Texas

Less about Christmas, more about some sorta Leninist/Stalinist attempt to politicize history texts

So it's about Cesar Chavez?

among other things

Or rather, it's about including labor leaders as part of history, I'm guessing? They are, you know.

So basically the right wingers want to exclude from Social Studies textbooks anyone who didn't agree with their laissez-faire capitalist philosophy?

start here: http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/12/hijacking-history/

Sakes alive.

i have telescope work in west texas in august. i get three days off in the middle of the trip, which i will spend in marfa, so that's covered. (although i will have questions soon about exactly what to do/where is good.)

i can also take a couple of days at the end trip. i haven't chosen where to fly into from europe yet. options are el paso, austin or san antonio. i would probably take my break at the end in whichever town i flew to.

el paso upsides: never been, 3 hour drive to/from the observatory. downsides: don't know anyone there or anything about the place except the juarez gang stuff. austin and san antonio are more like 8-9 hour drives, but i know people there to hang with. i have done the tourist stuff in san antonio and seen austin's beautiful 6th street. i like food and beer.

p.s. what el paso gains in travel time it pretty much loses in 3 leg flights from europe.

Any state that could produce Molly Ivins could not be all bad. Any state that could produce so many louts, bullies and ignoramuses could not be all good.

no one? basically is el paso a good place for a two day solo break?

i've been to el paso before, moving a friend into her new apartment. i don't know it's kind of a hard nut to crack as a city, i think. of course we didn't do much except help her find a place. beautiful in that austere west texas way, for sure.

thanks, my impression too. still on the fence.

El Paso is safe (despite the cross-border violence) but kind of dull. I don't know anyone who's ever spent time there for fun, but quite a few who moved to Dallas to get away from EP.

I'd go SA or Austin if possible.

ha well my SA friends are awol, and after a bit more thought, i decided not to tack on a weekend drinking and eating in austin (this will be the last leg of a 1 month, 10 flight trip). so 24 magical hours in el paso it is!

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i arrive sunday

midland? my dads hometown. sucks.
if you find old streets named after universities my dads father built those houses

no, the mountains. it will be a comfy 100 there.

oh good! a friend of mine from HS went to college out in Alpine which is right in the thick of them mountains, it's v pretty there

alpine is awesome. glad we at least made it to june before it hit 100 this year.

i have been there a few times, but this is the hottest it's been for me.

i miss texas :(

i'm going to texas (houston & austin) for work in early december. i also have 6 days holiday i need to use. should i take them in texas? i don't think i know anyone there.

caek - how was it, what did you do?

it's silly season

Republican Leader Tanya Robertson Calls For Statewide Ballot On Secession From USA

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/texas-independence-secession-republic-TNM-texian-6654896.php

would be hilarious if Texas seceded and Mexico immediately invaded, then the US said "you're on your own, guys, just like you wanted"