Judge invites Disney to Texas.

Redistricting, find geographical center and grid it into equal populations based on grid lines.

Disneys new status.....I like it but Orlando will have its hands full.
 
As bad as this article is let me share some insight into Texas politics. Other Texans should remember when Perry was governor and the congress was out of session (Texas is only in session every other year) he started traveling out of state to lure other businesses to Texas and in the beginning I thought it sounded good to bring in some additional revenue/jobs to the state etc.

Well very quickly Perry was spitting out press releases that he was primarily visiting California to lure Cali businesses to Texas. Those press releases usually mentioned he was working with you guessed it…The Chamber of Commerce. Not kidding you he probably racked up a million miles flying back and forth to California every month it seemed like. Even the California governor was trolling Perry saying he was a stalker and to leave them alone. It worked for the most part as a lot of Texans believe Perry started this whole wave of Californians moving to Texas and it hasn’t stopped with Abbott either.

Reason I wrote all that is because I can guarantee you that when Perry read that Fort Bend County Judge KP George invited Disney to Fort Bend county I know what Perry did next. He immediately called Abbott and said:

“Greg I know all those Disney folks in California and we are not going to get beat to the punch by some dummy Democrat. Here’s the number to Cali Disney so call and make them a grand bargain. You see Greg, Disney will ask for 500 million in tax abatements plus other incentives. We are smarter than those dummy democrats because they will hit Disney low and only offer them 450 million in tax abatements and incentives. Now to close the deal offer them 550 million in tax abatements and incentives with one request…ask them to lay low awhile on the transvestite stuff until this all blows over we don’t want to rile up the base. Heck I can even have my assistant write the press release once the deal is done. Trust me everyone will be excited they can drive to Texas Disney and not fly to Florida it will be fine. Now remember Greg, that extra 50 million in tax abatements are for them to lay low on this tranny stuff and to buy their silence for a while. That’s why we are better than those dummy democrats Greg is we know how to out negotiate them. Every time they come up with an idea we just turn around and make it our idea but we can manage it better and keep it under control. Trust me Greg that is what‘s wrong with the democrats they are way too emotional and don’t think with their head like you and I do. Now go close the deal Greg Texas is counting on you!”

In closing…we have a politician problem here not just a democrat problem.
Perry pimping Texas to California has never left my mind. He offered incentives and tax breaks and turned the once beautiful Hill Country west of Austin into an extension of California. When Bill Clinton toured through he beamed it was the Silicon Hills.
 
Perry pimping Texas to California has never left my mind. He offered incentives and tax breaks and turned the once beautiful Hill Country west of Austin into an extension of California. When Bill Clinton toured through he beamed it was the Silicon Hills.

to be fair, Bill Clinton likely has advanced Syphilis. so... yeah
 
Along with all it's pride, class and dignity, it's superiority over other cultures of people from other states, Texas has always had one flawed chromosome. And that is it chopped shot and hacked Texas away from Mexico and the Indians that Mexico tried to take it from, to exploit. As one writer put it, they wanted to plow it's prairies, cut it's timber and crack open it's bones to suck it's marrow. In other vernacular, to drive it like it was stolen.

A landowner will shoot you for jumping a barbed wire fence onto their sacred family property and then turn around and sell it to the Chinese, a California developer or some out of state mining company and turn it into a gravel pit.

As a Texan, I never understood that.
 
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There wasn't enough wood for everyone that had real fireplaces for three+ days and many couldn't get enough gas pressure to run thier fireplaces.
We hit a record low temp where I live.
Obama shut down several gas plants and several more are still on the chopping block thanks to that prick.
Not sure why I took you off, but you're going back on ignore.
 
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That’s the only argument you have, you keep repeating it and it’s not really a good one. Mine at least has substance.

There’s arguments for both and really no need to run a whole house copper I’ve asked, they use pvc because it works plenty well it doesn’t corrode, break down easily, and it can’t take some pretty decent abuse(they claim better than copper). Other than hot water applications it’s better than copper in a lot of situations. You use CPVC for hot applications it’s quieter and has better thermal insulating properties than copper it also doesn’t have metallic taste people bitch about. Pvc also stands up to more acidic water better making it last longer in those areas. copper can bust and crack too, or pop the solder joints when it freezes. Frozen is frozen either way, and it’s not like random pipes in your attic bust on average we have insulated houses also. They usually bust where the water enters the house (outside of the house) and it usually takes longer for the glue to dry than replace the problem area. Sometimes they do bust inside, but copper does sometimes too.

Pvc is also easier for your average moron to fix. Copper is claimed to last “70-80 years”, so does pvc. The old stuff was 30-50 supposedly, but the “newer” stuff is 70+.

Again, the majority of houses have fireplaces or gas heaters around here...yet you keep coming back to it. Shit ton of people have generators too. It gets cold here too, but 9-25* for days and snow isn’t the norm, 20s sometimes at night and 30-40 is normal.


Also that judge like you is a douche, but at least I don’t have to explain to him that we also have fireplaces.

Where did I mention copper. I didn’t.
 
