Being a RED state hurts Texas (Roma: camps, manufacturing, bill)

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Muhnay

FOXNews.com - Lakota Indians Withdraw Treaties Signed With U.S. 150 Years Ago - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
The new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free - provided residents renounce their U.S. citizenship, Mr Means said.

I read his book, Where White Men Fear to Tread a few years ago. Since so many (if not all) on the "Rez" are on the government dole, it seems to me that would end if the withdrawal from treaties is actually legal.

The Pine Ridge Rez where he spent some of his life is probably the most poverty-stricken area in the US, and the life expectancies really are that short.

[Muhnay]

Has this gone into effect? have we redrawn our maps? Do they need to fear civil unrest, or military action?

[cogentman]

Don't worry--Texas is well on its way to becoming a blue state once again. It always should have been a blue state considering its demographics.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by cogentman

Don't worry--Texas is well on its way to becoming a blue state once again. It always should have been a blue state considering its demographics.

I hope and pray that Texas NEVER becomes a blue state.

Ever.

[TexasHorseLady]

But Texas used to be a blue state. Wait, no, it wasn't a "blue" state, it was a "Yellow Dog Democrat" state, as in, "He'd vote for a yellow dog if it was a Democrat." Now, think about that one really hard, folks, and what it really says about both party loyalty and voting by the party and the party line ("red" or "blue"), not contemplating the individual issues.

Also, consider that behaving as if your party is your favorite sports team and is owed unalloyed, unthinking loyalty is not entirely appropriate for making judgments about issues that impact the lives of millions of people.

[EmergencyOps]

How's the deep blue State of California doing? Their budgets must be in a wild surplus...right?

[tstone]

Texas has a budget surplus?

[catman]

TexasHorseLady: But in the "yellow dog" days, many of the Texas Democrats were conservative (Ralph Yarborough being a notable exception). I'd say it was equivalent to a "red state" then.

[UTHORNS96]

TexasHorseLady: Being a democrat now and being a democrat then are two totally different things. From an ideological standpoint the republicans of that day were more like the democrats of today and vice versa. If I remember correctly the political-realignment between the two parties started around the time of FDR. I could go into a brief history lecture but i'm a bit rusty and would have to go back and verify a few things.

As far as this liberal and conservative nonsense. I don't really identify either way anymore. I used to be a proud liberal democrat back when I believed they were actually as liberal and open-minded as they say they are. But as time went on I realized they had their prejudices and arrogant self-righteous ideas just as much as conservatives do so i'm done with it all together. There is a ton of proof of that here on CD. Most of them toss around the term "religious" as if it were a synonym for unstable and dangerous.

If i'm in a crowd full of liberals they always and up saying something that ticks me off and if i'm in a crowd full of conservatives they do the same. The only reason I even bother to vote is because I know a lot of people sacrificed something in order for me to have that right as a black male. But it really doesn't mean much to me anymore.

[Willsson]

Like a gal from NYC 'splained to me back in '84...

A liberal (democrat) in Texas is still more conservative that a New York conservative, who would be pretty far left in Texas.

In the sense of being a liberal blue state, Texas will probably never get there. Could Texas have a majority of Democrat (not necessarily very liberal) representation, it could happen. Unfortunately, some of the liberals would be whipping boys of the Madame Speaker. Such the nature of 'falling for anything'.