish anti-tax government y'all keep electing will allow the help.

No strings, no gotchas. Y'all are our neighbors.

We'll do our best.

worriedly,
Bright

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Let's just hope they, the ones who support such no taxes

and the ensuing lack of services, as well as those enthusiastic about not regulating things, let's just hope they finally see the light.

It's too bad there's not a way to selectively give help to the ones who do understand the point of taxes and who do vote for such things, and leave the others out in the cold. Literally.

I just don't think people who mock "big gubmint" and "socialism" and tell us they want to secede deserve help from those things. We shouldn't remember that they didn't want to offer any aid to NY and NJ after Hurricane Sandy. They should live by their beliefs. Something about individual responsibility, right?

[catrose]

2. Thanks, Bright. 48% of us voted for Beto

But our politicians seem to vie for the title of World’s Grossest Asshole, and 52% of the population along with them—lots of runner ups and participation trophies, so I understand why people have a hard time wishing us well.