How to piss off a Texan

Matador Networks ^ | 02/11/2014 | Hal Amen

[Windflier]

Driving habits in Austin have changed rapidly in the past year. More tailgating, higher speeds, more weaving in and out of traffic.

Same in the DFW area, and I believe, for the same reason we see bad driving exploding across the state. Liberal transplants.

[edpc]

There's an endless list of fatigue subjects on which we'd probably agree.

First on my list: Any criticism of Obama is racially motivated.

[Responsibility2nd]

Heh heh heh. This needs to be pinged out to any nutjob liberal from California, Colorado, or the North East that is considering a move to Texas.

It sucks here. Don’t come.

[ansel12]

Poor California, there is just no hope for it.

[GunRunner]

Few things are more exasperating than driving on a long, sparsely traveled one-lane road at a normal speed (i.e. 10-15mph over the limit), and suddenly getting stuck behind what I call a "one-car traffic jam" -- namely, some jerk driving the at the speed limit for miles and miles.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with going the speed limit, or just over, as long as you don't do it in the left lane. In Texas the magic number is 8 mph over as far as I know, and if it's near the end of the month, it's best to stick to 5 mph over or under since the smokeys are catching up to make their quotas.

[Windflier]

Of course illegals are everywhere in Texas too, just don't tell their state cheerleaders that...

I see you've still got a hate on for Texas. I guess you'll never get tired of riding that hobby horse.

Kettle...pot...go figure...

[Windflier]

I have an arrogant asswipe neighbor who flys the Texas flag and voted for Obama twice.

Probably an Austin lib. I guess Texas was too red for his liking. Why don't you move here to replace him? :-)

[Windflier]

From this article, it sounds like Texans are perennially pissed off anyway, so who the hell cares?

Don't be so serious, friend. It's just a little tongue-in-cheek fun.

[12th_Monkey]

Sounds great. Where I grew up in Texas was flat and during the summers, hot. We had milk cows, chickens, pigs and cattle. Stated working in the fields with my folks when I was about 10.

[Night Hides Not]

My reply was, "Look...all I know is the world's premier military at the time unleashed Hell on Ft. McHenry and the flag was still there. You got your asses kicked by a bunch of landscapers at the Alamo."

In my book, you get an "F" in American history. Some 180 brave souls at the Alamo held off approximately 3000 Mexican soldiers for 13 days. This gave Sam Houston the time he needed to assemble his army, and led to the victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.

I'm by no means an expert at history, but your remarks do a disservice to the brave men that fought and died during the battles for Texas independence.

[Maceman]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with going the speed limit, or just over, as long as you don't do it in the left lane.

I agree with that. But in my comment, I was referring to a long road with only one lane going in each direction for miles.

[dmz]

Don’t be so serious, friend. It’s just a little tongue-in-cheek fun.

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As was my response.

You may want to take some of your own advice.

[Resolute Conservative]

Remove the pine trees and underbrush and you would see every trailer and car on blocks there is. There is just as much trash there it just migrated into the woods.

[Resolute Conservative]

Most of the Alamo fighters were from somewhere else.

[Resolute Conservative]

Mmm.... no comment.

[Windflier]

As was my response. You may want to take some of your own advice.

Lighten up, Francis. We Texans are generally a pretty friendly bunch.

The name, Texas, derives from an old Indian word meaning, 'friend'.

[GunRunner]

Same in the DFW area, and I believe, for the same reason we see bad driving exploding across the state. Liberal transplants.

Dallas is crazy. Imagine in your mind how a psychopath would drive, and that gives you an idea of the average Dallas commuter. Pickup trucks for some reason seem to be the main culprit.

At least up North the fast drivers seem to have some sort of concern for their lives and the lives of other drivers.

[GunRunner]

That's how it is here in Massachusetts -- people routinely go faster than the speed limits (although I now make it a point now to never exceed the speed limit by more than 15mph and haven't had another ticket in the four years since).

I knew that had to be the case. I thought it strange that in Boston nobody seemed to be worried about being pulled over going 90 in a 65. However I didn't see that many people pulled over anyways. Maybe cop union benefits in Mass stipulate that cops only have to get out of their cars a certain number of times per month.

[VRWCmember]

W was born in Connecticut. HW was born in Massachusetts. While there are likely hundreds of George Bushes from Texas, they’re clearly not the ones you’re thinking of.

Since GW moved to TX when he was <2, I assume most Texans would classify him as one of them.

If you're going to exclude him because he was born elsewhere, you're also going to have to exclude Sam Houston, who didn't move to TX till he was 40.

The author of this piece is by no means a typical Texan. In fact, he/she admits to being a Sore/Loserman and Querrie/Edwards voter. The author is clearly an Austin liberal who wishes that the rest of the state were more like Berkely on the Brazos.

[Windflier]

Dallas is crazy. Imagine in your mind how a psychopath would drive, and that gives you an idea of the average Dallas commuter.

When we first moved here from California eight years ago, there wasn't nearly as much wild driving in DFW. As a matter of fact, I thought that DFW drivers were pretty well behaved.

Something's changed in the last few years, because now it's a madhouse out there. Yeah, testosterone-challenged idiots in pick-up trucks are a problem, but mostly it's the little Beemers and Toyota driving youngsters who are out of control.