But rich natural resources and price spikes don't say much about the wisdom of a state's governing philosophy. Nor does proximity to an international border and the Gulf of Mexico, with their trade and tourism benefits. Of Texas' good fortune, said Yucel, "Some of it is God-given."
Well, your article makes a lot of sense a lot of the time. But regarding the above quote, and other mentions in the article, i fully agree luck is a component in life. Hard work and intelligence afford an individual more chances at getting lucky. That is my belief as an American.
Those Texas benefits metnioned, do they make a states governing philosophy unwise inherently? I think the article does not deliver. It also didn't mention when discussing housing, that the states "governing philosophy" required homeowner to have 20% equity to get a home. This allowed Texas to better weather the housing market bust. People, to a lesser degree, were not upside down almost overnight. If memory serves.
usamamasan1 I'm sorry... you must have missed the 8 posts where I ask you to address his clear disregard for his VERY failed "abstinance-only" sex "education" which has been shown to have raised the teen pregnancy rate in Texas 50% of the national average.
He ignores the problem... and it seems that you're very flagrantly ignoring the topic too.
So I'll ask you again....
Why does he seem Hell-bent on keeping Texas teenagers pregnant and infected with STDs?
But rich natural resources and price spikes don't say much about the wisdom of a state's governing philosophy. Nor does proximity to an international border and the Gulf of Mexico, with their trade and tourism benefits. Of Texas' good fortune, said Yucel, "Some of it is God-given."
Well, your article makes a lot of sense a lot of the time. But regarding the above quote, and other mentions in the article, i fully agree luck is a component in life. Hard work and intelligence afford an individual more chances at getting lucky. That is my belief as an American.
Those Texas benefits metnioned, do they make a states governing philosophy unwise inherently? I think the article does not deliver. It also didn't mention when discussing housing, that the states "governing philosophy" required homeowner to have 20% equity to get a home. This allowed Texas to better weather the housing market bust. People, to a lesser degree, were not upside down almost overnight. If memory serves.
I don't know, man. Sounds like the government interfering with the free market.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."
I for one didn't get my sex ed from school. just sprayin'.
So no, then.
You won't address that Texas has a teen pregnancy rate and REPEAT teen pregnancy rate 50% above the national average, don't think it's a problem and didn't get your "sex education" at school.
Not a problem to you.
So how do you plan, once that starts happening on a national level, to deal with all the unwanted kids that are produced as a bi-product of drunk teenagers having sex without condoms? Or should we just not worry about that and instead pretend it's not a problem?
Maybe everyone should be gay. No more unwanted pregnancies.
Count me out.
Maybe kids in their teens should know better. Maybe their parents should teach them some shit.
Family values.
Woot
or maybe educators should be allowed to teach them better
and if the parents should be teaching them why would rick perry allow teachers to only teach abstinence education, that is worse than no education on sex
Maybe everyone should be gay. No more unwanted pregnancies.
Ok, well there's a solution. And how do you plan to stop THEM from having unprotected sex? Because it's not just unwanted pregnancies you need to stop.
Count me out.
I have. Trust me. People who care, sadly, have to take up your slack.
Maybe kids in their teens should know better. Maybe their parents should teach them some shit.
And how are they supposed to "know better?" Better than what? Know what? To "not have sex?" Yeah, that's going to work.
That's as unrealistic as everything else that's come out of the mouth of Rick Perry. Including his made up story about shooting a coyote. And maybe parents should teach them what? How to not have sex? That doesn't work either. Most parents don't know how to protect from STDs, either.
Do you also want parents to teach biology, algebra and physics?
Family values.
Something I obviously have and you don't. I value the health of families, and I value families and think that they shouldn't just be started by accident because kids in their teens didn't "know better."
Woot
Is the most wise thing you've said. Probably ever.
Texas had to cut billions. Much of it was in education. Shit has to give somewhere. When the almighty government can't take care of our retirement, health care and education, maybe we should take care of ourselves and our neighbors who need it?
Run Rick, run!
“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.
Texas had to cut billions. Much of it was in education. Shit has to give somewhere. When the almighty government can't take care of our retirement, health care and education, maybe we should take care of ourselves and our neighbors who need it?
Run Rick, run!
“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.
it doesn't cost more to tell someone to use a condom instead of just focusing on abstinence
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it doesn't cost more to tell someone to use a condom instead of just focusing on abstinence
It actually costs more.
Most of those teenagers end up on government assistance because they can't afford to support their new families. Most of them aren't able to finish school and end up on some kind of program.
There's also the public health threats... when there are huge amounts of teenagers having unprotected sex with each other, STIs can pass around quite quickly.
