Austins problems

[gypsyman]

Not sure how to post it here. Just read an article on Fox about the problems in Austin. Crime wave getting worse, police department looks to lose up to 150 experienced officers in the coming year. And city council is playing games with contracts to PD. The more things like this take place, the bigger conspiracy nut I become.

[Dee]

Austin Texas is as liberal as they come, Houston is no better, and Dallas County along with Collin County are catching up.
I put a house up for sale 50 miles north of Dallas 2 years ago and it sold in 48 hours, and they didn't even try to get me down on the price.
6 years before that I put another house up for sale, and it sold in 4 days with no negotiations on my asking price. California companies, and northern state companies are moving into that area and bringing their employees with'em, and yes, most vote liberal Democrat.
Toyota moved out of California to Plano Texas (Dallas County) and brought 7,000 employees and their families with'em.

[Land_Owner]

My son-in-law lives in Austin, not because of its liberalism as he is staunchly conservative and makes a decent living.  The liberals have migrated there from CA, as you know, bringing their brand of ******** (synonymous with stinkhole) city thinking with them.

We drove out and visited him in 2020.  In a popular breakfast restaurant, on a Sunday morning during Covid, "masks required" for people in and on-line, we finished, and headed for the door.  I waited there momentarily as my wife had a question for the Cashier and took off my mask. 

A short, dumpy, little, liberal man attempted to get in my face with a hands-on-his-hips pointed demand of "where is your mask?", to which without skipping a beat I answered, "the same place as your bad manners, now get outta my face."  I swear that answer wasn't rehearsed.

He got so red, I thought he would stroke out.  Unfortunately, I did not wait to see as my spouse arrived just then.  "Sucks to be you", I said as we departed.  That part WAS rehearsed.

[Dee]

I moved to rural West Texas. It's like stepping back in time. The only thing out here in the way of making a living is oil refineries, and ranching. The people out here are working people, and very conservative. They help each other, and stay outta your business.

[Ranger99]

Those neighborly places are getting
fewer and farther between.
Many that I was familiar with in the
past have been sold and divided and
redivided into "mini ranches " and
"ranchettes" and "country estates "

People bringing their lib city ideals
and juvenile delinquent kids and
nobody stays home, and the ill
equipped county roads get worn out
3 times as fast.  Used to be that I'd
hear complaints about old codger
farm types hauling hay or a trailer of
stock or a tractor crawling along too
slow to suit whoever, but now it's the
joggers and bicyclists in the middle
of bfe with headphones on that are
tucked away in their own little world
oblivious of anything else

Not exactly sure where to go now
if there is a place

[ironglow]

Austin is not alone..Just as Dallas and Houston have fallen to the numbskulls, so too have many cities across the nation.

   "Misery likes company"..so these miserable, hate filled robots cluster together.

[Dee]

Those neighborly places are getting
fewer and farther between.
Many that I was familiar with in the
past have been sold and divided and
redivided into "mini ranches " and
"ranchettes" and "country estates "

People bringing their lib city ideals
and juvenile delinquent kids and
nobody stays home, and the ill
equipped county roads get worn out
3 times as fast.  Used to be that I'd
hear complaints about old codger
farm types hauling hay or a trailer of
stock or a tractor crawling along too
slow to suit whoever, but now it's the
joggers and bicyclists in the middle
of bfe with headphones on that are
tucked away in their own little world
oblivious of anything else

Not exactly sure where to go now
if there is a place

I can look out the kitchen window and see the famous "Turkey Track Ranch". 80,000+ arces.accessories. To the south about 4 miles is part of the 6666s 350,000 acres, and to the east the "Plemons Land And Cattle Company" about 20,000 acres.

They're not selling land, they're buying.

[ironglow]

"
I can look out the kitchen window and see the famous "Turkey Track Ranch". 80,000+ arces.accessories. To the south about 4 miles is part of the 6666s 350,000 acres, and to the east the "Plemons Land And Cattle Company" about 20,000 acres.

They're not selling land, they're buying."
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  ..And more power to them..  Hope they keep the yuppie types out !

