Ballad Of Roddy Pippin Comments

POSTED FOR RODDY:  Nice work, Mr. Hanners!  There's some embellishment (there was no hold up of any truck) , but some of the poem is true.  The thefts were wrong, and the price was (and inappropriately) is still being paid!  Restitution was offered by mother and friends, but refused by vindictive public officials up there. Texas is cutting education and support to its elderly and needy, but it keeps me, with my expensive disease, incarcerated long after my sentences!  I was on monitored house arrest with NO violation of any sort for 2 years, yet they still forced me back.  Not all 'public servants' do what's best for the public!  The word 'theft' doesn't just apply to cattle stolen by a kid!  May God Bless!  RDP