But I guess in Texas, they like babies with chlamydia.
Texas had to cut billions. Much of it was in education. Shit has to give somewhere. When the almighty government can't take care of our retirement, health care and education, maybe we should take care of ourselves and our neighbors who need it?
Run Rick, run!
“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.
Woot
I hope most of the people within the 27% of the workforce in Texas that don't have health insurance have neighbors for doctors, or at least access to webmd.com. Woot??
You individuals need to start looking at some bigger pictures.
OK, here's a picture you'll be looking at quite a bit.
And wad, don't get your panties in a bunch if I don't respond to your gay stuff or whatever.
I don't wear panties. And you can plunge your head into the sand all you want. Pregnant teenagers, STDs and gay people aren't going away, no matter how much you ignore us.
You individuals need to start looking at some bigger pictures.
OK, here's a picture you'll be looking at quite a bit.
And wad, don't get your panties in a bunch if I don't respond to your gay stuff or whatever.
I don't wear panties. And you can plunge your head into the sand all you want. Pregnant teenagers, STDs and gay people aren't going away, no matter how much you ignore us.
I hope most of the people within the 27% of the workforce in Texas that don't have health insurance have neighbors for doctors, or at least access to webmd.com. Woot??
Lets not forget that in the 50s when abortions were very hard to get, thousands of women died every year from sticking coat hangers up inside themselves and trying to perform abortions that way.
Seems the OP is jus' fine with going back to those days.
But rich natural resources and price spikes don't say much about the wisdom of a state's governing philosophy. Nor does proximity to an international border and the Gulf of Mexico, with their trade and tourism benefits. Of Texas' good fortune, said Yucel, "Some of it is God-given."
Well, your article makes a lot of sense a lot of the time. But regarding the above quote, and other mentions in the article, i fully agree luck is a component in life. Hard work and intelligence afford an individual more chances at getting lucky. That is my belief as an American.
Those Texas benefits metnioned, do they make a states governing philosophy unwise inherently? I think the article does not deliver. It also didn't mention when discussing housing, that the states "governing philosophy" required homeowner to have 20% equity to get a home. This allowed Texas to better weather the housing market bust. People, to a lesser degree, were not upside down almost overnight. If memory serves.
I don't know, man. Sounds like the government interfering with the free market.
The Texas State Constitution is very big on the sanctity of owning your homestead and always has been. There are several provisions that prevent people from losing their homes. It helped Texas weather the housing market meltdown better than most parts of the country. But it doesn't mean that there aren't a serious number of Texans who lost their homes to foreclosure. There are also still plenty of people who are upside down on the mortgages.
Texas had to cut billions. Much of it was in education. Shit has to give somewhere. When the almighty government can't take care of our retirement, health care and education, maybe we should take care of ourselves and our neighbors who need it?
Run Rick, run!
“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.
Woot
The multi-billion dollar budget gap that Texas faced at the beginning of 2011 was not unexpected. At the end of the 2009 legislative session, the state treasurer warned that the legislature had over projected tax revenue and that there would be a serious shortfall to be resolved by the 2011 legislature. (The Texas legislature, which sets the budget and policy for the 2nd most populous state, meets every other year for 5 months. :roll: )
Here was where Perry showed his so-called "leadership." In his state of the state address, he presented his usual Everything's Rosy in Texas speech, declaring this year's legislative priorities were bills requiring pre-abortion sonograms, voter IDs, prohibition against "sanctuary cities" (although Texas has none), and lawsuit reform. In other words, NOTHING ZIPPO NADA about the budget crisis. He got everything he wished for except the sanctuary cities measure, which was widely opposed by law enforcement and even this do-nothing legislature recognized as unnecessary.
usamamasan1, you seem to think that it's regrettable that the education budget was cut but "something's gotta give." Do you know how low Texas already ranks in public education? I'd say that we have now hit rock bottom and started to dig. Yet Gov. Goodhair feels that this was a good legislative session because they didn't raise taxes. I work with the public and you might be surprised to hear this but an unbelievable number of people of all ages and backgrounds told me they would rather pay more taxes than have education cut. Nobody is interested in seeing the next generation as a bunch of uneducated dummies.
Except apparently Rick Perry, who will be able to tell supporters on the national stage that he didn't raise taxes while governor.
As most of you know, since I wont' shut up about it, I work in porn.
The idea of a coyote charging a dog near a human is absurd.
I don't just call "bullshit..." I say "he's lying. Because he's a liar. He made that up. It didn't happen."....
:think:
today....
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — On the shady paths of this sprawling Southern California retirement community, neighbors have been told to carry sticks.
