Originally posted by Ground Hunter:
Del Savio 99% of Texas land is privately owned. I live in those wide open spaces you mention. As far as you can see - private land. All - private land. Land tamed not by force of arms. Land tamed by 2 strand barbed wire laid by fathers for their sons.
Hmmm. I'm reading a fascinating book right now on how Texas was very much "tamed by force of arms" from the Comanches who's archery and horsemanship skills took more than 250 years for Spaniards, Mexicans and Texans to overcome. The barbed wire came later.
Oh, and humans are not more closely related to pigs than monkeys..... It's just that the pigs heart is the right size and readily available. Even Dick Cheney would have a hard time getting his hands on a gorilla heart!