For a while now I have been hearing a lot of quiet and not-so-quiet talk about people fed up with the One Star State and leaving Texas, or at least working toward that goal. There are a lot of great people there, as in every state, and I don’t want to bash the ones trying to make it better, but for some the pros are strongly outweighed by the cons.

It’s hot and expensive and corrupt and has a governor who brings to mind that tired old poem An Ode to a Tree every time I have to hear about some other anti-human act of cruelty he’s pushing forward, and a lieutenant governor who said grandparents should be willing to die of covid to save the economy for their children.

And then there’s all the anti-immigrant, anti-women, anti-healthcare, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-DEI, anti-voting, anti-democracy, pro-hate, pro-culture war, pro-pseudo-religious horseshit they’re up to, including praying for the death of an actual Christian candidate because he’s telling people there’s actually a difference between real Christianity and this twisted political version they’re pushing.

Oh, and Texas gets hurricanes AND twisters too, forgot about that. And Ted “Cancun” Cruz, but never at the same time: that’s his Superman power. You’ll never see him in Texas at the same time as a natural disaster or destructive weather. I could think of more, but that’s Texas right now, most of it having to do with its own insanely corrupt governance. New Mexico has problems too, but not like Texas.

So I already know this is a scam. No one in their right mind is running toward Texas. No one.

Has anyone asked New Mexico what they think of this plan, or is that buried with the Epstein files now?