There wasn't enough wood for everyone that had real fireplaces for three+ days and many couldn't get enough gas pressure to run thier fireplaces.
We hit a record low temp where I live.
Obama shut down several gas plants and several more are still on the chopping block thanks to that prick.
Not sure why I took you off, but you're going back on ignore.
Yes everyone lives where you do with few trees and no propane or plants tanks next to the house.

Metric shit ton of wood and gas here. That’s part the point generalizations are stupid, your thoughts and situations aren’t the rule.

Grown men putting people on ignore lol
 
Yes everyone lives where you do with few trees and no propane or plants tanks next to the house.

Metric shit ton of wood and gas here. That’s part the point generalizations are stupid, your thoughts and situations aren’t the rule.

Grown men putting people on ignore lol

Grown men don’t use ignore, that’s for snowflakes who can't even handle scrolling past comments they don’t like, let alone debate them
 
Cooper is better than shit PVC, but much harder to work with and price point wise makes no sense in the age of pex, which is even stronger, super easy to work, and strong while being flexible
Not always, I’ve seen just as many issues with copper. Pex is newer to the wider market though and not as widely used. It’s been around but it wasn’t a great option until the last I can’t remember exactly how long. They were having problems with it even when it started getting more widely used.
 
Not always, I’ve seen just as many issues with copper. Pex is newer to the wider market though and not as widely used. It’s been around but it wasn’t a great option until the last I can’t remember exactly how long. They were having problems with it even when it started getting more widely used.

The only issue I’ve seen with pex is not using the crimper and just using sharkbites for permanent installations, but even there it was rare to get a drip, going with crimped pex, and having some spare lengths and sharkbites on hand “just incase” it’s really hard to beat that.
 
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The only issue I’ve seen with pex is not using the crimper and just using sharkbites for permanent installations, but even there it was rare to get a drip, going with crimped pex, and having some spare lengths and sharkbites on hand “just incase” it’s really hard to beat that.
That’s what I’m sayin though the crimps have become popular now, but before they would expand it and use barbed fittings and cross their fingers. Most houses with problems aren’t the new ones fully piped with pex, because they were built before it got big. Shit changes over time, but pvc still isn’t shit that’s an opinion, there’s just better options. It’s crazy how long pvc has worked well when ran properly and insulated before. It was more often someone breaking it than it failing when we fixed it. Even when it did randomly break it usually had some retard put it together flexed awkwardly or not glued properly.
 
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That’s what I’m sayin though the crimps have become popular now, but before they would expand it and use barbed fittings and cross their fingers.

Shark bites?

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Work in a pinch but meh. I’m old school. Soldering and glue isn’t wizardry great in some situations though from what I hear. Never messed with them just know what I’m told.

I had one joint when I re did my last house, just couldn’t get in there to crimp it, ended up having to use a shark bite, figured it beats major surgery and if it drips it would only damage the area I would have had to pull out to get a crimp on it anyways, had the house for about 2yrs after that before I sold it, never dripped.
 
I had one joint when I re did my last house, just couldn’t get in there to crimp it, ended up having to use a shark bite, figured it beats major surgery and if it drips it would only damage the area I would have had to pull out to get a crimp on it anyways, had the house for about 2yrs after that before I sold it, never dripped.
Fuck it in that case, you’re gone. Any of it can fail if not one properly, and any of it can outlast us.
 
A couple of places in the 40+ year old copper water line under my cabin burst after the thaw but it only had one piece of old foam tube protecting it. I replaced it with the nylon plastic gas line type hose that supposedly will balloon but not break.
It’s polyethylene, pex is modified polyethylene sort of the same. My buddy had a major leak on his well and was freaking out, told him watch it for a day before you spend any money. His was expanded and placed on barbed fittings, magically it fixed itself. Helps with water hammers too.

@TexPatriot no clue if the gas line is still water safe though. Let us know if your asshole falls off.
 
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It’s polyethylene, pex is modified polyethylene sort of the same. My buddy had a major leak on his well and was freaking out, told him watch it for a day before you spend any money. His was expanded and placed on barbed fittings, magically it fixed itself. Helps with water hammers too.

@TexPatriot no clue if the gas line is still water safe though. Let us know if your asshole falls off.
It wasn't the actual yellow gas line but red, but I assumed made out of the same material. A pro came and fixed my leaks and thats what he used.

I had it temporarily Obama rigged with pieces of heater hose and hose clamps.
 
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Texas has become an unfaithful woman.

It doesn't matter if she's beautiful and makes the world's best sandwiches.

She's not yours anymore. She's for the streets.

Sorry bruh.
As a Texan i have to agree with this. Unfortunately the politicians don’t care about Texas. They care about fleecing Texas. The carpet bagger West is a prime example.
 
Perry pimping Texas to California has never left my mind. He offered incentives and tax breaks and turned the once beautiful Hill Country west of Austin into an extension of California. When Bill Clinton toured through he beamed it was the Silicon Hills.
You are correct Perry and his crew wanted to lure as many tech companies out of California as he could with taxpayer giveaways and create a new version of Silicon Valley here. It would be called Silicon Hills.