Central Texas impressions - politics too

First Best Western is in a lot of small towns. Also lots of Dollar Generals have taken over as the small town grocery. Best Westerns have rebuilt and making them very nice. And they are charging full price. You get big city amenities at big city prices. If there are small town local motels, like the old days but Best Western are no longer trying to compete. They are still pretty full. This business plan seems to be working. Dollar General has replaced HEB's as the local grocer. We have one next to us as a sort of all purpose ghetto store. In a small town they are the all purpose general store. I saw one defunct local grocery replaced, I guess, by the Dollar General chain.

We saw a lot of Texas stars on houses and few U.S. flags. Is that a slap at the way our national government is going?

County Squares are unique. I love to look at county squares. One thing I noticed this year is that each square has private offices, like title companies and special lawyers who no doubt practically have monopolies in the county. One county lawyer has his name prominently placed on an old shack in the square. I think he has a weird sense of humor.

John F. Kennedy famously said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for you country. We have gone full circle. Barak Obama asks, "Why should you work? Those damn rich bastards owe you a living, a free lunch. This the first administration that is openly trying to buy the vote of the poor and lower middle class. More and more people are on the dole.

It is sad when people more and more think they deserve free stuff without working for it. This country was kept going by the many people who worked for what they got and even if they were not rich, they got by and were proud of being self sufficient. Obama and his type are telling people they should not have to work. The rich should pay for your sustenance. It's going to kill us as a country.