Whew! Lots of news! Hitting the high points is like speed-dating for the Gen X-ers, except for Boomers it’s more like Speed Griping. But for all the best reasons, keeping folks informed.
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Take the Texas Legislature assembled down in Austin. For a change, they’re discussing investing some of that huge rainy day fund into the water needs of this growing state. Good idea, but not done yet.
Still, better than the earlier plan to seize all the Sulphur River land for the Marvin Nichols Reservoir, to ship water south to the Metroplex. I don’t blame those landowners for fighting
back. Texans must change their wasteful ways before asking others to sacrifice.
Hands off, Legislators! And be cautious how you word new proposed Constitutional amendments while you’re at it. You know the rule: KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. And readable.
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All this is yet another reason to get registered to vote, whichever initial you like. So many fingers touch the finished legislative process you can’t be certain what’s in there is what they said would be. So read the fine print.
Maybe even consider other candidates, considering the quality that keeps getting elected. Those who sell out for a price don’t represent me.
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It’s still two weeks away but never too early to consider the family Easter baskets.
There’s that problem again—eggs.
Yeah, and politics. DJT#47 promised reduced government and lower inflation if elected. Who considered eggs much less the price of gold, now above $3,100 an ounce?
But eggs are what the Easter Bunny brings, and at $8-$10 per dozen that’s definitely golden. Most mamas wouldn’t dream of letting the kids step on that kind of money.
In February this administration found a way to reduce prices (they thought) and promote egg imports from second world countries that rarely ship eggs to the U.S.
To pull this off, new rules had to be written to allow eggs laid by meat chickens for use for human consumption. An earlier request failed because the FDA cited the risk of salmonella, among other viruses. Refrigeration, pasteurization and ultimate users are juggled with the plan to reduce unnecessary regulations which DJT#47 promised.
This is speed writing, remember! The jist is that eggs from Turkey, Japan and other nations, formerly used in mixes and prepared foods, will sneak into U.S. grocery baskets without any FDA stamp of approval. And also because the FDA is an endangered agency for getting shut down.
Hopefully you have a coop handy and needn’t worry about this. Everything will probably be okay when boiled for coloring Easter eggs. Or stock up on Peeps.
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Then there’s measles jumping across county lines. This highly contagious childhood disease stays airborne for up to two hours. Texas counts more than 400 cases, all but maybe two from lack of vaccination, in just this year.
It has started in far West Texat Mennonite communities and New Mexico and crept into Central Texas and recently a few cases in a Red River county.
A few weeks ago, the first death was of a six-year-old girl. Her father told reporters that “it was her time on Earth” insinuating she was expendable, and he had other children who lived.
That heartless wretch!
The FDA tries to vaccinate chickens for the bird flu to make them edible, but others fear protecting the innocent. Things keep getting screwier.
Shelly has worn more hats in the communications field than Carter has pills but forgot to retire when she closed her promotions business. She earned a BA in Journalism at NTSU (before it became UNT) and has never lost her love of words.