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"Texas needs to be less dependent on the federal government, not more. These politicians want to mismanage our electric grid just like they mismanage our border," the statement said.
Oh bless your heart. You don't understand just how fucked you are, considering y'all couldn't keep your grid working a few winters ago and have been the butt of that joke literally every winter since (and going forward as well).
Maybe y'all can just fly to Cancun like Raphael did?
Wow, the US is really running as fast as it can to its own dark age/middle age isn't it?
Civil cold war
Cold in Texas, for sure
Florida and Texas never fail to make me laugh.
And cry. Lots of crying.
Evey cold winter, every hot summer, people in Texas die because of that shitty power grid. Texas nationalists: "Let them keep dying!"
Texit LOL
Democratic lawmakers introduced the Connect the Grid Act last week, aimed at ensuring the state's power grid does not fail again like it did during 2021's Winter Storm Uri, which left millions without power for days and claimed hundreds of lives. Rep. Greg Casar of Texas said by requiring the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to connect to neighboring grids, Texas would be able to avoid similar tragedies in the future. ERCOT serves most of the state's 30 million residents.
It's a bill by a House Democratic that will never see a floor vote much less a trip to the Senate or the Governor's desk.
Texas residential housing getting energy bills that jump from $15/MW to $3000/MW isn't a bug, its a feature. If connecting to the grid dilutes the leverage that local gas power plants have in gouging electricity prices, there's no way this is going to pass.
They'd be stupid enough to try it. It would be like Brexit, just a thousand times worse.
Brexit didn't involve the central government bringing in armed forces to quash the rebellion, so this will definitely be a thousand times worse at the least. Texit would be the start of a civil war because the government won't let them leave, and I'm sure some other idiot governor would try to send their local guard detachment to 'help'.
That's how the first one started. They had many more states and still lost. This one against the modern U.S. Military would be over in a week.
Plus the reintroduction of slavery into Texas's constitution.
Reminder that slavery is still legal under the US Constitution’s 13th amendment.
But not skin color based...
"Texas needs to be less dependent on the federal government, not more. These politicians want to mismanage our electric grid just like they mismanage our border," the statement said.
Okay, if you feel that strongly about it, how about you fix and winterize the Texas power grid so your residents don't go without power for days on end?
No! That would cost MONEY!
As an american in the PNW, I strongly support Texit. With the immigration nightmares we have in the south, a large southern boarder state that we could close our boarders to would greatly help. Right now, federal law allows them to ship immigrants around the country, but an international boarder would solve that problem.
Further, to avoid tarrifs, most mexican shipping would reroute to california, arizona, and new mexico. Moving the hubs of shipping closer to my part of the country would reduce costs.
So go crazy, you glorious idiots.
They have two of my favorite restaurants in Austin tho. Can we keep Austin? I bet they'd be delighted to cede it.
With the immigration nightmares we have in the south, a large southern boarder state that we could close our boarders to would greatly help.
If you think controlling the Rio Grande is difficult, I do not believe you'll find that the northern side of Texas will be much easier. If nothing else, you're going to need a lot more razor wire.
Further, to avoid tarrifs, most mexican shipping would reroute to california, arizona, and new mexico.
If Texit happens, Arizona will be quick to follow. Which is to say, it won't, and for all the same reasons.
But California already does a ton of direct traffic with Mexico, as sea shipping tends to be far faster and cheaper than overland travel, particularly given the deplorable state of our southern rail networks.
I’m not sure we’ve been to the same Rio Grande. Maybe west of Junction there’s some good flow but you can wade across pretty easily east of Big Bend.
But yes, razor wire on the texas boarder feels appropriate… not because of the migrants, but rather the texans.
I’m not hearing calls for Arizonit, maybe their blowhards are quieter than the texans.
I’m not hearing calls for Arizonit
Almost 1 in 4 AZ Republicans wants to secede from the U.S.
Online pollster YouGov surveyed more than 35,000 U.S. adults in 46 states earlier this month and found that just about a quarter of Americans said they would support their state seceding, ranging from less than 10% in Connecticut to 36% in Alaska.
There are some pretty obvious trends in the data, chief among them that “larger” states — be that in population or geography — are the most willing to secede. Alaska leads the way with 36%, followed by 31% in Texas and 29% in California.
And that desire for secession is driven by Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, who overwhelmingly are more supportive of seceding across the country. (New Jersey was the only state where Democrats were more in favor of secession than Republicans, 17% to 16%.)
This is a generic "taking my ball and going home" sentiment that springs up any time Democrats control the federal government. It flips to "If you don't like it, there's the door" as soon as a Republican takes office.
As an American in Texas, I strongly support you not egging on these fucks that want to ruin MY HOME even more than they already are. The repuglicunts have been in power for 30 years and have drug this state down into the dirt with them.
Not to be a dick, but your home is already ruined. More trash can't ruin a dump.
I literally moved out of state because of that storm and the finger pointing afterwards. I hate Abbot, I hate the Republicans, and I hate anyone who aligns themselves with those factions. It's been 3 years and I'm still furious.
Got any good recommendations on where to go? I'm still stuck here
Somewhere cooler, lol.
Otherwise no, that's a very personal decision.
Meanwhile my brother in law apparently had some life-altering experience because his kids were cold in the house and still refuses to lift a fucking finger to get out of this shitbag state.
Mayonnaise motherfuckers will allow this state to flourish despite everything.
You left your home because of it. You're entitled to your anger. Hope things are better where you are now.