Yeah, I said Ru Paul.

Why do you do it, Texas?
Just because everything is bigger here, that doesn’t mean everything has to be weirder too.

Take, for example, the prospective landmark for Waco. Waco is known for a lot of things, and I can’t say that erecting a Texas Ranger will put us on the map of good and normal places to go. A 60-foot statue sporting a cowboy hat and a rifle, to me, doesn’t say “Welcome to a legitimate town.” It does say, “Remember our crazies with guns?”

Speaking of crazies, just up the road we find the town whose residents declare UFO sightings. Businesses boast no cover charge for aliens and free parking for UFOs. How clever. Residents reportedly drive around, hoping for another glimpse or a first-time sighting of the flying saucer.

Mayhap I’m too quick to judge. I just read a few headlines and rattle off a blog entry. I’m not a Texas history buff — A Texas Ranger, to many people, might signify deep, rich traditions, and not brutality and racism. And who am I to assume that it wasn’t a UFO that all of the Stephensvillites saw? There could be a huge alien turnout for the $2 you-call-its and then whose face would be red? Mine.

Things are not always what they seem. I should take the time to research the facts and form an educated opinion. Not in this blog, of course, but sometime. Because if I always stuck with my initial reactions and allowed myself to associate people and events with the first image that came to mind, I’d be in trouble. I might still think that the presidential candidates included Osama and Ru Paul.