Texas

[deepsouth]

TweetHave 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 a little bit of Texas in everyone..

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 Davy 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 Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana at San Jacinto .

Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett and Sam Houston National Forests .

Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend .

Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.
Texas is floating the rivers of the Hill Country on a hot summer day.
Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas .

Texas is beaches you can drive on and have many memorable bon-fires with close friends. Texas is that warm feeling you get when someone asks where you're from.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.

Texas is world record B a s s from places like Lake Fork .
Texas is Mexican foods like nowhere else, not even Mexico . Texas is chicken fried steak and world famous Bar-B-Q.

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, **** Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome. (guess now the Reliant Stadium too)..

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Ann Richards, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy, Tommy Lee Jones, Waylon Jennings, Farrah Fawcet, Janis Joplin, Sandra Bullock, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Eva Longoria, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, Howard Hughes, George H.. W. Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson, and let's not forget GEORGE STRAIT- PANTERA, the Big Bopper, Tex Ritter, George Jones, Clay Walker, Mark Chestnut, Norris Mobbs, to name ONLY a few.

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments, EDS and Compaq, Whataburger, Southwest Airlines , Bell Helicopter and LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter, Valero.

Texas is NASA.
Texas is huge herds of cattle, beautiful horses and miles of crops.
Texas is home to the world famous King Ranch.

Texas is home to the most amazing sunsets of gold over an empty field.

Texas is hundreds of deer running around neighborhoods and fields.

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.

To drive across Texas is to drive 1/3 the way across the United States .

Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities

If it isn't already 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 Klein Oak High 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 can become a republic again at any time the voters of Texas choose, and 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!! And don't even lie to yourself... Did I mention Live music capitol of the world?

GOD BLESS TEXAS !

[2-Swole]

TweetHELL YEA! Im with you bro lol

btw bro hit me up via pm when u get a chance and lets go hit up a workout sometime. I got some free passes at the Europa and it would be cool to hangout.

2-Swole

[jipped genes]

Tweethell Ya brothers!

i have the lone star state tattooed on my body

I have lived here since 1975 and may not have been born here but I am a Texan.

[deepsouth]

TweetWas that taken at the Sam Houston Monument? Thats only about an hour from me

[angryoldman]

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Was that taken at the Sam Houston Monument? Thats only about an hour from me

LOL! Spoken like a true Southerner. And they wonder why us Yankees make fun of the South. What gave it away that it was the Sam Houston monument?
Jeopardy question #2: What year did the war of 1812 take place?

[daved150]

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LOL! Spoken like a true Southerner. And they wonder why us Yankees make fun of the South. What gave it away that it was the Sam Houston monument?
Jeopardy question #2: What year did the war of 1812 take place?

lol!!!

when i was a kid, i used to want to live in texas. we had the horses and shyt...trucks, barns, rodeo's, 4-h, barrel racing, riding horseback across the state of michigan (lake erie to lake michigan), the whole bit...but, i did pretend i was fighting at the alamo when me and friends went riding.

also...i dont know of to many people that wouldnt know the state of michigan...kinda a big fukin glove if you ever looked....pretty ditinctive

[trip]

Tweetmy only regret, they didn't put dallas 30 miles neast in the piney woods, other than that no complaints, also a 76 transplant

[deepsouth]

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LOL! Spoken like a true Southerner. And they wonder why us Yankees make fun of the South. What gave it away that it was the Sam Houston monument?
Jeopardy question #2: What year did the war of 1812 take place?

There are many mock monuments down here including stone hendge(sp) around Kerrville, but I wouldn't expect you to know that being your a Yank! I'll let your smartass reply roll off my shoulder this time and will ask that you refrain in the future from trying to insult my intellegence being you don't know me nor I you- its called Southern Hospitality- you can google that sinse apparently your not familiar with it.

[horsepwr]

TweetPantera, as in "you give this love" Pantera. the band...they're from texas?

I would relocate to Texas in a flash.
Every Texan I know is proud. and should be!
I have a heck of alot of pride for my beautiful little slice of paradise called Florida.

That's interesting about the Republic status. Now I understand the meaning behind the Lone Star.

[pigmeat]

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Pantera, as in "you give this love" Pantera. the band...they're from texas?

I would relocate to Texas in a flash.
Every Texan I know is proud. and should be!
I have a heck of alot of pride for my beautiful little slice of paradise called Florida.

That's interesting about the Republic status. Now I understand the meaning behind the Lone Star.

from Dallas

[jipped genes]

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Was that taken at the Sam Houston Monument? Thats only about an hour from me

actually it is in the foyer of the capital building in Austin.

we went there for vacation this year.

[deepsouth]

TweetI was wandering. I have drivin past the monument a million times , but never got out and walked around it. I guess next time I'm in Austin (I hunt just North of there) I'll have to park and look around- Thanks Bro

[whitetail]

TweetI am leaving for McLean Texas Nov 19th on a hunting trip can't wait.. Went last year, scenary and hunting was outstanding.

[gator_mclusky]

TweetIm proud to have been born in Texas! Ill never forget being there until 3rd grade. Yea I was young but Texas is so special that even at that young age its unforgettable.

I have relatives ALL over Texas and cant wait to go back this summer on a vacation.

Texas is Gods country! God Bless the South and Im Southern by the grace of God!

gator

[MOUNTAIN-MAN]

Tweeti would love to live there just for the **** fishing