[Magdalen] Please help me understand

[Eleanor Braun]

Thanks, Grace.

Though I am now in a much more congenial state for my politics
(Massachusetts), there's also the "you can take the girl out of Texas, you
can't take the Texas out of the girl."

Having been active in Texas politics, I know that in the past, in my
lifetime, there have been some wonderful politicians:  Sen. Ralph
Yarborough, Gov. Ann Richards, State Rep and Roe v. Wade advocate Sarah
Weddington, even Lyndon Johnson.

Texas is now a majority-minority state:  Latinos, blacks and Asians are a
majority.  But voter apathy is very high, not to mention gerrymandering and
voter suppression.  Texas could and probably will become a purple state
before long.

Much that goes on there just infuriates me.  But there are swings in
politics and culture, and I think with the right candidates and some strong
voter education and get out the vote efforts, it will change.

Eleanor

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yeah, Jay, but would he need a US passport?
>
> But hey, out of respect for our Texas sibs here, let's be clear that we're
> not talking about all Texans! I mean, there's been plenty of stupidity
> carried out in the name of well, I don't know what, by Virginians (Think
> requiring transvaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions.), by
> Alabama governors, by other idiotic groups.
> Let's not get on our high horse and think we are better than those Texans!
>
> > On Feb 10, 2015, at 12:43 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Rick, I said we'd offer you amnesty and immediate citizenship...... :-)
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 2/10/2015 12:29:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> ricklmashburn at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> Hey...>>>
> >>
> >> I've lived all my life in the land of the Lutherans and Roman
> Catholics,
> >> (or completely out of the USA in Germany) and I'm curious what  it's
> >> like to live in the Bible Belt where there seems to be such a desire  to
> >> impose one's religious tenets on others.
> >>
> >> Not that Lutherans and Catholics don't get involved in similar
> pursuits,
> >> but it doesn't seem to be so all pervasive as it is in the Bible  Belt.
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang - In Luzerne County Pennsylvania which is the only  county
> >>                      in  the USA with a Slavic majority, and where the
> >> overwhelming
> >>                       population is Roman Catholic.
> >>
>