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Don’t believe the hype fellas, it will fall. I would guestimate its where Cali was twenty years ago and is where Cali is in some of the cities like Austin already.
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Too hot, too many ticks, mosquitoes are too many and too big, too many chiggers, too many other things that want to eat you and too many diseases. That did not mention all the big reptiles trying have you for dinner. And almost for got about the hungry pigs. So you've been to a Golden Corral on a Sunday night as well?
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Who needs brook trout when ya have speckled trout and redfish! Yeah, and snook and tarpon and snapper and tuna and dolphin and javelina.  How far you drive to catch those? Me, about one hour and fifteen minutes!
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Not really much "desert" in Texas. Some folks don't know much about what they talk about!
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And in nearby Oklahoma 2016 results...
Trump 65.32%
Clintoon 28.93%
the indepedant 5.75%
I have not checked but we might be the "redest" state ….
I think Oklahoma is the reddest state. Not a single blue county in the whole state. Not one. Man that must be great!  And some of those counties running 80% plus for Trump. Mad props! https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/oklahoma/Dems rarely campaign here , we are too deplorable....
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Lots of great dancehalls in Texas
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Too hot, too many ticks, mosquitoes are too many and too big, too many chiggers, too many other things that want to eat you and too many diseases. That did not mention all the big reptiles trying have you for dinner. And almost for got about the hungry pigs. So you've been to a Golden Corral Trough on a Sunday night as well? A bit more accurate I think.
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I love Texas and have some fantastic Texas friends. I’ve fished and hunted all over the state. Really love going there. My thinking and lifestyle fit right in down there.
However the best state for me is Montana. I love Montana and in the process of moving there. Montana far exceeds my wants and desires.
I just learned my grandfather was born in Montana and lived in the Custer Montana area while growing up. He later moved to Pierce County Wisconsin and then later to Florida.
I got Big Sky country fever.
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The real estate and the big cities and the weather may suck...but the people of rural Texas are the flat out best.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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Not really much "desert" in Texas. Some folks don't know much about what they talk about!
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Native Texan Don't be confused by my profile location and don't spill the beans. You and I both know the truth about the desert, but don't let the word out too far. There are more than enough immigrants coming in from both the south and the north. Maybe a fear of desert critters and life might keep some of them away. Shhhhh..... Where abouts do you live on the Gulf Coast? I live in the same general area.
It's official. I missed the selfie deadline so I'm Maser's sock puppet because rene and the Polish half of the fubar twins have decided that I am.
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Certainly isn't climate. Ever been to the the sweatbox that goes by the name of "The Republic Of Texas" in summer? It SUCKS. Greatest state my ass. Bunch of Texas blowhard We's da best BS. And besides that patch of dirt has a high rate obesity. Fat sweaty citizens. Greatest state- LMAO.
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Too hot, too many ticks, mosquitoes are too many and too big, too many chiggers, too many other things that want to eat you and too many diseases. That did not mention all the big reptiles trying have you for dinner. And almost for got about the hungry pigs. So you've been to a Golden Corral Trough on a Sunday night as well? A bit more accurate I think. Sioux City, iowa. The town so fat it bankrupted a Golden Corral. True story.
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36 Reasons Texas Sucks
1. Texans. Socially retarded acts of bravado. Lack of self awareness.
Isolationistic in thought. Kind of like someone who was raised under a
rock, but the rock was big, so they boast about how big the rock was.
There's more, but, man, it's so sad - and they don't even know it!
2. Tx is a Mexican border state. Complete with roads traveled by drug
cartels feeding the increasing violent crime rate, drug use, and ever
expanding prison population in Tx. That isn't nice and I don't have
this problem in my state.
3. Leading state for hate groups. There are more registered hate
groups in tx then any other state. They all hate different groups for
different reasons. When you get right down to it, no one is safe in tx
- not even texans. Testament to tx long tradition of nice, down to
earth, clan members and level-headed cult fanatics.
4. Over industrialization of undesirable industries. Yes, when you
visit tx, you get the full impact of what a cesspool they've made out
of their state with factories, oil refineries, and chemical plants.
Don't get me wrong, it is good somebody is manufacturing this stuff
out there, but, man, you've got to be six flags short of a theme park
to live amongst the stench-filled, chemical run-off, heat-fest that is
tx.
5. Texas as a state ranks in the top 5 of all states for all major
pollutants. Go figure. The EPA says you can't breathe the air for fear
of carcinogens, can't drink the water for fear of toxins, can't eat
the seafood for fear of mercury poisoning, and the Taiwanese plants
spill high levels of run-off into the neighborhoods. That isn't good
either!
