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1 hour ago, subee said:

... He reminds me of Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution.  Entitled, spoiled and.mean. When she heard that the peasants had no bread, her famous reply was  Let them eat cake." ...

Thank you for the history lesson.  However, I am well aware of both the quote, and that it has been attributed to Marie Antoinette, likely in error.

1 hour ago, subee said:

... My mistake assuming everyone knew that?

You do know what they say about assumptions, don't you?

1 hour ago, subee said:

Did you read the WAPO article in his  post?  The governor of Texas seems to be oblivious to the suffering of the truckers and all of the food spoiling in the heat. ...

Yes, I did read the referenced article.   And, I have to agree with @Beerman that this was an odd reference.

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Americans are yelping about inflation so the governor of Texas decides to decrease supply of food and manufacturing components. Doesn't decreased supply lead to increase in prices? And just when the price of avocados has come down...

Do you all feel safer now that Abbott is re-inspecting commercial truck traffic?

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1 hour ago, nursej22 said:

Americans are yelping about inflation so the governor of Texas decides to decrease supply of food and manufacturing components. Doesn't decreased supply lead to increase in prices? And just when the price of avocados has come down...

Do you all feel safer now that Abbott is re-inspecting commercial truck traffic?

Maybe one should be more up to date before posting some partisan political nonsense.

https://abc13.com/texas-mexico-border-delays-chaos-at-the-texas-gov-greg-abbott-inspection-of-commercial-vehicles/11748885/

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7 hours ago, Beerman said:

Maybe one should be more up to date before posting some partisan political nonsense.

https://abc13.com/texas-mexico-border-delays-chaos-at-the-texas-gov-greg-abbott-inspection-of-commercial-vehicles/11748885/

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In a statement, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department called the extra layer of inspections unnecessary. Nearly a week since the direction was ordered, we're now seeing lengthy delays at the border for commercial trucks. CBP confirmed some wait times at border crossings are exceeding five hours, and it's causing a 60% drop in commercial traffic.

"The longer than average wait times, and the subsequent supply chain disruptions, are unrelated to CBP screening activities and are due to additional and unnecessary inspections being conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety at the order of the Governor of Texas," CBP said in a statement.

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Local trade associations, officials, and businesses are calling on the Texas government to discontinue the additional border truck inspection process, according to CBP. It said extra inspections aren't necessary to protect the safety and security of the communities across our state. In fact, CBP said this is causing a bigger headache because of significant impacts to local supply chains and will ultimately impact consumers and businesses nationally.

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Mark Jones, a political science expert in Houston, called Abbott's move political theater.

"This is all designed to put a focus and spotlight on the border and to get Texans to think about President Biden's immigration policy, which is generally viewed in a negative manner by a majority of Texans," said Jones. "However, it's having the adverse consequences on potentially raising the costs of what Texans pay for tomatoes, strawberries, and avocados, as well as prices of manufactured goods if it continues beyond a few weeks."
Jones said the slow down for workers will mean shortages of goods at a time people across the nation are already struggling because of the record inflation at 8%.

It seems to me that the article is pointing out the economic costs of the partisan political theater that Abbott is employing. While he has reduced delays in two areas the others remain...intentionally.  The evidence seems to reveal that the partisan political rhetoric is coming from the right as they defend a partisan action that is directly increasing prices and inconvenience in these border communities.  They defend that using projection apparently.  

I wonder that Abbott isn't worried that he's making republicans look like they don't care how their policy might hurt American residents or local economies as long as they can make a political point.  That seems dangerous in a midterm year. But maybe not.  Maybe enough republican voters won't be able to understand the details or won't pay attention to details at all and will just depend upon the partisan rhetoric from the opinion people in their media. That's certainly a pattern that we're familiar with. 

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7 hours ago, Beerman said:

Maybe one should be more up to date before posting some partisan political nonsense.

https://abc13.com/texas-mexico-border-delays-chaos-at-the-texas-gov-greg-abbott-inspection-of-commercial-vehicles/11748885/

The article you posted has some of the same "political nonsense" shared by others.

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He also said the president tends to get blamed for inflation, but this time it would be a case where the governor is causing prices to rise in Texas through political stunts at the border. Jones believes the security measures announced last week by Abbott have nothing to do with policy and instead, have everything to do with politics.

So while J22 might not have been up to date with the action that happened just yesterday I do think what she said was fair at the time.  

 

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13 hours ago, chare said:

Thank you for the history lesson.  However, I am well aware of both the quote, and that it has been attributed to Marie Antoinette, likely in error.

You do know what they say about assumptions, don't you?

Yes, I did read the referenced article.   And, I have to agree with @Beerman that this was an odd reference.

Whether she really said it or not (we will never know if she said "cake" or "pastry" or neither) is besides the point.  We all should understand the sentiment of an entitled person who believes it is worth it to create a great waste when that loss of food is not their problem.  I do understand the governor's frustration, however, but will wait to see of the mayors of the towns along the Mexican side of the bridges will actually be able to examine the trucks themselves, or even want to, since money is being passed among hands to let these stowaways get across the border.

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23 minutes ago, subee said:

Whether she really said it or not (we will never know if she said "cake" or "pastry" or neither) is besides the point.  

Antoinette didn't say cake, or pastry.  The saying precededs her.

So, you gave an incorrect history lesson and followed it with, "I thought everyone knew that".

Not the first time you have been grossly incorrect here.  We all make mistakes.  Maybe you should be a little less condescending and show some humility?

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26 minutes ago, subee said:

Whether she really said it or not (we will never know if she said "cake" or "pastry" or neither) is besides the point. 

 People seem to be caught up in the "let them eat cake" sentiment and missed the point of what you were saying.

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10 hours ago, Beerman said:

Maybe one should be more up to date before posting some partisan political nonsense.

https://abc13.com/texas-mexico-border-delays-chaos-at-the-texas-gov-greg-abbott-inspection-of-commercial-vehicles/11748885/

But does this extra inspection make you feel safer? Isn't that the whole purported reason for increasing inspections, on either side of the border? 

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2 hours ago, Tweety said:

The article you posted has some of the same "political nonsense" shared by others.

So while J22 might not have been up to date with the action that happened just yesterday I do think what she said was fair at the time.  

 

Yes, maybe so.  My first impression was in light of him making deals to reopen things with Mexico assisting inspections, that perhaps there was a legitimate reason for them.  As a political stunt, I don't see what the benefit would be.

The more I learn, the more it does seem to be a badly planned political stunt.

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8 minutes ago, Beerman said:

 As a political stunt, I don't see what the benefit would be.

He's running for re-election and this is a big issue in Texas.  So just like bussing immigrants to Washington was a political stunt it's most likely all designed to defeat his opponent.  He's ahead of his opponent and likely will win re-election.  

People in election races are also running against Biden (like I posted about Huckabee-Sanders)

He's leading but there are still undecided votes and it's not assured he's back in.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/texas-governor-abbott-leads-o-rourke-by-8-points-in-latest-poll

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5 minutes ago, Tweety said:

He's running for re-election and this is a big issue in Texas.  So just like bussing immigrants to Washington was a political stunt it's most likely all designed to defeat his opponent.  He's ahead of his opponent and likely will win re-election.  

People in election races are also running against Biden (like I posted about Huckabee-Sanders)

He's leading but there are still undecided votes and it's not assured he's back in.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/texas-governor-abbott-leads-o-rourke-by-8-points-in-latest-poll

Yes, I understand that he's up for re-election and border security is a big issue.  I just don't get the stunt, itself. 

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