Texas is the only state to have ever been a country. I was born in San Antonio, been all kind of places but this is where I belong. God bless Texas.
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Texas Independence Day March 2, 1836
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thats right I am not from Texas have a Great independence day anyway 
AlabamaJack
Extreme Member
did any of you Californians die in the Alamo?...thought not...carry only...probably the worst mistake Texas government ever made was joining the "union"...
happy Independance day Texans...
happy Independance day Texans...
HAH! Nobody plays California Holdem' Poker.
Here's why Texas is awesome:
1. Tommy Lee Jones
2. Nasa's Johnson Space Center
3. Fletcher Davis (invented the hamburger in Athens, Tx.)
4. Texas Redfish
5. Whataburger
6. The Dallas Cowboys aka the first and only Americas Team
7. The Texas State Fair, the biggest of any state
8. Abel Gonzalez, inventor of deep fried coca-cola
9. Chile con carne, don't even think about putting beans in it
10. ZZ Top
11. Jalapeno's, the state chile of Texas.
12. BBQ
13. The Texas Longhorn
14. Fajita's, that's right, invented in the Rio Grande Valley
15. Judge Roy Bean
16. Dallas Mavericks
17. Stevie Ray Vaughn ~ don't even need to use his whole name. Everybody knows SRV
18. Odessa Permian Panthers, the ARE Friday Night Lights
19. Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, often copied, never equalled
20. Robert Johnson ~ born in Mississippi, recorded in Dallas and San Antonio
21. Chupacabra, we haz it
22. Texas Toast, better than YOUR toast
23. The Alamo, Texas invented the word "hero"
24. Deep Fried Bacon, yep, Texans invented that too
25. Buddy Holly
26. San Antonio Spurs, another NBA World Champion team from Texas
27. George Foreman, Houston native, so awesome all his kids are named George
28. Tex-Mex, if you don't know then you just don't know
29. Lance Armstrong, only 7 time world champ of the Tour De France
30. Lone Star Beer, the original longneck
31. Cowboys, still a profession down here
32. Blind Lemon Jefferson, quite possibly the coolest blues name ever
33. Texas Rangers, not even Chuck Norris messes with them, he's from Oklahoma anyway
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 5 star General and President
35. Dirty Martin's Kum-Bak Palace, best name for a burger joint ever
36. Luckenbach, everybody wants to go there
37. Rattlesnakes, we haz 'em
38. Y'all, we invented that too
39. Chicken Fried Steak, just too awesome
40. Audie Murphy, received every medal of valor during WWII and 5 more from France and Belgium
This list is but a snowflake on a glacier of awesomeness!
...and I believe we reserve the right to secede if we damn well feel like it!No other state has that right...You can take the Texan outta Texas,....
DJ
...ahem...leavin' out Shiner Boch?
You honestly think that no one living in California has distant relatives that died in the Alamo? This is the United States of America. People move from place to place. And, I don't think joining the union was much of a choice. Remember your history the Confederacy which you joined by choice lost the war. The union defeated the confederacy and Texas along with the other confederate states "joined" these United States.
If you do not believe it I beg you to stop paying your federal taxes and try and make your case in court.
Texas is not independent.
millworkman
Extreme Member
Texas Smexas. 
Texas WAS independent. Republic of Texas any bells?
All jabbing aside, no other state has as much state and cultural pride as Texas. Most places you go and its all about "me" and "mine. In Texas, it's all about "us" and "we".
All jabbing aside, no other state has as much state and cultural pride as Texas. Most places you go and its all about "me" and "mine. In Texas, it's all about "us" and "we".
I REALLY miss numbers 5, 17 and 39....
lets not forget about leather face! t.b. where i live in florida cowboy is still a proffesion also. im not down with you putting the great robert johnson on that list but whatever. go texas,its the same as everywares else! and i have lived there a while and seen several diffrent parts.
the best state ive ever been to is my state of mind
the best state ive ever been to is my state of mind
HAH! I put RJ on the list because he recorded nowhere else. He could have recorded anywhere he wanted like others of his time such as Charley Patton, but no, he chose Texas.
Florida ain't too shabby either amigo. I can only dream about owning a home in the Keys or Boca Raton for now. I love to be loving long time teh 'poons.
Florida ain't too shabby either amigo. I can only dream about owning a home in the Keys or Boca Raton for now. I love to be loving long time teh 'poons.
Texas awesomeness overpowers California by a 1000-1 margin.
well texas blues im no way near the keys. if you came here you would think you were in texas,lol. and for mr.johnson well he was a rambling dude and back in the day there were only a few good recording-radio studios. I think texas and tennessee pretty much sum it up. have you ever heard of "mississippi delta blues",they dont put Bob's name at the top of that genre because of his texan style jams.
by the way i can call him bob because we go back like baby's with pacifiers,
we one time shot dope at the cross roads 
by the way i can call him bob because we go back like baby's with pacifiers,
we one time shot dope at the cross roads I can't lay claim to that Sic but I am Bo Diddley's bastard child from his 1958 World Tour of Mars.
AlabamaJack
Extreme Member
the only thing I can think of is you are jealous you don't live here....try carrying a gun in California...I could have lived anywhere in the world I wanted...but I chose to live in Texas because of the laws...somebody messin' with your truck (vehicle) in your driveway, blow their ass away, put your gun down on the lawn, sit down and call 911 and bubba...that's it...no problem...try that in California...was there even a California during the Alamo?...I think not...I said no one from California fought at the alamo, not were descended from Alamo volunteers...
eat your tofu, and sushi, and leave Texas alone....best advice I can give you...
and after re-reading your post...you must be a yankee....what is your family history?...do you know?...I am proud my folks fought against the northern invaders...losing the war of northern aggression was just that...a loss, then the yankees came down south after the war and raped the country...and economy...do you know the Morril Tarrif of 1861? That along with the northern armies invading the south was the reason my family fought....what would you do if the federal government raised taxes sky high then invaded your land...eat some more tofu?
