Post by Johnnie on Jan 29, 2003 21:35:05 GMT -5
I got this in e-mail today, and although many of you aren't from Texas, or have never been to Texas, I thought you still might like to read it.
I worked all over the US when I did Environmental work, and when people asked where I was from, I would always smile and say Texas. Most often the person would go on to say that everyone from Texas that they ever met was proud to be from there. Maybe people from other states have the same pride in where they live that Texans do, but I haven't never seen it to degree that we have it here. We are made to believe that our state is something special, and I guess it is..lol. I've always wondered if other states have classes in school about their own history. We are required in grade school to take a class called Texas History. Does Ohio have an Ohio History class? Just curious. Anyway, here is the e-mail...
When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like....
"Do you have any cows?" It's nice to be able to say yes.
They ask you, "Do you have horses?" Yup
Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh? Of course.
They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched "Dallas".
Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Heck, yes you have.
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'll get it sooner or later, but who else in the world would? Even if you do,
does it ever stir any feelings in you?
In every man, woman and child on this little rock the Good Lord put us on, there
is somewhere in them a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan
and get up on a horse or ride in pickup or dance at a dancehall.
Did you ever hear anyone in a bar say, "Wow.... so you're from Kansas. Cool.
Tell me about it."?
There is some bit of Texas in everyone. Do you know why? Because Texas is
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.
We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and Bowie and do you know
why?
Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to be heroes.
John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is Texas.
Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Anna 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 Big Bend.
Texas is shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.
Texas is the uniqueness of Austin.
Texas is a world record bass from places like Lake Fork.
Texas is the best colleges around, from Houston to Lubbock & everywhere in
between.
Texas is Mexican food like nowhere in the world, even Mexico.
Texas is larger-than-life legends like Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly, Earl
Campbell and Nolan Ryan, Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, Lyndon Johnson and George Bush.
Texas is great companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer and Compaq.
Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.
Texas is skies blackened with doves and fields full of deer.
Texas is the best Barbecue anywhere. Period.
Texas is the nicest people you'll ever meet. Anywhere. Not to mention, the
prettiest girls.
Texas is a place where cities shut down for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football
and the streets are deserted during church.
Texas is the best music, with the best musicians in the world.
Texas is beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies.
If it isn't in Texas, you don't need it. No one does anything bigger or better.
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, or California, or Maine, and your state
flag, whatever it is, flies at 17. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of
Pine Tree High in Longview at 20 feet, and the Lone Star flies at 20 feet. Do
you know why? Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than
the capitol building in D.C. We signed that and the flag height in as part of
the deal when we came on. That’s the best part right there....when we came on,
Texas was its own country. The Republic of Texas.
Aren't you proud to be a Texan?
You should be.
I worked all over the US when I did Environmental work, and when people asked where I was from, I would always smile and say Texas. Most often the person would go on to say that everyone from Texas that they ever met was proud to be from there. Maybe people from other states have the same pride in where they live that Texans do, but I haven't never seen it to degree that we have it here. We are made to believe that our state is something special, and I guess it is..lol. I've always wondered if other states have classes in school about their own history. We are required in grade school to take a class called Texas History. Does Ohio have an Ohio History class? Just curious. Anyway, here is the e-mail...
When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like....
"Do you have any cows?" It's nice to be able to say yes.
They ask you, "Do you have horses?" Yup
Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh? Of course.
They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched "Dallas".
Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Heck, yes you have.
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'll get it sooner or later, but who else in the world would? Even if you do,
does it ever stir any feelings in you?
In every man, woman and child on this little rock the Good Lord put us on, there
is somewhere in them a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan
and get up on a horse or ride in pickup or dance at a dancehall.
Did you ever hear anyone in a bar say, "Wow.... so you're from Kansas. Cool.
Tell me about it."?
There is some bit of Texas in everyone. Do you know why? Because Texas is
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.
We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and Bowie and do you know
why?
Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to be heroes.
John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is Texas.
Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Anna 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 Big Bend.
Texas is shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.
Texas is the uniqueness of Austin.
Texas is a world record bass from places like Lake Fork.
Texas is the best colleges around, from Houston to Lubbock & everywhere in
between.
Texas is Mexican food like nowhere in the world, even Mexico.
Texas is larger-than-life legends like Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly, Earl
Campbell and Nolan Ryan, Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, Lyndon Johnson and George Bush.
Texas is great companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer and Compaq.
Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.
Texas is skies blackened with doves and fields full of deer.
Texas is the best Barbecue anywhere. Period.
Texas is the nicest people you'll ever meet. Anywhere. Not to mention, the
prettiest girls.
Texas is a place where cities shut down for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football
and the streets are deserted during church.
Texas is the best music, with the best musicians in the world.
Texas is beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies.
If it isn't in Texas, you don't need it. No one does anything bigger or better.
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, or California, or Maine, and your state
flag, whatever it is, flies at 17. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of
Pine Tree High in Longview at 20 feet, and the Lone Star flies at 20 feet. Do
you know why? Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than
the capitol building in D.C. We signed that and the flag height in as part of
the deal when we came on. That’s the best part right there....when we came on,
Texas was its own country. The Republic of Texas.
Aren't you proud to be a Texan?
You should be.