9 reasons why Texas is the worst state in the union

[philip964]

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Ran into this on the internet. Enjoy.

[Charlies.Contingency]

There surely are many great things about Texas, but “Texas has great college and high school football programs” isn’t enough for a story. So…
1: Texas has the most restrictive voter ID law in the country
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Texas now requires that one of seven types of ID be shown to vote. Concealed weapon permits are fine, but college IDs are not.
2: Texas requires every political candidate to believe in God
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Seriously.

Article 1, Section 4, in the Texas Constitution states: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.”
3: Texas prohibits qualified residents from receiving federally approved Medicaid expansion
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Though the state has more uninsured than anyplace else in the country. Nearly one in four Texas residents have no health care.
4: Texas textbooks distort history
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According to The Washington Post, ideas promoted in Texas textbooks: “Moses and Solomon inspired American democracy, that in the era of segregation only “sometimes” were schools for black children “lower in quality” and that Jews view Jesus Christ as an important prophet.”
5: Texas fought the Supreme Court to keep anti-sodomy laws on the books

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As recently as 1998, Texas police were arresting men for sex acts that were legal if one were a different sex. When lawyers pointed out these laws were unconstitutional and pushed the sodomy laws into the court, the Texas Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

It wasn’t until the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case that Texas “Homosexual Conduct” laws were deemed officially unconstitutional.
6: Texas arrests and prosecutes more of its citizens for pot related offenses than any other state in the country
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Half of all arrests in Texas are for marijuana related offenses. As alternet points out: “In 2009, more than 97 percent of all Texas marijuana arrests — over 77,000 people — were for possession only. Those convicted face up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine, even upon a first conviction.”
7: Texas uses the Sierra Blanca immigration checkpoint to snare thousands of Americans for small time drug offenses
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On Interstate 10, about 85 miles southeast of El Paso, the Sierra Blanca immigration checkpoint’s stated goal is to catch illegal aliens sneaking into the U.S. It’s more successful at arresting Americans for small time drug offenses. Eighty-eight percent of drug arrests at the checkpoint were for amounts of weed well below what qualifies as trafficking, and 80 percent of arrests were Americans.
8: Texas executes more people than any state in the country
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In fact, Texas has killed so many of its citizens that the state is responsible for nearly one-third of all death penalty executions in the country. Since 1977, 1,379 people have been executed in the U.S. — 515 of them have occurred in Huntsville, Tx. “The nation’s busies gas chamber.”
9: Texas leads the nation in laws designed to limit a woman’s right to choose

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It took a 2014 Supreme Court ruling to keep most Texas abortion clinics from closing down completely. If the Texas law had been allowed to stand, all but eight of the state’s abortion clinics would have been closed. Abortion providers told the NYT: “The regulations were expensive, unnecessary and a ruse meant to put many of them out of business.”

Alright, so I actually like many things about Texas, and am far from being a “whiny liberal.” Every state has problems, but it just so happens that everything is bigger in Texas, even its issues.

Ran into this on the internet. Enjoy.

I'm certain there were some people grabbing their pitchforks, oil, torches and feathers when they saw this post at first.

This article reminds me of how stupid people are. The things they point out, aren't tough enough in my opinion, but I'll stay myself from the topic for now.

[suthdj]

Love the comments.

[RoyGBiv]

Linky no worky for me.

[Charlies.Contingency]

Linky no worky for me.

I posted the text above.

[VMI77]

Just more idiot liberal and delusional prog speak...but I repeat myself. I could quarrel with a few things about the state but the good far outweighs the bad. Unlike most of those who criticize Texas I've actually lived in a few of the supposed people's utopias like Commifornia and New Jersey so I know what rotten pustules they are. Most of the supposed 9 reasons are good things and I can only hope that the progs find them so revolting they never even visit here.

[Cedar Park Dad]

I was going to mention the heat occasionally disturbed by hurricanes, and the scorpions, and the tarantulas, and the black widow spiders, and the brown recluses, and the water moccassins, and the rattlesnakes, and the mosquitoes, and the drought, and the Californians. This is balanced by cute alligators who just want to be loved, and of course quality Tex Mex.

