You think California politics are screwy?

[zana16]

Come to Texas! Where the Republicans are in such complete control that the Democrats have had to flee to prevent an unconstitutional redistricting session that would screw over poorer and Democratic districts. The redistricting's real motive (there was a redistricting two years ago, and it's supposed to be done right after the Census every ten years) is so the Reps will have enough votes to overturn a recent ruling that said that the time-honored Texas institution of funding education through local property taxes didn't result in "equal education for all" as guaranteed by the Texas Constitution. Come to Texas! Where the Republicans are in such complete control that nobody really notices that the Democrats are holed up in New Mexico with arrest warrants out against them. Where the Republicans are in such complete control that the newspaper publishes editorials supporting the Republicans' side because nobody turns out for elections or bothers with the actual issues except the NRA and the occassional oh-my-god-they-want-to-raise-my-taxes?!-how-dare-they-want-money-for-schools-and-roads?

More info: https://www.moveon.org/texasads/letter.html

Argh.

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Edit: Bad Zana! No cookie for you! You forgot to credit strchsr for the link.

Comments

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

Hi. :) Saw your entry on friendsfriends and couldn't resist the urge to comment. I live in Upstate New York (which is no prize politically either, but doesn't have quite the mind-boggling-ness of Texas politics), and I recently read a letter in our local newspaper from a man who had moved from here to Texas. He felt compelled to write, he said, to express his joy at having moved away from the irrational politics of New York state because everything made much more sense in Texas. O.o

Perhaps it is people like that who are the root of your state's difficulties.

[zana16.livejournal.com]

Wow. And here I thought I lived under a rock. How can anyone be so oblivious?

I like your icon, btw.

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

I like your icon, btw.

Thanks. It's very representative of the Syracuse, NY, weather patterns about 8 months out of the year. :D