I blame Ronald Reagan for the mess in Texas. He turned a generation plus of Americans against government, who’ve elected his acolytes ever since, Republicans who can’t govern because they don’t want to govern, because they hate government. And when there’s a crisis, be it COVID, a foreseeable and deadly utility tragedy, or whatever, we find out what happens when an anti-government political party is in charge.
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when you hate gov’t you don’t govern. you go to cancun
the hill:
from politizoom:
Martian Tribune, Trumpuary 5th, 2164:
”Despite Replacement Mars Colony Also Destroyed by Stray Gunfire, 2nd Amendment is Clear, Gun-Rights Advocates Say”
“Thousands of Martians Freeze in Frigid Evening Temps As Gov. Blames ‘Orange New Deal’”
Senator Ted Cruz decided to hop on a plane to Cancun with his family for a vacation while fellow Texans are freezing and without power, pictures of him at the airport went viral and backlash was so severe that he had no choice but to immediately book a flight home, United Airlines put out a new video in an attempt to distance themselves from the controversy, Ted released a statement claiming that he was just trying to be a good parent by taking his kids on vacation, the Mexican tourism industry is getting a big shot in the arm thanks to the news coverage, COVID scammers are running wild, Jimmy has a new idea for getting Americans to trust the vaccine, NASA’s Perseverance rover completed its journey to Mars, and an exclusive interview with Ted Cruz! If you want to pitch in and help those who need it right now in Texas, our local affiliate in Houston, ABC 13, has teamed up with the Houston Food Bank. Just text “ABC13” to 41444. For every $1 donated, 3 meals will be given to those who need them.
Bink & patd are on fire this morning.
By the way, Goobernor Gregg Abbott got four Pinocchios for his frozen windmill lie.
Welcome back to the real world.
As Gregg wrote, “I ain’t wastin’ no more time…”
i don’t understand why they wouldn’t put a packet of hardy plant seeds on that Mars mission. The odds of them germinating can’t be any lower than the odds of Earth having life🤔
“The Hardiest Plant in the World, Purple Saxifrage:”
https://candidegardening.com/US/stories/187acc04-06c4-40fe-b664-dae154850668
If we start terraforming, now, it should be habitable in only a few million years, give or take🤷♂️
Bob Dole never seemed to hate government. I guess Ronny didn’t get to him?
With Ted Cruz, it’s the avalanche of lies. His kids wanted to go with friends. Nope, it was planned with adults. He was going to drop them off (his giant suitcase, in tow). Nope, he was going to stay the week. He re-booked his return flight yesterday morning. He’s a worthless liar.
Where is John Cornyn? A tweet here and there, but no actual help. He’s just worthless.
saw something on twitter about Cruz leaving his dog behind in cold house? looked made up
Hell…. I think one can blame the election of trump to the presidency on Ronald Reagan. The right has been building toward total bat shit crazy since RR. Let’s hope that trump is the last gasp of what’s been accumulating on the right since the 80s.
If they planned to go for a week, they would’ve had a pet sitter, but if no power???? He claimed it was a rescue, but I haven’t been able to find if that’s true. Normally, folks give a little publicity to the rescue organization. The dog is white and his/her name is SNOWFLAKE, if reports are true.
https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-leaving-his-dog-snowflake-behind-texas-prompts-anger-jokes-1570497
I don’t know how this pic (in Newsweek) is real, as there is no snow on the ground. But, it says power was restored to Cruz’ block, so a pet sitter…
Someone in the family was probably looking out for the dog. Ted wasn’t looking out for anyone but himself.
Cruz souvenir…
My favorite thing about Cruz story is how “friends” and neighbors his wife texted quickly gave them up to media. Says a lot.
It’s like a saying I heard in 2016 campaign, there are two types of people: those who hate Ted Cruz…and Ted Cruz.
Thank the Almighty for smart phone cameras. Or Ted Cruz would be belly up on the beach right now.
That level of ~friendship~ will come in handy in sinking his presidential run. He’s as horrible as SFB, but smarter. This week shows that his hubris can cloud his decisions. Not hard to be smarter than SFB.
I like Ted Cruz better than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz.
And I hate Ted Cruz.
—Al Franken
“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends… I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life”
John Boehner calls Ted Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh,” “miserable” SOB
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/Texas-winter-storm-suffering-inequities/
And, as with everything, some suffer more than others in the wake of Uri and Viola.
Why hate Cruz as soon as you meet him? To save time.
