For the idiot(s) talking sh*t about TX...

[LoneStarState'sPride]

.....I'll let this do my talking:

"Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens if I show you a picture of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow....so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Know why? Because nobody gives a damn about Iowa.

Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of liberty. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Crockett and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas.

Texas is "Juneteenth" and Texas Independence Day.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and San Antonio and Dallas.

Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico.

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Kyle Field, the Alamodome, Texas Stadium, and the Astrodome.

Texas is world-class universities in College Station and Austin.

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments and Compaq. And LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter.

Texas is NASA.

Texas is championship teams like the Cowboys, the Spurs, and the Rockets.

Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game.

If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.

NO ONE DOES ANYTHING BIGGER OR BETTER THAN IT'S DONE IN TEXAS.

By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 ft. in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever the it is, goes at 17 ft. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview or anyplace else at 20 ft., the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 ft. Know why? Because its the only state that was a republic before it became a state.

Being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the one in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal WHEN WE CAME ON. That's the best part right there. Every time I think about that I tear up. All this makes you proud to be a Texan."

DO. NOT. MESS. WITH. TEXAS.

[50Bestspurever]

So where you from bro?

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Originally San Antonio, but I live in Bryan/College Station now.....going to school at Texas A&M.

[Spursfan092120]

.....I'll let this do my talking:

"Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens if I show you a picture of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow....so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Know why? Because nobody gives a damn about Iowa.

Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of liberty. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Crockett and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas.

Texas is "Juneteenth" and Texas Independence Day.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and San Antonio and Dallas.

Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico.

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Kyle Field, the Alamodome, Texas Stadium, and the Astrodome.

Texas is world-class universities in College Station and Austin.

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments and Compaq. And LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter.

Texas is NASA.

Texas is championship teams like the Cowboys, the Spurs, and the Rockets.

Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game.

If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.

NO ONE DOES ANYTHING BIGGER OR BETTER THAN IT'S DONE IN TEXAS.

By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 ft. in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever the it is, goes at 17 ft. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview or anyplace else at 20 ft., the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 ft. Know why? Because its the only state that was a republic before it became a state.

Being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the one in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal WHEN WE CAME ON. That's the best part right there. Every time I think about that I tear up. All this makes you proud to be a Texan."

DO. NOT. MESS. WITH. TEXAS.

[Solid D]

How many other states have an X in the middle of its name?-I-didn't-think-so.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

You know the weird thing? The part about kids in Japan is absolutely true. Went there in the summer of '07 with the Air Force ROTC program (yes, we were watching the Finals on our lunch breaks, lol), and anytime I told schoolkids I was from Texas, they knew exactly what I was talking about. My fellow cadets from Oregon and North Dakota? Not so lucky....

[Xylus]

I've lived in Texas and it isn't anything special. Hate to break it to you, son.

[Transporter]

Rule #55 never mix Prozac with Lone star beer!

[Xylus]

Texas might be the worst state in the union. In fact, maybe the most uninhabitable place on the planet. Bunch of steers and s, and you don't look like no steer.

[LockBeard]

ehhhhhhhh Texas isn't really anything like it once was.

Just a dignified degrading state in the current union.

[djohn2oo8]

Living in Texas, and being FROM Texas are two entirely different things

[Xylus]

Living in Texas, and being FROM Texas are two entirely different things

You're right, I'm glad I'm not from Texas.

[Blue Jew]

.....Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is.

Is that how Houston got Yao Ming?

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Texas might be the worst state in the union. In fact, maybe the most uninhabitable place on the planet. Bunch of steers and s, and you don't look like no steer.

.......says the poster rooting for a team playing in a freaking desert. Seriously, got anything more original than that? I'm a military brat, and I've lived in quite a few places around the country and world, and while TX isn't perfect (what place on this fallen earth is?), it's more than good enough for me.


(and for the record, I don't drink)

[wannabe Moderator]

City and State smack is prohibited here at ST!

[Spursfan092120]

I've lived in Texas and it isn't anything special. Hate to break it to you, son.

Um...sorry man...Texas is really big. Depends on where you lived. I'm proud to be Texan..wouldn't live anywhere else. Maybe you weren't born here..that would matter too.

[Solid D]

I've lived in Texas and it isn't anything special. Hate to break it to you, son.

You probably were rejected based on yore nature. There's just some people that tick us off. Rejected like a calf fetus with bad chromosomes that didn't make it, son.

[Last Comic Standing]

City and State smack is prohibited here at ST!

Dam! I had all this new Katrina material I wanted to showcase.

[Spursfan092120]

Texas might be the worst state in the union. In fact, maybe the most uninhabitable place on the planet. Bunch of steers and s, and you don't look like no steer.

Worst state in the union my ass. Does that make any sense to you? Most uninhabitable place on the planet, but it has the second largest population of any state, and has more people than a lot of countries in this world. Sounds like someone wishes they were born here...aww..it's ok.

[french bread]

[SAhoops]

Dumb thread....

[djohn2oo8]

Just Another Reason Texas is great:

[Phenomanul]

You had me up to the point where you suggested the Mexican food here in Texas was better than the one in Mexico... I'll drive across the border just for a good meal... Heck, I've flown down to Mexico City just for lunch meetings.

Subjective comment at best.

Aside from that...

[Taking it to the Hole]

Texas might be the worst state in the union. In fact, maybe the most uninhabitable place on the planet. Bunch of steers and s, and you don't look like no steer.

Even so, our s are still more manly than yours and as for our steers, well don't let them hook you in the ass!

[BlackSwordsMan]

I'm glad to be able to wake up every morning and be able to take a in Texas and not some other gy state.