[Magdalen] Please help me under

[Grace Cangialosi]

Why, Eleanor, I had no idea! So I can claim that some of my good friends are Texans!

> On Feb 10, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>