Trump clueless about do-it-yourself ethos that makes Texas greatBy John Daniel Davidson
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Trump-clueless-about-do-it-yourself-ethos-that-12977835.phpJune 8, 2018
A reporter once asked Willie Nelson what it means to be an American, and Willie said, “America, to me, is freedom. I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.â€
In his half-joking way, Willie captured something quintessential about Texas: We sort of just do things on our own, without asking permission. Sometimes that makes it seem like no one’s in control, but the flip side is that Texans tend to pitch-in during a crisis — like they did when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston last August and everyone within 150 miles who owned a boat showed up to help rescue those stranded by floodwaters.
With emergency services swamped, ordinary people stepped up, some them coming from as far away as San Antonio with nothing but a canoe strapped to a trailer. They rescued thousands of people, and the effort came to define Hurricane Harvey. It marked a moment of greatness for Texas.
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