blufire21
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« on: November 01, 2001, 03:06:36 pm » |
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> Letter to the DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE from Dwight Crawford Sr. of Sanger, Texas: > > > > TERRORISM-WHAT IS THAT? > > I get a big laugh at the dialogue of Osama bin > > Laden, the Taliban, > > politicians, and the news media. They say terrorists > > will hit us again > > in the oncoming weeks and months. What a joke! > > You have a better chance of getting killed on > > Interstate 35E than by a > > terrorist. > > Osama has probably seen 100 degree plus > > summers in Afghanistan, > > but he doesn't have fire ants to go with it. If he > > did he wouldn't be sleeping > > on the ground in his cave. He talks of pain and > > suffering he is going to inflict on us. > > He doesn't know what pain is until he gets kicked > > by a > > green broke, two year old colt in a freezing rain. > > Germ warfare? Texas > > ticks will give you Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and > > Lyme disease, > > blister beetles kill your horse, green bugs destroy > > a > > wheat crop, and termites eat your house. Anthrax has > > killed Texas cattle > > for over 125 years. > > What's new? > > Our prairie dogs carry the plague, armadillos > > carry leprosy, and > > our bats and skunks carry rabies. We have > > rattlesnakes, copperheads, > > and water moccasins. Ho-hum. > > They talk of gas and biological warefare. They > > have never pulled > > in behind a cattle truck while it's raining, or > > ridden in the front seat of > > a pick-up between two cowboys after they just eaten > > a big bowl of Texas Red. > > Texas ain't for sissies! We have posted signs > > all over the state > > that say "Don't mess with Texas!" Osama, consider > > yourself warned!
Ellen in TX
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countrigal
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2001, 03:22:17 pm » |
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I like it... and so many other states could say the same things. CountriGal Deskdemon Editorial Board Member
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