[Magdalen] Please help me understand

[Lynn Ronkainen]

From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> I am skeptical, Eleanor. With the current voter-suppression laws and the
> gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, plus the outright
> election-buying by the Koch Empire, I don't see it happening. Not in Texas
> and not in a lot of other places, and certainly not in my lifetime.



In the first major Governor's race in 14 years, only 18% of the registered 
voters voted... this has empowered the Republican majority in Austin to not 
only think, but be in control. I can only hope that somewhere we have some 
sanity during the next 6 months.
Lynn

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> On Tue, 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.
>> > >>
>> >
>>