Didn't we learn anything from Prohibition? On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:14 AM, spice3@juno.com <spice3@juno.com> wrote: > Mornin' Cuzzies, > > Well, it doesn't take long for all hell to break loose.....and come very > close to what was once my back door. It seems the Zetas, the most violent > of the drug cartels in Mexico, has just shot the hecky outta Cuidad Acuna, > border town in Mexico across from Del Rio in West Texas, killing abt. 30 > including that state's Comandante of the military.....and has just got a lot > of my chums scared to death. I lived in Del Rio for abt. a decade, and > could actually see Mexico from my front door. Since we ran a ranch, we > were on the Bracero program, and most of our people were from Acuna. We > were all friends, all family, generational. Makes one really realize how > much Mexico's drug war is right in our backyards. And, these drug cartels > threaten the local American press so that they don't publish any details > abt. murders, probs.......news iss just sort of in general.....like "don't > go across the river." > > I see from the local rag, such as it has become, that the Astros are still > batting 1.000 in the loss dept. Can someone send us a new owner so we can > buy some new bats? > > Beautiful, breezy, semi-overcast day......afternoon temps averaging higher > than normal. Is this an omen as to what is to come heatwise? Shooooooot! > We hardly had a spring! ) : > > Have a good one! > > Buckette > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Lisa