Too little, too late.

I was going to try to say something before the needless Texas bashing got started, but I see I'm too late.

That building's seen a lot of history, one of the few pre-civil war buildings left standing in downtown. Damn shame.

Pity Perry wasn't in there at the time...locked in a cage so he couldn't get out....


/Doesn't like or approve AT ALL of Rick Perry or his policies
//I can haz Texas Blue State in 08?

The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

Well, now that history and human life have been disregarded in this thread, it can go nowhere but up from here, right?

earthwirm: The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

Is that what your mom told you?

Texas...burn it all down and start anew!

The Grim Sleeper: Pity Perry wasn't in there at the time...locked in a cage so he couldn't get out....


/Doesn't like or approve AT ALL of Rick Perry or his policies
//I can haz Texas Blue State in 08?

I don't think hell could freeze over that fast.


/not bashing your idea.
//just thinks it is highly unlikely that it will happen

probably some (we can't) moveon member who thought bush was still also TX governor.

TFA says it was being rennovated. probably a contractor who was underwater.

Whamdangler,

No. Something I figured out on my own.

I know your mom was busy telling you life was like a box of chocolates.

Popcorn, aisle seat....

Whamdangler: earthwirm: The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

Is that what your mom told you?

That's what anyone who was born here would tell you.

May even apply to some carpetbaggers.

earthwirm: The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Omg, that was funny!!!!!!

Negligible: Well, now that history and human life have been disregarded in this thread, it can go nowhere but up from here, right?

It'd be nice to think that but for some reason i doubt it.

They have cameras. Good. Catch the asshat(s) who did this and send them to Gitmo.

I was expecting some reference to five-alarm chili

The Grim Sleeper: Pity Perry wasn't in there at the time...locked in a cage so he couldn't get out....


/Doesn't like or approve AT ALL of Rick Perry or his policies
//I can haz Texas Blue State in 08?

The compassionate left...

earthwirm: The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

the head of James Byrd Jr. might tell you that Texas is kind of a drag.

Interrupted Infinitum:

I don't think hell could freeze over that fast.


/not bashing your idea.
//just thinks it is highly unlikely that it will happen


You're probably right, but I and my friends are going to try our hardest to chip away at the Red base here.

/Hope for Texas

That is messed. It was a beautiful building. You know people, it is not Hitler's Chancellery, but a historic executive mansion. Just because many of us have a distaste with Texas politics, that doesn't make arson right.

earthwirm

The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

I'm not even going to justify that with a reply.

0.0000000000001/10

He (Perry) and his wife, Anita, are in Stockholm, Sweden, finishing up a weeklong, trade-related trip to Europe.

trade-related visit; yeah, right.

But officials declined to discuss more details, including how an arsonist could have gone undetected by Department of Public Safety troopers assigned to secure the building and its grounds.



WAR ON TERROR! WAR ON TERROR! USA! USA! OOOOOOO-RAH!

yep. I certainly feel safer knowing that these guys are on the job.

I have an alibi.

Shotglasss
The compassionate left...


Yea, we're just evil little buggers aren't we?


/Nice try on the troll by the way...

mr_bunny: I have an alibi.

After 2 weeks in the hole and a couple waterboarding sessions, you'll love Big Brother and see as many damn fingers as O'Brian tells you to see.

toonz, never ever come to Texas then. Cause we are all racists down here who drag black folk around town with our pickemup trucks. I am sure nothing racist or outrageous has happened in whatever state or community you live in...

durrrrrr.

studebaker hoch

I'm not even going to justify that with a reply.

You just did reply, dork.

Negligible: Well, now that history and human life have been disregarded in this thread, it can go nowhere but up from here, right?

Nope.

FARK political hate is like a cuppa coffee at a Texas diner. Black and bottomless.

Well, in light of THE TIMES WE LIVE IN, I think it would be perfectly justifying to arrest everyone in the city and throw them in jail for a few years.

