What’s the Matter with Texas?

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Jonah welcomes Kevin Williamson to discuss their shared status as Americans trapped within the final layer of Dante’s Hell (aka, Texas in the midst of a large-scale winter weather disaster). From the corporatism on display to the “stunning lack of entrepreneurialism” in response to the issues the state is currently facing, to every issue in between - such as the pointless populism being proffered as an explanation for Texas’ woes - this situation is proving to be a microcosm of everything that is dysfunctional in American politics. Who better to walk us through the sociopolitical ramifications of this situation, than two men who are known for their unadulterated joviality? Show Notes: -Kevin’s page at National Review -Kevin’s new book, still in the running for “Greatest Subtitle Ever” - Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the “Real America” -Baksheesh -Jonah v. David on the zombie apocalypse -NYT: “No, Wind Turbines Aren’t the Main Cause of the Texas Blackouts” -“Solar power, when will people learn?” -Rick Perry doubles down on yee-haw -The FairTax movement -Kevin on Satan’s balls -Alex Jones’ lawyers admit he’s an actor -Texas GOP chair Allen West suggests secession -“They’re always eating candy in Shelbyville.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh
0:14.1	Ladies and gentlemen
0:16.4	Can I please have your attention?
0:18.6	We have a great show for you tonight
0:20.6	I
0:27.5	Greetings here listeners. This is Jonah Gover hosted a revenue podcast brought to you by the dispatch and dispatch media
0:33.4	I am still in
0:36.8	Austin
0:39.8	Food still is scarce
0:42.4	Stress is still high
0:45.4	Roads are still impassable playing the still not taking off
0:48.3	um
0:50.2	Yesterday I you know one of the nice things about
0:55.3	Uh liberal democratic capitalism is that we come up with
1:00.6	Better words for contractual arrangements than uh
1:05.5	Then sort of a jord of criminal ones and so yesterday
1:09.0	I didn't drive someone to get me to granola bars for my daughter. I tip to them generously
1:15.3	um and uh
1:17.3	And so since we're here and everything has been thrown
1:21.1	um a Kimbo or caddy want this or off coach and
1:25.4	and we're doing all of this with
1:28.5	fair skins and and
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