Wednesday, July 14, 2010

God Bless Texas



I have been feeling a little homesick for my native state and remembered this old post.. Hope you don't mind a re-run! 
 
Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas 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
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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 bass 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, Bass 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,Noah Bragg, 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, orMaine, 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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation


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 Texaschoose, 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!
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12 comments:

  1. Don't forget that when the Feds complained that the San Jacinto Monument too closely resembled the Washington Monument, that Texas planted a big Gold Star right on Top to make it even taller than the Washington Monument..How about that for Patriotism...

    Also, The building that used to house the Texas Embassy in London still has a plaque marking the spot.

    God Bless Texas! When you are a free country again, I just might move back down there.

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  2. Lots of great info that I did not know about Texas. I checked out your new slideshow. Great pics of the sunsets and I especially love the cats. I'm not much of a techie so I just used the blogger "add a gadget" and clicked on slideshow. It is smaller than yours but you can see your pictures better I think. Looks good to me anyway. :)

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  3. Amen, sister, we got it all except for freedom from that mess in Washington DC. and that may come yet.
    YeOldFurt

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  4. I would have to agree, there is a little Texas in everyone. It is definately on my list of places to visit before I leave this world.

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  5. I also have to mention that out of all the states I've traveled to (47 of them) I've seen more Lone Star Flags flown in Texas than ALL other states flags in the other states COMBINED!! Now how is that for patriotism?....Most states, the only place you find their state flag is at government facilities, no one ever has the patriotism to fly their own state flags. God Bless TEXAS!!

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  6. Yay for Texas, thank the Lord for Texas - and speaking as a Canadian - we LOVE Texas!!!

    (i think it is because Canada and Texas are sooo much alike - ya know, Canada and Texas have the same weather, both places have Inuit and Igloos and lastly - the little known fact that Canadians and Texans love their snowshoes!!! bahahaha!)

    but in all seriousness - YAY for Texas!!!

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  7. AP we here, as you know, are quite proud of our state and letting people know we are. I actually do fly the Texas Flag and have for some time now.

    YeOldFurt, you know as well as I that we are a different "breed" than others. We tend to have a fierce pride in our state and what it represents.

    Lil Ant...thanks for the the comments on the pics... I so love taking pics...especially the sunset ones!

    Hermit you are absolutely right... there IS a bit of Texas in everyone... some just don't know it yet!!!!

    And Kymbers? I hereby declare that if your heart is in Texas then you are a Texan by default!!

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  8. Darlin' friend...MY heart is full of Texas pride!

    one last time - THANK THE LORD FOR TEXAS!

    (in all seriousness - we really do love our Texans up here in the north...Texans are the sexiest Americans!)

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  9. yep, one more reason why I like to call myself Texan

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  10. bahaahahhaha - good one AP!!!

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  11. You forgot to mention BLUEBELL! What's up with that?? LOL

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  12. Damn....I should live there!

    See Ya.

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