I still can’t imagine how Beto didn’t beat that evil garbage heap.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/us/extremism-cryptocurrency-profiting-off-hate-invs/index.html
Digital whack-a-mole
ERCOT says the power grid is back, but want folks to conserve energy. So, it’s back if we don’t abuse it. It’s 30 degrees!
Why hate Cruz as soon as you meet him? To save time.
OMG…. ROTFLMAO!
Local news. The food/water lines are massive for those venturing out, which you do if you’re hungry and have hungry kids.
BID, lol, “Why hate Cruz as soon as you meet him? To save time”
I popped that on twitter
OMG… they’re real…
I can’t figure out how Cornyn beat MJ, either. There’s no there, there.
Texas has two of the worst senators, at the moment.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/desantis-florida-election-proposals/index.html
Speaking of evil, unlikeable creeps.
the hill:
BiD & TT, uncle joe to the rescue according to the hill:
was this a faster response than former administrations in past to disasters? and was the aid offered prior to gov’s declaration (if one had even been declared that is)?
back in 2016 CNN reported:
alexandra petri in wapo:
It seems to me that SFB didn’t want to help our blue states. President Biden is a bigger man. He’s right, too, a presidential visit pulls a lot of resources (traffic, etc.) and focus. SFB would be here throwing paper towels at us. Just send FEMA aid to those in need and make sure store shelves are restocked for those with money. There are many hurting from the pandemic for whom full store shelves mean little.
Move On has a petition to get rid of Abbott and Cruz, and, embrace the green, new deal.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/ted-cruz-beto-o-rourke-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-texas-disaster/index.html
Ted thinks the vitriol aimed at him is shameful and that respect is needed.
Ted, Go F yourself.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/AOC-houston-bound-texas-cold-weather-2-million-15963473.php
AOC doesn’t need to actually come to Texas, though. She does like to be the center of attention. She can continue to help without coming here, but then nobody would see her helping.
Ted Cruz didn’t tell his senior aids he was going to Mexico.
Free Snowflake!
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/lindsey-graham-mar-a-lago-trump-gop-feud/index.html
Lindsey is going golfing with SFB. Another slug of a senator.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/house-covid-minimum-wage-bill/index.html
Let’s get this done!
Joe Manchin, DINO
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/joe-manchin-neera-tanden-confirmation-biden/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/10/neera-tanden-john-kennedy/
But vampires DO have more heart than Ted. So, it’s OK for SFB to tweet, but not a Dem.
Personally, it’s not very professional, but what’s good for the goose…
The other day, someone said that the only thing we’re prepared for in this country is war.
Joe…🙄, really? C’mon, man.
From a fine journalist always worth reading…
I get Manchin’s point, sorry. I knew her, think she’s a hot head who could be trouble, a lone ranger likely to veer off the reservation. Biden better off without her.
They can’t all be home-runs🤷♂️
Hey, cruz stood on the tailgate of a pick-up truck, a month and a half, ago, and issued thinly-veiled encouragements for insurrection, and then, yesterday, scurried home ASAP the instant twitter took him to task🙄
…if “veiled” at all
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/health/delay-coronavirus-vaccines-second-dose/index.html
I’d love to at least be on a list for dose one. It sounds like that’s the way to go.
Wonder what POTUS Joe’s sees in her?
Did he nominate her to let the Repugz have a win?
Bink – The Mars rover is collecting soil samples that will be picked up in about 8 years and will find their way to Earth in 10 years.
Manchin and Sanders against Tanden nomination. Time to move on. Biden tried to appoint a Hillary pick, nice try.
…prolly not smart to heat the atmosphere with rockets trying to colonize a planet because of the warming atmosphere, but what do i know🤷♂️
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/entertainment/kim-kardashian-west-kanye-west-to-divorce/index.html
Now Kim K will never be FLOTUS
wow, BiD firing on all cylinders🤯
Blink
Even aircraft being grounded cleaned up the air a lot. How about we keep the rockets and everyone use trains?
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/texas-power-outage-winter-storm-deaths/
The financial toll is going to be enormous, but how many died directly from this winter storm or from lack of heat? How many will get COVID from going to warming centers?
Isn’t a lot of what we see from a rocket launch just water vapor?
BiD, yes. Same thing you see when jets fly at high altitudes. Contrails. Still a lot of carbon, but the visible stuff is water vapor for the most part.
So right, Craig. Tejas and repubes are totally useless. And I blame Reagan too!
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/texas-emergency-communication-power-outages/
TX Dept. of Emergency Mis-Management
The Abbott misadministration. Surprise‼️
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