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In reply to the discussion: Texas will honour American sniper by celebrating 'Chris Kyle Day' [View all]2naSalit
(103,583 posts)33. Indeed.
I stopped going there in the 1990s when I retired from truck driving. I used to go across that state close to twice a week some years. Hauled produce for most of that career so I saw a lot of the Rio Grande Valley area and everything on the way. They do have some pretty country in the middle but it wasn't as nice as in the northern states.
Texas messed with me enough back then.
I also used to run the width of the state, all 1,000+ miles of it... ugh! I would try to do it at night, fortunately when I had to do that I had a rig that went so fast I actually could do it in one night (50hr runs from LA to NYC!!). Geeze, I hope the statute of limitations is in play on that one! So in reality, I did mess with Texas and got away with it!
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Texas will honour American sniper by celebrating 'Chris Kyle Day' [View all]
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
OP
It is frightening. This seems to indicate a somewhat culturewide failing of empathy and
newthinking
Feb 2015
#60
A state holiday based on the fictional film portrayal of a serviceman. I have a better suggestion.
DFW
Feb 2015
#7
Texas Legislature examining bills to arm every Texans in every place, public and private. Coming
DhhD
Feb 2015
#17
Liberals could use it as an anti-propaganda day. The more we would expose, the
bloomington-lib
Feb 2015
#15
I believe Monty Python's The Meaning of Life summed up our hypocritical society best
CBGLuthier
Feb 2015
#22
No, but you clearly did - "his red meat base" means what it says. Perhaps had I written "His"
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#49