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okasha

(11,573 posts) Fri Aug 15, 2014, 09:42 PM Aug 2014

The beginning of the fall of Republican theocracy in Texas [View all]

Rick Perry was indicted on two counts of felony corruption today, and Greg Abbott--Wendy Davis' Republican opponent for Governor-- is under investigation for securities fraud.

Rejoice! Rejoice greatly! (You'll just have to fill in the Handel setting yourselves.)

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The beginning of the fall of Republican theocracy in Texas [View all] okasha Aug 2014 OP

Let the joyous news be spread... hrmjustin Aug 2014 #1

Thanks for the music! okasha Aug 2014 #2

I love that but there are other parts of the Messiah that I love more hrmjustin Aug 2014 #3

My two favorite passages are okasha Aug 2014 #4

. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #5

Thank you again. okasha Aug 2014 #6

Your welcome. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #7

Let's hear a Zoroastrian take on it. rug Aug 2014 #8

Your right. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #9

I wish you many more to make up for it. rug Aug 2014 #10

I thought you had to be born into the Zorastrian religion to be a member. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #13

You can convert but his family was Parsi, one of the two main branches of Zoroastrianism. rug Aug 2014 #15

I was under the wrong impression. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #17

The dakhma, the Tower of Silence. rug Aug 2014 #18

The birds got to eat. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #19

BTW, your impression is not wrong. rug Aug 2014 #21

Thanks. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #22

Thank all the gods okasha Aug 2014 #12

Not only did I mispend but I still owe. rug Aug 2014 #16

That is the first time that I've heard that about Greg Abbott. TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #11

Right you are. okasha Aug 2014 #20

How are you doing? hrmjustin Aug 2014 #23

Not too bad, I accomplished a couple of tasks today that I was procrastinating on. TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #24

Wendy Davis is our first good candidate since Miss Ann. okasha Aug 2014 #25

Thanks for the kind wishes. TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #26

Farouk Bulsara, the world's most famous Zoroastrian of modern times. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #14

Link to story intaglio Aug 2014 #27

I once posted an article about him that basically said cbayer Aug 2014 #28