Ag with kids

Just spent the weekend down there. Even though I live on the other end of the island, it was a nice little getaway. Had a few Wanna Wannas, dinner and some drinks at Laguna Bob. Oh...and if you haven't before, get A breakfast taco at El Chilango Taqueria. Just one. It's enough, trust me. But, it's damn good. And we lucked out, Corpus got plowed with rain all Saturday while we were down on SPI out on the beach relaxing. Sunday, it was rainy at SPI but we left and NPI was nice and sunny. We're contemplating buying a condo down there, too. I want to get one we can rent out but the GF wants to just make it our personal condo that we can use any time we want...

I used to post on Hornfans and then Shaggy all the time. But, as I've pointed out, this place is like democraticunderground, so I just avoid it altogether. However, bozo keeps tagging me and sucks me in, otherwise I'd leave you to your circle jerk. Hah...you amuse me.

Thanks for showing me the democraticunderground in you...👍

It's kind of amusing to see you decrying factionalism while practicing factionalism... Meh...TexAgs has a bunch of conservatives...it's pretty far right. And this place is a burnt orange democraticunderground. That's why I rarely ever post here in politics even though I used to post on politics a lot on Shaggy and Hornfans...damn @Bozo_Casanova keeps sucking me back in here...😅 Your side bad, my side good. Brilliant analysis...

And, dammit...I had a couple drinks and I'm going to respond. @Bozo_Casanova @Brisketexan "Factionalism"...well, shit. You, me, and Brisket don't agree 100% on how government (at any level) should function/perform their duties. Welp...there's 3 factions. I suppose that each one of us could expend a lot of energy and money to try to get our ideas to adopted by ourselves. But, and stay with me now, what if we each found another person that agreed with most of what we wanted the government to do and then we worked together to lobby the government to implement our ideas (you know, the basis of republicanism). Hmmm...is there any way that could be extended? Yeah...political parties. Is it ideal? Maybe not, but it's what we have, so don't hate the player, hate the game. Hell, even George Washington succumbed to it. Now, I suppose we could live in the United States of Idealistan, where we all sing kumbaya and agree on everything, but we don't. We live here in the United States of Realitystan, where you have to work with people to achieve goals, and that means assembling "factions" of people that can work together to get things done. Democrats and Republicans both do this. Perhaps more parties would be better, although then you can often get the clusterfucks of parliamentary systems. But...it will happen that "factions" group together to get policies enacted. Shit, "factionalism" has been around for all recorded history. Utopia isn't coming anytime soon... BTW, I'm not a 100% party guy. I have problems with politicians from every party, as well as the "independents". I may have other ideas. Please subscribe to my newsletter here...

I had a screenshot of that video as my avatar on Shaggy...

And....this is exactly why I'm not going to play this game...🙄

Hah... Not getting sucked down this rabbit hole, especially when it completely misrepresents what I believe... Carry on with your mission, though, @Bozo_Casanova

Ah...the Central/South American solution to monetary problems.... Your Dollar? It's worth 10 pesos today but 20 pesos next week.😉

Ok....so, just got an AMEX offer for my Platinum. A free 1 year subscription to Uber Eats Pass. So...$0 delivery and 5% off the restaurant price (according to the deal). I opened my Uber Eats App and it was right on top. A few clicks and I was signed up. That's a free $119 perk. NOTE: It will auto renew next year, so if you don't want to continue, set a calendar alarm. I use Uber Eats enough that I KNOW this will be worth WELL MORE than the $119 I would have spent without the promotion or even if I didn't sign up for it.

We're leaving N Padre Island to take a mini vacation the weekend after TG down there on SPI. Jellyfish don't scare me. Little gelatinous pussies. I will PEE on them. But, what's the status of things being open? Bars/restaurants/etc.

I haven't heard anything yet here on NPI, but I wouldn't doubt that Judge Canales is just itching to lock us down again...which would suck. I'm really liking being able to go out and about now...

We cousin lived in Wylie and we got those one time when we were visiting...good burger.

I forgot about this one.... The 4 Way Bar & Grill in Lakehills, TX. It's west of SA out by Medina Lake. http://www.4waybarandgrill.com/menu/ I spent a few weeks out there helping out my Dad this summer and hit that place up several times. DAMN SOLID burger. I tried the Jimmy's Mushroom Swissburger, the Lakehills Legend Cheeseburger, and the Patty Melt.

Damn...it was busy this morning. So was the Mexican place and the other restaurant on the Main Street. Ended up just coming home and grabbing some kolaches.

What was Coaches before? Because I went there years back, but it was named something else.

@justhookit What's a good breakfast place in town? I'm going to be up there tomorrow morning for a bit and figured I might stop and grab a bite. It's been quite awhile since I've been there for breakfast time.

Go down to PINS and drive a few miles (make sure you have 4WD). This time of year you should be able to find a place where you can't see anyone else in just a short drive. Then let the dogs do whatever because there's no one there to bitch about it... That's what we do.

Yep. Still going. They've got some great burgers, too...

Scuttlebutt's, North Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. The Elvis Burger. You can thank me later.

Very well thought out argument for your position. However, it's lacking a certain je ne sais quoi... I believe you're incorrect, however. Carry on...👍

So, Costa Sur was great for the game. They even had the volume on for your game... I had a Longhorn buddy show up to watch y'alls game while I watched mine. He bailed towards the end because it was 31-17 OU...he missed a hell of a lot of good football regardless of the outcome. BTW, I'd forgotten how good the food was there. DAMN...it's good.

They were always good to us when we went to Stingray's to watch an Aggie game. Oh well, I still like the place.

Define what "actual people and their diverse industry" means. Not in platitudes. But by quantifiable means. Because even the most fucked up districts in Texas represent "actual people and their diverse industry" regardless of how they were drawn. The more we talk, though, I think that what you REALLY want is system that has a LOT more parties that represent more diverse elements rather than how the US has evolved to a 2 party system. Something akin to the UK with their parliamentary system...

If you use ANY reasoning other than a grid that just counts people inside that grid, then it's some form of "gerrymandering". Just because they used your biased criteria to put X number of people into a district instead of someone else's biased criteria doesn't change the concept.