Posted by
Too Tall in Texas on Monday, August 18, 2008 5:10:44 PM
I'm back from an unplanned trip up to Chicago to get my daughter from the Navy's school for Hospital Corpsmen. A good program, and an honorable rating in the Navy. But I digress...
Along the way, we saw a good cross-section of America and just how beautiful our country really is. Here are a few things we noticed:
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The booming wind turbine industry in north central Texas. There are hundreds of turbines for miles and miles along I-20 around Sweetwater. T. Boone Pickens and his people should be proud. These turbines are neat to look at and help to break-up the monotony of driving this stretch of highway.
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Most folks are just plain everyday people trying to get by. The men and women who work along the highways in truck stops, toll booths, restaurants, hotels, farms, etc. are the real America. I've always thought that if you want to see real Americans - drive along our highways.
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There is a LOT of corn being grown in the Midwest. All we'd see for miles and miles in Illinois was huge fields of corn. What I can't figure out is "Why are there people complaining that ethanol is taking all the grain away when there are such huge fields of corn and so few gas stations that sell ethanol?". Is ethanol that inefficiently produced?
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Chicago is a great town, but why are the roads always under construction? Is it because the politicians are so involved with the road construction companies? Even in Chicago, they realize just how crooked their politicians are - so why are they still there?
Anyway, I thought you'd like to know that America isn't dead yet. People are getting restless, but not to the point of picking up pitchforks and heading to Capitol Hill to chase the dolts out of the building. Talking with these folks made me realize how far removed we Americans have made ourselves from those who influence our livelihoods. So you folks who read these blogs need to go out and educate your friends and neighbors about what can happen if they stay complacent. Ask them to read our blogs. Ask them to think about what is going on in their city or state. Get them active.