I was wrong. Well, maybe I'm still accurately remembering what I was told at the time, but what I believed is incorrect.


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Surprise, surprise. Some more crazy folk down in Texas are making headlines. Granted, this group is imported rather than native, but it is still reminiscent of the Branch Davidians and other less well known groups. I suppose I could take this opportunity to explain something...

There is an undercurrent to thoughts of people raised in Texas that I ( Read more... )

Sometime in the early-to-mid 1970's, there was an explosion out at the Cosden refinery in Big Spring, Texas (where my uncle is sheriff today). My uncle and I climbed onto the roof of my grandmother's house and watched the refinery, listening to police band radio reports, waiting to see and hear the next explosion. I half-remember that a lot of ( Read more... )