Subj : Re: What the hell is going on in Texas? To : paulie420 From : poindexter FORTRAN Date : Tue Jan 30 2024 06:57:00 -=> paulie420 wrote to k9zw <=- pa> So as I said, 5 years ago I visited these areas 1-2 times a week... (I pa> moved to OR a few years ago.) When I recently visited, however, it was pa> INSANELY different - and it's hard to explain to someone who hasn't pa> seen it that *5* years ago you couldn't miss the illegals - today they pa> can't hide them, although they try hard as hell to doso. I've got a job, 2 kids, a wife, 2 dogs, a house and a mortgage, but part of me would love to get a camper and spend time driving through this country. There's a lot of it I haven't seen, and I'd love to see some of what's going on firsthand. Drive through some small towns and actually speak to people instead of reading about it. .... Idealism without purpose is the ENEMY of PROGRESS. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (700:100/20) .