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BarkingUnicorn		2012-07-10 07:36:53 PM

"Texas comes in 26th inEducation and 35th in Quality of Life. And while the state held the line on income taxes, the overall tax burden - including property and sales taxes - is high."

Enjoy your business without me.

dickfreckle		2012-07-10 07:53:56 PM

I'm glad you've pegged your state to one statistic. How's that working out for you? Are you a temporarily embarrassed future millionaire? Are your other glaring failures not moot and Sarah Palin is automatically president?

Texas is a p*ssy state that talks tough but always comes begging to the fed when it needs it, or taking credit for stimulus spending. I live next door to you but even my state's bizarre voucher program doesn't make us as back-farkward as you people.

Yes, a guy from Louisiana is making fun of you. Let that sink in.

dickfreckle		2012-07-10 07:57:34 PM

dickfreckle: Are your other glaring failures not moot

"now"

Nadie_AZ		2012-07-10 08:28:49 PM

Oil.

Cewley		2012-07-10 08:50:17 PM

3 words: George W. Bush.

Lorelle		2012-07-10 08:50:46 PM

I think that Texas sheep are rather endearing.

i48.tinypic.com

AdolfOliverPanties		2012-07-10 08:51:56 PM

You Texans are all a bunch of inbred, cousin farking, cow humping, lard sucking, 5th-grade repeating, SAT test failing, stupid, backward thinking, hillbillies who ride horses to work and have a gun strapped to your belts at all times

/subby said I could.

EatenTheSun		2012-07-10 08:56:07 PM

What? No. Business is terrible and all those things you've said about us are true. Please don't move here.

Shostie		2012-07-10 09:18:47 PM

dickfreckle: Yes, a guy from Louisiana is making fun of you. Let that sink in.

At least Texas didn't elect Edwin Edwards governor FOUR times.

/runs

ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha		2012-07-10 09:33:20 PM

Consider this counterpoint: Utah is #2 on said list.

Uchiha_Cycliste		2012-07-10 10:09:57 PM

ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha: Consider this counterpoint: Utah is #2 on said list.

not to mention CA is 40 and I KNOW that Silicon Valley has been hiring for a while now.

2wolves		2012-07-10 10:29:50 PM

You should build a big bonfire to celebrate. A huge bonfire.

Mixolydian Master		2012-07-10 10:31:19 PM

Sweet. Please keep it up and leave the union.

kmmontandon		2012-07-10 10:35:55 PM

The article says Texas is #1 for businesses.

It doesn't say that Texas is #1 for employees.

t3knomanser		2012-07-10 10:48:07 PM

EatenTheSun: What? No. Business is terrible and all those things you've said about us are true. Please don't move here.

Don't worry, we won't.

mauricecano		2012-07-10 10:48:30 PM

kmmontandon: The article says Texas is #1 for businesses.

It doesn't say that Texas is #1 for employees.

Only one of those matters, just because a good chunk of their citizens live in poverty, have poor education, reliant upon foodstamps is no matter....Business can rape and pillage at their leisure and that's a good thing!

GAT_00		2012-07-10 10:54:05 PM

In depth studies have shown that almost all the jobs are minimum wage only jobs. Texas makes Wal-Marts and Dollar Generals, not real jobs that can sustain people.

cameroncrazy1984		2012-07-10 10:56:29 PM

EatenTheSun: What? No. Business is terrible and all those things you've said about us are true. Please don't move here.

For a minimum wage job? No thanks.

gopher321		2012-07-10 11:00:14 PM

steers queers that is all

GGracie		2012-07-10 11:14:19 PM

Texas has real BBQ.

This makes Texas number one in everything!
HUGS!

I miss Texas :-(

Krieghund		2012-07-10 11:22:18 PM

2wolves: You should build a big bonfire to celebrate. A huge bonfire.

Day-yum, that was cold.

aggieeventnetworking.files.wordpress.com

coco ebert		2012-07-10 11:22:44 PM

kmmontandon: The article says Texas is #1 for businesses.

It doesn't say that Texas is #1 for employees.

This, a thousand times this.

Krieghund		2012-07-10 11:25:40 PM

gopher321: steers queers that is all

Beers, steers, and queers.

Corporate Self		2012-07-10 11:33:06 PM

I bet the bon fires on Easter Island were the largest of all the Holiday Islands until they cut down all the trees and turned their paradise into a barren wasteland.

whither_apophis		2012-07-10 11:33:32 PM

GGracie: Texas has real BBQ.

This makes Texas number one in everything!
HUGS!

I miss Texas :-(

St. Louis has the best BBQ.

/ducks
//mmmm duck

missiv		2012-07-10 11:48:09 PM

Isn't Texas number 1 for uninsured citizens? Are they also number 1 in zero employee benefits?

Jiggatron69		2012-07-10 11:58:31 PM

wow when did A&M build a memorial to the Bonfire accident? I havent been back to College Station in 12 years. I remember the bonfire accident pretty well and nothing I can do can erase the horror of watching that thing come crashing down. With all the morons involved with "Cut" on the weekends, I guess we finally hit snake eyes when the crap hit the fans. I remember a moron putting a axe through his foot cause he was so drunk he could barely stand up straight. Glad I'll never have to go through that nonsense again.....

LouDobbsAwaaaay		2012-07-10 11:58:58 PM

Say all you want about us being stupid, backward thinking, hillbillies who ride horses to work and have a gun strapped to our belts at all times. Texas is still beating the rest of the country in business

The business of being stupid, backward thinking hillbillies.

