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mountain grammy

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10. You have to be and you're real Texas heros. My 85 year old aunt is one in El Paso

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Mon May 27, 2013, 06:49 PM

May 2013

Last year while spending some time in SW Texas, near Midland/Odessa, it was interesting to see the local channel do a Dem/Repub debate.
The Democratic lady was about 70, maybe older and quite feisty, like my aunt who announced to the whole right wing family " I'm an atheist and a Democrat!"

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Texas prohibits nearly 70 percent of its counties from having a fire code [View all] LeftInTX May 2013 OP

Some leftover garbage. Texas needs to fix that. Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

Corporate profit safety must come first in Texas, and Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #2

read the comments; the ignorance is staggering Skittles May 2013 #3

Read the comments atreides1 May 2013 #4

well I live here so I know Skittles May 2013 #5

You have to be and you're real Texas heros. My 85 year old aunt is one in El Paso mountain grammy May 2013 #10

yup Skittles May 2013 #11

The worship of "job creators" as if they are actually divine or at least closer to God is sad. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #9

150 have no full-time fire departments. underpants May 2013 #6

Many Texas government districts - city, county - do not allow building codes either panzerfaust May 2013 #7

Its all fun and games until someone loses their life, then nothing is still the norm for Texas benld74 May 2013 #8

Aint Texas advanced???? northoftheborder May 2013 #12