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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 09:40 AM Original message |
Issa rips Gov. Perry's 'Texas Miracle' |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Like the rest of their hopefuls, "Parry" will become a slow-motion train wreck. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. My family in California says |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. also due to cheaper housing |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. They live around LA, it's expensive |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Texas has very hefty property taxes and probably cuts corners on things Californians enjoy. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. And no income tax |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I don't know where you got your impression that |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Colonias...from the State of Texas: |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Take apart Perry all you want. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. "Up and down the {huge}Texas border" does not = one example. |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. That's a gross exaggeration in itself. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Argue that with the source, the Texas State Conservation Office. What was your source? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Why not? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. How's that meth epidemic going there in Oregon? |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I did live there. Corpus Christi. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I've traveled a lot of this state. |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Oh yeah.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Your example is also misleading, though. |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I replied to a post that said |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Really? I live in the sticks of Odessa, Texas, far west of the I35 corridor. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. forget it. |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Issa the ass |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. No mystery. California is not anti-worker. Arizona and Texas are anti-worker. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. California is losing workers too |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. but, despite his Texas Miracle |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. it was all 'energy' jobs... |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. oil AND windfarms and |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Below Poverty Line Food Stamp Collecting Working Poor |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It's a miracle he's still Governor. nt |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. all of that and more |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R #8, two a-holes tangling!1 See, it's not just GIRL-fights we want to see!1 n/t |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Criticism from a slimey crook like Issa is a badge I would wear with honor. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. If Issa calls you a crook, you just may be one. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sing it, Darrell! |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. I personally despise Issa, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Yes, it's true that Texas is more anti-worker than California. What should be done about that? |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. 40% of jobs created under Parry were minimum wage or lower. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. That sounds like he's trying to rip California |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. hate to Agree with Issa, but he's right. Perry's 'success' is about a race to the bottom. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Mississippification |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. only the governors of California and New York |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. only the governors of California and New York |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. As a native-Californian, I have to concur... |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. You have a problem with that? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. We are the biggest, most popular states: California, New York and Texas. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. When Meg Whitman said she wanted California to be like Texas |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. Same in CO |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well both Issa and Perry are the scum of the earth so I don't know what to say about this. n/t |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It's like watching two different forms of colon cancer duke it out. n/t |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. lol, quotable. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
61. I'd like to know the full context. I suspect Issa may have been making an anti-worker point, not |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Is it possible that Issa might be good for something? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. No, he's not good for anything IMO. We don't need him to put down Perry. Just you |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Doubtful. Reply 61 is my specific suspicion, but, no matter what the deal was, be sure it was |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Republicons SCORN Republicons. Of course. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
63. Was Issa scorning Republicans or minimum wage or unions or was he making some other point? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Actually, Issa is just saying that Perry lowered taxes more... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
64. Texas is also an anti-worker state, like any "good" trickle down state. |
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udbcrzy2 (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Were some of those jobs because of the oil clean up? |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Comparing Bush to Perry they are now calling Bush "the Smart one" n/t |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. Perry and Texas balanced their budget ... |
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discocrisco01 (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Lower Cost Of Living |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Not exactly. Poor accounting makes it seem like lower cost of living. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Given our strange geography and climate, we in Southern California |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. The miracle is that they re-elected Perry after his first term. |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Texas is in terrible shape |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. Haircut v. Haircut |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
66. LOL! The battle of the bobs. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. In the financial crisis, Texas was helped by stricter mortgage laws. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
50. Was Issa actually dissing California or Perry? |
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