After all you can never be too careful in THE TIMES WE LIVE IN.

/9/11 changed everything

Texas...it's like a whole other country. Most notably Nazi Germany.

/godwined

Zulgaines: Well, in light of THE TIMES WE LIVE IN, I think it would be perfectly justifying to arrest everyone in the city and throw them in jail for a few years.

If this was Houston, I bet they'd go along with it.
"Whelp, better we all go to jail than a potential turrist git 'way."

Austin? Not so much.

Both disappointed.

/No cool tag?
//No hero tag?

jkmartin,

Sure thing. We gas jews down here with the after effects of enchilidas con mole.

Stay the hell out, I don't even want you making a connecting flight at DFW or IAH.

I can't get the link to work but Yahoo has pictures of the damage.

The Perrys moved out of the mansion last fall into a $9,900 a month rental house to allow for the renovation, a project that was expected to be completed next spring and cost about $10 million.

$9,900 a month? Jeebus, even Texans must be getting tired of republicant's by now. After years of abuse, it's about damn time people starting getting sick of the political antics in that state.

Unavailable for comment

I heard the perps were hiding out in the basement of the Alamo.

earthwirm: The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

I don't think it's so much jealousy as ignorance. On the upside though, it keeps even more of them from moving here, and traffic's getting bad enough as it is.

robbiedo: That is messed. It was a beautiful building. You know people, it is not Hitler's Chancellery, but a historic executive mansion. Just because many of us have a distaste with Texas politics, that doesn't make arson right.

Enlightened reason has no place in a Texas thread.

Electriclectic: If this was Houston, I bet they'd go along with it.
"Whelp, better we all go to jail than a potential turrist git 'way."

Austin? Not so much.

This is true. Austin is the bluest city you'll find between the coasts. And, while I used to buy into the Texas-bashing, once I got moved here, I see things differently.

//Kentuckian carpetbagger in San Antonio
///Staying here.

The Grim Sleeper: Interrupted Infinitum:

I don't think hell could freeze over that fast.


/not bashing your idea.
//just thinks it is highly unlikely that it will happen


You're probably right, but I and my friends are going to try our hardest to chip away at the Red base here.

/Hope for Texas

Yes, because killing leaders is the best democratic method of changing policy right? Obviously since they disagree with you on the way the country should be ran they should be dead.

I have nothing against Texans, by and large they're great people. But Rick Perry is such a piece of shiat I gotta question your judgement. Sorry.

8 years too late.

I dislike Perry immensely, I dislike the redness of my great state but I don't wish anyone dead over their politics. It seems a few farkers here would do good to adopt a similar ideal since some people who might consider voting for the blue team would be turned away by such attitudes.

As for people who hate Texas ... good! Stay away, we have plenty of people here already.

Austin is liberal, but in a good way, and it isn't offensive to conservatives like myself, compared to Berkley or NYC.

Austin's liberals are mostly harmless, and make the town fun. Plus, it is more of a libertarian streak that exists here, not so much the leftist streak that exists elsewhere.

San Antonio, Houston, Dallas are all a short drive away, and the best BBQ, Chili, and of course Tex-Mex one can find is everyhwere.

Lots of good jobs, good healthcare, and educational opportunities. The only drawback is the stupidity of bilingual education. But, the illegals do depress prices on a lot of things, so Texas is quite affordable.

Plus, we make a damn good vodak, and wine.

I hate to thread jack the current Texas bash session but I wonder if they considered a poorly grounded outlet with flammables in close proximity.. the thing was under renovation....

earthwirm
The reason so many people hate on Texas, is that they are jealous of Texas and Texans.

With that logic how would you explain Florida?

The arsonist couldn't have gotten far. I've driven in Austin. The traffic is, to put it kindly, a biatch.

earthwirm: Plus, we make a damn good vodak...

I prefer my vodak to be Russian, or at least appear to be Russian.