6. "Clampet" stereotypes which aren't all together untrue. I've never
seen any other collective bunch unwittingly living up to negative
stereotypes. Perhaps some t-shirts can be air dropped to them. You
know, t-shirts that say something like, "thank god i struck oil, cuz
my double-wide needs a fixin"
7. Texan's general confusion between pride and reason. there is a
healthy pride, and then there is a texan pride. actually, a texan is
proud of his state like a branch davidian is proud of his cool-aid.
8. Corrupt institutions of business. Enron was a great. But, no one
can beat the oil companies for blood money, environmental destruction,
greed, and corruption. a texan would tell you that corruption only
exists in zip codes outside their magical state. is this true?
9. Cults. Kind of self explanatory. Apparently, tx is the perfect
place for those who like to organize and be merry while preying on
kids. Gotta love tx.
10. Backwards thinking. State first? Country second, or is there
something between state and country like, i don't know, socks or
peanut butter? You gotta love state first mentality. If the country is
attacked, would tx just side with mexico just to save your state? Kind
of like, if your house was burning, you'd only save your bedroom. Lots
of reasoning there. wait a minute! i'm going to start a new one. it's
called home owners association first! Hey tx, do you shoot people in
the back too?
11. Worst humidity and dew point. Yes it is true. Houston/bay area is
tied with annual averages for the worst humidity and dew point in the
united states per NOAA. In a nutshell, it's like a sauna. a constant
sauna for 7 months out of the year. what's even better, is there are
no seasons!
12. Hurricanes. you got it. more of my tax dollars go to natural
disasters like hurricanes in tx. nothing like every hurricane season
fearing the wrath of god upon your family and home.
13. Tornadoes. this must have to do with the fact that tx leads the
nation in the amount of trailor homes as a percentage of all homes.
the good thing is, tx is flat and has nothing around for 100's of
miles. so, not many people should get hurt except those who ask for
it. you know, texans.
14. Trailer trash. "T" stands for trailor trash, tornadoes, truck
stops, terrible, tacky, terrorist, taliban, travesty, and one
more...uh...dang, i forgot.
15. Prison over population. tx just can't kill 'em fast enough.
16. Gun rights. Hey look, texans need their guns because the state is
unwilling foot the bill for adequate policing and safety like other
states. state first! citizen last!
17. Highest unwanted teen pregnancies. According to a Houston paper,
they like to do more than play with barbies down in tx. Apparently
they like to get pregnant and be a mom at age 12 too.
18. Poorly educated. STILL poorly educated compared to other states.
when are the oil guys going to pay for schools.
19. Lack of affluence. This is something oil money cannot buy. you can
be rich, but you can't find Oklahoma on a map.
20. Cities annex neighboring towns just to boast on size. truly texas.
guess what, everyone can see thru this. when your metro area is a 10th
the size of other metro areas, you kind of get the idea your just
being typical tx.
21. Highest accident rate of any state. Listen, you have to drive 2
hours to get to what places the rest of us can get to in 30 minutes. I
would drive fast and not care about my life too if I lived in texas.
of course, the accident rate also includes factory explosions, etc.
22. Texas consumes more energy than what is produced by the state in
terms of gross product per the dept of energy. texas is an energy
empire. unfortunately, their bragging is unsubstantiated when they
claim the power the world.
23. highest in-sourcer (more people working for foreign firms -
helping make $ in foreign investments). guess what, more citizens in
tx by percentage aren't contributing a dime to u.s. investment.
24. High cancer rate. of course. you don't roil your state with
anything goes industry without paying for it do you?
25. High obesity rate - must be the dependence on mexican food, bbq.
That's Mexian food, you know, it's what makes tx so exotic.
26. Rated one of the 'least livable' of all states in 2008. It's just
an article. but it was nice.
27. Floods. It is wonderful how tx is famous for its natural
disasters. Stevie Ray Vaughn sang about it. He's a texan, i like
Stevie ray Vaughn, and if i lived in texas I'd sing the blues too.
he's just telling it like it is.
28. Lack of water to most of the state, high cost of water. Are you
kidding? you can't drink oil?
29. Toxic levels of mercury in fishing off texas shore. Already
covered. I like eating thermometers. maybe i should move to tx.
30. No mountains. Tx is beautiful with flat dusty fields of dry dirt
for 100's of miles until you get to some hills with nice folks with
guns. tx. great place to drive thru on your way to somewhere else.
