notobtuse wrote: » Does you side really need to twist my words around constantly?
notobtuse wrote: » Out of 4 million customers affected in Texas. 111 people would be about two or three weekends of shootings in Chicago. 285 died from Hurricane Sandy that hit here. I don't recall the same outrage... oh, yeah, it affected states with democrat governors.
notobtuse wrote: » Oh bother. It doesn't pay to put all kinds of money into a once in a hundred years type of event. You do know Texas is putting a lot of money into wind power energy. I believe 20% of the states electricity comes from wind power now and it keeps increasing. It would be better to just come up with a simple agreement with other states to get power from them in such a rare situation. States surrounding Texas have it with other states, but Texas isn't in that agreement. And you know in such a rare event like they witnessed over winter will cause the windmills not to work also, don't you? I have a close friend who lives near Dallas. She did fine for that week, and Texans are resilient and look out for each other. She said the rest of the nation is making a much bigger deal out of it then Texans did. They are used to dealing with rolling blackouts because of the extreme heat and extreme cold. It is no big deal for them to go without electricity for extended periods of time. And you know a major part of this 'stimulus' is meant to keep Blue states from going bankrupt because of their irresponsible fiscal management and massive pensions and health care plans given to public retirees, most of which are also massively underfunded. That is why there are very little rules guiding how the money can be spent by the states.
They are used to dealing with rolling blackouts because of the extreme heat and extreme cold. It is no big deal for them to go without electricity for extended periods of time.
Cody montana wrote: » “At least 111 people died in Texas during winter storm, most from hypothermia“Damage ≥ $195 billion (2021 USD) (Costliest winter storm on record)
Quin_Dub wrote: » Only because they refused to spend the money on "winterizing" them - Windmills work perfectly well in Canada, Norway, Finland etc. for example. The problems in Texas are down to massive deregulation under Rick Perry so that the Power companies could get away with cutting huge corners on Safety and weather systems. Same reason why they were allowed to charge people 10's of thousands of dollars for a few days of power during the storms because of "surge pricing" Ah that's ok then , it's been sh!t for years so they are used to it , that's grand so - No need to bother trying to make it better.. I've spent a huge amount of time in Texas and they are indeed a hardy bunch , maybe that's why Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked the old people to allow themselves to die of Covid for the sake of the economy... The underlying cause of the Power issues are off topic - But for Abbott to be spending money intended to help the people of his State on a Vanity project beloved by the man that lost the GOP every bit of power they had in Washington in a few short years is beyond ridiculous. What tangible benefit will there be for the people of Texas by him wasting money on a Wall ??, because it will do absolutely nothing to stop people attempting to come to the US.
notobtuse wrote: » You are right people will still be coming across the border illegally but it won't be through Texas when the wall is built. It will be though other states. But that way Texas won't have to bear the massive cost of more illegal immigration they now have to bear alone, without Federal help. Thus spending money on the wall will save Texas taxpayers money. Make sense to me and if you know Texans like you say you do, you know it makes sense to the majority there.
notobtuse wrote: » Oh bother. It doesn't pay to put all kinds of money into a once in a hundred years type of event.
You do know Texas is putting a lot of money into wind power energy. I believe 20% of the states electricity comes from wind power now and it keeps increasing. It would be better to just come up with a simple agreement with other states to get power from them in such a rare situation. States surrounding Texas have it with other states, but Texas isn't in that agreement.
And you know in such a rare event like they witnessed over winter will cause the windmills not to work also, don't you?
I have a close friend who lives near Dallas. She did fine for that week, and Texans are resilient and look out for each other. She said the rest of the nation is making a much bigger deal out of it then Texans did. They are used to dealing with rolling blackouts because of the extreme heat and extreme cold. It is no big deal for them to go without electricity for extended periods of time.
And you know a major part of this 'stimulus' is meant to keep Blue states from going bankrupt because of their irresponsible fiscal management and massive pensions and health care plans given to public retirees, most of which are also massively underfunded. That is why there are very little rules guiding how the money can be spent by the states.
Leroy42 wrote: » Wait, I thought the GOP were against big government, yet here you are applauding a GOP member for not only taking federal funds but misusing them. Can you imagine if AOC took federal funds and spent them on free medicare for the poor! Your head would explode.
duploelabs wrote: » For the third time, have you ever been to the border and witnessed this first hand?
notobtuse wrote: » You question has no relevance and makes no sense. Yet you keep repeating the nonsense. I'm not in charge of fixing the crisis.
notobtuse wrote: » Oh bother. It doesn't pay to put all kinds of money into a once in a hundred years type of event. You do know Texas is putting a lot of money into wind power energy. I believe 20% of the states electricity comes from wind power now and it keeps increasing. It would be better to just come up with a simple agreement with other states to get power from them in such a rare situation. States surrounding Texas have it with other states, but Texas isn't in that agreement. And you know in such a rare event like they witnessed over winter will cause the windmills not to work also, don't you? I have a close friend who lives near Dallas. She did fine for that week, and Texans are resilient and look out for each other. She said the rest of the nation is making a much bigger deal out of it then Texans did. They are used to dealing with rolling blackouts because of the extreme heat and extreme cold. It is no big deal for them to go without electricity for extended periods of time. .....
Leroy42 wrote: » Wait, I thought the GOP were against big government, yet here you are applauding a GOP member for not only taking federal funds but misusing them.Can you imagine if AOC took federal funds and spent them on free medicare for the poor! Your head would explode.
Quin_Dub wrote: » You do realise that the overwhelming majority of people aren't swimming the Rio Grande or whatever right?? Almost all fall into 2 Groups - Those that arrive legally and overstay their visa and those that arrive at a formal border post and seek asylum. The Wall solves a problem that isn't actually the problem with Immigration.
notobtuse wrote: » That $195 billion in damages you noted represents damages impacted across the US, Northern parts of Mexico, and parts of Canada. That storm started out in the Pacific Northwest and then moved into the Southern US, then onto the Midwestern and Northeastern states. I had power outages from it and I live in Pennsylvania (luckily I have a 7500 watt generator). I’m sure you didn’t realize that information because you wouldn’t have intentionally left that bit of information out... making it look like it was just representative of Texas, would you?
notobtuse wrote: » You question has no relevance and is idiotic. Yet you keep repeating the nonsense. I'm not in charge of fixing the crisis. I am impacted by the massive amounts of taxpayer dollars it take to deal with the illegal immigrants that come here, though.
notobtuse wrote: » How have you come up with numbers that get across the border and aren't caught?
Tell me how wrote: » It absolutely is relevant and makes sense. You are adamant that Harris needed to visit the border in order to understand what is going on there. You are pontificating here as to exactly what is going on there, without ever having been there yourself.
notobtuse wrote: » I better learn Spanish though before I go back again because there are whole areas that speak no English.
notobtuse wrote: » Even though it means nothing, I've been near the Texas, Arizona and California borders numerous times in my business travels. I haven't been near the border in New Mexico, though. I better learn Spanish though before I go back again because there are whole areas that speak no English.
Overheal wrote: » Oh if we're doing "near the border" then sure I've driven from California to Florida too :pac:
notobtuse wrote: » there are whole areas that speak no English.
Overheal wrote: » Okay? I guess I need to learn Korean before I visit Duluth, GA again because of so many Korean-Americans there and Korean establishments, I guess. (Korean BBQ, mmm)
Cody montana wrote: » I’ve been to Chicago where(something about guns) .
notobtuse wrote: » Me too. Great steaks. Didn't dare walk around at night, though.
Cody montana wrote: » What’s the official language of the USA btw?
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