The Texas Republicans seem to have crazy of a style that's extreme within the US. Didn't they have a plank about opposing the menace of Panama Canal based Chinese ballistic missiles ten years ago?
Trust me: Arizona gives Texas more than a run in the competition for crazy.
But then, Arizona was the CSA's last stand to take over the west, particularly California at the start of the waw. New Mexico got in-between Louisiana-Texas and that drive to California. Even today one could make a strong argument that AZ remains the strongest proponent of the number one CSA principle: secession (except for South Carolina, of course). It's also because of their gun craziness providing such a buy-and-sell market for Mexico gun dealer-gangs that parts of Mexico are such a wreck -- among other reasons too, of course, but this one contributes hugely.
Southern California was populated with southerners by 1860, btw, which contributes to the phenomenon that was Birth of A Nation and other Hollywood interpretations of history.
Yes, I've seen a fair bit of the Arizona crazy. Another site I am on has a crowd of Arizonans and most of them spew the craziest things, (including one that makes Limbaugh look well researched and another on the far side of Ron Paul).[1]
The irony they all miss is that they also often reveal how poor they all are, how shitty their housing is and how they can't get decent health care.
[1] When the sane one of your crowd is a troofer who is certain civilization is about to collapse ANY TIME NOW! it's not a good sign.
Is this the same state that by power of ordering the most number of text books and forcing publishers to include or exclude (by whim of a conservative minded committee) what materials to publish gets to draw up the 'standard' educational text books for the nation?
Although I'm increasingly skeptical of that argument, as Canadian publishers are able to make a profit tailoring textbooks to a single province, which is a lot smaller than all-America-except-Texas.
As an example: http://www.nelsonschoolcentral.com/cgi-bin/lansaweb?webapp=WSUBDSC+webrtn=subdsc+F(LW3CATURL)=S_S_GENERAL_SCIENCE
Nelson publishes textbooks for just Ontario and just BC. They even publish textbooks for fairly small courses (possibly one section in a bigger school) so very low numbers, but they still manage to be profitable. And there are three other publishers competing for the same markets.
Situation explained: the link at the top of the page http://www.texasgop.org/about-the-party links to the 2012 platform. The link further down the page, under the heading What Republicans Believe, links to the 2010 platform. No ass covering, just lack of proofreading.
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And this poor guy; the more he holds in his deepest thoughts like that, the harder it will be for him in the future.
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But then, Arizona was the CSA's last stand to take over the west, particularly California at the start of the waw. New Mexico got in-between Louisiana-Texas and that drive to California. Even today one could make a strong argument that AZ remains the strongest proponent of the number one CSA principle: secession (except for South Carolina, of course). It's also because of their gun craziness providing such a buy-and-sell market for Mexico gun dealer-gangs that parts of Mexico are such a wreck -- among other reasons too, of course, but this one contributes hugely.
Southern California was populated with southerners by 1860, btw, which contributes to the phenomenon that was Birth of A Nation and other Hollywood interpretations of history.
Love, C.
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The irony they all miss is that they also often reveal how poor they all are, how shitty their housing is and how they can't get decent health care.
[1] When the sane one of your crowd is a troofer who is certain civilization is about to collapse ANY TIME NOW! it's not a good sign.
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Oh, wait...
Is this the same state that by power of ordering the most number of text books and forcing publishers to include or exclude (by whim of a conservative minded committee) what materials to publish gets to draw up the 'standard' educational text books for the nation?
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Although I'm increasingly skeptical of that argument, as Canadian publishers are able to make a profit tailoring textbooks to a single province, which is a lot smaller than all-America-except-Texas.
As an example:
http://www.nelsonschoolcentral.com/cgi-bin/lansaweb?webapp=WSUBDSC+webrtn=subdsc+F(LW3CATURL)=S_S_GENERAL_SCIENCE
Nelson publishes textbooks for just Ontario and just BC. They even publish textbooks for fairly small courses (possibly one section in a bigger school) so very low numbers, but they still manage to be profitable. And there are three other publishers competing for the same markets.
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Prince Edward Island appears to be under the limit, however.
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Dammit I need my anti-Bush icons back again.
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Certain people are dithering about covering their asses?
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