[gypsyman]

Now their trying to recall the mayor of New Orleans, as it's going down the tubes. All ''woke''-liberal mayors. You'd think people would stop running into the same wall after they see the pattern. Dee-you close to Ft.Stockton? I remember being in Ft. Stockton twice in the 90's for the IHMSA Internationals. People were so friendly, couple of us got invited over for dinner after the match. We were complete strangers, and they welcomed us into their house. Remember a Texas ranger being at the match, and was almost over for the day. Me and a buddy walked over and said, if you want to take a couple shots at the targets we'll get it ok'd with the range officer. He answered in that Texas drawl, ''Nah-to easy''! He's looking at the range at the ram targets out at 200 meters. I said, to easy??  He smiled and said,-''They ain't runnin"!! Good thing I wasn't drinking anything or I'da spit it out!!

[Ranger99]

I was thinking he was in the PH
country.  Ft Stockton is nearly to
big bend. Or you can turn and
go to el paso

[Dee]

We're 400 miles north of Ft Stockton. The people in west Texas are just different. They're friendly, and they'll stop and help you on the side of the road. I do the same thing.

When its branding time I make a few calls and everybody shows with a good horse and a rope. They take turns healin calves and draggin'em to the fire, and we have a good time. We take breaks and I always make sure chest has plenty of water and Dos Eques. They wouldn't take pay if you offered it, but we feed good at the end.

Its a great place to live.

[Dee]

I was thinking he was in the PH
country.  Ft Stockton is nearly to
big bend. Or you can turn and
go to el paso

Yeah, I can be in Kansas in less than 2 hours, Colorado or New Mexico in 3, and Oklahoma in 1.

[Ranger99]

Hope yalls boats were handy

[Dee]

Yesterday we got some serious rain. Annual rain fall here is 20 to 22 inches. We go about 2 yesterday quick.

[Goldie]

Austins problems are many. Rampant drug use, crime, high priced rent, graffiti everywhere, woke government, it's just too bad our great Texas Capitol in all it's splendor is associated with such trash and mayhem. I try to avoid Austin as much as I can but my Daughter lives there and thinks it's heaven. What can a feller do?

[ironglow]

My recently wed grand daughter lives in the city, we're getting them out of there as soon as we can..

[Ranger99]

Austin was on the front lines of the
defunding movement. Not much
can be done to help
A young relative lived there for about
a year after college/indoctrination camp.
Took a while, but her eyes finally opened
somewhat to what a ****hole it's become

[Dee]

Have you ever listened to true city dwellers talk about what they consider entertainment? It's bars, and restaurants, and sports. Thats about it. They usually make enough money to live in low crime areas, some don't have a drivers license, and they never get out of the city.

In Dallas there's a section called "Deep Elum". It used to be industrial, and had some really rough old bars.

Now the factory buildings have been turned into expensive livingng flats, that have restaurants and coffee bars in the building, so you can go eat, and never leave the building.

The rest of Deep Elum" has one restaurant and bar after another. The dwellers never have to go more than a few blocks to find what they want.

If they don't want to walk those little electric scooters are everywhere. When you're through with it just drop it and the rental agency comes by and picks'em up their all equipped with GPS.

[Ranger99]

Yeah,  it's all different now.
Mostly out of staters that live
in those old warehouse "apartments "
I can remember right at the end
of school days going to most of
those areas picking up auto parts
and such. Lots of grimy machine
shops and light industrial and
warehouse buildings etc.
What bars and such were there were
what we used to call a skull orchard.
You walked around the blood puddles
and teeth on your way inside.
Most of the old line motorcycle shops
were in the area, so if you needed
parts, you had to run the gauntlet
and not be skeerd because the
herd would smell fear

[Dee]

There's still a couple of old "hanger-on" machine shops, and metal suppliers down there.

[ironglow]

  Our rainfall is about 43 inches per year..accompanied by 76 inches of snow.  Snow melts to 10% water..so adding 7'6" of water to 43, comes to just over 50 inches.

   Generally speaking, soils east of the Mississippi are acid, while soils west of the Mississippi are alkaline.  This factor, along with the rainfall differences, makes for different trees and vegetation.

[Goldie]

  Our rainfall is about 43 inches per year..accompanied by 76 inches of snow.  Snow melts to 10% water..so adding 7'6" of water to 43, comes to just over 50 inches.

   Generally speaking, soils east of the Mississippi are acid, while soils west of the Mississippi are alkaline.  This factor, along with the rainfall differences, makes for different trees and vegetation.

