(Ads will return soon but these are my thoughts.  And I do not want to include them in my rants and politics.)

I am trying to keep the politics to a dull roar but there are just some things that need saying, especially with fishing season around the corner.  The weather here is beautiful, and spring is coming.  Of course, there will be another snow or two, but the days warm every afternoon, and the snow only hangs around a day or two.  The big snow blaster has only been used twice so it is headed to the shed.  And in the next week or two the boat is coming out and tomorrow I will be cruising the rivers and lakes to see where things are.  A rod or two will be in the truck.  I specifically posted this for you Texas hunters and fisherman to do a little reading.  Texas politics is always entertaining if it wasn’t so dang weird.  As per TPWD, who does that?

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Her First 5k.

The Boss was so excited about her first 5k but the day before it snowed 8″.  When we got up that morning the roads were awful, but she was committed to the cause.  So we took off for an interesting 30 mile drive and then she walked it in a snowstorm.  I am so proud of her and to the rest of us, get off the couch and do something.  Good for your health and good for your soul.

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Educate Yourself – Read the Link

I should not say I told you so….I am not clairvoyant but……..

Hey there Doug check out this website out of Waco Texas. Scroll down about halfway through it and you will see an article about Waco representative Pat Curry. He is the one that has filed the bill to abolish Texas parks and wildlife. The devil is always in the details. Thank you again for all the years of great reading. https://immadtooharry.com/

This is what is wrong with Texas politics.  Told you last post he might be a butt hurt deer breeder.  TPWD has ignored the CWD issue by deflecting and continuing to expose the deer.  And once they took just a little action here they come.  Every state has their own problems, but this is beyond stupid and if you let this kind of thing go you deserve what you get.  I have been critical of TPWD’s stand on captive deer breeding and CWD but this is beyond the pale.

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Time for Isreal to wipe Hamas off the face of the earth.  No more negotiations, end this scourge.  And as far as the Columbia protester who has been arrested by ICE I do not know the specifics or legality of his detention which is to be determined, but I do know one thing.  What did that self-righteous numbskull expect?  Support of Hamas is support for murderous rapist terrorists, end of story.  So good luck Dude, hope you like living in Gaza if you lose in court.  Funny how when the time comes his support for Hamas will fold when faced with living there.  Real backbone.

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To Iowa farmers who are whining because of the tariffs – He screwed you last term and you still voted him back in.  Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.  And just like last time we the taxpayers will end up bailing you out.  And for the VA worker in Iowa City who is crying over his job loss, tough luck he told you what he was going to do.  And to the lady with diabetes and other medical issues who voted for him and now may lose it all, to freakin’ bad.  Same goes for Vets who voted for a draft dodger or the retired who voted overwhelmingly for him.  At what point do you admit you were duped?  And now you want the Democrats to fix it and send you the money?  My sympathy level is hitting rock bottom.  Either you are just plain stupid, or you did not take the time to really understand what he planned to do and now we are supposed to feel sorry for you.  Voting is not only a right, but a privilege and we all have a duty to really understand who we are voting for.  What’s that new saying going around?  F’ around and find out.

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Following the passing of my mom my daughter said it way better than I ever could.

My grandmother, Sue Coppernoll, left us Monday. She was surrounded by three of her five children when she died peacefully at home. She was 91. It was the worst loss in the best of ways.

She had biological children and grandchildren, but everybody was kind of her kid. If my grandma knew you, she loved you. She was proud of you. (She really was.) If you went to college, she remembered your major and where you went, and she affixed those facts to any introduction, even if she was just mentioning who she saw at the store. She graduated high school at 16. She had many job titles in life, but really, she was an artist all along. Her real name was Willie Faye, but she went by Sue. She also had a pseudonym: Starburst. She cooked bacon first so she could use the grease to make the eggs. She (very generously) believed you knew as much about art history as she did, and you most definitely did not. If she was laughing, she was clapping. If she was rolling her eyes, she was doing a prolonged, inhaling snort. She was born at the dawn of fascism in Europe. She was angry and worried about what is happening now. She read continuously. She joined the big extended family at an Arkansas basketball game — her first game in 30 years — and she bragged, “I didn’t even bring a book this time.” She read the newspaper every day, on her iPad in recent years. She taught writing classes, even past 90. She was one of the first public school sex education teachers in America and worked for Planned Parenthood before I was even born. She once made a hole-in-one! She used her real silver and real China every day, and she’d remind you beauty doesn’t require a special occasion. She had no time for dogma but plenty of time for cats. She was imperfect; she was perfect as she was.

Something else that’s important to understand about my grandma: It’s impossible to be in her family tree and not be a feminist. The world wants to own women at every stage of our lives. The world has opinions about what we ought to do with our bodies and our time and our words, as girls and teens and young women and adults and even as we reach our twilight. The world creates cages that Sue spent her whole life — her whole life — dismantling. For herself and for others. In giving herself to the world in that way, she never belonged to any of us (even when we may have wished she did for moments here and there). She truly belonged to herself. May we all belong to ourselves and to the world. Thank you for what you gave us all, Willie Faye.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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