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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On February 17 2021 10:24 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I think it gets started with flipping Texas blue at the local/state levels. Which is easier said than done. Texas' gerrymandering is terrible and the mass last-minute closures of polling places in low-income and traditionally left-leaning neighborhoods that happen every election cycle make flipping blue very difficult. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
Failing infrastructure is rampant across most of the US, red and blue, and mocking that is honestly disingenuous. It's no more warranted here than it was for making fun of California when they had fire and rolling blackouts late last year. Yes it's preventable, yes there are specific failures of government that lead to this, but neither party has anywhere near a monopoly on failure to govern. I don't think Texas is the worst by a long shot; it's just one of those massive states where a failure of infrastructure will make international news. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
This is just "we picked poorly". If they were connected to the grid normally they could just buy electricity at a higher rate like every other state is doing, and I don't think there's any actual benefit to doing what Texas did. All downsides aside from faux macho aversion to federal regulations. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
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brian
United States9632 Posts
it is absolutely made worse that Cruz specifically has a record of voting to leave the citizens of the country to their own devices when such a disaster strikes, and in this way it is not comparable to california wild fires. this is a different failure of government, and directly related to what is happening to his own constituents. this is his what he has routinely voted for. do you disagree? is that disingenuous? this could have been avoided but wasn’t, and now that it’s here their representatives in the past through their actions have shown that it’s up to the constituents to stop dying because they don’t need the help. it is a blessing that the rest of the union doesn’t vote for such inferior leadership. inferior auto corrected from inept but when it’s right it’s right. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15725 Posts
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farvacola
United States18839 Posts
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KwarK
United States43255 Posts
On February 18 2021 02:48 farvacola wrote: Rush Limbaugh has died at 70. Of lung cancer. After years of smoking. And insisting that smoking doesn’t cause lung cancer. Killing Rush Limbaugh is the first thing he’s done that I approve of. | ||
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farvacola
United States18839 Posts
On February 18 2021 02:51 KwarK wrote: Of lung cancer. After years of smoking. And insisting that smoking doesn’t cause lung cancer. Killing Rush Limbaugh is the first thing he’s done that I approve of. His passing certainly tests my ability to hold back from grave dancing, the number of people his ideas have harmed is incredible, smokers in denial being one among many such groups. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45074 Posts
On February 18 2021 02:48 farvacola wrote: Rush Limbaugh has died at 70. RIP  | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
For all that he caused a shitload of harm, he was rarely boring. Same can't be said of Levin or Hannity. Levin's voice is so unpleasant that I'm amazed anyone ever thought of putting him on the radio and Hannity's only talent is obsequiousness towards whatever the GOP dogma of the day is. IE, Limbaugh actually created talking points, while Hannity is never going to do that and Levin's attempts have been... really bad. Glenn Beck is just Alex Jones on mood stabilizers. None of the others are actually all that universally popular among conservatives and are at best 50% of Limbaugh's audience. So I think it actually might. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7384 Posts
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Perry-says-Texans-wiling-to-suffer-blackouts-to-15956705.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
On February 18 2021 03:22 Nevuk wrote: I'm wondering how much that's going to change politics. Limbaugh really was the best at conservative talk radio and everyone else was mostly just imitating him. For all that he caused a shitload of harm, he was rarely boring. Same can't be said of Levin or Hannity. Levin's voice is so unpleasant that I'm amazed anyone ever thought of putting him on the radio and Hannity's only talent is obsequiousness towards whatever the GOP dogma of the day is. IE, Limbaugh actually created talking points, while Hannity is never going to do that and Levin's attempts have been... really bad. Glenn Beck is just Alex Jones on mood stabilizers. None of the others are actually all that universally popular among conservatives and are at best 50% of Limbaugh's audience. So I think it actually might. Isn't Tucker Carlson getting all the numbers ? | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21959 Posts
On February 18 2021 03:23 Zambrah wrote: I wonder if the Texans shivering in their homes without basic electricity agree with him that being a 3e world country is the pinnacle of #freedom.Rick Perry says Texans are willing to suffer blackouts to not have federally regulated power, lol. What a mindset, "we would literally have a broken dysfunctional thing than have a functional federally regulated thing," that this clown has power is some peak America shit. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Perry-says-Texans-wiling-to-suffer-blackouts-to-15956705.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On February 18 2021 03:27 Erasme wrote: Isn't Tucker Carlson getting all the numbers ? He doesn't have a radio show. So not really. He's too lazy to do a four hour daily radio show, so he's starting a new podcast. Carlson is the highest rated tv host, but those numbers pale in comparison. Limbaugh got 15-20 million listeners a day, while the highest rated news show in the last month was Maddow at 4.2 million (which is considered very good). On a very good day Fox News might have hit 5 million, but that's a 1/3 of an average day for Limbaugh. This is also true for Hannity - he gets maybe 20-30% of the audience of his radio show on his tv show. The importance of the tv shows is that law makers watch them. They (hopefully) don't have time to listen to 8-12 hours of right wing drivel and instead get the condensed 3 hour version that is the fox news primetime lineup. Listening to talk radio is also viewed as a very blue collar thing to do, so it's beneath some of the more influential GOP politicians, while watching Fox News isn't considered a low class thing in the same way. Basically, the actual base of the GOP listens to talk radio more than they care about Fox News. | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15725 Posts
On February 18 2021 03:34 Nevuk wrote: He doesn't have a radio show. So not really. He's too lazy to do a four hour daily radio show, so he's starting a new podcast. Carlson is the highest rated tv host, but those numbers pale in comparison. Limbaugh got 15-20 million listeners a day, while the highest rated news show in the last month was Maddow at 4.2 million (which is considered very good). On a very good day Fox News might have hit 5 million, but that's a 1/3 of an average day for Limbaugh. This is also true for Hannity - he gets maybe 20-30% of the audience of his radio show on his tv show. The importance of the tv shows is that law makers watch them. They (hopefully) don't have time to listen to 8-12 hours of right wing drivel and instead get the condensed 3 hour version that is the fox news primetime lineup. Listening to talk radio is also viewed as a very blue collar thing to do, so it's beneath some of the more influential GOP politicians, while watching Fox News isn't considered a low class thing in the same way. Basically, the actual base of the GOP listens to talk radio more than they care about Fox News. Wow, I had no idea Rush was that big. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On February 18 2021 03:23 Zambrah wrote: Rick Perry says Texans are willing to suffer blackouts to not have federally regulated power, lol. What a mindset, "we would literally have a broken dysfunctional thing than have a functional federally regulated thing," that this clown has power is some peak America shit. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Perry-says-Texans-wiling-to-suffer-blackouts-to-15956705.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral A random Texas mayor went full "the strong will survive" and told the residents that no one owed them anything. Also called everyone waiting in their homes lazy and blamed the socialist government. Full "pull yourself up out of the freezing temperatures by your bootstraps." I'm sure his COVID response was similar. He since resigned and is no longer mayor. And now he's complaining that people are mean to him. | ||
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