With apologies to Frank Herbert:
"God created Texas to train the Faithful!"

[joe817]

Is that the best he can do?

[MechAg94]

I was going to mention the heat occasionally disturbed by hurricanes, and the scorpions, and the tarantulas, and the black widow spiders, and the brown recluses, and the water moccassins, and the rattlesnakes, and the mosquitoes, and the drought, and the Californians. This is balanced by cute alligators who just want to be loved, and of course quality Tex Mex.

With apologies to Frank Herbert:
"God created Texas to train the Faithful!"

I just heard "Tex Mex". What was all that other stuff you said? (I ate too much chips and salsa at lunch)

Also, we are not in the Frozen Wastelands of the North.

[The Annoyed Man]

Texas is home. California used to be home. There is a reason for that.......actually a LOT of reasons. I just got back from a week in California. My decision to move here 8 years ago was not only correct then, it proves to be more and more correct as time passes. I will probably not visit California again until my mother passes. There is nothing left there for me any longer.

[philip964]

Love the comments.

[txglock21]

I wanted so bad to put in the comment section, "I agree. Texas is the worst state in the union.... So please don't come here and let us morons drown in our misery."

[cb1000rider]

Just more idiot liberal and delusional prog speak...

Which one isn't factual? Yea, lots of them are conservative decisions, but the description is pretty up and up... The title should be "Why Texas is one of the most conservative states of the union".

[VMI77]

Just more idiot liberal and delusional prog speak...

Which one isn't factual? Yea, lots of them are conservative decisions, but the description is pretty up and up... The title should be "Why Texas is one of the most conservative states of the union".

Maybe I should have chosen a better word. But in the context of delusional....I don't want to go over everyone of the 9 reasons....so I'll start with #4, Texas textbooks distort history. While I'm sure it's true, it's delusional because it implies the textbooks of other states don't distort history. Not only do all public school textbooks distort history (and they have since long before I was in public school), I'd venture to say they teach virtually no history at all....just the current political mythology. The only thing that has changed in that regard since I was in school is the current political mythology, which has drifted leftwards. So, what the writer is really saying is that the distortions don't favor his political ideology.

Next, #5, anti-sodomy laws. Here my liberalism may show because I don't think it's the government's business what consenting adults do in the bedroom. However, to point at this as somehow indicative of the present culture in the state is absurd. In the first place, the USSC ruled the very same laws Constitutional in 1986 and overruled them in 2003. When I grew up in the state sodomy laws were very very rarely prosecuted. The only real impediment to homosexual behavior was a public expression of sexuality. Even then, way back 40 years ago, when I was in school, I knew of several homosexual relationships in my small town and none of them were prosecuted. It wasn't even considered particularly extraordinary, even by my very conservative parents (who employed one half of a known male homosexual couple). It's delusional to pretend like a legal case that was adjudicated over 10 years ago about a law that was virtually never prosecuted in over 50 years says anything about the state today.

#7, marijuana arrests. I'll show my "liberalism" again and state that I favor decriminalization of drugs....and actually legalization. I told the DA that when questioned on a jury panel. However, I suspect the "statistics" cited distort the reality. In any case, marijuana is illegal under the federal government so beloved by progs under The One. Not only that, the Democrat controlled Congress just overrode the DC voter initiative to legalize recreational use, spitting in the face of the 70% of DC voters who voted in favor. And since marijuana is illegal in, what, 46 states?....and DC (again), it's somewhat delusional to pretend Texas is some horrible state because marijuana is illegal.

What it comes down to for me is that I care more about being able to defend my family, myself, and my property, and to remain relatively free in the use of my private property, than I care about what lies are in our history books, what legal battles occurred 11 years ago, and the fact that marijuana is illegal. And I like living in a place were a lot of other people feel the same way. However, I do hope that many many people from other states, especially progs, read articles like this one, believe them, and do everything in their power to stay away.

[gthaustex]

Just more idiot liberal and delusional prog speak...

Which one isn't factual? Yea, lots of them are conservative decisions, but the description is pretty up and up... The title should be "Why Texas is one of the most conservative states of the union".