Yee-haw politics

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    Anonymous
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    This made me chuckle although it’s no laughing matter, particularly in view of talk by some Texans of sucession from the Union.

    “The state’s electric grid operator (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas)(sic), lost control of the power supply Monday morning as 2 million Texas households didn’t have heat or other electric appliances working at home as a massive winter storm delivered freezing temperatures across the state,” the Texas Tribune reported Monday.

    Journalist and Texan Kurt Eichenwald ripped Republicans for the crisis.

    “If Texas was on the national grid, our homes wouldn’t be as low as 15 degrees. But no, we had typical yee-haw thinking we’re better than everyone. Or we could have planned ahead, made sure our wind turbines had cold weather packages – companies like Siemens sell them given how much of our power comes from turbines now frozen,” he wrote.

    “Instead, these idiots who think they know more than experts go ‘Yee-haw! Hardy-hardy-har! It’s so cold and the libs say global warming!! Har har. Let’s watch The Bachelor now.’ This would not be anywhere near this bad if, 1. The USA invested money in our power grid. 2. If Texas either got on the national grid, bought cold temperature packages for turbines, or both, and 3. Listened to science,” he explained.

    “But as always, we are governed by the stupid who think they’re smart, who think preparation is for wimps, who laugh at science and who are more concerned about lowering taxes than public safety. We’re captive to the dumbest among us. And through the people they vote in, we are rapidly turning into a 3rd world country while cheering how exceptional we are,” he charged.

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    alanjjohnstone
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