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yankee87

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4. Texass and the country

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 03:54 PM

Jul 10

This is what an oligarchy, theocracy or whatever words describe our government. This is all about the 1% not caring about the country, only what they can remove for themselves.
Also heard wheels will overwhelmingly win any election by double digits.
Sad condition for the country. I will never surrender, but it’s so hard.

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Found on Facebook Texas flood [View all] surfered Jul 10 OP

A thoughtful and much needed post dlk Jul 10 #1

Change the post title and repost this as a must-read LuckyLib Jul 10 #2

Not easy, but you can change red to blue. Here is how. multigraincracker Jul 10 #3

Texass and the country yankee87 Jul 10 #4

General Sheridan said it best: wolfie001 Jul 10 #5

Thank you, Wolfie! GiqueCee Jul 10 #11

Kudos my friend! wolfie001 Jul 10 #14

I did notice that the recent rains boosted our lake levels considerably. ananda Jul 10 #6

Hate is the glue the holds the tRUMP cult together nt wolfie001 Jul 10 #15

If only disaster preparedness ranked stollen Jul 10 #7

If anyone is interested as to how and why Texas is so fucked up, I suggest you read Michener's novel Texas. flashman13 Jul 10 #8

Excellent essay! WestMichRad Jul 10 #9

And there we have it... GiqueCee Jul 10 #10

Excellent GAJMac Jul 10 #12

It was not written by me. It was a Facebook post. surfered Jul 10 #13

A quite excellent essay indeed. Not only about Texas, but speaks VOLUMES B.See Jul 10 #16

A thoughtful & well-informed essay. I'm only sorry for lack of link to the author, but I gather one cannot... Hekate Jul 10 #17

Kick dalton99a Jul 10 #18

My only quibble is the following sentence: harumph Jul 11 #19

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