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Texas - have you seen this one?
email | 10/14 | anonymous

Posted on 10/14/2005 3:43:58 PM PDT by phatoldphart

When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like, Do you have any cows?" "Do you have horses?" "Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?"

They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched Dallas.

Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be.. 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?

In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup. There is some little bit of Texas in everyone.

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow...so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Do you know why? Because there's no place like Texas.

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 freedom. 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 Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto.

Texas is "Juneteenth" and Texas Independence Day.

Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest.

Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend.

Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.

Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.

Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork.

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

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome.

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Darrell Royal, Rick Husband, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, Lyndon B.Johnson.

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 huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.

Texas is skies blackened with doves, and fields full of deer.

Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the Night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio. Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities.

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 feet in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why? Because it is the only state that was a republic before it became a state.

Also, 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 capitol building 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.

Texas even has its own power grid!!

If you are a REAL TEXAN you won't even need to be told to pass this on!"


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1 posted on 10/14/2005 3:44:02 PM PDT by phatoldphart
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To: phatoldphart
There is some little bit of Texas in everyone.

Prune juice will help that problem I hear :-)
2 posted on 10/14/2005 3:46:11 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: phatoldphart

I may not be a Native Texas, but like many others, I got here as fast as I could.


3 posted on 10/14/2005 3:46:52 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: phatoldphart

I've a great respect for Texas, though not to the point of idolatry.


4 posted on 10/14/2005 3:47:05 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: phatoldphart

for later


5 posted on 10/14/2005 3:47:37 PM PDT by pa mom
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Must be you've never been here!!!!!


6 posted on 10/14/2005 3:50:09 PM PDT by phatoldphart (Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate)
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To: phatoldphart

Our capital, topped with Lady Liberty, is taller than D.C.'s.

Yee haw! Don't mess with Texas!


7 posted on 10/14/2005 3:51:17 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: phatoldphart
That's Right (You're Not from Texas)
by Lyle Lovett

You say you’re not from Texas
Man as if I couldn't tell
You think you pull your boots on right
And wear your hat so well

So pardon me my laughter
’Cause I sure do understand
Even Moses got excited
When he saw the promised land

Chorus:
That’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway



See I was born and raised in Texas
And it means so much to me
Though my girl comes from down in Georgia
We were up in Tennessee

And as we were driving down the highway
She asked me baby what’s so great
How come you’re always going on
About your Lone Star State

I said that’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway

Chorus

Oh the road it looked so lovely
As she stood there on the side
And she grew smaller in my mirror
As I watched her wave goodbye

Those boys from Carolina
They sure enough could sing
But when they came on down to Texas
We all showed them how to swing

Now David’s on the radio
And old Champ’s still on the guitar
And Uncle Walt he’s home with Heidi
Hiding in her loving arms



Chorus

They’re OK in Oklahoma
Up in Arkansas they’re fair
But those old folks in Missouri
They don’t even know you’re there

But at a dance hall down in Texas
That’s the finest place to be
The women they all look beautiful
And their men will buy your beer for free

And they’ll say that’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway

Chorus

So won’t you let me help you Mister
Just pull your hat down the way I do
And buy your pants just a little longer
And next time somebody laughs at you

You just tell ’em you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
That’s right you’re not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway

8 posted on 10/14/2005 3:52:30 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you decide to kick the tiger in the ass...you'd better be prepared to deal with the teeth.)
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Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the Night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio. Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities.

Thanks for the outstanding post!!!

As for shutting down for Friday night football, You bet.

Coleman is playing Bangs tonight. Promises to be a great game....

Coleman is about as close as being "Deep in the Heart of Texas" as you can get, cept maybe Brady.
LOL

Thanks again.
9 posted on 10/14/2005 3:52:57 PM PDT by 76834 (There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.)
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I live about 2 miles from Southfork, and I've never even been there!


10 posted on 10/14/2005 3:52:59 PM PDT by Republic of Texas
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To: tutstar; phatoldphart

I'm proud to be






























married to a Texan!


11 posted on 10/14/2005 3:53:33 PM PDT by Nightshift (Faith is something everyone has. The question is faith in what?)
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To: pa mom

Texas is humble.


12 posted on 10/14/2005 3:57:14 PM PDT by The Worthless Miracle
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To: phatoldphart

"In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup."


Uhhh....it's a nice place, but the writer has obviously never spoken with a Montanan.


13 posted on 10/14/2005 3:59:39 PM PDT by George Stupidnopolis
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To: phatoldphart

Few people know that George Washington origally came from Texas. When he was young, he lived near Fort Davis. Up in Cherry Canyon, he cut down a 110-cherry tree. When his father asked about it, George replied, "I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the tree with my little hatchet." George's father replied, "Well then, Son, as you cannot tell a lie, we'll have to move from Texas." And that's why the Washingtons moved to Virginia.


14 posted on 10/14/2005 4:00:23 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: phatoldphart
The Absolute Best Thing About Texas
15 posted on 10/14/2005 4:02:35 PM PDT by Ranald S. MacKenzie (Its the philosophy, stupid.)
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To: The Worthless Miracle

When I used to go to ballgames in Perryton, TX years ago, before the start of the game, they played the TEXAS ANTHEM~~The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You.


16 posted on 10/14/2005 4:02:35 PM PDT by Concho
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To: The Worthless Miracle

It's hard to be humble when you're perfect in every way..


17 posted on 10/14/2005 4:05:35 PM PDT by 76834 (There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.)
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To: Doctor Stochastic

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


18 posted on 10/14/2005 4:07:38 PM PDT by phatoldphart (do not fold, spindle or mutilate)
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Nice. But for some reason, your list of great Texans did not include Ann Richards and Sheila Jackson Lee.


19 posted on 10/14/2005 4:08:39 PM PDT by Rocky (Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
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To: phatoldphart
TEXAS FOREVER!


20 posted on 10/14/2005 4:08:42 PM PDT by w_over_w (GO ASTROS!!! Make it to the big one . . . this time?)
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