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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Many libraries have free WiFi and the state of Texas is putting it in some 
> rest stops.

That triggers one of my Texas rants. Since buying the first 90 Ozarks' 
acres in 1977, I have made many road trips between California and Missouri, 
typically crossing Texas on I-40 but also the southern route. Texas has the 
fewest rest stops per road miles of any state I have traversed. Where other 
states would have rest stops with full facilities, Texas has picnic stops 
with concrete tables, sometimes with a cover, no toilet facilities, not 
even a wall to stand behind. Rest stops just inside Oklahoma and New Mexico 
borders are always crowded with anxious travelers. I have mused on the 
philosophy and concluded that they want you to hurry to a restaurant and 
spend money. One more indication of the pro-business, 
to-hell-with-the-common-people political attitude of Texas politicians.