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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 12:16 PM Original message |
Honest question from a Californian: Why so much Texas pride? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. One guess: |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. You almost got it: for awhile it WAS its own country. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Blame the school system. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's what I was going to say |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. this is correct |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. We took Washington State history here in the 7th grade. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. We learn North Carolina History too |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. True - I had to work hard to find out about California History |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a very big state with a lot of diversity and its own mythology |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Born and raised in San Antonio here, so I'm allowed to criticize. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. I always think it's so funny when Hank Hill talks to Bobby about |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. LOL |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe it's a reaction... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I never knock Texans |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. You are spot on about this... here are my thoughts after living there for 18 years. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. 'Stupid Texas Song' |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yyyyyyyyyyyes! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Here's an audio sample |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Best.Lyrics.Evah. |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Where I live happens to attract A LOT of Texan tourists. One summer |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. This Texan would make the same argument about Americans... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Well I like to think on this board we loves our criticism of the US |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yeh, but we're all Canadians here |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have lived in Texas over 30 years and have never figured that out |
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