Unfortunately, I agree with you. Texas could vote majority blue as early as 2020, but I’d put money on 2024 for sure.
Cities are the scourge of this country. While less populous states are somewhat protected on the federal level by the structure of the Senate and the Electoral College, they don’t have that sort of protection on the state level. In our state, senate districts are spread out, but like on a national level our house districts are lopsided towards the major cities (more democrats). Couple that with the referendum process, and the bigger cities run the states. This is how Texas is going down soon and it’s how New Mexico is already gone.
Outside of the cities in the center of this State, New Mexico is quite Conservative. This State also has a history of going back and forth regarding our Governor and State legislatures. Lots of old time Conservative Catholics who are pro-life, and these old time Spanish Catholics have little regard or concern as to what goes on in Santa Fe, or Washington D.C. That’s the way it is here in ranch country. Whatever laws get passed, bans that get imposed, we’ll just ignore them and continue on like we have. You’ll find that in rural Texas as well. At some point in the future, it’ll be little enclaves of freedom all around the US. We’ll die before we’d give that up.
No argument here. Our rural areas are quite similar, as are most rural areas I have visited in the U.S…
And I wonder, If I may project these demographics into the future, at some point… if the liberal cities will ERRECT WALLS to protect themselves and kontrol the flow of “undesireables”…
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Lots of Dem legislators in Santa Fe are supposedly pro gun, too. We’ll see. The radical Dems started the process of moving gun bills forward today.
The rural Dem legislators in Santa Fe have traditionally been pro gun - I am anxious to see what actually goes down. A majority of the County Sheriffs are saying the proposed universal background check for private sales/gifts, etc. is totally unenforceable.
The FFL holders would have a monumental task as well. Subject A wants to give Subject B a gun. Subject A must transfer the the gun to the FFL, and then the FFL transfers the gun to subject B, following a NICCS check and form 4473. It would be a big hassle.
That’s what the supermajority of sheriffs here in WA said, and the sheeple voted for it by Bloomer-bought initiative anyway.
Other than snow, snakes and sun, finding some rancher willing to trade a modest hacienda for an extra pair of hands and an AB to handle a rifle if needed sounds better every day…
The cities here use to be marvels of technology and the envy of the world. Just look at the fall of Detroit, it was the most advanced city in the world a century ago now it resembles a third-world shit hole.
Leftist by their many names are the real scourge of this country that have taken over the cities and turned them into what they are.
Seems this way, to me:
Blue staters can’t survive the crushing taxes and heavy regulation and so the bail to red states, which in turn…
…transforms the red states, blue. While at the same time…
…the blue state they bailed becomes repopulated with dependent foreign migrants/imports: illiterate, uneducated, unskilled, no capital, unable to work or contribute.
I tend to suspect/fear that in the end, the entire US will be radical Leftist blue. With open borders, high taxes, civilian disarmamament, and genociding of the American people.
California, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois are the blueprint for the near-future.
Grisham orders NG off border.
https://www.koat.com/article/ranchers-near-border-feel-unsafe-ignored-by-politicians/26093247
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKUdKv4qFDQ
Grisham is going to be lock step with the Dems. in DC come hell or high water. Citizens of New Mexico are about to really find out about the whole elections have consequences thing.
I was reading an article the other day. I can’t even remember where to give you a link. But I understand the little virtual ghost town of Hachita has been overrun with illegals.
Does not surprise me in the least. But then nothing here really surprises me anymore. It will be interesting to see how things shake out long term, and Trumps response, if there is a response, to what Grisham is trying to accomplish here.
While I don’t have any real way to quantify it, I can’t shake the nagging feeling that more “incidents” like this are going to end badly because of this political gaming. Funny how when it comes to gun control the chanting of “if it saves just one life” can be heard far and wide, but when actual security issues that are truly threatening lives, nothing but crickets.
Time will tell.
This reflects my initial thoughts when I first learned. I’ve been trying to figure out what Grisham’s play here really is. Is she baiting Trump? Is she planting a flag for other leftist governors to rally around? The end game will be ugly no matter what, but it’s the midgame sacrifices that will are really what will hurt us in the long run.
And remember, the people behind this political travesty are well insulated from the riff raff- it really doesn’t matter what how deep filth on the streets, so long as everyone in Fanta Se feels happy, empowered and included.
She’s a leftist loon that wants New Mexico to be a sanctuary state. It’s as simple as that.
I get it, I’m just wondering what potential back lash will be at the polls, from the President, etc. Sadly, I think this ship is lost no matter what. I’m not deeply rooted here but for now I’m locked in, so I’m trying to figure out how to prepare for the inevitable.
BUY YOUR STUFF NOW. As she grows into the office she’s likely to push for assault weapons and magazine bans, not to mention things that she hasn’t even thought of yet. Really, for New Mexico it’s almost like getting Hillary Clinton as governor. The only difference is that she might not have the fanatical enthusiasm that Hillary Clinton would.
Trump sending the NG to the borders was/is a PR stunt, I get that. But, what it clearly conveys, not only to the American people, but more importantly the world is that he wants a secure border.
What Grisham is saying, at least to my way of thinking, is that she cares more about the politics of things than the solutions. Typical democrat. And we are stuck in the middle. The ranchers down there are feeling it RIGHT NOW. The rest of us will be feeling it soon enough. Like Doc said, we are on the fast track to high tax, restrictive gun laws, rampant poverty, high crime, sanctuary state status pretty quickly.
I agree with you. The tides have turned. And even if Grisham is a one term Governor, her agenda NOW may very well change the landscape here for a long long time. She is not making it easy to want to stay here, that’s for sure.
Regarding the last part of the middle- taxes IMO are already high, relative to what we get. Of course I put myself as an a-home when I argue for increasing the tax base vice raising taxes. Preaching to the choir, I know…just wish more people here understood raising taxes on a relative low income economy is crippling. We should look at growing the number of meaningful tax payers…prior to Grisham I was hoping Facebook and soon to be Netflix along with other big players in tech would help facilitate this. Now I see I was foolishly optimistic.
Gun laws were always decent. Party’s coming to end now that those kids showed up to spoil it.
Rampant poverty? We aren’t there already? Tongue in cheek- I know it will get worse as people used to significantly lower standards are given something for nothing at our expense.
As for the first part, I really hope we reach some sort of breaking point that shakes people up and puts us on a course correction to more sensible policies before it’s too late. This is the midgame I was talking about. I’m bracing for some real degradation in quality life in terms of crime, poverty etc, but if the aging hippies and their moon children don’t wake up and smell the shit of their safe space rose garden, I don’t think there are enough of us to do anything about it poll wise.
Las Cruces is already crawling with homeless. It used to be as long as you didn’t go downtown you were fine. The last few weeks I’ve had appointments in the “nice” parts of town and the dang homeless are all over those areas too. How long until we start seeing poop and needles in the street I don’t know!