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Inspired by recent events and the parable of the Good Samaritan in Holy Writ.
It came to pass that, in a certain place, namely the state of Texas, many residents found themselves in recent times in the icy grip of winter, along with insufficient water and heat/power. Nearly 1.8M Texans had insufficient heat due to power loss, and 7M had to boil water to make it potable.
This may seem petty when one considers that 10% of the planet (700 million people) subsists on less than $2/day. They may never have electricity or access to a potable water source.
As one trenchant observation went: I felt sorry for myself because I didn’t have any shoes. Until I saw a man with no feet.
Some people bemoaned their fate, but what, in the face of an apparent act of God, could they do besides keep on keeping on?
It so happened that one of the two Senators of that state, Ted Cruz, a Republican, decided he had had enough. So, along with his wife, he took his two daughters out of state.
Out of country, in fact, for a warmer place: Cancun, Mexico, which, in addition to being warmer, also had plenty of water.
When news of this development broke, and the press that he got was not good, he hightailed it back to Texas, the state that had elected him Senator to represent the state.
