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mountain grammy

(26,576 posts)
62. Marooned here in Southwest, redneck, Texas..
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:55 PM
Nov 2012

The "Odessa American" supported Rmoney and predicted a win. I've found a few closet Democrats, but most are sure Obama will come in person to take the guns. Caregiving for my 91 year old father in law who will die soon.. then good bye Texas forever!

One less Facebook friend this morning. [View all] DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 OP
What a jerk treestar Nov 2012 #1
I need to get rid of some of my preconceived notions DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #8
let me ask this: does he play Country & Western? maxsolomon Nov 2012 #31
I haven't heard him play in a long, long time. But I think his band does country and rock DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #37
Still missing Waylon! pocoloco Nov 2012 #75
Ted Nugent is a musician ErikJ Nov 2012 #43
Yeah, I know--my preconceived notion was not rational DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #44
PLEASE navarth Nov 2012 #54
Same for artists Carni Nov 2012 #85
It ain't just Texas. Teabillies in Wisconsin are just as loony. Scuba Nov 2012 #99
Even many republicans can deal with disagreement in a kinder manner. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #82
nice reply on your part! Chiquitita Nov 2012 #2
One of the KEY lines he replied with was 'What I posted isn't up for discussion'. That is SO codjh9 Nov 2012 #3
Gawd said it, femrap Nov 2012 #19
What they hate is when you talk back. calimary Nov 2012 #57
That one guy especially is showing his 'morality' and 'family values', right? Or especially codjh9 Nov 2012 #84
I've noticed that about creationists and their strawman version of evolution. caveat_imperator Nov 2012 #88
Ignore, insult, or reply with a non-sequitor - that's what they do. And the insults are usually codjh9 Nov 2012 #89
IMO Mr Dixon Nov 2012 #4
Texas is not poisoning the water IDoMath Nov 2012 #5
A once-liberal pal moved to TX (Tom Delay's district) and turned into a nut. MADem Nov 2012 #6
I grew up Republican in Maine. After moving to avebury Nov 2012 #52
ME GOP used to be a very different thing...like most NE Republicans. MADem Nov 2012 #102
Oh man was I happy when Delay went down. And I'm a native-but-no-longer-there-TXn. codjh9 Nov 2012 #92
Me too--that was a long time coming! nt MADem Nov 2012 #103
TX is the only state i would NEVER move to. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #7
I'm afraid femrap Nov 2012 #22
It depends on which part of Texas. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #23
Yep.. txdemsftw Nov 2012 #25
Well, as a TX native (not living there now), I won't argue that on the whole state, but Austin codjh9 Nov 2012 #26
Marooned here in Southwest, redneck, Texas.. mountain grammy Nov 2012 #62
well, if I lived in Odessa, txdemsftw Nov 2012 #66
You will love this Texas site Tsiyu Nov 2012 #77
Thank you, I love the website! Texas Dems have to be tough and smart mountain grammy Nov 2012 #97
Good for you, Kick and rec. nt (I would have cussed!!!!) lol LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #9
Love Carolina Nov 2012 #10
K&R vrguy Nov 2012 #11
One problem gaspee Nov 2012 #12
oh, man. I thought I had learned that lesson already DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #20
Some clown posted THIS on my FB Carni Nov 2012 #13
Your clown is wrong. xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #64
My clown being wrong goes without saying lol Carni Nov 2012 #83
What I posted isn’t up for discussion Firebirds01 Nov 2012 #14
I lost one, too... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2012 #15
Sometimes... Rider3 Nov 2012 #16
Yes! In the past couple of years I reconnected with old high school friends from the 70s. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #17
BC as it's been said before, txdemsftw Nov 2012 #24
Exactly right. It just shocked me because they were so normal and they never left the area. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #35
I'm from Idaho, and live in Arkansas. Blanks Nov 2012 #33
