For all you good folks who like to bash Texas...

[snooper2]

I would like to point out to you we are more racially diverse than a lot of other states out there...

Here, let's put Texas up against Missouri and Michigan....And believe me Texas has become more diverse since 2000 and the 2010 census will show that. Oh, this is in response to no particular thread. It's just been a couple weeks since I saw any Texas bashing so I was going to go ahead and pre-empt it. :)


Texas-
RACE


One race 20,337,187 97.5
White 14,799,505 71.0
Black or African American 2,404,566 11.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 118,362 0.6
Asian 562,319 2.7
Asian Indian 129,365 0.6
Chinese 105,829 0.5
Filipino 58,340 0.3
Japanese 17,120 0.1
Korean 45,571 0.2
Vietnamese 134,961 0.6
Other Asian 71,133 0.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 14,434 0.1
Native Hawaiian 3,475 0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro 3,641 0.0
Samoan 2,491 0.0
Other Pacific Islander 2 4,827 0.0
Some other race 2,438,001 11.7
Two or more races 514,633 2.5
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US48&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false



MISSOURI-
RACE


One race 5,513,150 98.5
White 4,748,083 84.9
Black or African American 629,391 11.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 25,07 0.4
Asian 61,595 1.1
Asian Indian 12,169 0.2
Chinese 13,667 0.2
Filipino 7,735 0.1
Japanese 3,337 0.1
Korean 6,767 0.1
Vietnamese 10,626 0.2
Other Asian 1 7,294 0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 3,178 0.1
Native Hawaiian 594 0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro 435 0.0
Samoan 1,116 0.0
Other Pacific Islander 2 1,033 0.0
Some other race 45,827 0.8
Two or more races 82,061 1.5
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US29&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false


MICHIGAN

RACE

One race 9,746,028 98.1
White 7,966,053 80.2
Black or African American 1,412,742 14.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 58,479 0.6
Asian 176,510 1.8
Asian Indian 54,631 0.5
Chinese 33,189 0.3
Filipino 17,377 0.2
Japanese 11,288 0.1
Korean 20,886 0.2
Vietnamese 13,673 0.1
Other Asian 1 25,466 0.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2,692 0.0
Native Hawaiian 734 0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro 622 0.0
Samoan 505 0.0
Other Pacific Islander 2 831 0.0
Some other race 129,552 1.3
Two or more races 192,416 1.9
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US26&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false

[Taverner]

1. It's the "Don't Mess with Texas" bravado that bothers me

That, and Houston's Energy Princess Corridor (Westheimer)

[Fleshdancer]

6. "Don't Mess with Texas" is an anti-litter campaign

Most of us are pretty nice. :D

[snooper2]

10. Thank you Gloria

:hi:

[Taverner]

14. I know I know - every Texan reminds me of that when I bring it up

But the Bravado has gone beyond the anti-litter campaign, and has become some kind of violent rallying cry.

[Fleshdancer]

17. only from fake cowboys born up north and our usual crazies....

every state has them unfortunately.

[MindPilot]

44. For real? I don't believe it.

Some douchbag wearing a goofy-assed cowboy outfit riding his F250 around Socal is going to put a Texas anti-littering sticker on his truck? You know next to the one that says "Cowboy UP!" (whatever the fuck that means) RIIIIIGGHT!

If it was an anti-littering campaign wouldn't it say "Don't Mess Up Texas" or "Don't Make Texas Messy"?

[Fleshdancer]

46. It is and it's a HUGE deal in the advertising world....

It's up there with "Got Milk?"

Twenty years after its introduction, the success and popularity of "Don’t Mess with Texas" has earned it a spot among the best advertising slogans ever. "Don’t Mess with Texas" has been awarded a plaque on the Madison Avenue Walk of Fame and a place in the Advertising Hall of Fame, a distinction given to only two slogans annually. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Mess_with_Texas)


http://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/

[izquierdista]

2. Thanks for the census data

How are you going to explain how the truly reprehensible asswipes that get their start there and go on to ruin things on a national level? (BushI, BushII, Gramm, Delay, just to start with)

[snooper2]

12. I can find political assholes

from any state...and Chimpy came from Conn. by the way :)

[izquierdista]

20. A mere technicality

Do you think his political career would have been so bright in CT? Texas is the farm league for political assholes looking to make it to the big leagues. Other places they would be rode out of town on a rail, in TX, they are listened to and applauded.

