We're just trying to keep up with Illinois and failing miserably. It's a tall order and a hard act to follow.
Get better at it we will, just give us more time as the heat slows us down.
We're just trying to keep up with Illinois and failing miserably. It's a tall order and a hard act to follow.
Get better at it we will, just give us more time as the heat slows us down.
You can never trust what is written about politicians, because both sides have an agenda, so most legal battles are politically motivated. Nobody is squeaky clean, so with a 24 hour news cycle, they have nothing better to do than hunt for dirt on the political opposition, or make up some dirt, if they can't find any.
....the classic situation of inmates running the asylum seems to be more true in Texas (and Illinois) than anywhere else?
Depends on who is classifying the inmates level of sanity, Texas is trying to catch up, but we are back in the pack.
Top 10 most corrupt states in the U.S.
1. Mississippi 2. Louisiana 3. Tennessee 4. Illinois 5. Pennsylvania 6. Alabama 7. Alaska 8. South Dakota 9. Kentucky 10. Florida
US Corruption Map
There are different ways to make the measurement as well:
..and of course there is bias in almost all of the ranking systems, as the democrats see more in the republican states, and the republicans see more in the democratic states (and in most of the media and Universities doing the rankings).
Both sides seem to agree that there is plenty of corruption to go around.
I heard about this story yesterday morning when I had the news on while I was getting ready for work. I was amused by the fact that the attorney general was indicted on 3 felonies and said he would probably turn himself in, "either today or maybe tomorrow".
Apparently this loosey goosey, "the law only applies to me as I interpret it" attitude is a top down mind set. I commuted into Ft. Worth behind a TX Hwy. Patrol Trooper at 85-90 mph for 20 miles in a 70 mph zone.
When the CotUS is relegated to the trash can by the resident in chief and the DoJ is fomenting violence in cities across the country, what else would you expect?