The menace is a group of emboldened coyotes who have attacked leashed pets, killing two dogs in the last week and dragging down pet owners who rushed to their rescue.
On Thursday, the city of Laguna Woods voted to take matters into its own hands by authorizing professional exterminators or animal control experts who obtain permits to shoot the wild animals.
not sure where to begin w/anyone justifying the texas education budget cuts of 2011. i like to stick w/tangible evidence when debating and not some party line response.
the state education cuts which caused thousands of teacher layoffs last month and will continue for another round of layoffs in 7/12 will further devastate TX public school systems (k-12), how?
1. teacher to student ratio will increase an avg of 6-10 students per class, so 22-30 or so next semester, can you spell clusterfuck?
2. bus service fees? hello, wtf, this has NEVER happened in the great state of TX not sure where else but these are on the horizon for k-12 starting next semester, guess who gets fkd? lower and middle class families shelling out $158 per semester per child starting this august in DFW school districts, coming soon to Houston!
3. rick perry wants nothing to do w/fed funds, fine fk him and about 1000 science and math teachers who are federally funded to improve are lousy scores, my wife is on the hitlist w/this one.
4. you can absolutely forget about any investement in automating the administration of TX public schools over the next couple of years, these purchases cost upfront but pay for themselves w/improved productivity and reduced error. no investement = no progress
5. TX is 49 out of 50 on dropout rate, yeah MS, you are fkd at #50. great company to keep TX and thx for nada perry you douche.
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is that a tagline for a teabag documentary? in their bizarro world (as mccain so profoundly expressed), it's
a black n white issue, i hope our leaders and even US citizens are better than that. But say your right, our children/elderly bear the brunt of this policy, you ok w/that?
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And it's not going to be tax cuts to billionaires, it's not going to be tax breaks for the oil industry and it's not going to be give aways to corporations.
But hey, let's make Texans stupider. That sounds like a good idea. :roll:
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/28/fa ... test=faces
Godfather.
A message of compromise from foxnews.com? Damn those hackers!
Godfather.
Well, your article makes a lot of sense a lot of the time. But regarding the above quote, and other mentions in the article, i fully agree luck is a component in life. Hard work and intelligence afford an individual more chances at getting lucky. That is my belief as an American.
Those Texas benefits metnioned, do they make a states governing philosophy unwise inherently? I think the article does not deliver. It also didn't mention when discussing housing, that the states "governing philosophy" required homeowner to have 20% equity to get a home. This allowed Texas to better weather the housing market bust. People, to a lesser degree, were not upside down almost overnight. If memory serves.
He ignores the problem... and it seems that you're very flagrantly ignoring the topic too.
So I'll ask you again....
Why does he seem Hell-bent on keeping Texas teenagers pregnant and infected with STDs?
I don't know, man. Sounds like the government interfering with the free market.
"With our thoughts we make the world"
So no, then.
You won't address that Texas has a teen pregnancy rate and REPEAT teen pregnancy rate 50% above the national average, don't think it's a problem and didn't get your "sex education" at school.
Not a problem to you.
So how do you plan, once that starts happening on a national level, to deal with all the unwanted kids that are produced as a bi-product of drunk teenagers having sex without condoms? Or should we just not worry about that and instead pretend it's not a problem?
Count me out.
Maybe kids in their teens should know better. Maybe their parents should teach them some shit.
Family values.
Woot
or maybe educators should be allowed to teach them better
and if the parents should be teaching them why would rick perry allow teachers to only teach abstinence education, that is worse than no education on sex
Ok, well there's a solution. And how do you plan to stop THEM from having unprotected sex? Because it's not just unwanted pregnancies you need to stop.
I have. Trust me. People who care, sadly, have to take up your slack.
And how are they supposed to "know better?" Better than what? Know what? To "not have sex?" Yeah, that's going to work.
That's as unrealistic as everything else that's come out of the mouth of Rick Perry. Including his made up story about shooting a coyote. And maybe parents should teach them what? How to not have sex? That doesn't work either. Most parents don't know how to protect from STDs, either.
Do you also want parents to teach biology, algebra and physics?
Something I obviously have and you don't. I value the health of families, and I value families and think that they shouldn't just be started by accident because kids in their teens didn't "know better."
Is the most wise thing you've said. Probably ever.
Run Rick, run!
“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.
Woot
it doesn't cost more to tell someone to use a condom instead of just focusing on abstinence
And wad, don't get your panties in a bunch if I don't respond to your gay stuff or whatever.
or you could just answer the question
instead of avoiding it
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It actually costs more.
