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mayor wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:47 pm Since this thread was hijacked long ago, my .02:

I think "adult rights" should be awarded only after someone has served honorably in the armed forces. Service has an tendency to change one's point of view. But the government shouldn't be allowed to rush willy-nilly into any old conflict.

philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:19 pm

philip964 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:10 pm When I went to the Trump/Cruz rally here in Houston in addition to red hats I bought a Cruz sign.

Not wanting to have it not seen in my yard, I placed it at the entrance to my subdivision facing a major thoroughfare at a bend in the road. You can’t miss it.

My area is awash in Beto signs.

I didn’t expect it to e there in the morning. It was.

It’s now been up 3 days.



Surprised? Yes!!

I went to vote early on Friday afternoon. A two hour line.

So I will vote on Tuesday.

Blue voters vote on Wednesday.

That’s a joke. Twitter would ban me for that.

Spoke too soon, my sign was gone today!!

Flightmare wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:27 pm There have been people near me reporting on Nextdoor about signs being stolen or damaged. Both Cruz and Beto signs have been affected. I don't dispute that there are people on the fringe of both sides both capable and willing to do this. If you disagree with a candidate a person is supporting, show support for their opponent or another candidate you support by placing a sign in your yard. It shouldn't be that hard to understand. The signs are private property and should be treated as such. I know I'm preaching to the choir here though. <end rant>

talltex wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:16 pm

rotor wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:00 pm
Not to go off on some off-topic comments but wasn't the increased medicaid spending a sliding scale that after so many years Texas would pick up the majority, not the federal government, and that would break Texas financially? The old carrot and stick and those that took the carrot will receive the stick.

Yes, there is an increase in the state's contribution but the sliding scale peaks at a 10% cap. From 2014-2016 the Federal government covered 100% of the expansion cost. From 2017 to 2020 the state would haver to cover an increasing portion up to 2020 when the state's portion capped out at 10%. From 2020 forward the state would fund 10% and the Feds 90%. Still a good deal for the state in my opinion since we are already paying in the money that is funding it for 33 other states.

talltex wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:33 am A good example is our two top State government officials campaigning on the fact that they refused to expand Medicare/Medicaid coverage in Texas because we don't need more "handout programs". That money (100's of millions of $$) comes from federal tax dollars, not from our state budget. The citizens of Texas have ALREADY paid that money into the federal budget. The money IS being spent, but it's going to other states and the people of Texas are not getting anything for the money they paid in. Our Hospitals and Clinics are required to provide service for people whether they can pay or not, and the primary reason Texas has seen a number of Rural hospitals closing their doors in the last 2 years is because that tax money was previously being paid to them for Medicare/Medicaid and Indigent Care, and the state is cutting that funding to them every year. I, personally do not think that is something to brag about in their political ads--saying they stood up to the feds and refused to expand Medicare/Medicaid coverage, when what they really did was send our money to other states. Instead they come up with divisive "non-issues" to polarize support and raise party funds with silly crap like the "Bathroom Bill". "End of Rant"

jar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:28 pm

bblhd672 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:52 am

jar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:16 am My reasoning is pretty simple; I find the other choice dishonest, untrustworthy, unconnected to reality. I also firmly believe that we do need to regulate gun ownership more than is the current standard. Speaking just of the Texas LTC process I think both the written and proficiency tests were pretty much a joke and definitely need to be made far more difficult.

I also understand that political party has little to do with the issue of gun laws; after all it was Ronald Reagan who as Governor of California signed the law making the possession of a loaded fire arm in public illegal in California. In fact I was living there and a gun carrying Californian at the time.

Some would say that your claims to be "a long term Republican, gun owner and LTC holder" makes you a liar based upon your stated beliefs. Perhaps its the almost standard "I'm a gun owner, but" leftist talking points that would cause someone to think you are nothing but a troll.

Not me, of course, I totally believe you are "a long term Republican, gun owner and LTC holder" who has no connection to Everytown, Moms or Soros.

Another place I support Beto's position rather than Cruz's is related to the protests during the Anthems. I do not see the protests as anything but related to flag or patriotism but rather just what they are said to be by the protesters, a call for increased justice in the US. It is remarkably similar to the protests of the late 60s that were the genesis of the ban on loaded firearms in California back in 1967. At that time there was a segment of our population that felt threatened by our own government and that they needed to be armed to protect themselves and their families. They looked at the US Constitution as the support for just that position and so lawfully and without committing violence demonstrated, not by kneeling but rather by exercising their 2nd Amendment Rights with a march to the State Capitol carrying loaded rifles.

The Republican Party has had a Liberal component for at least most of my life. I was more a Rockefeller Republican than a Goldwater Republican yet also supported Goldwater when he ran for President. I definitely consider myself to be far to the left of the current Republican mainstream on many issues and far to the right of many Democratic and even current Presidential positions.

The action Reagan and both the Republican & Democratic Legislature took in California were directly intended to stop the protests; to take away both the Free Speech rights as well as the right to carry arms. It was a statement that as citizens we do NOT have the right to protect ourselves from direct violence from the STATE.

Under the US system of elections unlike the English Parliamentary system we can vote for the individual and not just a Party. This thread is about whether or not Beto might win the mid term election. I actually doubt that Beto will win even though he will likely win convincingly here in the Valley.