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by TheaGood
on 13/8/16
A Mexican figures out America is not a free country after all!
Unthinkable in Mexico: large fine and arrest warrant for selling Tamales without permission.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/08/11/woman-fighting-fine-for-selling-tamales-without-permit/
YEARS AGO IN AUSTIN,TX WHEN THE AUSTIN-AMERICAN STATESMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER WAS ON GUADALUPE STREET, A WIDOW'S SONS USED TO BRING THE BEST DAMN HOMEMADE TAMALE I HAD EVER EATEN AND THEY WOULD SELL OUT. PERMIT> I HAVE NO IDEA AND NO ONE CARED! THE TAMALES WERE EITHER $3 OR $5 A DOZEN AND SOMETIMES WE INCLUDED EXTRA MONEY FOR THE HARD-WORKING MOTHER WHO PREFERRED LONG HOURS IN HER KITCHEN TO WELFARE.
I THINK GOD BLESSED HER HANDS.
THE PROCEEDS OF THOSE TAMALES PUT THE BROTHERS THROUGH MEDICAL AND LAW SCHOOL AND THIS IS HOW AN AMERICAN DREAM WAS REALIZED.
I WISH I COULD REMEMBER THE FAMILY'S NAME.
AND HOW HER HUSBAND WAS KILLED WHILE SERVING IN KOREAN WAR.
THERE WAS MAGIC IN HER HANDS.
IF THEY HAVE TAMALES IN HEAVEN, THERE WILL BE A GREAT FEAST THERE!
SHE WAS A TRUE WOMAN OF VALOR