Most of those teenagers end up on government assistance because they can't afford to support their new families. Most of them aren't able to finish school and end up on some kind of program.
There's also the public health threats... when there are huge amounts of teenagers having unprotected sex with each other, STIs can pass around quite quickly.
But I guess in Texas, they like babies with chlamydia.
I hope most of the people within the 27% of the workforce in Texas that don't have health insurance have neighbors for doctors, or at least access to webmd.com. Woot??
OK, here's a picture you'll be looking at quite a bit.
I don't wear panties. And you can plunge your head into the sand all you want. Pregnant teenagers, STDs and gay people aren't going away, no matter how much you ignore us.
what a drag,that's a shame.
Godfather.
Lets not forget that in the 50s when abortions were very hard to get, thousands of women died every year from sticking coat hangers up inside themselves and trying to perform abortions that way.
Seems the OP is jus' fine with going back to those days.
Here was where Perry showed his so-called "leadership." In his state of the state address, he presented his usual Everything's Rosy in Texas speech, declaring this year's legislative priorities were bills requiring pre-abortion sonograms, voter IDs, prohibition against "sanctuary cities" (although Texas has none), and lawsuit reform. In other words, NOTHING ZIPPO NADA about the budget crisis. He got everything he wished for except the sanctuary cities measure, which was widely opposed by law enforcement and even this do-nothing legislature recognized as unnecessary.
usamamasan1, you seem to think that it's regrettable that the education budget was cut but "something's gotta give." Do you know how low Texas already ranks in public education? I'd say that we have now hit rock bottom and started to dig. Yet Gov. Goodhair feels that this was a good legislative session because they didn't raise taxes. I work with the public and you might be surprised to hear this but an unbelievable number of people of all ages and backgrounds told me they would rather pay more taxes than have education cut. Nobody is interested in seeing the next generation as a bunch of uneducated dummies.
Except apparently Rick Perry, who will be able to tell supporters on the national stage that he didn't raise taxes while governor.
:think:
today....
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — On the shady paths of this sprawling Southern California retirement community, neighbors have been told to carry sticks.
The menace is a group of emboldened coyotes who have attacked leashed pets, killing two dogs in the last week and dragging down pet owners who rushed to their rescue.
On Thursday, the city of Laguna Woods voted to take matters into its own hands by authorizing professional exterminators or animal control experts who obtain permits to shoot the wild animals.
http://news.yahoo.com/calif-city-author ... 12307.html
the state education cuts which caused thousands of teacher layoffs last month and will continue for another round of layoffs in 7/12 will further devastate TX public school systems (k-12), how?
1. teacher to student ratio will increase an avg of 6-10 students per class, so 22-30 or so next semester, can you spell clusterfuck?
2. bus service fees? hello, wtf, this has NEVER happened in the great state of TX not sure where else but these are on the horizon for k-12 starting next semester, guess who gets fkd? lower and middle class families shelling out $158 per semester per child starting this august in DFW school districts, coming soon to Houston!
3. rick perry wants nothing to do w/fed funds, fine fk him and about 1000 science and math teachers who are federally funded to improve are lousy scores, my wife is on the hitlist w/this one.
4. you can absolutely forget about any investement in automating the administration of TX public schools over the next couple of years, these purchases cost upfront but pay for themselves w/improved productivity and reduced error. no investement = no progress
5. TX is 49 out of 50 on dropout rate, yeah MS, you are fkd at #50. great company to keep TX and thx for nada perry you douche.
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Um... yeah... clearly, you didn't read the story very closely.
Swinging a "stick" is enough to scare them off. No need for a laser-guided hand gun.
Who does he think he is, Sigourney Weaver?
is that a tagline for a teabag documentary? in their bizarro world (as mccain so profoundly expressed), it's
a black n white issue, i hope our leaders and even US citizens are better than that. But say your right, our children/elderly bear the brunt of this policy, you ok w/that?
MGM Grand - Jul 6, 2006
Cox Arena - Jul 7, 2006
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - May 1, 2010
Alpine Valley Music Theater - Sep 3-4 2011
Made In America, Philly - Sep 2, 2012
EV, Houston - Nov 12-13, 2012
Dallas-November 2013
OKC-November 2013
ACL 2-October 2014
Fenway Night 1, August 2016
Wrigley, Night 1 August 2018
Fort Worth, Night 1 September 2023
Fort Worth, Night 2 September 2023
Austin, Night 1 September 2023
Austin, Night 2 September 2023
And it's not going to be tax cuts to billionaires, it's not going to be tax breaks for the oil industry and it's not going to be give aways to corporations.
But hey, let's make Texans stupider. That sounds like a good idea. :roll: