Harry, And why would you want to get us out of the immediate action?
Ray Evans Harrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:32 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] Is Texas the problem? > Keith, > > I had the same reaction to Karen's writing. As we on occasion disagree with > her, there must be some way to stop her delightful essays wiping us out.. > > Although she performs a great service with her attachments, she is even > more effective with her analytical and her fun pieces. Not to mention > devastating when she combines analysis with fun. > > Although she is truly 'ma petite cabbage' - perhaps we could get her > quarrelling with that Indian cousin of hers. That would get them both out > of the immediate action. > > I'll leave it in your hands. > > Harry > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Keith wrote: > > >Karen, > > > >What a delight it is to have you on board! You're up there along with E. > >B. White as far as I'm concerned. > > > >Keith > > > >At 08:24 24/03/03 -0800, you wrote: > ><<<< > >Cousin, I personally wouldn't live in Texas again as long as state law > >allows wearing guns in churches, an unnecessary and symbolic overreaction > >to a problem, and symptom of legislative obsessive-compulsion disorder. > >Although I haven't lived there since 1992, I have good memories of Texans > >themselves, and those haven't changed even if the sociopolitical culture > >has. Believe it or not, there are Democrats in Texas and liberals in Texas > >and there are people protesting the Iraq war in Texas. They just don't > >have very big microphones. > > > >Texas has many endearing qualities, like the jocular friendliness of most > >of its residents. There is camaraderie to surviving Texas summers and > >humidity, to say nothing of neighborly efforts to defeat the villainous > >advance of fire ants and the insidious invasion of giant cockroaches. > >Santa Ana had nothing on these multi-legged guerrilla warriors. I wouldn't > >call this camaraderie a raison d'etre, but it does unite Texans across all > >political, social, religious and cultural groups. If there was a party > >called Defeat Fire Ants and Cockroaches it would undermine the GOP > >stranglehold on Texas much as Ralph Nader's Green party stymied the > >Democrats in 2000. Those quirky independents. > > > >Because Texas has such a large cultural image about it, it has become > >really more than the sum of its parts. Something like Notre Dame is the > >'center of Catholic culture' in the US, but then Boston might argue with > >that. We buy into the myth because it is often charming and still > >expansive, a remnant of the unbounded expectations about the West and the > >promise of being a 'new plus old' society. It's probably the last place > >where swaggering in public is accepted in self-depreciating good humor. > >Swaggering in the kitchen is also encouraged, but not in the bedroom, where > >'the womenfolk' have the last word, which is why swaggering does not occur > >where women may overhear and laugh. > > > >Texas does retain the right to secede from the Union in its Constitution > >however, and I personally know a few Texans who have recommended it. Like > >California, they have an economy and intrinsic identity that would be > >sustaining. They have a deep water port, world class medical centers, a > >strong university system. They are short on timber and water, but have > >plenty of oil, cattle and have a well-placed space facility. They don't > >make whiskey like Tennessee, but gulf shrimp more than compensate for that > >and there are German descendents who make beer. BBQ and Tex Mex will last > >beyond a government collapse. Looks pretty good so far. > > > >Perhaps that is part of the overall Bush-Rove plan, to send lucrative > >corporate defense contracts to Texas firms and stockpile resources so that > >an independent Republic of Texas can be declared in 2008. Until then, why > >tilt at windmills in Texas? Bubbas and rednecks exist everywhere, even in > >the misty citystate of Portland, Oregon, where I have run into more than my > >fair share of bigots, closed-minded and chest-thumping provincials. Before > >the economic bust, Oregon was part of the chain of West Coast states many > >semi-jokingly wished could become their own Republic of Pacifica or > >something, along with British Columbia, due to their economic ties and > >similar philosophies. We even have our own rednecked, loudmouthed radio > >hate mongers, and I nominate one of them, Lars Larson, to be on the first > >one-way experimental launch to Pluto. > > > >It would be nice if all morons and bigots resided in one place. Then we > >might precision-bomb them. Sadly, they do not. -- Fondly, and testing > >your limits to be teased, Cousin Karen. > > > >PS If you don't have a big grin across your face right now I failed in my > >mission. That phone ringing soon will be me with Plan B. > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.463 / Virus Database: 262 - Release Date: 3/17/2003 > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
