By Tony Katz
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
So there I was, texting with fellow columnist and Bon
Vivant Kurt Schlichter (who, at the time, was referring to himself, in the
third person, as K-Dawg. True story.) We were discussing the subject of my next
column when an LA Times story appeared on my Facebook wall. "Five reasons
to stay away from Texas right now." Excuse me, K-Dawg. I found my subject.
It wasn't a list of reasons not to move to Texas. Rather,
it's like the LA Times copy editor and writer Paul Whitefield wanted
desperately to do a hit piece on the Lone Star state, but reserved the right to
change his mind, especially if he gets that manuscript sold! Fingers crossed,
Paul!
The article is embarrassing; as if the LA Times just saw
Buzzfeed for the first time and proclaimed, "Quick! Somebody make a .gif
before anyone else realizes this stuff is out there!" (Unfortunately,
there is no one at the LA Times who can make a .gif, nor who knows what a .gif
is.)
The first reason is that Texas still doesn't allow
abortion on demand, notwithstanding Democrat Wendy Davis' antics. Davis, you
may recall, is a liberal state Senator who for 13 hours filibustered a bill to
restrict abortions after 20 weeks and encouraged abortion advocates to bring
jars of feces and urine to the statehouse. The bill passed a few weeks later
and Governor Perry signed it into law. Davis is now a quasi-celebrity looking
to make a run at Governor herself.
If she wins the governorship, then the article is dead
on. Stay in California, or Illinois, or whichever pro-abortion, anti-business
state you live in. But she won't, so don't let a smack down of pro-abortion
forces keep you from moving.
The second reason is Governor Rick Perry himself - the
three-term governor and former (current?) presidential candidate. The line the
article uses:
Is Rick Perry the worst governor in America? Is this a
trick question?
Fastest growth in the nation, far lower-than-average
unemployment, elected three times and shot a coyote while out for a jog!
Compare that to Governor Moonbeam (aka Jerry Brown) He wants a high speed rail
to nowhere, unemployment is at 9%, and California has lost 3.4 million
residents since 1990. Texas, however, has 8 of the 15 fastest growing cities in
America!
You want a trick question? Try this - Is there any sexual
deviant that Democrats won't run for public office?
Reason three in the LA Times list of whining and nonsense
is executions. Yes, Texas has and utilizes the death penalty. Yes, honest
people can have a conversation about its efficacy. But, you know who else has
the death penalty? CALIFORNIA! In 2012, voters refused to end it. They voted for
Obama, AND to keep the death penalty!! Now that's sick!
The list ends with nonsense, and joy in human suffering.
Fourth on their list is weather. Weather, by the way, is the only thing that
keeps people in California (specifically Southern California) and suffering
through the ignorance of high taxation and state-sponsored citizen hate. Fifth
on the list is "Things that go boom," a nauseating reference to an
explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed 14.
The author doesn't want you to move to Texas because
government oversight of such a plant is horrible (even though it's not the
reason for the explosion.) For "proof" of the oversight issue, he
points to another explosion that took place in 1947. That's 66 years ago.
The LA Times (and Paul Whitefield) wants more abortions,
and less financial freedom. The real reason Whitefield doesn't want you to go
to Texas is that there isn't enough government, which is why people go there in
the first place.
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