-Caveat Lector- -Cui Bono?-
In West Tejas, where JR "was coming up", there's a whole 'nother ethic involved. I was living in Lubbock about the time JR was running for his losing race for an area congressman. Although his Dadda was running for President just before he became Vice President, I don't remember JR's name at all.
Anyway, in Lubbock, they have a street called "Avenue Q" which serves as the DMZ (DeMarcationZone) between "good" and "bad" sides of town.
I knew a fellow who lived just this (on the "good") side of Avenue Q who, when having a restless sleep and would awaken in the middle of the night, could hear the gunfights going on in the garbage truck alleys between the houses (on the back yard sides). Once, he had to leave town for a while and upon his return found his house had been burgled. A day or so later, he kept getting 'phone calls, probably from the perps, harrassing him (obviously, they got his number during the burgling). He moved further west ("west" and "south" were "good" in Lubbock).
Another fellow I knew had an uncle who, upon preparing to retire from a night of drinking and carousing, stopped at the I-HOP on Ave Q for a bit of breakfast. While eating same, another fellow walked into the restaurant and unloaded a round or more into the uncle who shortly thereafter became dead. The police showed the uncle to the shooter to make sure he knew who he shot. The future inmate intimated at that point he had shot the wrong guy. The fellow I knew still had a funeral to go to.
I also knew a young woman who became maritally involved with someone not of her ethnic origins. Shortly after they moved into an in-town apartment, shortly before they both left town, their car was set ablaze. One long-time resident confided to me that in them olden days, some of the selected residents would have made sure, due to the supposed incongruence of the couple's backgrounds, that they left town -- for good. Anyway, they both left -- for good, for better or for worse. I handled the insurance claim.
I left shortly thereafter, recalling the words to the then-popular Mac Davis tune, "Lubbock in My Rear-View Mirror".
JR was living at the time about 117 miles south of Lubbock, in Midland, I seem to recall. So, he's correct in asserting:
> "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world and you knew
> exactly who they were. It was us versus them and it was
> clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they
> are, but we know they're there."
> -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush, presidential candidate.
But is this the proper growing and nurturing environment we want for a(n) (inter)national leader ?
A>E>R
Integrity has no need of rules. -Albert Camus (1913-1960)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
www.ctrl.org
DECLARATION DISCLAIMER
==
CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters
and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright
fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects
spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL
gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers;
be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and
nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
Archives Available at:
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
