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stollen

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7. If only disaster preparedness ranked

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:04 PM

Jul 10

on the same level as the state's love of football and Bibles, in that order. Child safety is a low priority. If the floods don't get them, measles or guns will.

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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