5 Things We Know On A Sunday – Forget Adding Canada, Let’s Get Rid Of A Few States, RFK Jr. Better Leave One Thing Alone, Greatest Live Music Venues In Lubbock History, Hulk Hogan’s Beer Has Our Attention And The Austin Political Landscape Devoid Of Great Thinkers And Leaders . . .

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5 Things We Know On A Sunday

1. Instead of adding states, I’m convinced America should instead look at either selling off a few or reducing them to territory status. It’s obviously not working out for more than a few of the 50 stars on the Flag these days. Maybe a reset to territory status could help them figure out how to embrace Federalism and American Ideals. In no particular order, California, New Mexico and Vermont come to mind. I’m also not sure about Colorado these days. Perhaps statehood is just too much for some areas these days . . .
2. If RFK Jr. goes after movie popcorn and movie popcorn butter and movie popcorn salt, for any reason, he’ll have to fight me first. I don’t want to know what’s in it, don’t care. We just know that it is proof that God loves us.
3. Top 3 All-Time Greatest Lubbock Live Music Venues: No. 3. P.J. Belly’s Blues Bar, “Belly’s”. It gave a home to local musicians, had some solid food and may or may not have created the phenom of the 90s, Elvis T. Busboy. No. 2 The Texas Cafe, AKA “The Spoon”. No telling how many shows we’ve seen over the decades playing in front of that painted Texas Flag behind the band. Always great sound in a not so big room. Cherry Bombs anyone? No. 1. Fat Dawgs. If it was good enough for Stevie Ray Vaughan, it was good enough. More a legend than a bar now. Our old friend, Wes Nessman from FMX in Lubbock wrote about it here. Those are our three. Feel free to add to the list in the comments. I left one out on purpose. . .
4. I’ll say it out loud. Hulk Hogan’s Real American Beer is pretty darn good. It is what it is, an American Beer. Take that Canada.
5. The Texas Legislature meets every two years, and then only for a limited amount of days; minus and special sessions called by the governor. It seems the Founding Fathers of Texas knew what they were doing when they set up the constitution. I’m not sure any of us could survive in The Lone Star State if these folks met more often and tried to “govern” the State. The current landscape in Austin is virtually devoid of the kind of leaders, statesmen and crafters of meaningful legislation that folks will talk about years from now. No shock though. These folks are the only ones willing to take the job. Everyone else is out in the real world doing, creating and making Texas better. Maybe if we only let them meet every four years….

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Hyatt