Sure we've got some warts. Every place does. But we are pretty representative of the America we all like to think we once were. People smile and talk to each other in the checkout line of the grocery. We open doors for older people and let them pass. We spontaneously call folks, "sir" and "ma'am" and aren't averse to using "thank you" or "excuse me." Taxes are low, the weather is generally good, the country side is varied and even occasionally hostilely beautiful. Our economy is doing much better than the nation. Our cost of living is reasonable. Our quality of life is excellent.
We respect the Constitution and revere the Bill of Rights although there are some of the younger generation still grappling with some of the concepts. One right that appears exceptionally vigorous is this one:
Women Getting Concealed Handgun License in Huge Numbers
What does that mean? Well, it means we understand that the police might not be immediately available when we require them. It means that gun sales are probably healthy as well. It means that we will probably have shooting ranges as a profitable entity for quite a while. It may demonstrate a cause/effect relationship as once postulated by Robert Heinlein, "an armed society is a polite society."
And, it may even demonstrate that something good has come out of the Obama election.
1 comment:
I couldn't agree more.
I was based at NAS Grand Prairie near Dallas in 1963 and 1964. We operated the F-8 Crusader prior to going to El Toro for assignment overseas. What a great place with wonderful people. I personally prefer west Texas but the people are the same all over the state.
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