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13 minutes ago, MrBig said:

I agree with this sentiment privately, but publicly mocking Abbott as “wheels” undermines our side because it comes across as cruel to all the stupid people who only have a surface level understanding of politics. 

Abbott’s disability needs to be embraced by his opponents as a major stepping stone for how DEI has helped shaped his career and his political success. It is literally the pathway he takes to his office. Handicapped parking, wheelchair ramps, accessible bathrooms and hotel rooms are ubiquitous to our daily lives. It’s an opportunity to plant a seed where the Republicans haven’t already crafted a narrative. 

Nothing could torpedo a career faster than being put on a pedestal by Democrats by becoming the living embodiment of the I in DEI. Dems just have to praise the success of the ADA in allowing for a man like Abbott to be included and able to roll up to the Capitol all on his own and become the Governor of Texas. Even though this is all completely bullshit, voters eat shit like this up the way they do with Ivermectin.

all of this is wrong

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1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

all of this is wrong

Btw. I don’t mock Abbott as “wheels” because I don't mock handicapped people for their handicap. But there is no humane or laudable behavior that Democrats can engage in that will make Republican voters less likely to vote for Greg Abbott or any Republican. The only thing that works in this environment is opposition and attack. 
Abbott’s issue with Republicans that Democrats could exploit if they spent five minutes trying to understand the Republican base in Texas is that he’s weak, boring and a pussy. Cornyn too. That’s material ripe to be exploited and I have no idea* why they don’t work with what they are given.
 

 

 

* actually I do- because they are myopic, out of touch, privileged losers.

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Btw. I don’t mock Abbott as “wheels” because I don't mock handicapped people for their handicap. But there is no humane or laudable behavior that Democrats can engage in that will make Republican voters less likely to vote for Greg Abbott or any Republican. The only thing that works in this environment is opposition and attack. 
Abbott’s issue with Republicans that Democrats could exploit if they spent five minutes trying to understand the Republican base in Texas is that he’s weak, boring and a pussy. Cornyn too. That’s material ripe to be exploited and I have no idea* why they don’t work with what they are given.
 
 
 
* actually I do- because they are myopic, out of touch, privileged losers.

My man….
52 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

1) @ztejas doesn’t live in Park Cities. lol. 
2) I never posted in this thread. Shit like this drives me nuts about Surly. In effort to not be TexAgs, goofy shit like this happens. I wouldn’t post in this thread. I’m no Abbott fan, but the fact that this board condones making fun of a disability and in fact encourages it blows my mind. @immamac

While I don’t recall using the term “wheels,” it doesn’t bother me near as much as your use of the term “retarded.”

can we refer to him as "retarded wheels"?

I refer to him as gov wheels. I also refer to him as that fucking asshole gov of Texas.

1 hour ago, Rex Kramer said:

1) @ztejas doesn’t live in Park Cities. lol. 
2) I never posted in this thread. Shit like this drives me nuts about Surly. In effort to not be TexAgs, goofy shit like this happens. I wouldn’t post in this thread. I’m no Abbott fan, but the fact that this board condones making fun of a disability and in fact encourages it blows my mind. @immamac

Fuck Greg Abbott and the chair he rolled in on

On 2/1/2025 at 7:44 PM, 4th&Five said:

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Looking forward to the news video of the crews coming in and removing the ramps etc from the Governor's Mansion and the Capitol Building.

The chuds have completely conflated DEI with affirmative action.  Sure, they're related, but DEI shouldn't be considered anything but benign, really.

 

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

The chuds have completely conflated DEI with affirmative action.  Sure, they're related, but DEI shouldn't be considered anything but benign, really.

 

Same for CRT.  No one gave a shit it was actually graduate research, but we needed a movement to keep it out of kindergarten.   I suppose we should have another movement to keep topology out of 1st Grade, but those motherfuckers probably think it has to do with maps.  

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

The chuds have completely conflated DEI with affirmative action.  Sure, they're related, but DEI shouldn't be considered anything but benign, really.

 


DEI is newish while affirmative action is old sounding.

People also know affirmative action and what it is. Maybe they don’t agree with it, but it’s not sinister to them.

DEI sounds vaguely official and can be whatever you define it as.

You can blame everything on it. It’s a catch all that affirmative action isn’t.

So DEI is affirmative action, kitty litter boxes in bathrooms, mandatory trans operations on babies, illegal immigrants given preferential treatment over poor whites, a drag show for pets, women on the front lines, and reparations.

It’s the infinity gauntlet of the last 40 years of Republican boogie men.

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17 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Fuck gov wheels. He actively fought for tort reform to keep others from doing what he did after that tree failed to finish the job. He’s a POS and deserves to be punched down at. Fuck him.

