Comments on: Random Thoughts: The Day After

By: 4of7

4of7 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:42:44 +0000

I bought bottle caps and beer making supplies.
I’ll feel better soon.

By: dontplayrockytop

dontplayrockytop — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:54:09 +0000

Right there with ya, 4of7. I lived my first 50 years in Tennessee and still miss those smoky blue hills. I like to think I followed Davy Crockett and Sam Houston down here. Don’t plan on holing up in any tiny church buildings and picking a fight with the Mexican army, though. And I was thinking the same thing on Wednesday – how could we geographically connect Tennessee and Texas in the Crockett Republic? Have to drag along Arkansas, I guess. Dang.

Oh, side note – I did commemorate the election results on Wednesday by buying 3,000 rounds of ammunition and going to the gun range. I feel much better now.

By: 4of7

4of7 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:42 +0000

Tennessee also has no state income tax and most of the state is deep red.
Except for Memphis, (Chicago Jr. on the Mississippi).
If a new Free America coalesces around Texas, what shall we call ourselves?
Heartland? Fly-Overvania? Capitalismopia? Livefreeistan? Texas and Friends?
just spit-balling…

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:12:31 +0000

Just remember: We may have been on the losing side; still not convinced it was the wrong one. If Texas goes, can they take a couple more states with them? I’d hate to feel crowded.

By: RAML

RAML — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:24:22 +0000

The platform you should be working on is Gun control. Fienstein has already started her gun ban bill, with no grandfather in clause, just like obamba wanted

By: dontplayrockytop

dontplayrockytop — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:27:43 +0000

If Texas did secede I figure we’d be OK. And you guys would all be welcome. Here are some actual factoids:
Texas total state economy (gross state product) = $1.33 trillion.
Texas total state budget = $81 billion for 2012/13: 6% of GSP with no state income tax, projected surplus for 2013.
Texas accounts for 25% of total US oil production.
Texas accounts for 30% of total US natural gas production.
Texas accounts for HALF of total US refinery capacity.
Texans own 51 million personal firearms. That’s almost exactly 2 guns per person.
Don’t mess with Texas.

By: Crabby Old Bat

Crabby Old Bat — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:51:33 +0000

The slow, self-inflicted disintegration of California is actually kind of fascinating to watch.

You're next, Smug Boy. "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." Alexis de Tocqueville

By: slapout

slapout — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:34:22 +0000

Why can’t we just kick California out? I mean they had to apply for statehood. Couldn’t we just revoke it?

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:53:17 +0000

@AwesometificAmerican:

How did the comedian put it? Republicans and Democrats want basically the same things: clean water, healthy children, nice roads…etc. The only difference is that the Democrats want the Republicans to pay for it all.

By: AwesometificAmerican

AwesometificAmerican — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:25:54 +0000

I love libertarian advice for the GOP, because if there is one thing libertarians know, it’s winning elections.

The Libertarian Party will never win because even though it promises fiscal responsibility it also promise all the stuff Republican hate (gay marriage, abortion, weed, and no more war). On the flip side they promise everything Democrats want (ay marriage, abortion, weed, and no more war) but tell them they have to pay for it themselves if they want it.

By: Iowa Jim

Iowa Jim — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:16:20 +0000

Just going to throw this out there: Has the GOP tried nominating someone with a mustache?

Thomas Dewey, 1948

By: Zaklog the Great

Zaklog the Great — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:38 +0000

“Pays well and little supervision; cushy job.”

Sorry, but the “little supervision” part only applies to Democratic presidents. Any Republican (or conservative in general) has the media watching him constantly for the slightest misstep. I honestly would think this is a great thing if it were applied equally. The man in the White House should be worried about screwing up and trying very hard to avoid it. . . . Too bad it’s only applied to one side.

By: Matt Musson

Matt Musson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:16 +0000

The big takeaway from the Civil War is that you should never secede!

Instead kick the assholes out!

By: Silverfiddle

Silverfiddle — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:57:53 +0000

“The old conservative guard is now dead! I am leader of the right now! Stay tuned for marching orders!”

Yes!

By: Ernie Loco

Ernie Loco — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:44:45 +0000

The good news is, of all the Republicans who lost in the primaries, there weren’t really any moderate squishes to run next time. Well, Huntsman, but does it actually count as running in the primaries if you never get more than 2% of the vote?

This means in 2016 the GOP will have to break one of its two traditions: either it will quit nominating moderate squishes, or it will quit nominating the guy “who’s turn it is”. If we’re truly lucky, we’ll break both of them.

If we’re starting our 2016 selections now, I’m starting by throwing my support to Mike Pence or Bobby Jindal. (Of course, if Frank is invited to the debates, I’ll obviously be supporting him.)