"February"
February, with the exception of the death of
Rush Limbaugh, has been a tough month.
There's been a bunch of snow and a bit
of slush. Not like the Great Burial
of 2015, brought on oddly
enough, by the purchase
of a large bag of
peanuts, but
still, a
nuisance all the same.
And we aren't even in the danger
zone like the Great State of Texas is. Their
entire electrical grid went tits up in the face
of some cold weather and some modest snowfall.
Now, millions of Texans are without heat and light
and water, all the while their elected officials contribute
helpful musings like "only the strong will survive this. The
weak will parish [sic]." and spread around dubious causes
for the disaster like renewable energy sources. At the same
time, Texans are freezing (some to death) in the energy
capital of the Empire. The state that displays so much
dick-swagger and talk of independence and secession
failed to keep its citizens safe. It is "pride comes
before the fall" incarnate. Normally, I would
not be paying attention to what becomes
of Texas, as I am a callous person
and one given to holding grudges
like all good men of Irish
descent. The fly in the
ointment is that my
daughter, son-in-law,
and grandson
are living out in
the land of sedition
and business-friendly
non-regulation of power
utilities. They have been caught
up like millions of other Texans in the
willful neglect and general abdication of
governance that is the hallmark of the Lone
Star State these days. I tell you - it makes me
more cranky than usual - more prone to yell at the
gelatinous Texas Governor whenever he opens his mouth
on TV. Of course this is not good Buddhist behavior. It lacks
compassion, equanimity and warm-heartedness. It is, however,
the best I can do under the circumstances. It boggles the mind
that people like Greg Abbot, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Louie Gomert
(AKA "The Stupidest Man in Government) and that idiot, now-
former mayor of Colorado City TX (what the fuck ever
his name is..), ever got near the levers of power for
one of the biggest states in the empire.
This calamity will pass as all do.
More people will die as a direct result
of it, but it will recede into a gauzy past,
spoken of by those that lived through it the way
one speaks of all natural disasters. What will not
recede is the greed-centric political machine
that has brought the state to its knees. This
will not be the last time Texas will buckle
under the weight of causes and
conditions not aligned with
orderly daily life.
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