[MD] The Greeks?

[John Carl]

Hey Mary,

Never underestimate the toughness and grit of New York Ballerinas.

> >
> [Mary Replies]
> I did.  The one reviewed wasn't an archetypal "Texas hard-ass woman"
> though.
> She was a Methodist, which is akin to a flaming bleeding-heart liberal in
> this state - and a "New York City ballet dancer" to boot?  What's up with
> that?  She's a real softie.  Went off to "find herself" right?  No
> self-respecting nails for breakfast, tacks for lunch, black-Irish immigrant
> Southern Baptist Texas woman would need to "find herself".  She'd kick butt
> until somebody brought it to her with a bow on top, then she'd put that bow
> in her great big hair and sit in the pew in front of you at church so you
> couldn't see anything.
>


Yeah, I've met representations of that particular population.  That's the
Scotch-Irish migrant on the march west, in various times and circumstance.
 I think what happened with the ones  that went to Texas was, the weaker
strains got killed off rapidly and the strong survived and evolved into a
capitalistic culture that gave us the Bush family and their ilk to deal
with.

Whee.


>
> The anti-litter campaign here is "Don't mess with Texas".  I want a bumper
> sticker.  It would say. "Don't mess with Texas, you might confuse them".
>
>
:-)

Ever since those guys bought all our (Californians)  electricity and
manipulated FERC and the wars and the oil... well, I got a healthy respect
now which keeps my six-shooter loose in the holster when I detect that
drawl.

I should probably move there, just to improve certain lazy aspects of my
character but I'm not that motivated I guess.

Take Care,

John