SevenizGud		2012-07-11 12:21:51 AM

Texass sucks, but your state is even worse.

sdd2000		2012-07-11 12:34:39 AM

Texas, the state with the best Supreme Court and Governor that money can buy and often does.

Mentat		2012-07-11 12:37:41 AM

Kansas and Maryland are the new test cases for how states deal with the post-recession

wildcardjack		2012-07-11 12:39:22 AM

The reason Texas is doing so great right now is that all the talent that fled California and the various states in New England have moved here to form a few colonies. IIRC the statistic was that some 400,000 Californians have moved here in the past decade.

And yes, it is essentially a brain loan, but the out of stater's who smell the bullshiat send their kids to prep classes after school. And yes, it's the stuff that separates the Morlocks from the Eloi. So while our education for the masses might suck it doesn't affect the upper and upper middle class people who actually know that religion is there for the benefit of the shepherd who shears the sheep.

MrEricSir		2012-07-11 12:41:04 AM

How much did the Texas chamber of commerce pay for that press rel... oh I mean "hard-hitting news article"?

valar_morghulis		2012-07-11 12:42:21 AM

You're still a backwoods haven for hatred and ignorance. Enjoy your business.

NewportBarGuy		2012-07-11 12:50:50 AM

I moved from #1 Texas back to #50 Rhode Island.

Worked very well for me. Much happier and less hopeful for the end of the world. Measure that on your f*cking list.

BSABSVR		2012-07-11 12:54:45 AM

Yay. You hire the most illegal immigrants while acting pretend toughest about immigration. And you have a governor who would be a theocrat if only he could spell the word. This is my jealous face :|

Dinjiin		2012-07-11 12:57:16 AM

wildcardjack: it doesn't affect the upper and upper middle class people who actually know that religion is there for the benefit of the shepherd who shears the sheep

The problem is when the sheep out-breed the shepherds and begin to turn on them.

www.redefinemag.com

/has done a good deal of business in Texas
//most of the people in high tech fields were poached from other states

zarberg		2012-07-11 01:05:31 AM

I've had the ahem ... interesting ... experience of living in North Carolina for a decade now, and I am continually amused at the state level politics. Republicans in this state have a talking point that more or less says this state is horrible for business and regulations/laws/whatever Democrats do make it horrible.

Yet here North Carolina is ranked 4th, and I've pretty much seen it in the top 10 on every list ... Forbes, Business Week, etc, etc.

It's amazing what stupid people will believe if the politicians they voted for say it over and over.

WhyteRaven74		2012-07-11 01:33:21 AM

missiv: Isn't Texas number 1 for uninsured citizens? Are they also number 1 in zero employee benefits?

It's definitely close if it isn't number 1 in those two categories.

Phony_Soldier		2012-07-11 01:33:47 AM

dickfreckle: How's that working out for you?

Dr farking Phil, is that you?

Phony_Soldier		2012-07-11 01:35:30 AM

AdolfOliverPanties: have a gun strapped to your belts at all times

Well at least you are partially correct.

Phony_Soldier		2012-07-11 01:36:43 AM

SevenizGud: Texass sucks, but your state is even worse.

I agree with this.

/Lives in California

Phony_Soldier		2012-07-11 01:41:12 AM

I keep hearing how the Texas school system is better than California's. I know a few people that have left San Jose, CA for Texas.

balial		2012-07-11 01:44:40 AM

Uchiha_Cycliste: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha: Consider this counterpoint: Utah is #2 on said list.

not to mention CA is 40 and I KNOW that Silicon Valley has been hiring for a while now.

Oh you mean the valley with the world's most profitable company, in the state which is #1 for venture capital, beating texas by almost 10x in deals?

Yeah, that place must *suck* for doing business in.

Phony_Soldier		2012-07-11 01:51:09 AM

balial: Uchiha_Cycliste: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha: Consider this counterpoint: Utah is #2 on said list.

not to mention CA is 40 and I KNOW that Silicon Valley has been hiring for a while now.

Oh you mean the valley with the world's most profitable company, in the state which is #1 for venture capital, beating texas by almost 10x in deals?

Yeah, that place must *suck* for doing business in.

The truth is a lot of my fellow engineers are leaving the Valley for Texas.

/Well for Austin anyway.
//Doesn't really count as Texas, if we're being honest.

Phony_Soldier		2012-07-11 01:57:22 AM

Nadie_AZ: Oil.

Tastes like chicken

Uchiha_Cycliste		2012-07-11 01:57:46 AM

Phony_Soldier: balial: Uchiha_Cycliste: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha: Consider this counterpoint: Utah is #2 on said list.

not to mention CA is 40 and I KNOW that Silicon Valley has been hiring for a while now.

Oh you mean the valley with the world's most profitable company, in the state which is #1 for venture capital, beating texas by almost 10x in deals?

Yeah, that place must *suck* for doing business in.

The truth is a lot of my fellow engineers are leaving the Valley for Texas.

/Well for Austin anyway.
//Doesn't really count as Texas, if we're being honest.

Even if that's true, I know that a lot of hiring is going on around here.

utsagrad123		2012-07-11 02:10:36 AM

GAT_00: In depth studies have shown that almost all the jobs are minimum wage only jobs. Texas makes Wal-Marts and Dollar Generals, not real jobs that can sustain people.

I'll just leave this here...

Uchiha_Cycliste		2012-07-11 02:18:53 AM

Also, I would agree that Austin in not like Texas. Austin sounds pretty awesome, Texas and weather and what have you aside. The rest of Texas, though, it sounds terrible.