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Now I just heard on TV that the people in Texas are ignoring the governor's pleas not to return home?

Some are, yes. But when you say "the people in Texas", you make it sound as if you think it's all of them.

And I'm not about to second-guess the ones who have, because I was close to being one of them (we finally chose instead to stay). If I were to return home ahead of the Governor's schedule, it would have been because I had good reason to. Not everyone's situation is the same, and some people will have a pressing need to return earlier than the Governor's personal timetable.

I suppose they will go back and then whine because they have no power, wate, etc?

I suppose you have a reason to presume the worst of Texans? Why not instead suppose they will go back and accept the consequences of their early return, knowing that the power may not be back on yet? Why do you not suppose that they've checked with neighbors and already know the status of the basic services in their neighborhood, as my own evacuated neighbors have done?

What is the world coming to.

What is the world coming to when some Freepers insulting presume that Texans will act like helpless liberals?

You may have a point.

I definitely remember a whole bunch of people out on the roads at one time, when they were supposed to be evacuating in waves, but I don't remember a whole lot of whining.

But this may also be a bigger issue than people who knowingly break the rules and accept the consequences themselves.

You know the border's wide open right?

I'm guessing you see evidence of it most every time you step out of your house.

If we can't protect a 3,000 mile border, what are the chances we can protect tens of thousands of miles of electrical grid?

Think about it. The difference between the carnage we saw at the New Orleans Superdome, and a normal day for thirty thousand people is as simple as what happens, or does not happen when you flip a switch.

Refrigerators, TV's cell phones, lights, water faucets, when they work, we do ok. When they don't, most people can't deal with it. A day maybe, a couple maybe, but after three or four....things start smelling pretty sour.

So what's going to happen when Osama finally wakes up and sees that victory for his band of idiots is no further away than sliding 20 guys across the border with a case of grenades and directions telling them which transmission towers to blow up?

Can we Americans function as a society, as a unit? Can we suck up a little hardship in view of the greater good of our country? Can we follow simple directions well enough to function effectively when things don't go perfectly our way?

I can.

Texas might be able to.

Some Freepers.

A few backpackers and survival nuts.

That's about it.

The rest of the country is going to be in a bad way.

WE aren't ready.

Not even close.

We're going to pay for it, too.

When we do, then maybe each of will learn how to say "I want.....but that's too bad, because WE NEED...."

Too bad we don't seem to be able to do that now.

I know what you mean but was sleeping when you posted.

I have been dreadfully insulted by freepers but they back off when you yell at them for the most part. One drove me away for a week after he went on a diatribe.

But can I admit something really terrible. I have always loved and admired Texans, there is something so expansive and grand and earthy about them.

But lately, I AM ENVIOUS OF TEXAS.

How can one be envious of an entire state. I feel like the ugly girl at the valentine's dance. And there is an entire state, with long ringlets, a ruffled red dress and sparkly white teeth. Thinking of a bumper JEALOUS OF TEXAS

Those Texans who are heading home to the Gulf early are bringing their own generators, large quantities of fuel, and their own supplies of food and water. The ones that came to Dallas that are going home bought up all the generators and jerrycans at my local Home Depot. We do have plenty of gas here for now, and these people are buying a lot of it to truck back down to the coast with them.

These people generally know what the consequences of going back early are. They've been glued to the news channels. They know there's no power or water in many areas - but they want to get back to start the cleanup for their homes and their neighbors' homes.

We are *not* useless liberals as a people.

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Ich, was the original poster you replied to one of those ****** that called I-45 "the new Texas Superdome" upon which thousands would die? If so, they *really* don't know Texans at ALL.

I think you're just a little sensitive, aren't you?

The press conference I saw the people were demanding to return and they were demanding that the city of Galveston set up yet another shelter for them, which, of course, they do not have the resources to staff or supply.

And don't even try to tell me that if they do go back home -- against the instructions of the governor and mayor of Galvestion -- that they won't start demanding city servies, which are in a shambles.