This right here is my main beef with Abbott, he actively pulled the ladder up behind him after getting his payday and that makes him a terrible person. All the other stuff about him being a clown willing to suck a golf ball thru a garden hose if it means getting more political clout or a chance at impressing the Orange God is secondary and really just politicians as usual stuff.

 

16 hours ago, Nivek said:

Actually they need to remove them.   

Just tell me where the cheapest jackhammer rental place in Austin is and I'll get started at the governor's mansion. Steps only for Texans, no DEI ramps!

14 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I don’t mock Abbott as “wheels” because I don't mock handicapped people for their handicap.

Certainly a noble position, one I generally take in life . . . except when it comes to Abbott.  While maybe it crosses a line, I don't think many of us are mocking Abbott as handicapped just for his handicap.  Instead, his spinal accident, while tragic for any person, was followed by a lawsuit that brought him a decent amount of cash, and he subsequently spent the better part of his career supporting tort reform that limits recovery for thousands of injured Texans every year.  So his wheelchair is a device for his ridicule.

But yes, we can also whale on him for being a weak political weather vane, a pandering poser, and an overall huge pussy, all without mentioning his disability.   

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Edit: I see others have made the same point.

On 2/8/2025 at 4:41 PM, statsman said:

So, rather than criticize his opinions and stands, you mock his disability? 
 
Every year, I give my daughter, on her birthday, a “wisdom saying”. One year, it was “you can’t lift yourself higher by putting someone else down”. 

Oh fuck off. 

He won a lot of money for being injured.  He made it a priority to make sure others couldn't do the same thing later in life.  He is a terrible human being who has no moral compass.  He deserves every ounce of the hatred that is directed at him.

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1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Instead, his spinal accident, while tragic for any person, was followed by a lawsuit that brought him a decent amount of cash, and he subsequently spent the better part of his career supporting tort reform that limits recovery for thousands of injured Texans every year.  So his wheelchair is a device for his ridicule

I get it, and to me the bolded above is 100% fair game. When Kirk Watson ran against him for AG, he tried to go there but pulled back when Abbott’s team feigned offense.
Watson should have doubled down. 

19 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I get it, and to me the bolded above is 100% fair game. When Kirk Watson ran against him for AG, he tried to go there but pulled back when Abbott’s team feigned offense.
Watson should have doubled down. 

I will say that occasionally when I comment about Abbott on this site and make a disability pun, the concept of karma does cross my mind.

Karma needs to get off it's ass and start doing shit if it exists.

17 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

All that hate’s gonna burn you up, kid.”
“Naah. Keeps me warm.”

Wolverines!

11 hours ago, wood said:

Looking forward to the news video of the crews coming in and removing the ramps etc from the Governor's Mansion and the Capitol Building.

 

Protestors need to start doing this. 

 

19 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Fuck gov wheels. He actively fought for tort reform to keep others from doing what he did after that tree failed to finish the job. He’s a POS and deserves to be punched down at. Fuck him.

 

Every year, he still collects a check from that settlement. His tort reform is retroactive, of course. 

 

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

What's a flank?

What's "grazing  fire"?

5 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

The chuds have completely conflated DEI with affirmative action.  Sure, they're related, but DEI shouldn't be considered anything but benign, really.

 

 

all hires outside of white males = dei affirmative action hires !!!!

 

he already has the next election won 

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On 2/8/2025 at 7:57 PM, statsman said:

What I have learned- it is impossible to criticize someone, or their opinions, without mocking disabilities. 

So mocking you would be wrong?

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George Bush replaced Ann Richards as our governor 30 years ago.  Since then we have had exactly three governors.

Bush used the office to run for president.  Perry inherited the office from Bush and then wouldn't leave. When Perry finally left, Abbott got 91% of the primary vote and of course as a Republican he was able to beat Wendy Davis in 2015.   It's been ten years since then.  Abbott can probably win again if he wants and continue to serve until 2032 or beyond.

In the 30 years prior to 1995, Texas had six governors.  They used to serve reasonable terms and then bring in some other person.  Fresh ideas.

Now we have little kings that stay too long.

4 hours ago, Texas Jeff said:

George Bush replaced Ann Richards as our governor 30 years ago.  Since then we have had exactly three governors.

Bush used the office to run for president.  Perry inherited the office from Bush and then wouldn't leave. When Perry finally left, Abbott got 91% of the primary vote and of course as a Republican he was able to beat Wendy Davis in 2015.   It's been ten years since then.  Abbott can probably win again if he wants and continue to serve until 2032 or beyond.

In the 30 years prior to 1995, Texas had six governors.  They used to serve reasonable terms and then bring in some other person.  Fresh ideas.

Now we have little kings that stay too long.

Sounds like the electorate isn't doing its job.

