{"id":27267,"date":"2024-01-26T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=27267"},"modified":"2024-01-26T00:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T05:46:59","slug":"24-gop-governors-message-solidarity-with-abbott-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/24-gop-governors-message-solidarity-with-abbott-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"24 GOP Governors Message Solidarity With Abbott in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>24 GOP Governors Message Solidarity with Abbott in Texas<\/p>\n<p>So, I was watching the Big Lebowski tonight.\u00a0 That movie has an odd effect on me.\u00a0 It\u2019s a comic tour de force.\u00a0 It piles absurdity on absurdity with nothing but bizarre characters as far as the eye can see.\u00a0 And I find most of the humor highly entertaining.\u00a0 But it always sort of depresses me too.\u00a0 I guess it\u2019s because even in their comedies the Coen Brothers are always laughing at us.\u00a0 And it\u2019s not a friendly laugh.\u00a0 They\u2019re dramatizing the meaninglessness of human existence.\u00a0 Well, at least that\u2019s how it affects me.<\/p>\n<p>Then I read this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brad Little, 24 GOP governors send statement of support for Texas at southern border\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7dYphvgyNyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The full list is:<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Mike Dunleavy (AK), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Ron DeSantis (FL), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Gov. Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Eric Holcomb (IN), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Tate Reeves (MS), Governor Mike Parson (MO), Governor Greg Gianforte (MT), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Chris Sununu (NH), Governor Doug Burgum (ND), Governor Mike DeWine (OH), Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Governor Kristi Noem (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Jim Justice (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY).\u00a0 The only abstainers were Republican governors in Vermont and Nevada.\u00a0 But those aren\u2019t conservative states so there\u2019s no surprise here.<\/p>\n<p>So, this is a mildly encouraging sign.\u00a0 Maybe the Republicans are starting to realize they have an enormous amount of leverage because of the panic about getting money for Ukraine.\u00a0 They should demand that Biden deport ten million illegal aliens before he gets a penny.\u00a0 But what are the odds of the House holding out for that?\u00a0 Probably pretty slim.<\/p>\n<p>But I do see some good coming of the Republican governors finding common ground.\u00a0 And of course, I fantasize that they\u2019ll go beyond a letter of support.\u00a0 What they should do is coordinate a plan to not only close the border but to eject the illegals whenever they show up in the red states.\u00a0 This is another case of federal law that is being ignored by the federal government.\u00a0 They could announce to the country that they are going to arrest all illegals and give them a chance to hand themselves over and instead get free airfare back to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>This is the basis of what I was calling the Red State Council.\u00a0 The red states coordinating to circumvent the sabotage of the federal government and protect each other by enforcing the Constitution within their own borders.\u00a0 So there\u2019s the tie-in to the Big Lebowski.\u00a0 It\u2019s filled with nihilism, both explicit and implied.\u00a0 And that is what the federal government stands for and enforces.\u00a0 But luckily for us we don\u2019t have to have a Coen Brothers moral to our story.\u00a0 It is possible to end up with a happily ever afterward story line.\u00a0 All we need is a bunch of red state governors who decide that twenty five states is enough to stand their ground and refuse to be stampeded on by Biden and his minions.\u00a0 Well, I guess I should get around to doing a review of the movie.\u00a0 After all, the dude abides.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Dude Abides\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYsw0KVRjCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 GOP Governors Message Solidarity with Abbott in Texas So, I was watching the Big Lebowski tonight.\u00a0 That movie has an odd effect on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,239,237],"tags":[2942,785,43,3891,38,1355,1989],"class_list":["post-27267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-movie-reviews","category-reviews","tag-governor-abbott","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-movie-review","tag-red-state-council","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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