                 I doubt alkaline soils has much of an impact on Austin's sinking moral problems. The problem the way I see it is an influx like said of high paid individuals who are younger in average and abide by the most liberal point of views and woke left. My daughter thinks a day kayaking on Lady Bird lake and partying on 6th street every night is the cats meow. Austin's employment is getting like California's silicon valley and attracting these liberal brats by the thousands. To them paying a million dollars for a condo overlooking the lake and city is nothing. They are the ones controlling the voting block of the city now and influence everything going on there now. Austin many years ago used to be a good city but not now. Once out of the safe havens, crime is rampant and very dangerous. Its a shame what Austin has become and even more that it represents Texas as it's Capitol city. Just another Seattle, Portland and the rest.

[gypsyman]

Wish your daughter well. I guess what bothers me the most, most of these politicians/business executive's, I don't think, can be that stupid!! They have to have an agenda to push this country into total chaos. You would think that business owners, politicians, would see the effects it had on other business's and city's, and do the opposite. If you see somebody else's business, sports team, or city going down the tube's, and do the same thing, your doing it on purpose!

[ironglow]

  My grand daughter, because of family practices, has no interest in the bars, party etc. scene, and she has a husband whose values are a match.
  They are in the city for their jobs....he being management in UPS, she being a beauty consultant for a cosmetic chain.
   
   They really don't fit there, so we are encouraging their moving to country.... it's worth the drive..

  I never could understand how anyone could be happy living in an "Archie Bunker" neighborhood, since it must be terribly boring..

  ..But then, to each his own..

[Goldie]

  My grand daughter, because of family practices, has no interest in the bars, party etc. scene, and she has a husband whose values are a match.
  They are in the city for their jobs....he being management in UPS, she being a beauty consultant for a cosmetic chain.
   
   They really don't fit there, so we are encouraging their moving to country.... it's worth the drive..

  I never could understand how anyone could be happy living in an "Archie Bunker" neighborhood, since it must be terribly boring..

  ..But then, to each his own..

    Well I guess it could always be worse. She could be living in New York City. Austin is a weird city allright. But one thing it has going for it is we do have a good Governor that calls Austin Home. More than I can say about New York city or Chicago but I guess the millions that live in these cities appreciate Archie Bunker neighborhoods. As far as boring I highly doubt it.

[Land_Owner]

I guess what bothers me the most, most of these politicians/business executive's, I don't think, can be that stupid!! They have to have an agenda to push this country into total chaos. You would think that business owners, politicians, would see the effects it had on other business's and city's, and do the opposite. If you see somebody else's business, sports team, or city going down the tube's, and do the same thing, your doing it on purpose!

Consider what Conservatives want:
1.)  to be left alone
2.)  Smaller Government
3.)  Balanced budgets
4.)  secure border
5.)  right to Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
6.)  free speech
7.)  Truth over fiction
8.)  RKBA
9.)  bunch of other stuff

None of the conservatives I know, you and me included, want to be elected to any government position that entails listening to the incessant whining of the Citizens against this, for that, change everything to suit them, Woke stuff, reparation stuff, gimme-gimme-gimme, chip-on-the-shoulder stuff, that NEVER ceases.   Who wants a career of that? 

Apparently, only Liberals are suited for government jobs.  They fill most of the slots.  Liberal activists stuff ballot boxes - of this I am certain.  When a conservative is in office, he is surrounded by the Liberal bureaucracy that remains entrenched there.

There is a parody of the Rise of Men, which sums up Conservatives and Liberals fairly well:

The History of Man, Beer, and the Wheel

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel.
Beer required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture.

Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That’s how villages were formed.

The wheel was invented to get man to the beer and vise versa.

These two were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals.
2. Conservatives.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were less skilled at hunting (called ‘vegetarians’ which was an early human word meaning ‘bad hunter’) learned to live off the Conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ’s and doing the sewing, fetching, and hairdressing. This was the beginning of the liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men evolved into women. Others became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that Conservatives provided.

Over the years Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass for obvious reasons.

Modern Liberals like white wine or imported bottled beer and water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: many liberal women have higher testosterone levels than their men.

Social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, film makers in Hollywood, group therapists and community organizers are liberals. Liberals meddled in our national pastime and invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn’t fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink beer. Miller, Budweiser, lite, regular, it does not matter. Just good American beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are members of the military, big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, airline pilots, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other Conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when Conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today’s lesson in world history. It should be noted that a liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to this post.

A Conservative will simply laugh. They will be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be shared immediately with other true believers. They will not hesitate to send it to Liberals, primarily to piss them off.

And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self, I’m going to grab a few beers and BBQ some steaks!