Electorate is doing exactly what they want. They are voting against their own best interests until it affects them because Abbott said god and guns r gud.

2 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Electorate is doing exactly what they want. They are voting against their own best interests until it affects them because Abbott said god and guns r gud.

Like I said, they aren't doing their job.

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On 2/10/2025 at 7:48 AM, TwiceHorn said:

The chuds have completely conflated DEI with affirmative action.  Sure, they're related, but DEI shouldn't be considered anything but benign, really.

 

On 2/10/2025 at 9:19 AM, Nivek said:

Same for CRT.  No one gave a shit it was actually graduate research, but we needed a movement to keep it out of kindergarten.   I suppose we should have another movement to keep topology out of 1st Grade, but those motherfuckers probably think it has to do with maps.  

 

On 2/10/2025 at 9:20 AM, Dnaguy said:

DEI is newish while affirmative action is old sounding.

People also know affirmative action and what it is. Maybe they don’t agree with it, but it’s not sinister to them.

DEI sounds vaguely official and can be whatever you define it as.

You can blame everything on it. It’s a catch all that affirmative action isn’t.

 

Y'all are a smart bunch so what I'm about to say is captain obvious material:

This anti-DEI frenzy is an intentional and orchestrated campaign by Republicans to dogwhistle racism to their base just like they always have, just another example of Republican racist ugliness dressed up in distraction, a political lesson they mastered back in the days of Ronnie Reagan and Lee Atwater. This is so transparently obvious and cynical and it's disgusting that the mainstream media won't call it out for what it is.

Very few of these racist asshats know anything about how DEI initiatives work in practice and many are probably unaware of the Supreme Court decision that struck down affirmative action, but the one through-line that binds them all in unstated agreement is the idea that a person of color who has outperformed them in professional life probably did so not for reasons of merit and skill but because they got a big handout along the way on the basis of race. The Supreme Court gave these right-wingers a huge win when it struck down affirmative action practices in higher education, but the Republican party apparatus was never going to let go of using that as a political cudgel and they knew they couldn't just keep talking about affirmative action, so they latched on to every hold they could grab to continue their assault on minority communities in America. DEI, CRT, woke.....99% of America had never heard about any of these arcane concepts until bad faith right-wingers ginned them up into the post-covid zeitgeist fueled by inflammatory Fox News chyrons and social media bullshit. It's all a contrived show to mask their obvious racism at a time when the masks are slipping off.

 

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Putting this here because it’s in Dallas and the phone number apparently goes to Lt Dan’s office.

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That camera is getting a big wad of chewed gum if I see it. 

I mean, I am sure it is a hoax, but well, I don't give a fuck anymore.  They don't.

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2 minutes ago, Nivek said:

So they really want to inspect people's tallywackers.   Ladies, I guess it isn't just about men controlling your bodies anymore, now they want dick pics of us.   

The sticker is real, but its being placed on toilets by a group opposed to attack on Trans individuals by the state. Hope they put them everywhere.

It’s a troll job. Brilliant, hilarious, but there’s not an actual camera doing that. Well, there might be, but that sign wasn’t put there by anybody that may actually be scanning your junk. 

4 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Putting this here because it’s in Dallas and the phone number apparently goes to Lt Dan’s office.

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This is some sort of joke, right?

right?

 

edit: One day I will learn to read the entire thread before responding. 

 

 

 

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i see a shitload of broken flush sensors in our futures. making plumbers great again!

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At least he finally admitted it...

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So then the schools will need more money to keep functioning...raising our property taxes. Thanks Gov.

13 hours ago, speed817 said:

At least he finally admitted it...

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Sucker. I already have a kid in AISD and all of that funding already gets recaptured so there!!!

Not sure how much shittier AISD can get but I am sure Abbott will figure it out. Luckily I only have a couple more years in it. 

On 2/12/2025 at 10:29 AM, Nivek said:

I mean, I am sure it is a hoax, but well, I don't give a fuck anymore.  They don't.

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Have you seen how obsessed Lt Gov Goeb Patrick is in what bathroom people use?

2 hours ago, TexPx said:

We need vouchers so more people can send their kids to Charter Schools.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/newman-international-academy-abuse

 

In Texas, charter schools are technically public schools. They don't charge tuition. 

Their "charter" exempts them from some state rules (depends on their charter), with the expectation that they will outperform traditional public schools. Their charter is supposed to get revoked if they don't do that. I wonder how many charter schools in Texas have had their charters revoked?

Charter schools in Texas have an abysmal record: 

https://www.texasaft.org/policy/funding/doomed-to-fail-new-report-shows-how-charter-school-churn-harms-students-they-purported-to-help/#:~:text=Over the past decade%2C Texas,state%2C many of them abruptly.

