tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post2372730676310788151..comments2023-10-24T08:13:45.842-06:00Comments on Only in New Mexico: Bosque VS. WalmartJim Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019944863771287149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post-30498800391024126412013-01-28T15:10:50.851-07:002013-01-28T15:10:50.851-07:00That is beautiful.
I was trying to endure another...That is beautiful.<br /><br />I was trying to endure another winter a few years back when I happened to read that Frank Lloyd Wright would roam around the Midwestern prairie in the winter to get inspiration, so I started taking another look at the bleak winter landscape you see from the interstates. In the Midwest it's flat or gently rolling and with the snow, all white but interrupted by dark fence rows and meandering rows of trees marking where a stream runs, or little clusters of grain silos poking up from a farmer's co-op.<br /><br />I noticed everything was a shade of brown, ranging from almost black in the trunks of trees to almost grays in the frozen branches to different shades of tan of the different prairie grasses.<br /><br />Some of the browns were very beautiful, but I have seen nothing anywhere like out here in the Bosque. It's just breathtaking down there in the winter time. It's something about the varieties of trees and grasses and maybe the lack of humidity or something. I don't know, but once in while I'll be coming into town in the morning and the sun will be coming up like that, and from the semi I can see over those concrete walls they have along the expressway and it's a sight to behold.<br /><br />The Bosque is unique and valuable for a number of reasons but the winter is one and if you've ever looked into how Wal Mart treats its employees and what those Waltons do with their money, supporting everything from reactionary politicians to the assault on public education, it is an evil, evil company and should be kept a thousand miles away from there and from anywhere.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart<br /><br />http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Corporations/Walmarting_Charity.html<br /><br />And the newly formed Wal Mart employees union:<br /><br />http://forrespect.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com