It is a well established fact that America only tolerates Texas because it has oil and Austin and probably something else of value that I can’t think of off the top of my head. Let’s see …. nope … I got nothin’. But there are times when Texas gets on our last nerve (to be fair, that is usually reserved for Florida) and we just shake our heads and start to wonder if maybe Mexico would be willing to take Texas back if we can find the receipt in a drawer somewhere , and even if we have to pay a 15% restocking fee.
I know I’d chip in.
Which brings us to Texas’s own Blake Farenthold (R-Golden Corral), who barely squeaked into office in his first go-around, but then his district was redrawn (moar whitez, less brownz) and now he will hold his seat until the End Times, who is here to explain that America’s disabled vets need to suck it up and take one for the team and that they should rub some dirt on it and put whatever skin they didn’t leave behind on the battlefield into the game when it comes to “sacrifice”.—TBogg

I like San Antonio, and Houston, especially the area around Rice University. Great restaurants :)
I spent my four years in the Air Force stationed in San Antonio. I came away convinced that we had been lied to over a century ago. We actually lost the war with Mexico and were forced to take Texas as a result.
I still remember the signs in places in San Antonio that read “Airmen and dogs keep out.”