Point of clarification if I might: Texas is not a part of the South. The south begins at the border with Louisiana and Arkansas. You ignorant yankees always seem to get that one wrong. Texas is and ALWAYS will be a Republic. It would be wise for any yankee who comes to TEXAS to remember that otherwise, he might be needing the services of a good dentist.
"Texas is not a part of the South...Texas is and ALWAYS will be a Republic."
And who helped make it a republic? People from the south...people like Davy Crockett who made Texas' fight his fight when he fought at the Alamo. Sam Houston himself was a Tennessean.
And then there is the little matter of the civil war. Gen. Hood from Texas comes to mind, Lee relied heavily on Texans, they helped tilt certain battles for the south. They were a major state in the south's lineup against the north.
For some reason you seem to have it in for the south. Are you ashamed that your folks fought on the side of the south?
Excuse me...you are WRONG. Texas has always been a Southern State, and will continue to be. Read the Articles of Secession. It refers to our "Sister states of the South.
And I am a BORN TEXAN. (Not a Yankee :))
Why would they need dentist in tEXAS since no one has teeth?