31. Beaches are contaminated. Galveston is called a resort town.
compared to my state, galveston is a cesspool with an oil platform
right on the beach while you swim among signs that warn you about
hepatitis.
32. Pronounced pride and prejudice. back on the pride kick. can't have
pride without prejudiced. oh wait, i can.
33. Nice people - to your face. The rest is some kind of judgment call
made on their own arcane beliefs.
34. Lost perspective of their country. I guess if your trapped in an
abyss, you lose all hope that there is more out there.
35. Texas tea smells like wafting B.O., a sulfur pit, and a manure
farm. oh wait, tx oil towns are right next to sulfer pits which are
right next to ranches. that leave's B.O., which is the illegal
immigrant day laborer who has to work illegally at all these places in
order to make ends meet.
36. Sports are competitive. That's why academics aren't. Luckily their
close to country where they can get cheap anabolic steroids and other
enhancement drugs you cant buy in the u.s.
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Yet another direct word for word copy & paste from another website ? And again with no attribution? http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=247602Or is "rdethrow" your 'handle' on the other website ? Sure does sound like your shtick per the postings made by that user handle: http://www.pwctoday.com/search.php?searchid=655879836 Reasons Texas Sucks
1. Texans. Socially retarded acts of bravado. Lack of self awareness.
Isolationistic in thought. Kind of like someone who was raised under a
rock, but the rock was big, so they boast about how big the rock was.
There's more, but, man, it's so sad - and they don't even know it!
2. Tx is a Mexican border state. Complete with roads traveled by drug
cartels feeding the increasing violent crime rate, drug use, and ever
expanding prison population in Tx. That isn't nice and I don't have
this problem in my state.
3. Leading state for hate groups. There are more registered hate
groups in tx then any other state. They all hate different groups for
different reasons. When you get right down to it, no one is safe in tx
- not even texans. Testament to tx long tradition of nice, down to
earth, clan members and level-headed cult fanatics.
4. Over industrialization of undesirable industries. Yes, when you
visit tx, you get the full impact of what a cesspool they've made out
of their state with factories, oil refineries, and chemical plants.
Don't get me wrong, it is good somebody is manufacturing this stuff
out there, but, man, you've got to be six flags short of a theme park
to live amongst the stench-filled, chemical run-off, heat-fest that is
tx.
5. Texas as a state ranks in the top 5 of all states for all major
pollutants. Go figure. The EPA says you can't breathe the air for fear
of carcinogens, can't drink the water for fear of toxins, can't eat
the seafood for fear of mercury poisoning, and the Taiwanese plants
spill high levels of run-off into the neighborhoods. That isn't good
either!
6. "Clampet" stereotypes which aren't all together untrue. I've never
seen any other collective bunch unwittingly living up to negative
stereotypes. Perhaps some t-shirts can be air dropped to them. You
know, t-shirts that say something like, "thank god i struck oil, cuz
my double-wide needs a fixin"
7. Texan's general confusion between pride and reason. there is a
healthy pride, and then there is a texan pride. actually, a texan is
proud of his state like a branch davidian is proud of his cool-aid.
8. Corrupt institutions of business. Enron was a great. But, no one
can beat the oil companies for blood money, environmental destruction,
greed, and corruption. a texan would tell you that corruption only
exists in zip codes outside their magical state. is this true?
9. Cults. Kind of self explanatory. Apparently, tx is the perfect
place for those who like to organize and be merry while preying on
kids. Gotta love tx.
10. Backwards thinking. State first? Country second, or is there
something between state and country like, i don't know, socks or
peanut butter? You gotta love state first mentality. If the country is
attacked, would tx just side with mexico just to save your state? Kind
of like, if your house was burning, you'd only save your bedroom. Lots
of reasoning there. wait a minute! i'm going to start a new one. it's
called home owners association first! Hey tx, do you shoot people in
the back too?
11. Worst humidity and dew point. Yes it is true. Houston/bay area is
tied with annual averages for the worst humidity and dew point in the
united states per NOAA. In a nutshell, it's like a sauna. a constant
sauna for 7 months out of the year. what's even better, is there are
no seasons!
12. Hurricanes. you got it. more of my tax dollars go to natural
disasters like hurricanes in tx. nothing like every hurricane season
fearing the wrath of god upon your family and home.
13. Tornadoes. this must have to do with the fact that tx leads the
nation in the amount of trailor homes as a percentage of all homes.
the good thing is, tx is flat and has nothing around for 100's of
miles. so, not many people should get hurt except those who ask for
it. you know, texans.
