or those of you that don't speak Texan, that is "Pending
Business." And if you want to learn to speak Texan, I suggest
you sit in the Texas House Ag Committee hearings for a couple of
days. You can hear the chairman call for "pindin' bidness" as
he places his cowboy hat on the table while another starts gnawing
on a big cigar in the back of the room. I have never felt the
spirit of Texas stronger (or had a thicker accent) than in that
moment.
I'm sure you are wondering why I was in this mecca of cow
punching politicians (that means cowboy) soaking up the Lone Star
Spirit while I should be in class learning pathology and
toxicology. I was attending congressional hearings concerning
pindin' equine dentistry legislation, sorry can't help
myself. The practice of equine dentistry has been the source
of major contention for many years. In Oklahoma, the
legislative pendulum has swung drastically and quickly from one...
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