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hollysmom

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44. I have friends in Texas, they think they can turn the state around, they wanted me to move there

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 12:56 PM

Oct 2014

to help swing the vote (much like my sister wanted me to move to North Carolina because she said the voters are crazy religious people. Why would I want to move to a state the did not have the same beliefs as me - oh wait, that would be every where, Nope, going to die in my house and make my family get rid of everything in it, too much work for me to move now.

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Should all flights in and out of Texas be stopped "to mitigate the threat of a future outbreak?" [View all] Renew Deal Oct 2014 OP

If they quarantined Dallas it wouldn't bother me a bit. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #1

So, you wouldn't be bothered for an entire Democratic city to be quarantined? ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #29

There's a lot people here in Austin that don't particularly care about Dallas. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #30

You Austinites (I am a former Austin resident) don't like that Dallas County is ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #37

It's got nothing to do with blue, it's just that it's Dallas. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #39

I go with Colbert hollysmom Oct 2014 #2

there is a case of ebola in MA. strawberries Oct 2014 #36

and there is a quarentined woman in NJ who does not care what happens as long as she gets her hollysmom Oct 2014 #42

sorry sometimes I can't tell around here nt strawberries Oct 2014 #43

I have friends in Texas, they think they can turn the state around, they wanted me to move there hollysmom Oct 2014 #44

We aren't going to shut down Texas. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #3

Certainly Mexico, which has zero Ebola cases, should seal its border with Texas. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #4

From what I've been hearing this morning, maybe the idea isn't so far fetched. Vinca Oct 2014 #5

what scares me is I'm sure this is common across the country librechik Oct 2014 #14

I think there is a difference of degrees here justiceischeap Oct 2014 #6

Yours would be the only intelligent response Drayden Oct 2014 #12

Satire, irony and sarcasm are common on DU Fumesucker Oct 2014 #24

You would have to ban ALL overseas flights HockeyMom Oct 2014 #15

And if your passport says you've been to Africa justiceischeap Oct 2014 #18

All of Africa or just the countries with infections? Renew Deal Oct 2014 #20

Hope they stamp the Passport? HockeyMom Oct 2014 #23

Yes. Wall off Texas for 20 years. No contact, we can have a grand social experiment then. Katashi_itto Oct 2014 #7

Planes are the only way to get in and out of Texas? HockeyMom Oct 2014 #8

That is the point edhopper Oct 2014 #10

You seem to miss the purpose of visas TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #16

You're agreeing edhopper Oct 2014 #17

I'm agreeing with medical experts TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #19

Wow edhopper Oct 2014 #46

Do foreigners need a visa to go to Liberia, etc? HockeyMom Oct 2014 #25

Yes. From the U.S. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #27

I am somewhat naive to this but... Agschmid Oct 2014 #40

Depends on which country, and agreements between countries TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #41

Well we could build a fence and get the Minutemen to guard it. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #11

That's Jon Stewart's answer last night to the "Sanity-Resistant Strain Of Ebola Fear" taking Hortensis Oct 2014 #21

If we did that in 2000 edhopper Oct 2014 #9

PANIC!! nt Logical Oct 2014 #13

Wait 20 minutes. I'm sitting at my gate at Love Field Ron Green Oct 2014 #22

What about mass transit... FloriTexan Oct 2014 #26

Impeaching the governor of Texas would do more! B Calm Oct 2014 #28

And deal a devastating blow to border security? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #33

LOL B Calm Oct 2014 #38

Yes. And seal the borders. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #31

Not such an off the wall question - now that we know that the second infected patient Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #32

I say we take Ichingcarpenter Oct 2014 #34

my concern is the planes strawberries Oct 2014 #35

Since an infected woman visited OH before flying back, add OH to that list. LisaL Oct 2014 #45