What are you talking about?

Some Texans have wanted to secede for going on 200 years. Using it as a generalization would be akin to saying that Americans want to invade Canada. Sure, there are some who do, but it is a minority sentiment.

The decision by FEMA to deny any aid to West because it "wasn't a major disaster" flew in the face of the president's promise that the needs of the citizens there would be met. The real argument would be why did Gov. Rick Perry lament not getting additional aid from FEMA when he triumphantly denied getting any federal assistance for his state when the economy tanked. That amounts to apples and oranges in my opinion.

Whatever you want to say about the special session is fine, it was about the abortion bill almost entirely. That's why he kept bringing them back.

Oh, and on the topic of this thread, the cover is disgraceful, but Rolling Stone is getting EXACTLY what they wanted.

what i'm talking about is just like what you mentioned, when perry, the other 'leaders' in texas and many of the citizens always crow about their independence, but then lambast not getting additional aid from the very feds they constantly deny needing. fema has given aid for the explosion-an explosion that texas would do well to learn from, as many feel that industry down there is terribly under-regulated. they weren't denied any aid. money, housing assitance, etc has been provided.
yes, it's a generalization, because in general regarding texas, that attitude is very real. i doubt it's a minority sentiment. of course, in texas, they seem to have a feeling of superiority, since they were once a country....the proud, but incredibly bankrupt republic of texas. i think texans are pretty clueless about what kind of state their country was in, and why it wanted to join the us so badly.

and yes, rolling stone got plenty of attention and pr, no doubt they will benefit from it.
as for the special session times 2, the state could have used the money spent on those for west, tx.

If this was the cover of Time or Newsweek, would it be creating as much of a buzz?

same picture? i think so. i know some of the people time chose for man of the year got a lot of negative feedback.

My fav mag back in the day...kaput..:wf

jsut saw that the policeman who released photos in response to the stone cover has been put on restricted duty. at least he didn't get fired. altho, if i was stuck behind a desk rather than out and about, i'd probably wish i'd been fired.

Yet the CPD officers ordered back on the streets from behind a desk had a problem.

Despite the murder rate dropping in half over the past 20 years.

Still only a year min/max (with good behavior or two w/bad behavior) for an illegal gun crime in Chi town so maybe that could be a factor. Nothing to lose for a guy facing a year?