Post something nice about TEXAS

[Mattforclark]

I'll start - Enchiladas.

[madmax]

1. You're getting bush back in '04.

[DenverDem]

15. Don't want him. Send him to his native Conneticut.

Do they have a federal prison there?

[Guy Fawkes]

2. My gay-liberal penpal lives there...

errr... keyboardpal? It's an email thing.

[aquart]

3. It's nowhere near New York.

[argyl]

17. We're fine with that ourselves.

xx

[ashling]

22. good point

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. My husband was born there!

And there's nothing nicer than him!

[hippiechick]

5. It's far away from me

[northernsoul]

6. good food, good music

Bob Wills
Willy Nelson

Tex-Mex Cookin'

[SHRED]

7. Austin and...

...bass fishing.

[BlueJazz]

8. The air keeps the Sun from getting to bright.

[Career Prole]

9. Ummmmm....Fire Ants!

I tried Matt...I really really tried!

[ashling]

19. Stonewall Peaches

Heampstead watermelons
Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit
The Hill Country
Bluebonnets
Big Bend National Park
Garner State Park
Fried Okra
Guadelupe River (not in flood)
Thunderstorms
Packsaddle Mountain
Guadelupe Mountains
Carne Guisada
Ann Richards
Chili
Chicken Fied Steak
Black Eyed Peas
Austin
Barton Springs
Bull Creek
University of Texas
Longhorns
University of Texas Longhorns
Texas State Fair
Wimberley
Willie Nelson and Bob Wills (I know they were in another post, but,
hell, the deserve it)
SXSW
Enchanted Rock
HOME

[Career Prole]

20. That's right!

Except for the blackeyed peas...
Nice to meetcha!

[GOPisEvil]

27. FANTASTIC ANSWER!

Uh, except that Texas Longhorns crap - I went to A&M

[2bfree]

38. Garner State Park!

Now there are some memories!!!! I would add:

Port Aransas
Kings Inn
Robison Brothers
Mi Tierra
Rio Frio
Schlitterbahn

[SmileyBoy]

10. El Paso and the Mexican culture in the western part of the state.

I wanna travel down to El Paso/Juarez sometime.

[DenverDem]

11. Austin Rocks!

Even post tech boom de-evolution.

[amazona]

12. here's several

Hook-Billed Kite

Green Jay

Brown Jay

Real Muscovy Ducks -- the kind that can fly

Plain Chacalaca

Altamira Oriole

Whooping Crane wintering grounds

spring migration of the Broad-Winged Hawks

If you check out the Texas Gulf Coast Birding Trail, you'll meet plenty of people from England and Scotland, we Americans don't know what we have in Texas.

[sus]

13. it used to be part of Mexico

[GOPisEvil]

28. In some parts of Texas, you think you are IN Mexico.

Ole!

[flamingyouth]

14. My friends Phil and Hilary live there

[bluestateguy]

16. I like our law with regard to ballot access for third parties

Texas law says that you cannot sign a petition to put a third party candidate on the ballot if you voted in the major party primaries. This is a good law because it prevents major parties from organizing signature drives on behalf of third party candidates that damage the other party. This law is unique in the country.

[corporatewhore]

34. i found this annoying

i voted in the dem primary and cant sign nader or pete camejo on the ballot (hey its texas rember kerry aint gonna win anyways)

[ablbodyed]

18. Three!!!....

Molly Ivens, Jim hightower, Ann Richards.

[skippysmom]

44. You took the words

right out of my mouth!

[Zorra]

21. All those nice people in W. Texas in their big brand new cars, blue hair

and cowboy hats that passed my ex and I while we were hitchhiking with our canteens turned upside down and empty in 100 degree heat a while back seemed like good Christian folks. I bet one of them would have even been nice enough to call the police if one or both of us had passed out by the side of the road from dehydration.

And, after walking several more miles to find some water, that nice lady in the HoJo turned off the water cooler from behind her desk before we could get a drink...a classic act of Christian kindness and charity.

(Finally, two grizzled old whiskey drinking black men in an ancient beat up Cadillac picked us up, drove us across the New Mexico line, took us to one of their relatives restaurants, fed us BBQ and gallons of lemonade, let us stay for the night, and then drove us to Silver City in the morning to a nightclub they were working on.)

Ah, yes....Texas....I remember it well.

[ronnykmarshall]

23. The stars are bright

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!

Deep in the heart of Texas!


Ann Richards.

[On the Road]

24. The Rolling Countryside

and tree-choked rivers between Houston and Louisiana, especially at twilight.

"I traveled through East Texas
Where many martyrs fell
But I know one thing
Nobody can sing
the blues like Blind Willie McTell."
Bob Dylan

[NoPasaran]

25. John Henry Faulk

[DenverDem]

26. Molly Ivins

A national treasure.

