I've been in Texas since college. I was first attracted to the state because of its music. During my formative years as a guitar player, I was attracted to early ZZ Top, Johnny Winter, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughn. As a result, I wanted to be in Texas, eventually winding up at Trinity University in San Antonio in the late 1980s and gravitating to Austin in the early 1990s. I've been in the state ever since, but I've been in Houston since 1995.
However, for the last few years, Texas politicians have been a national embarrassment. Whether it's
- John Cornyn threatening to shut down the government,
- Ted Cruz doing is best imitation of McCarthy,
- Louis Gohmert actually opening his mouth about anything (babies becoming terrorists),
- Steve Stockman inviting Ted Nugent to the State of the Union, or
- our governor's complete inability to remember three government agencies in the middle of a presidential debate,
I simply wanted to state that not everyone from Texas is nuts. Unfortunately, we've become a hotbed of political crazy over the last 10 years, for which I heretoforth apologize for.
5 comments:
From what my friend Amanda says (she lives in Montrose), it sounds like Austin and Houston have little islands of sanity amid all the crazy.
Actually, the cities are pretty even in terms of political parties. There are a ton of small towns that account for the conservative votes.
It's not just the last few years! Your state has given us two Presidents who turned out to be "warmongers"-perhaps it's the bat shit causing the problem!?
Not everyone is no, but enough are that I finally had enough and left. Although Ohio is far from what I would consider "sane" it's a lot better than where I was.
Good sharing..It's really a bad Government..let's pray for the best.
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