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RIJIMMY · 10-26-2012, 09:14 AM

and some foreigner is going to tell Texas that our response is "unacceptable" - lets see how that goes over !!

But Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights which oversees election monitoring, also shared his concerns about Abbot's threats in his letter to Clinton.

"The threat of criminal sanctions against OSCE/ODIHR observers is unacceptable," Lenarčič said. "The United States, like all countries in the OSCE, has an obligation to invite ODIHR observers to observe its elections."

someone needs to tell this jackwad we do not have a national election in this country. We have 50 separate state elections that happen to occur on the same day. He has no authority over ANY state. We're just the one the few states that still has balls

PRBuzz · 10-26-2012, 09:23 AM

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"We're just the one the few states that still has balls"

Or is that a 6 shooter on everyone's hip?

Jim in CT · 10-26-2012, 09:41 AM

I have never ben proud of CT. I have often been envious of Texas.

God Bless Texas.

PaulS · 10-26-2012, 11:57 AM

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I have never ben proud of CT. I have often been envious of Texas.

God Bless Texas.

Again, we dlsagree 100%.

If you decide to move, I'd be happy to help you load up the moving van.

Jim in CT · 10-26-2012, 12:16 PM

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Again, we dlsagree 100%.

If you decide to move, I'd be happy to help you load up the moving van.

I'm sure we disagree yet again.

Economically speaking, Texas has lower taxes, lower debt, lower cost of living, less expensive public universities.

CT is doomed. The liberals that run this stare (and have been running it as long as I have been alive) have driven us to bankruptcy. We can never, ever, ever pay down the debt, thanks to pensions and cadillac health plans promised to labor unions.

Oh wait...we have a 9-mile busway from New Britain to Hartford, which only cost $550 million. For a bus that 40 people will ride every day. That'll save us!

I'm doing fine, by the way, the liberals aren't crippling me personaly. But I like to consider the welfare of everyone, and this state is simply doomed.

What about that can you disagree with? CT is a beautiful place, and conveniently located. But it's a perfect experiment in what 50 years of unchecked liberalism gets you, and what it gets you is bankruptcy. A wise person once said that the probnlem with socialism, is that eventually, you run out of other people's money.

PaulS · 10-26-2012, 01:17 PM

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But I like to consider the welfare of everyone, and this state is simply doomed.

Compare rates of obesity, diabetes or any health metric. Childhood hunger or poverty. Etc.

Jim in CT · 10-26-2012, 01:33 PM

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Compare rates of obesity, diabetes or any health metric. Childhood hunger or poverty. Etc.

Compare them all you want. TX has a growing population, CT has a shrinking population. There is a reason why.

TX shares a huge border with a country called "Mexico", and as such, Texas gets a huge number of penniless immigrants who have few skills. Therefore, simply comparing poverty rates, without adjusting for the impact of uillegals, is misleading. CT doesn't have that situation, and it's not because the liberals kicked all the illegals out.

CT has cities that are total, complete, abject failures. And unlike Texas, we are also broke. Texas still has money they can spend to solve their problems.