Unfortunately, I've known many of them. I haven't found a completely consistent pattern, Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #18
Gary is a sad deluded fragment of his former self HangOnKids Nov 2012 #21
I lost a good friend from college in 2004 deutsey Nov 2012 #27
Um, as long as you realize you started it demhottie Nov 2012 #28
Thanks for your post, um...hottie DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #36
I had a girl friend from femrap Nov 2012 #29
My college roommate was brainwashed by her conservative husband too 1gobluedem Nov 2012 #53
It is sad... femrap Nov 2012 #95
Anyone that quotes Thatcher is automatically disqualified from talking with adults... truebrit71 Nov 2012 #30
That's very refreshing to hear from a citizen of the UK DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #45
On the right there is very definite rose-tint to the glasses used to view her reign of error.. truebrit71 Nov 2012 #91
Good for you! hughee99 Nov 2012 #32
I wasn't nominating myself for Nice Guy of the Year DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #38
I know exactly how you feel, hughee99 Nov 2012 #59
You absolutely were the nice guy.. defacto7 Nov 2012 #78
you heaven05 Nov 2012 #90
I would have asked him to mail you his and his family's Social Security cards and drivers' sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #34
Great catches... defacto7 Nov 2012 #81
This message was self-deleted by its author Blanks Nov 2012 #39
"voting themselves money" = TAX CUTS Qutzupalotl Nov 2012 #40
BINGO! ErikJ Nov 2012 #71
Uh oh. He plays country western?...Maybe his wife left him and his dog died too whathehell Nov 2012 #41
The greatest political sig quote I ever read: Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #42
I'm pretty sure Thomas Jefferson actually said that DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #46
thomas jefferson barbtries Nov 2012 #49
We just call him Starship now, for legal reasons. n/t DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #51
No-It was ol' Tom Paine Lilma Nov 2012 #87
well done. barbtries Nov 2012 #47
You're well rid of him. FiveGoodMen Nov 2012 #48
I do have to agree with a couple of those quotes... RevStPatrick Nov 2012 #50
Nero was a musician, Hitler was a painter...... or an artist... or...oh well... sqrllvr Nov 2012 #55
Someone I went to school with. We unfriended each other during the primaries. appleannie1 Nov 2012 #56
my warm, funny, loving cousin Frank moved to Houston over 30 years ago... He is now secondwind Nov 2012 #58
Must be that state ckimmy57 Nov 2012 #60
Hmm.. txdemsftw Nov 2012 #68
I have experienced the same thing... lucca18 Nov 2012 #61
The sad and ironic thing is that Savage was broadcasting from San Francisco DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #76
Grew up on the Eastern Shore of Md.... FedUpJerseyGirl Nov 2012 #63
Life is too short to waste time on people like that. AndyA Nov 2012 #65
I had to cut several loose over the past 6 weeks... Hubert Flottz Nov 2012 #67
Facebook: Caeser67 Nov 2012 #69
I've been having the same argument with an old chum from grade school coeur_de_lion Nov 2012 #70
so true skotty Nov 2012 #74
They don't think I am an idiot they think I am somehow anti-American coeur_de_lion Nov 2012 #94
another FB friend lost skotty Nov 2012 #72
Greed and selfishness has taken over his brain. I bet he read an Ayn Rand book. reformist2 Nov 2012 #73
Can't teach a pig how to sing - only wastes your time and annoys the pig. tomm2thumbs Nov 2012 #79
Don't worry my mom says mstinamotorcity2 Nov 2012 #80
Good job and good riddance! I'm that way with folks who are anti-gay, they DO NOT get to be my cecilfirefox Nov 2012 #86
Angry white male?? bleedinglib Nov 2012 #93
kaboom outsideworld Nov 2012 #96
Had one unfriend me, not sure exactly when, but probably the last couple of months Kennah Nov 2012 #98
Yes. I worked with (actually hired) a woman in the 80's and stayed in touch mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #100
I kicked one person off my Facebook list davidpdx Nov 2012 #101
congratulations! NuttyFluffers Nov 2012 #104
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