Photographer states: Red River between Jackson county, Texas and Harmon county, Oklahoma.
The problem facing Texas in the way of a profound and deep drought which has completely destroyed the land was avoidable, but, NOT if you are Texan.
I don't just mean the Climate Crisis, but, the very use of the land and the value placed on it.
Texans are not Americans, they are Texans. They are God Almighty Texans and it was completely obvious during the presidency of "W".
There was absolutely no reason for any of the problems the USA is facing due to lack of good governance from Texas including illegal immigration. Ever ask yourself exactly how many illegal immigrants were killed due to the fact they were illegal? The Wild West, you know. Anything goes and 'by damn it' that is the law. The law of Texas is no law. Live by the gun and die by the gun. The highest death penalty rate in the nation.
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell." - Philip Sheridan, major general in the Civil War and military governor of Texas and Louisiana afterwards
There is a lot "W"rong with the culture of Texas, but, their 'tough talking' language conveys 'authority' to most average people. It is completely bizarre a state dead set on self-destruction for the sake of a 'buck' actually believes its governor and/or any 'favorite son' has anything to offer the rest of the nation other than a 'giant lone star' on the dance floor on inauguration evening.
The Texas culture of 'hard headed and self righteous justice,' "Wanted Dead or Alive," "The Smoking Gun," goes back a long, long time and has absolutely no place in the 'greater USA' except in mythology or as examples of poor governance. Texas is stuck in time and it is why there are never any real conservation efforts when the OBVIOUS is coming down the track like a runaway rail car. The drought could have been stopped and mediated, but, instead it is effecting the well being of the entire water supply of the nation including the Great Lakes.
Texas didn't even try. Their money is their god and there is no reason to save any land from drought. Their value system is so corrupted they rather defend their greed in the face of poor governance with 'attitude.' Now, their self righteous negligence is imperiling a nation's agriculture and water supply. In Texas today, side walks explode because of triple digit heat that over rides the 'expansion' spaces between concrete blocks. The ranchers have had to sell off all their livestock because there is no water for them to drink or grassland for them to graze. It will be a half a decade or more for the cattle business to recover AFTER the drought ends.
There is no excuse for this. There is no governance or value beyond greed and certainly no respect for life in any form it takes. Absolutely no concern or respect for an entire nation that is receiving the degradation to its biotic content because Texans never gave a dam about theirs.
May 8, 2011Pearland, Texas
Photographer states: My mom's yard, Pearland, Texas.
