CNN: "Women rule Texas town"

Ever see an article written about how "men rule" a town, gleefully celebrating the sex of the "rulers"? Not me.

If it's wrong to say it's better that men "run things" vs. women, why would it be right to do the same thing with the sexes reversed? You know the answer.

She added, "You know why else women run this town? They're not as cocky."

Irony overload. How stupid would one need to be in order to miss it? If you answered "Stupid as a Feminist!" you're on the right track.

The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

That CNN decided this was newsworthy is both ridiculous and sickening.

The work of town leaders has Bill Reeves thinking about the presidential race. He said he's no fan of Clinton, but might change his opinion if she named her Cabinet now and followed McLean's example.

"If they were all female, I'd vote for her," he said. "They'd do no worse, and there's a chance of it being much better."

What. Let me repeat that "ridiculous and sickening" comment.

First she brags, then she says "we're not as cocky". I hope her foot fits in her mouth, then maybe she will suffocate and they can restore the town to order.

-ax

I guess I just basically reworded what he said. The only thing I'd add is that you don't need to be as stupid as a feminist to fail to see the irony. You can be one IQ point higher and be as stupid as a CNN journalist - for writing and reporting what she said, like there's nothing strange about it. hmmm....
-ax

We are talking about a (sect? compound? typical Medieval village? good ole girl's club) of less that 1,000 inhabitants. I mean it is like trying to screwup a two car funeral.

That's because CNN are fucking scum who hate the men of the Western World.

Oh my gawd. This is like the Stepford Wives on Geritol!

How many grandmothers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Or clean out the sewers.

Or collect the garbage?

These old bags must love running a "town" with 800 people.

That's NOT a town!

It's a place you drive through on your way to an actual town!

And this made the news?

WTF?

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Allow a Texan to state an educated opinion.

I can assure you that the majority of Texans aren't into the seceding/outlaw thing, nor think Texas better than any other state. It seems like most Texans who do believe in those things come from poorly educated, rural groups. Happily, that's actually a rather small percentage of us. (Not that you could tell by the junk sold to tourists. It seems like all that crap--mugs, hats, postcards, whatever--plays up that Redneck Confederate Texan image.)

Also, the 80 mph is (as far as I'm aware) only on two stretches of rural highway in West Texas. For the vast majority of the state, it's 70 mph. If that makes you guys feel any better about driving through.

I had another will hair up my a**

I'm sure Texas is okay. (80 mph was a pretty good ways west on I-10, it seemed to start about 2/3 of the way through the state from east to west, and then most of the way to the border with N.M. Also I lied, I went 85)

I know what you mean about the junk. Also, a guy in Terlingua ripped me off on a cup of coffee.
-ax

No worries.

I've heard too many people apply the negative stereotype to all Texans, and I'll admit that I tend to snarl whenever it comes up. Nothing personal meant by it, and no offense taken.

(Damn Terlinguan coffee-vendors.)

Postmaster Diane Manuel's somewhat tongue-in-cheek rationale: "We have people skills, and we're a lot better to look at than most guys."

She added, "You know why else women run this town? They're not as cocky."

Jesus, the woman is acting like this is some fucking game or something. Grow the fuck up and do your job that you allegedly earned the right to do. Not being cocky, my ass.

"The women do a lot more investigating than the men did in making an educated decision," he said. "They want to do everything by the book, which is the way it needs to be."'

Except for the false-rape statistics, or domestic violence myths, or the wage gap. Keep telling yourself that, sister.

So a bunch of women can run a town out in the middle of nowhere (no offense to Texans, just using the expression). So can men! What's the point?

Are they making any big changes for the better? No. Are they working to improve the education system in the town? No. Are they bragging about doing something anybody on planety earth could do just because they're women? Yes.

Yeah... that was a waste of a few minutes of my life. I feel bad for the people that live in that town. Clearly if the town is only interested in electing women, I wouldn't be interested in living there, as they must be natural man-haters. But I must say I'm glad that no one complained about the title "alderman". That would be as stupid as getting mad about the human race being referred to as "mankind".

Evan AKA X-TRNL
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