This is how Texas legislators deal with their failures

Maybe...but not in this instance.

Care to defend our power grid structure.

The one set up for failure if it get too cold for to long... Originally Posted by WTF

Oh, no. It was a lazy, careless mistake. Hopefully they get their shit together and fix it.

Oh, no. It was a lazy, careless mistake. Hopefully they get their shit together and fix it. Originally Posted by GastonGlock

They had the same lazy careless mistake in 2011 and were told then how to fix it .... and did not heed the advice.

That is why I think it bullshit that the lawmakers are trying to blame the people they put in charge to carry out the very policies that the lawmakers wanted.

Were people freezing glad they were in Texas?

The only people glad they were in Texas during this time are plumbers. Originally Posted by WTF

Well they sure wouldn't want to be in Chicago. Chicago's winter temperatures make what you experience in Texas feel like spring. I grew up in Illinois an hour away from Chicago I've experienced -20 and that was every year. So just how cold did it get in Texas?

As a former Chicagoan, Texas state government is like a goddamn dream come true. Originally Posted by GastonGlock

I know.

Well they sure wouldn't want to be in Chicago. Chicago's winter temperatures make what you experience in Texas feel like spring. I grew up in Illinois an hour away from Chicago I've experienced -20 and that was every year. So just how cold did it get in Texas? Originally Posted by Levianon17

We want cheap electricity and then bitch when the cheap shit breaks down!

We want cheap electricity and then bitch when the cheap shit breaks down! Originally Posted by WTF

Double talking wtf! Hypocrisy is afoot

Well they sure wouldn't want to be in Chicago. Chicago's winter temperatures make what you experience in Texas feel like spring. I grew up in Illinois an hour away from Chicago I've experienced -20 and that was every year. So just how cold did it get in Texas? Originally Posted by Levianon17

Near-zero w/ a windchill near -10. It sucked, but yeah, I've seen colder.

I was the only one on the block with a snow shovel. Spent the whole week digging people out and showing them how to thaw their pipes.

Double talking wtf! Hypocrisy is afoot Originally Posted by winn dixie

No different than wanting the best of the best in military industrial complex yet not wanting to pay the tr axes to cover that want.

Were people freezing glad they were in Texas?

The only people glad they were in Texas during this time are plumbers. Originally Posted by WTF

My shit all worked so I would rather pay less money and let other people who have crappy homes wear a heavy coat.What kind of pussies can't take a little cold,anyway?
Less government more freedom

Well they sure wouldn't want to be in Chicago. Chicago's winter temperatures make what you experience in Texas feel like spring. I grew up in Illinois an hour away from Chicago I've experienced -20 and that was every year. So just how cold did it get in Texas? Originally Posted by Levianon17

It got to about zero for a fucking day.
No big deal.

It got to about zero for a fucking day.
No big deal. Originally Posted by I Love Freedom

One day that's it, lol. That's a heat wave in Chicago sometimes. Imagine if it snowed a few feet.

We want cheap electricity and then bitch when the cheap shit breaks down! Originally Posted by WTF

In this uncertain world you have to learn to improvise and adapt.

In this uncertain world you have to learn to improvise and adapt. Originally Posted by Levianon17

Some of these pussies would die sleeping in a tent at night