You ACTUALLY made it!
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This weekend, I was in Midland, Texas for my niece's graduation from high school. I drove down Friday, with a "Had Enough? croneys, incompetance, corruption, & lies" bumper sticker (thanks to the Bill Winter campaign) pasted on the back of my car.
When I reached Dalhart, a white-haired guy in his 1960's era Ford pick-up was pulling up next to me at a light. He stopped at the back of my car and read the sticker, then pulled up next to me - glaring. All I could do was just chuckle. I bet he hadn't been subjected to an alternate opinion in quite a while. I'm guessing that his thoughts went elsewhere pretty soon tho, as it was 100 degrees from Raton Pass on and in the ninties until early the next morning. While 100 degree temperatures are not unusual for Texas, they are in unusual this early in the year, a fact that my dad & brother both commented upon.
When I reached the outskirts of Midland, I was "welcomed" by a huge oversized billboard "Welcome to Midland, Texas, hometown of President George W. & Laura Bush!". The letters were eight feet high. That sign is where my bumper sticker REALLY needed to be pasted. :-)
The graduation was thankfully in an enclosed arena, instead of the football stadium where mine had been 30 years earlier. There were 558 graduates from MHS and with a last name of Wolf we had to wait through all but 13 of them. While we were waiting, a guy with the last name of Bush walked across the stage and someone yelled "You ACTUALLY made it!". It was the only *negative* comment that I heard throughout the graduation. Again I found myself chuckling at the expense of a Bush.
The panhandle of Texas has been hit with the brush fires and the high cost of gas. I believe that there would be some receptive ears to alternate views, if they were presented in a friendly manner. From comments by various family members, (who have been diehard Bush supporters) cracks are beginning to show in Bush's support even in his *hometown*.
I believe Howard Dean is on the right track in establishing infrastructure in all 50 states. The people in West & North Texas have only heard Republican BS propaganda for the past 20 years or more. Those people need to hear other voices.
When I reached Dalhart, a white-haired guy in his 1960's era Ford pick-up was pulling up next to me at a light. He stopped at the back of my car and read the sticker, then pulled up next to me - glaring. All I could do was just chuckle. I bet he hadn't been subjected to an alternate opinion in quite a while. I'm guessing that his thoughts went elsewhere pretty soon tho, as it was 100 degrees from Raton Pass on and in the ninties until early the next morning. While 100 degree temperatures are not unusual for Texas, they are in unusual this early in the year, a fact that my dad & brother both commented upon.
When I reached the outskirts of Midland, I was "welcomed" by a huge oversized billboard "Welcome to Midland, Texas, hometown of President George W. & Laura Bush!". The letters were eight feet high. That sign is where my bumper sticker REALLY needed to be pasted. :-)
The graduation was thankfully in an enclosed arena, instead of the football stadium where mine had been 30 years earlier. There were 558 graduates from MHS and with a last name of Wolf we had to wait through all but 13 of them. While we were waiting, a guy with the last name of Bush walked across the stage and someone yelled "You ACTUALLY made it!". It was the only *negative* comment that I heard throughout the graduation. Again I found myself chuckling at the expense of a Bush.
The panhandle of Texas has been hit with the brush fires and the high cost of gas. I believe that there would be some receptive ears to alternate views, if they were presented in a friendly manner. From comments by various family members, (who have been diehard Bush supporters) cracks are beginning to show in Bush's support even in his *hometown*.
I believe Howard Dean is on the right track in establishing infrastructure in all 50 states. The people in West & North Texas have only heard Republican BS propaganda for the past 20 years or more. Those people need to hear other voices.
