Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Sorry about that Date:   1/24/2018 10:15:12 AM

I'm not emotional at all about this and I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.  You claimed that Texas steals money from education to pay off big corporations (as if it's the government's money in the first place).  I pointed out factually that Texas is ranked higher in K-12 than California.  Your response was to ignore that salient point in preference to their universities (which are excellent by the way).  Considering every child in a state has to, or at least should, be impacted by the K-12 system as opposed to the very low percentage that attend college one would think that is a more important metric.  Especially when a good number of those attending colleges come from other states.  But I guess if you keep people in ignorance and poverty with your schools they can be counted on to vote for the party that will give them all sorts of free stuff paid by others.  Works like a charm in California.

I just don't get the defense of California other than it's weather and natural beauty, especially by those smart enough not to live there.  When I use scatalogical terms it refers to the political and business climate which is awful.  Your defense of California by comparing it to Texas is also strange.  Sort of reminds me of leftists telling us what a paradise Cuba is with it's "free" healthcare and education and yet I have never seen a story of Americans risking their lives by getting in a boat trying to flee the U.S. so they can finally enjoy life in the people's paradise.  But I sure hear a lot about people fleeing California.  Last count the exodus was 1 million more left than came into the state.  If it weren't for illegal immigration the state would be losing population.  Don't need emotion to see that for what it is.