Friday, February 19, 2021

It would appear...

 that in the space of a mere seventy two hours, thanks to an epic snowstorm and arctic temperatures, the dreams, delusions, chicken wire and duct tape that held Texas Together have been blown to Hell and the Lone Star State is now officially a Third World Country.

14 million people still experiencing water shortages, ruptured pipes from the Rio Grande to Oklahoma, people freezing to death every day,  power blackouts...the list goes on, enough to make Senator Ted Cruz take off to Cancun' in search of a better life.

But this is no time for snark, the plain people (to quote Abraham Lincoln) however winged, they may be, did not sign on to become a frozen & powerless collection of atomized victims.  I urge donations to the American Red Cross I also applaud the quick actions of Congressperson Ocasio-Cortez & Beto O'Rourke to gather & distribute much needed supplies and or fundraise on behalf of the blizzard's countless victims.

That having been said, conscience impels me to note that Texas has had, for twenty uninterrupted years of unrestricted GOP Rule.  The whole state as a vast sketchy laboratory for Wingnut Social Engineering, and we see the results; mass misery on a cosmic scale, a  janky state power grid hardened against nothing and largely set up with shareholder value in mind. I'm not sure it's even legal in Texas to put the phrase "climate change" onto any official documents. All that can and must change, but right now the average Texan is literally an endangered species in his or her own state, that is our immediate challenge.

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