Some little known fact about Texas

[crazycat]

Here are some little known Texas facts:
>
> Beaumont TX to El Paso, TX: 742 miles
>
> Beaumont, TX to Chicago, IL: 770 miles
>
> El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
>
> World's first rodeo was in Pecos ... July 4, 1883.
>
> The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in
North America built
> over water.
>
> The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman
who was the first
> full time coach for Rice University in Houston.
>
> Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other
area in North
> America.
>
> Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North
America's only
remaining
> flock of whooping cranes.
>
> Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
>
> One of the worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in
1900 caused by a
> hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston
Island.
>
> The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was
"Houston."
>
> King Ranch is larger than the state of Rhode Island.
>
> Tropical Storm Claudette had a US. rainfall record of 43"
in 24 hours
around
> Alvin July 1979.
>
> Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY,
instead of by
> annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the
same height as the
> U.S. flag.)
>
> A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years
old.
>
> Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
>
> Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no
period after Dr in Dr
> Pepper.
>
> Texas has had six capital cities:
>
> 1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
> 2. Harrisburg
> 3. Galveston
> 4. Velasco
> 5. West Columbia
> 6. Austin
>
> The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S.
which is taller
than
> the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet).
>
> The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas"
meaning friends.
> Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
>
> The State animal is the Armadillo. (An interesting bit of
trivia about the
> armadillo is they always have four babies! They have one
egg which splits
> into four and they either have four males or four
females).
>
> The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in
Houston.
>
> THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - TEXAS STYLE
>
> People here in Texas have trouble with all those shalts
and shalt nots in
> the 10 Commandments. Folks here just aren't used to
talking in those
terms,
> so some folks out in west Texas got together and
translated the "King
James"
> into "Texas" language. The following Cowboy's Ten
Commandments are posted
on
> the wall at Cross Trails Church, in Fairlie, Texas:
>
> (1) Just one God.
>
> (2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
>
> (3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
>
> (4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
>
> (5) Put nothin' before God.
>
> (6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
>
> (7) No killin'.
>
> (8) Watch yer mouth.
>
> (9) Don't take what ain't yers.
>
> (10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
>
> Now that's kinda plain an' simple don't ya think? Y'all
have a good Day...
> Y'hear?


I am from Texas. hehe!

[elvinlady]

These are some interesting facts to know.

[mandala]

Here's another Texas fact: A villiage is missing an idiot--his name is George W. Bush.



sad fact about the hurricane in Galveston.

[crazycat]

Well, I'm not a Bush fan, but I just don't think an idiot could be able to attain the position that Bush is in, unless the biggest majority of the people that helped get him there are even bigger idiots. By the way, Bush was not born in Texas. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but he was raised in Texas from the age of two. He went to Yale and Harvard to for his schooling. I don't believe those schools would allow an idiot in their doors. Texas slang may sound dumb to some, but talking like a Texan doesn't make one an idiot.

I wonder...what is behind....the reason people tend to poke fun and make jokes and down those who are in authority over them. What does that say to the rest of the world about us...as a people? To tell you the truth I don't think it would matter which one of "us" it is in that position. Who ever it is, would be treated the same. To me it says we are a people who have lost our self respect and confidence and that is what the rest of the world sees. After all, we are a mirror/reflection of one another.

Sorry Mandala, if I have made a mountian out of a mole hill, but name calling and using jokes to put another person down is one of my biggest pet peeves. Never forget. It takes one to know one.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That's a big lie, words hurt just as much if not more so.

When will we as a people stop placing the blame and needing a scrapgoat. Will we ever wake up and take back the power that we lost or forever continue blaming something outside ourselves whether than look inside for the answers. Those dang "inorganics" would leave us alone if "we" as a people would wake up and know who we are.

Hehe! Mandala your little joke cause me to rant and and rave. Please don't take it personally. I've just been hearing so much Bush bashing in the last week or so. Your's is just the one that broke the camel back.

Believe it or not I really did try to keep my mouth shut, but the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach would not let me.

Beside.....ignorance = death.

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Sorry CC but i'm with mandla on this one,

[crazycat]

LOL! At least he has a very warm outgoing face that shows expressions, that more than I can say for some people.

See, one can find the positive in anything and that is what ones mind should stay on...the positive side. After all the monkey is one of the more intelligent of the animals.... may even have more intelligence than some humans. Not all animals a have the ability to mimic humans. ;D

[mandala]

My favorite pick is the one on the bottom, second from the right.

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Lets just agree to disagree on this one CC

[crazycat]

[bezjak]

Hey whats going on here.....is Thaede (planet of the apes) president of the United States or what? ;D

[crazycat]

I think it democrat propoganda. They like to play dirty and are underhanded little rascals. That's what it looks like to me. Hehe!

After all, didn't we just have a thread here while back that says scientists have proof that we "ALL" evolved from the monkey. ;D

I would bet a hundred bucks that it was some democrat that started that. I was actually a democrat back there when Kennedy was president, but when the powers that be took over that party and corrupted the welfare system, that was enough for me.

At least the republicans are for getting the people back up off their lazy arses and work for their food. There has been many times I've stood in that check out line while the welfare person in front of me is buying nice big steaks and large fresh shrimps, while all I could afford is hambuger and chicken. Hehe! One day this happened when my husband was with me and he said to the person, " It must be nice being able to eat steak and shrimp." And the person said, "Oh, this shrimp isn't for us to eat, I'm buying that for fish bait. I'm going to spend the day at the lake tomorrow." That was way back in the 70's when that happened.

I could probably make another bet that at least 3/4's of the people who live on welfare now-a-days have a nice big screen TV and video games to keep themselves entertain while they sat on their lazy arses.

[sundogs34rcher]

Texas? - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lance Armstrong gave me more hope and inspiration than most. Respect.

[Dancing Bear]

Love the ten commandments, good laugh!

Love Stevie Ray Vaughan, and them monkey's without the suit..