[Servo300]

29. the San Antonio Spurs!!!!!!

Go Spurs!

[muchacho]

43. Oh yeah!

[newyawker99]

45. Hi Servo300!!

Welcome to DU!!

[DemoTex]

30. The best thing about Texas?

I'm gone! Outa there! Even though my great-great uncle was the second president of the Republic of Texas (Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar), I have no roots there! I am in the wilds of the Transylvania (NC) mountains now. Screw Texas!

[KittyWampus]

31. The Reverend Horton Heat!

[suigeneris]

32. No thank you. NT

.

[Endangered Specie]

33. The Super-Colliding-Super-Conducter

... oh wait

[GOPisEvil]

36. You mean Phil Gramm's and Joe Barton's boondoggle?

Or is it just that big hole in the ground?

[Zorra]

35. SRV. Johnny Winter. Eric Johnson. Chris Duarte. Freddie King.

and Willie Nelson.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

37. My wife's aunt / uncle / cousins in Dallas

Good lib'rul Democrats all. I had the pleasure of seeing them when I was on travel last week. Got new boots too, at a low enough price so I could afford a pair each for my wife and Daughter.

The sight of a little girl of three, in new boots from Texas. Nothing. Like. It.

[sendero]

Skittles live here.....

.... and she's kicking the asses of those who richly deserve an ass kicking as we speak

[Shrek]

39. San Antonio

I took my family there for vacation in March.

We had more fun for less money than just about anywhere else we've ever gone! And some of the folks here in the Lounge were nice enough to give us some advice on what to see and do.

We'd go back tomorrow if we could!

[Servo300]

40. The Lakers' coach

is not too fond of San Antonio, and was quite public about it.

Think he made a mistake -- got the Spurs all the more charged up!


Go Spurs Go!

[Fleshdancer]

41. How can you NOT say Shlitterbahn???

And TexMex and of course all of us Texas DUers. I can't speak for the entire state (it's a damn big state in case you haven't noticed) but the people in Austin are some of the nicest people I've ever encountered in the United States.

[muchacho]

42. Lyle Lovett

and chilis relleno....

[Champ]

46. Texas Tech Red Raiders

Hoot! Hoot! Plus my mom was born there.

[XNASA]

47. Blue Bell Ice Cream. Ranch Style Beans. Smokehouses.

All my old friends down at JSC.

[slinkerwink]

52. oh god, I have great memories of eating Blue Bell ice cream as a kid

[phillybri]

48. Austin Stories

Great show...Gone too soon...

[XNASA]

49. Thought of another thing: Tubin'!!!!

Floatin' down the cool springfed San Marcos River on a hot afternoon with a beer in my hand.

That's nice. Real nice.

[curse10]

50. I was born there, my parents met there, great food!

that's three things!

[Dees]

51. Tex Mex, Austin and Padre Island National Seashore

[Bridget Burke]

53. Top 30 Country Songs About Texas

30. "The Wedding Song," Charlie Robison and Natalie Maines
29. "Rainbow at Midnight," Ernest Tubb
28. "Heartaches by the Number," Ray Price
27. "The Long Black Veil," Lefty Frizzell
26. "Delta Dawn," Tanya Tucker
25. "Merry Christmas from the Family," Robert Earl Keen
24. "Billy Austin," Steve Earle
23. "Gallo del Cielo," Joe Ely
22. "Dos Tacos," Johnny Bush
21. "South Coast of Texas," Guy Clark
20. "Dallas," Jimmie Dale Gilmore
19. "Let's Fall to Pieces Together," George Strait
18. "Harper Valley PTA," Jeannie C. Riley
17. "Let Him Roll," Guy Clark
16. "The Wurlitzer Prize," Waylon Jennings
15. "These Days (I Barely Get By)," George Jones
14. "The Road Goes On Forever," Robert Earl Keen
13. "L.A. Freeway," Guy Clark
12. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" Waylon Jennings
11. "Waltz Across Texas," Ernest Tubb
10. "Chunk of Coal," Billie Joe Shaver
9. "My Old Friend the Blues," Steve Earle
8. "Travelin' Soldier," Dixie Chicks
7. "Live Forever," Shaver
6. "The Grand Tour," George Jones
5. "To Live's to Fly," Townes Van Zandt
4. "Night Life," Willie Nelson
3. "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground," Willie Nelson
2. "New San Antonio Rose," Bob Wills
1. "Pancho and Lefty," Townes Van Zandt

From John Nova Lomax, Music Editor at the Houston Press. His recent list of the 30 Worst Texas Songs had raised a controversy. "What the heck do you you know about Texas/Music?" Quite a bit, in fact:

http://houstonpress.com/issues/2004-05-06/racket.html/1...