As Dark Clouds Hover Over the City, Two Austin Heavyweights Debate the Existence of Brownsville Bloggers

The turbulence in the skies above Brownsville seemed fitting as two intellectual behemoths of the blogging world, Erasmo Castro and Eduardo(shortened to a more manageable 'Duardo) Paz-Martinez, had recently clashed in their assessment of the Brownsville blogosphere.

Erasmo, in the tradition of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who, after a suborbital flight over a portion of Earth, declared he "saw no god or angels," has declared that Brownsville bloggers simply do not exist:

"With no more bloggers in Brownsville, we(used royally) have become not only the best, but also the one and only social media/web based information site for the City of Brownsville (and neighboring cities)... in the end, there could be only one... "

Put more poetically:  "I alone am Blogger and there is no other Blogger beside me."

Precision Pricing Downtown

Duardo, a bit less cynical, still believes that Brownsville bloggers exist, but are simply not omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent.  He sees them as underperformers.  My own status, once described as that of a "Neighborhood Affairs Blogger," covering garage sales and quinceaneras,  has been downgraded even further:  Neighborhood Affairs blogger Jimmy Barton has accepted his characterization of being nothing more than a laundromat bulletin board.

Kind words are reserved only for former fellow El Heraldo de Brownsville(English edition) reporter Juan Montoya of the blog El Rrun Rrun.  As Duardo states: 

"Juan Montoya of El Rrun Rrun blog comes closet [sic] to offering Journalism, although he has his warts, which, like a gal with extremely-small breasts, hang on him even when he is doing spectacular work."

Downtown Shoe Store

In today's blog offering, Duardo P-M, who has been somewhat critical of Bobby Wightman-Cervantes "gavel to gavel" coverage of the Armando Villalobos trial takes a stab at announcing the forthcoming jury selection for the George "Stand Your Ground" Zimmerman trial.  Incredibly, Duardo, who has expressed annoyance at the overconsumption of fat people, failed to note that Zimmerman had added 120 lbs. since his detainment.  There was likely no space in the short, sideline article to repeat President Barack Obama's statement at the time of the shooting of Trayvon Martin:  "You know, if I had a son, he would look like Trayvon."

But, whatever.  This is a fast-changing world.  While Duardo insists he could blog from the moon, Justin Beiber hopes to someday play a concert on Mars.  It is my sincere hope that the two blogging legends of Travis County can reconcile.  Perhaps, Duardo can take Erasmo in his German two-seater down a twisting hill country backroad to one of those famous Texas barbecue joints.  They may simply agree to disagree about Brownsville bloggers, but, over a superbly smoked flank steak with a side of beans and vinagary dipping sauce, they may find they have more in common than imagined.