Gov. Rick Perry Indicted On Felony Charges

I had feelings once but alcohol ruined that.

If you guys have to put it in a conversation, you're the ones obsessed with racism.

I hear if you get too much blood in your alcohol stream, the feelings start to come back.

You just said the word "racist" twice in one sentence. You're such a racist, Ramyrez.

We all know orientals have small genitals, Chanti; no one cares about their body hair. And I think you're just trying to brag with that last one...I've never heard that out of a redneck's mouth...

Who me? Brag? About IQ? Little miss two percentile class? Heaven forbid.

Then again the only thing IQ tests can predict is how you are going to do on other IQ tests.

But in other news, point missed.

All I have to say is:

I hear if you get too much blood in your alcohol stream, the feelings start to come back.

So, are we still blaming Texas and Rick Perry for all of the ills in the world?

See how Nausi did EXACTLY what I described?

He'll be subtly racist left and right, but the second you say the word, you're the one who is racist, because you're the one "bringing it up".

The only thing I really hold against Texas is the ego of some people there, the ones that generally get a lot of media attention...

In reality I've played with a lot of Texans in XI and most of them have actually been pretty awesome. And a couple of them batshit crazy.

You are a walking definition of my point. I am not racist, I do not say racist things, but you see racism in what I say and do. You're putting it there.

So basically like any state except Texans always remind you that they're Texans the same way New Yorkers, Californians and Floridians remind you they're in one city in a big *** state.

New York City baby.... but no one says Rochester up in 'hurr.

This is going to go in a circle. To me (and anyone who agrees with me), you're just repeatedly proving our point. And you're never going to back down. So...whatever. Ain't no one got time for that.

It’s much more serious than they think. Take it from us—we filed the complaint.

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For at least 10 years, the Texas Republican Party has officially sought to strip Travis County of the public integrity unit, which prosecutes political corruption. In this bright red state, that office remains one of the few significant powers left in Democratic hands.

Last December, the integrity unit secured the indictment of an ex-official from Perry’s state cancer research fund for an improper $11 million state grant to a politically connected biotech firm....

The governor rightly argues that he has absolute authority to veto the Public Integrity Unit’s budget. Texas law does not, however, grant him authority to threaten another public official—even one who behaved as wretchedly as Lehmberg did. Notably, we filed our criminal complaint before Perry vetoed Public Integrity funding. After all, it was the governor’s threats—not his veto—that broke Texas law prohibiting an official from using the power of his or her office to coerce another official into taking an action, such as resignation....

The big lie in Perry’s PR playbook is to dismiss these charges as a partisan witch hunt. While there’s no bipartisan love between Perry and Lehmberg, Perry’s indictment has been advanced by Republicans. Recusing herself, Lehmberg referred our complaint to local Democratic Judge Julie Kocurek. Judge Kocurek also stepped aside, forwarding the matter to a Republican Perry appointee: Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield. Stubblefield assigned the case to Republican Judge Bert Richardson in San Antonio. And Judge Richardson appointed Michael McCrum as special prosecutor.

It’s hard to argue that McCrum has a partisan axe to grind. He served as a federal prosecutor under the first President Bush. The second President Bush later nominated McCrum to be a top federal prosecutor — with the backing of Texas GOP Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. If Perry’s indictment really is a partisan witch hunt, then it is one of the Grand Old Party’s making....

Why Liberal Pundits Are Wrong About the Perry Indictment - Politico magazine

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Good luck with uprooting corruption, we've got a hydra here in NY to slay.

Only way to uproot corruption is to remove the government from power.

If this is the worst case of corruption in Texas, then we have it pretty good here. I'll take political posturing over outright fraud anyday.

Look up the short-term lending racket Texas has going.

However, if someone says "those black gang bangers are ruining downtown". That's not really directed at all black people or at all gang bangers. It's certainly is racial but I don't think you can easily conclude and call that person a racist.

Are you saying that this is something that is exclusive to Texas only?

I know for a fact that there are other "short-term lending rackets" in the remaining 49 states.

Unless you are referring to something else. If so, please elaborate.

It is racist. Just stop discussing race. Gangbangers ruining downtime. Fine. They happen to be black. Doesn't matter that they're black. They're criminals ruining town.

That's not Nausi's point.

He used "black" as an identifier. There could very well be "white gangbangers" or "Asian gangbangers" or whatnot. That's why he said: That's not really directed at all black people or at all gang bangers.

Yeah. Payday loans are brutal.

Just seems pointless to me qualifying them as "black".

See Mr. Freeman's picture previously.