14. Trailer trash. "T" stands for trailor trash, tornadoes, truck
stops, terrible, tacky, terrorist, taliban, travesty, and one
more...uh...dang, i forgot.
15. Prison over population. tx just can't kill 'em fast enough.
16. Gun rights. Hey look, texans need their guns because the state is
unwilling foot the bill for adequate policing and safety like other
states. state first! citizen last!
17. Highest unwanted teen pregnancies. According to a Houston paper,
they like to do more than play with barbies down in tx. Apparently
they like to get pregnant and be a mom at age 12 too.
18. Poorly educated. STILL poorly educated compared to other states.
when are the oil guys going to pay for schools.
19. Lack of affluence. This is something oil money cannot buy. you can
be rich, but you can't find Oklahoma on a map.
20. Cities annex neighboring towns just to boast on size. truly texas.
guess what, everyone can see thru this. when your metro area is a 10th
the size of other metro areas, you kind of get the idea your just
being typical tx.
21. Highest accident rate of any state. Listen, you have to drive 2
hours to get to what places the rest of us can get to in 30 minutes. I
would drive fast and not care about my life too if I lived in texas.
of course, the accident rate also includes factory explosions, etc.
22. Texas consumes more energy than what is produced by the state in
terms of gross product per the dept of energy. texas is an energy
empire. unfortunately, their bragging is unsubstantiated when they
claim the power the world.
23. highest in-sourcer (more people working for foreign firms -
helping make $ in foreign investments). guess what, more citizens in
tx by percentage aren't contributing a dime to u.s. investment.
24. High cancer rate. of course. you don't roil your state with
anything goes industry without paying for it do you?
25. High obesity rate - must be the dependence on mexican food, bbq.
That's Mexian food, you know, it's what makes tx so exotic.
26. Rated one of the 'least livable' of all states in 2008. It's just
an article. but it was nice.
27. Floods. It is wonderful how tx is famous for its natural
disasters. Stevie Ray Vaughn sang about it. He's a texan, i like
Stevie ray Vaughn, and if i lived in texas I'd sing the blues too.
he's just telling it like it is.
28. Lack of water to most of the state, high cost of water. Are you
kidding? you can't drink oil?
29. Toxic levels of mercury in fishing off texas shore. Already
covered. I like eating thermometers. maybe i should move to tx.
30. No mountains. Tx is beautiful with flat dusty fields of dry dirt
for 100's of miles until you get to some hills with nice folks with
guns. tx. great place to drive thru on your way to somewhere else.
31. Beaches are contaminated. Galveston is called a resort town.
compared to my state, galveston is a cesspool with an oil platform
right on the beach while you swim among signs that warn you about
hepatitis.
32. Pronounced pride and prejudice. back on the pride kick. can't have
pride without prejudiced. oh wait, i can.
33. Nice people - to your face. The rest is some kind of judgment call
made on their own arcane beliefs.
34. Lost perspective of their country. I guess if your trapped in an
abyss, you lose all hope that there is more out there.
35. Texas tea smells like wafting B.O., a sulfur pit, and a manure
farm. oh wait, tx oil towns are right next to sulfer pits which are
right next to ranches. that leave's B.O., which is the illegal
immigrant day laborer who has to work illegally at all these places in
order to make ends meet.
36. Sports are competitive. That's why academics aren't. Luckily their
close to country where they can get cheap anabolic steroids and other
enhancement drugs you cant buy in the u.s.
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It’s certainly the only state that requires such an enormous amount of self adulation from those sentenced to live there.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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I'm in Oyster Creek, just a bit inland from Freeport. Also have property just west of Brazoria where I do a lot of "living".
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Benquick talks bad about Texas, NEVER fesses up to which state HE LIVES in (not even in his profile!). Evidently copies all the crap he posted abut our great state from some other loser - and most, if not all, of it is misleading and/or incorrect.
What a guy!
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Depends on where in Texas you live. Sheesh. Yeah I know. How far do YOU drive to catch snook, snapper, and tuna? about 8 miles to the boat ramp. jag lives 8 miles from the boat ramp?
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Depends on where in Texas you live. Sheesh. Yeah I know. How far do YOU drive to catch snook, snapper, and tuna? about 8 miles to the boat ramp. jag lives 8 miles from the boat ramp? no, i was referring to me.
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I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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Oh, yall are still hacking at that piece of meat i threw out? Who woulda guessed.
Well, Col, for 25 years i lived an hour away, but now im about 7 hours away, but im 45 min away from 300,000 acres of dove and quail and deer and coyote and rabbit hunting.
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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