tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5954744818768117801..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Sale of Imperial Sugar, Central Unit closure denote end of an eraGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2369476463364734332012-05-04T19:54:08.163-05:002012-05-04T19:54:08.163-05:00At first I thought you meant the sugar plant, whic...At first I thought you meant the sugar plant, which had a big layoff some years back. That is all ironic, but now the prison is right there by WalMart & Schlumberger, so they probably want to develop the land for more cars.<br /> However, sugar was shot in order to sell the 2 or 3 times genetically modified High Fructose Corn Syrup, instead. For those gov insiders and major chemical companies, it was all a sweeeet deal. <br /> Oh, holy calories, it's CAPTCHA!!johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808884177035705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85638302536581295162012-05-02T10:34:13.309-05:002012-05-02T10:34:13.309-05:00Thanks Scott for the Texas history lesson. As a St...Thanks Scott for the Texas history lesson. As a State, our voters and legislature has built a really big, obstinate prison/industrial complex.Scott in South Austinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29709045717661532622012-05-02T09:37:18.245-05:002012-05-02T09:37:18.245-05:00Soon, these fields will have a new source of manur...Soon, these fields will have a new source of manure, elitist homeowners who favor stale homogeneous existence enforced by homeowner's associations. Nice!DeathBreathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47086239292104556422012-05-02T07:26:31.749-05:002012-05-02T07:26:31.749-05:00My God, for all the times I drove past the Imperia...My God, for all the times I drove past the Imperial Sugar plant in Sugar Land in the 60s, and NEVER knew this history!<br /><br />Now you got me wondering about the rice plantations in Texas and Louisiana.<br /><br />Thanks for filling me in.JohnTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90977111137099558382012-05-02T06:17:43.517-05:002012-05-02T06:17:43.517-05:00Thanks Ray, you of all people ought to know!
For ...Thanks Ray, you of all people ought to know!<br /><br />For those unaware, Ray Allen was the GOP House Corrections Committee chair who first got the ball rolling on Texas' probation/de-incarceration reforms back in 2003. He is not a too-often injured shooting guard for the Boston Celtics, and would never be mistaken for one. ;)Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22992617557260628202012-05-01T21:12:15.204-05:002012-05-01T21:12:15.204-05:00Scott, I wish I had written your poignant post. It...Scott, I wish I had written your poignant post. It was both on target, and eloquent.Ray Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3555446674966470282012-05-01T20:01:56.361-05:002012-05-01T20:01:56.361-05:00End of an era for sure. I can remeber as a child ...End of an era for sure. I can remeber as a child riding down Hwy 6 with the Imperial Sugar bldg on one side and the fields of the Central Unit on the other. <br /><br />Good play on words Grits: Imperial Sugar "dissolving".Prison Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651611135066437902noreply@blogger.com