This Blizzard Exposes The Perils Of Attempting To ‘Electrify Everything’ (Page 10): Mr. Cruz is taking it in the shorts. Or as a Texan might say, he shot himself in the foot.

anotherview Loc: California

Mr. Cruz is taking it in the shorts. Or as a Texan might say, he shot himself in the foot.

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

anotherview wrote:

Mr. Cruz is taking it in the shorts. Or as a Texan might say, he shot himself in the foot.

Well, considering Trump castrated him anyway there was nothing else to shoot at!

Shutterbug1697 Loc: Northeast

JohnFrim wrote:

Well, considering Trump castrated him anyway there was nothing else to shoot at!

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

JohnFrim wrote:

Dennis, Dennis... how long have you been playing in The Attic? It is the Republicans' job to say nasty things about Democrats doing bad stuff. Why do you expect Democrats to do your dirty work for you? Really!!!

John I expect nothing good or decent from any Democrat EVER, not even my bestest friends like you, the little princess, Mary Jane, francine or Krackhead. Pay attention now. This was Democrats saying bad stuff about a Republican.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Shutterbug1697 wrote:

Cruz ran away from his constituents and the hardships they were experiencing.

The only travel restriction currently in place for returning from Mexico is a negative test within 72 hours of flying home.

Cruz didn't meet that requirement.

Ran away from his constituents? What did you really expect him to do, invite thousands to his home?

Did he actually get to Mexico then turn around and immediately come back?

Dennis

Shutterbug1697 Loc: Northeast

dennis2146 wrote:

Ran away from his constituents? What did you really expect him to do, invite thousands to his home?

Did he actually get to Mexico then turn around and immediately come back?

Dennis

Yes he flew to Mexico on Thursday, and was supposed to stay until Saturday, but Cruz rebooked his return flight at 6:30 am on Friday, and flew back on Friday instead.

Cruz should have been arranging relief for his constituents, not running away from his responsibilities

https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-ted-cruz-daughter-exclusive-154037704.html.

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

dennis2146 wrote:

Ran away from his constituents? What did you really expect him to do, invite thousands to his home?

Did he actually get to Mexico then turn around and immediately come back?

Dennis

Dennis, THIS is why I have said you live under a rock! The whole friggin' world knows what Cruz did... except you!

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Shutterbug1697 wrote:

Cruz ran away from his constituents and the hardships they were experiencing.

The only travel restriction currently in place for returning from Mexico is a negative test within 72 hours of flying home.

Cruz didn't meet that requirement.

That's what this is about? I don't see anything wrong with fleeing the State if they don't have electricity. I'll bet thousands of others did the same thing. Cruz is a Senator. He has practically nothing to do with public utilities. That is all controlled by the State and local government. As far as the Covid test, maybe he did flout the restrictions, but I don't care very much. Covid has been blown way out of proportion and I think they should loosen a lot of the restrictions. The politicians who put them in place have often flouted the restrictions, too. They don't really believe they are that necessary.

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Shutterbug1697 wrote:

Yes he flew to Mexico on Thursday, and was supposed to stay until Saturday, but Cruz rebooked his return flight at 6:30 am on Friday, and flew back on Friday instead.

Cruz should have been arranging relief for his constituents, not running away from his responsibilities

https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-ted-cruz-daughter-exclusive-154037704.html.

If this is what Cruz did then he is guilty of nothing more than caving to public opinion. Senators are not in charge of relief operations for state governments. It sounds like he was giving relief to his neighbors instead, like every good citizen should do. You might as well blame Joe Biden for not arranging relief efforts.

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

JohnFrim wrote:

Dennis, THIS is why I have said you live under a rock! The whole friggin' world knows what Cruz did... except you!

It's incredible that this is what counts for "News" these days. You guys waste your time watching television so you can keep track of gossip about Republicans. Meanwhile thousands of residents in Portland Oregon have been without electrical power for more than one week. This on top of recent riots by Black Lives Matter. And Governor Andrew Cuomo is being investigated by his own people for having killed thousands of nursing home residents, perhaps the biggest scandal in the whole Covid Pandemic world-wide .

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

Steven Seward wrote:

That's what this is about? I don't see anything wr... (show quote)

Steven Seward wrote:

If this is what Cruz did then he is guilty of nothing more than caving to public opinion. Senators are not in charge of relief operations for state governments. It sounds like he was giving relief to his neighbors instead, like every good citizen should do. You might as well blame Joe Biden for not arranging relief efforts.

That's 2 strikes. Care to try for #3?

The man himself has acknowledged that what he did was irresponsible, yet you still rationalize excuses for his actions. One might almost get the notion that you idolize Cruz almost as much as you do Trump. Or maybe you think a captain should be the first one off the sinking ship, saying "Follow me."

Edit: and as I was typing this you did, indeed, go for Strike 3!!!

Shutterbug1697 Loc: Northeast

Steven Seward wrote:

If this is what Cruz did then he is guilty of nothing more than caving to public opinion. Senators are not in charge of relief operations for state governments. It sounds like he was giving relief to his neighbors instead, like every good citizen should do. You might as well blame Joe Biden for not arranging relief efforts.

You see, that's where your argument falls flat.

President Biden IS sending relief to Texas!

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

JohnFrim wrote:

That's 2 strikes. Care to try for #3?

The man himself has acknowledged that what he did was irresponsible, yet you still rationalize excuses for his actions. One might almost get the notion that you idolize Cruz almost as much as you do Trump. Or maybe you think a captain should be the first one off the sinking ship, saying "Follow me."

Edit: and as I was typing this you did, indeed, go for Strike 3!!!

This all strikes me as the kind of news that you see in grocery store celebrity magazines. It has very little important substance and isn't much worth my time.

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Shutterbug1697 wrote:

You see, that's where your argument falls flat.

President Biden IS sending relief to Texas!

He signed a bill. He is not providing relief himself. Cruz does not have the power to sign relief bills. What exactly do you think Cruz could have done to provide relief for the people who have lost their power? I've never heard once, anybody criticizing Diane Feinstein or Alex Padia for not providing relief for Californians who don't have water or electricity, and this has been going on for decades. It is not a one-time weather event.

Shutterbug1697 Loc: Northeast

Steven Seward wrote:

This all strikes me as the kind of news that you see in grocery store celebrity magazines. It has very little important substance and isn't much worth my time.

Be thankful that you live in a city and state which knows how to handle crises for their residents instead of ignoring decades of warnings to improve their infrastructure to avoid what happened in Texas because of greed on the part of their utility and investors!

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/30-years-of-warnings-to-winterize-texas-power-plants-yet-they-still-froze-will-austin-finally-require-it/287-20540908-dbce-4e17-90a3-19aa4f4f4690

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys is jumping for joy because of the profits he's raking in on natural gas supplies.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/energy/539478-like-hitting-the-jackpot-dallas-cowboys-owner-makes

How would you like to receive an electric bill for between $5,000 and $17,000 for a single billing cycle?

Would you be able to pay that bill without going into debt, in the middle of having to make major repairs because of burst water pipes all over your house?

Ceilings have collapsed under the pressure and weight of those water leaks. Walls & floors have been damaged, water is several inches deep in many if not most of those homes which lost power.

It's not just the power outages they're dealing with, it's the near total destruction of their homes caused by the greed of the power grid operators which caused the preventable disaster!

Think about that for a while before you mouth off in a flippant response.