PrOpHeT, you now bring the Texan contingent here to 5, at least as far as I know of the users with handles here that can be identified as more than one of the nameless anonomi. To my knowledge only 2 of us are Texas natives, myself and fossil, with possibly a 3rd, though I'm unsure about that so ...

In my time here I have watched as millions of Mescans have streamed across into Texas and the changes to our society and culture that came with them. Some changes have been welcomed while others not, but this is much the way of the world in many things.

I have no issue with the idea that things are better here than in Mexico. Anyone who's followed Mexican politics over the years knows their governments corruption starts at the top and only stops short of the common people themselves. much like here in the US, just worse!

Many of the Mescans I have known are hard working forthright folks, not too bright on the whole, but at least good people in their hearts. It's hard to fault them for wanting the best for their families and seeking a better life here is to be commended, just not at the expense of the natives.

The US govt and all the bleeding heart Dudley Do-Rights have far extended what is reasonable in giving to the folks from down south, even ones here in total violation of our nations laws, and as mentioned elsewhere here, that's exactly why they keep coming. Until the well dries up they'll keep coming and drinking from it, and with our government priming the pump as well as they are, the well just keeps getting more and more shallow, day by day or as the Mescans would say ... poco a poco