 

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Charter schools in Texas have become synonymous with instability, especially as the state has a 30-34% closure rate for charter schools according to a new report from the National Center for Charter School Accountability and the Network for Public Education. This trend has left countless students, often from disadvantaged backgrounds, scrambling for a quality education and straining the limited resources public schools already have.  

Over the past decade, Texas has experienced a churn of charter schools opening and closing, exacerbating the already tenuous education system. In fact, between 2020 and 2022, a staggering 55 charter schools closed in the state, many of them abruptly. For instance, Jubilee Academies Highland Park in San Antonio closed just two weeks into the 2023 school year, displacing 210 students and leaving families in a lurch to find new schools.  

Charter school closures disrupt not just students but the entire public education ecosystem. These closures are often due to low enrollment (46.8%), fraud/mismanagement (21.6%), academic failures (13.7%), financial reasons (10.1%, or other (7.9%). For every child affected by a closure, it means being uprooted from familiar environments, breaking bonds with teachers, and losing academic progress.  

Perhaps more concerning is the failure rate of these schools over time. The data shows that nearly one in four charter schools fails within the first five years, and by the 10-year mark, the failure rate jumps to four in 10 charter schools. Fifty-five percent will fail by the 20-year mark. 

In Texas, major urban districts like Houston ISD and Dallas ISD continue to experience significant fiscal impacts due to unlimited charter expansion, while smaller school districts have seen a comparatively small number of charter transfers translate into a large impact on their budgets. School districts in the Rio Grande Valley and the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, and Austin areas have seen the most charter expansion over the past several years. Charter schools are rapidly expanding into rural Texas as well.  

It is clear that the charter school experiment in Texas is failing many of its students, both those who elect to attend charter schools and those in the public education system. As we continue to advocate for equitable public education, we must push for greater oversight of charter schools and prioritize investments in public schools that can guarantee long-term stability for our children. 

 

Not sure how many are shut down by the state. But 30% fail on their own for various reasons. 

 

30 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

In Texas, charter schools are technically public schools. They don't charge tuition. 

Their "charter" exempts them from some state rules (depends on their charter), with the expectation that they will outperform traditional public schools. Their charter is supposed to get revoked if they don't do that. I wonder how many charter schools in Texas have had their charters revoked?

Charter schools in Texas have an abysmal record: 

https://www.texasaft.org/policy/funding/doomed-to-fail-new-report-shows-how-charter-school-churn-harms-students-they-purported-to-help/#:~:text=Over the past decade%2C Texas,state%2C many of them abruptly.

 

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Charter schools in Texas have become synonymous with instability, especially as the state has a 30-34% closure rate for charter schools according to a new report from the National Center for Charter School Accountability and the Network for Public Education. This trend has left countless students, often from disadvantaged backgrounds, scrambling for a quality education and straining the limited resources public schools already have.  

Over the past decade, Texas has experienced a churn of charter schools opening and closing, exacerbating the already tenuous education system. In fact, between 2020 and 2022, a staggering 55 charter schools closed in the state, many of them abruptly. For instance, Jubilee Academies Highland Park in San Antonio closed just two weeks into the 2023 school year, displacing 210 students and leaving families in a lurch to find new schools.  

Charter school closures disrupt not just students but the entire public education ecosystem. These closures are often due to low enrollment (46.8%), fraud/mismanagement (21.6%), academic failures (13.7%), financial reasons (10.1%, or other (7.9%). For every child affected by a closure, it means being uprooted from familiar environments, breaking bonds with teachers, and losing academic progress.  

Perhaps more concerning is the failure rate of these schools over time. The data shows that nearly one in four charter schools fails within the first five years, and by the 10-year mark, the failure rate jumps to four in 10 charter schools. Fifty-five percent will fail by the 20-year mark. 

In Texas, major urban districts like Houston ISD and Dallas ISD continue to experience significant fiscal impacts due to unlimited charter expansion, while smaller school districts have seen a comparatively small number of charter transfers translate into a large impact on their budgets. School districts in the Rio Grande Valley and the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, and Austin areas have seen the most charter expansion over the past several years. Charter schools are rapidly expanding into rural Texas as well.  

It is clear that the charter school experiment in Texas is failing many of its students, both those who elect to attend charter schools and those in the public education system. As we continue to advocate for equitable public education, we must push for greater oversight of charter schools and prioritize investments in public schools that can guarantee long-term stability for our children. 

 

Not sure how many are shut down by the state. But 30% fail on their own for various reasons. 

 

Weird - it's almost like running a school as a private equity owned business isn't condusive to learning and stability, or something

26 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Weird - it's almost like running a school as a private equity owned business isn't condusive to learning and stability, or something

I've seen no indication that kids from charter schools consistently get admitted into "better" colleges than those from the regular school districts.

So glad the wife and I passed on all that with our kids.

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