No BBQ For Me

     Texas got  a new governor this week.  Parties seem to be everywhere but it did not surprise me that all the events came with tickets.  There was a free parade on Congress Ave but that's only because there is really no legal way to close off the sidewalks along the Ave.   The actual swearing of the new governor was also free but only those with a VIP ticket could get close enough to see the new governor's eyes. As for myself I was about 100 yards from the stage, good thing my camera has a telephoto lens.
     I could care less about some Republican layer becoming the next Texas Governor,  I was there for BBQ.  Four tons of brisket fed 17,000 people in thirty minutes but I wasn't one of those 17,000  This inauguration the State decided to charge $10 for each plate of BBQ.  There was no way I was going to pay the State of Texas $10  and have to stand in line with 17000  Good Old Boys  just to get some BBQ.  Beside I don't think a Republican knows anything about good BBQ other than it comes in a Styrofoam container that they purchase at some take out joint.
     Organizers of the event raised 4.5 million dollars.  One would think the BBQ would be free but when has any lawyer ever done anything for free, they charge you by the minute.  I don't know anyone that can eat a plate of BBQ in under 1 minute.  Yes that's right the new governor is a lawyer.  and Texas's number one lawyer at that.   Corporate money that was banned before election day is allowed to cover  expenses for the inauguration events.  That's just another way for wealthy individuals and corporations to curry political favors with State officials.  Cronyism at it's finest!
As I walked through the inauguration I kept telling myself all that red meat is not good for all those Good Old Boys  but I'll have to admit it looked good and smelled even better. No BBQ For Me.