Collaboration is "good". Of course this eliminates competition and by making all answers, even the egregiously wrong ones valid, the entire process encourages shallow and unproductive answers.

Not sure what's going on. Lately my blogs have been jumbled up. I will try to figure out the problem.

I guess when Pelosi cleaned up the swamp she didn't expect to find a mirror.

Rangel is a thief. He has rent controlled apartments, which are supposed to go to people with limited income. He has accepted trips and goods from lobbyists from here and abroad. And if he's not double dealing, how has he managed to accrue a personal wealth in the millions of dollars? Make no mistake, he's a crook.

Technically Laredo is the western edge of the Rio Grande Valley. Usually folks in the region think of Laredo as the "start" of west Texas along with Abilene further north. True far west Texas would include places like Marfa, Alpine, Ft. Davis, Lajitas and Big Bend National Park. West Texas can also include Odessa and Midland along with Monahans and Pecos. It gets confusing.

To correct a few things, first of all, Laredo is on the southern border of Texas on the western side as the Rio Grande goes north. It is not very far, in Texas terms, from San Antonio, but quite distant from Houston, about 359 miles to be exact. Remember Texas is about 800 miles from north to south and about 816 miles from Texarkana to El Paso. So it is as big as France although we prefer it the other way around. That also means that there are some very remote ranches all along the border and some small towns with equally small police departments. I am glad if this really did not happen as it would escalate which I don't think anyone wants. But the problem is that it COULD happen. Our border is largely unprotected, we have smugglers and drug cartels operation within our borders and from what I have read recently, the police and military are often in cahoots with the drug cartels. Short of going into Mexico to clean out that vipers' nest, I don't know what the answer may be. But this repeated dithering on issues such as this are becoming characteristic of this administration. If they do not act soon, this story could become a reality.