[alfredo]

3. Bush's birth state

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-context=qt&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=false&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=04000US09&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. CT never gave its electoral votes to Bush

[alfredo]

7. They knew something the rest of America didn't

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. But Texas, where he spent most of his life and served six years as Governor did vote for him twice

for President.

[MrCoffee]

25. If you knew anything about the Texas Governorship, you'd know Chimpy was perfect

The Texas governor may be the most useless, powerless political offical in the state.

[alfredo]

31. That's their cross to bear. They may have put him there to keep an

eye on him.

[polichick]

4. Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, bluebonnets - my Texas favs!

[alfredo]

23. bad Booze

http://www.shiner.com/home.html

"headache in a bottle."
http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/shiner-bock-beer.html

Mind you, I can polish off a BOTTLE of Champagne by myself without fear for the next day, but one bottle of Shiner Bock makes me cry like a baby.

[polichick]

26. Willie Nelson :)

[alfredo]

29. Probably smokes good Austin bud.

[polichick]

38. Another good thing about Texas!

[alfredo]

39. My state was a big hemp producer.

[polichick]

41. Big producer of music too!

[alfredo]

42. And Bourbon

[MrCoffee]

28. Them's fightin' words

:nuke:

[alfredo]

32. Shiner does make some good beer, but that review was funny.

[MrCoffee]

33. That girl must have been drunk.

No sober person would make such outlandish claims.

[alfredo]

40. If she can polish off a bottle of champagne, she can hold her liquor.

[TooBigaTent]

8. Racial diversity in a big state like Texas still leaves plenty of room for racism and segregation.

And you cannot talk your way out of the political legacy (excepting LBJ) that the place has plagued America with.

[brentspeak]

11. So which state are you from?

I can't think of a single state that hasn't had racial problems.

[snooper2]

15. Most of Texas is wide open spaces...

my friend...you can use the same website to look at the population centers

Bless your heart but you point it out in your post the mentality I speak of. You bring up the negative political legacy while dismissing the positive.

[alfredo]

34. Look at the old South Africa. A small white minority ruled.

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[Fleshdancer]

19. Thanks.

At least the Democrats in TX are the real deal. We fight hard for everything we have and a little support would be nice every now and then.

[MrCoffee]

22. Aren't you just the cutest thing?

Love,

A fucking Texan.

[notadmblnd]

16. i think a lot of people don't answer the race question on the census

at least here in Michigan. I know the only answer I gave was that we (my family) were of the human race.

Also, Dearborn has the highest population of Arabs outside the middle east. Now there's a group that wasn't' even listed in your census data.

When I speak of diversity, I'm usually talking about different groups of people living, working and getting along amongst each other in a community. West Bloomfield for example, probably is one of the most diverse communities in the country. The numbers of Arabs, Jews, Asian, Blacks, Hispanics, along with whites, all living together in the same neighborhoods, going to the same schools, clubs, and shopping at the same stores.

[RB TexLa]

18. Good post. It will do nothing to stop them.

[wuushew]

21. The whole premise of this topic is flawed

The worthiness of a place is not defined by its ethnicity.

I will bash the South and Texas for other reasons like poor labor laws, excessive religiosity and preference for sports and NASCAR over reading books and self-improvement.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. My only major beef with Texas is how they execute people like its a sport over there.

Other than that, I really don't have much of an opinion on Texas, negative or positive. My only personal experience with Texas was a 2 hour layover at DFW.

[RB TexLa]

30. Then be sure and include Delaware when you make that "beef" .001 rate difference

Puts them in the same boat.



State 2006 Population(x 10,000) Total # of Execution Rate per 10,000 pop.


Oklahoma 357.9 84 0.235
Texas 2350.8 388 0.165
Delaware 85.3 14 0.164


http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=8&did=477

[harun]

27. I don't bash Texas

But I will bash their voting record till the cows come home...

http://www.270towin.com/states/Texas

At least they went for Carter in 1976.

[mitchum]

35. It's idiotic to think that cow smeared with catsup is barbeque...

pig is the only animal for barbeque :)

Also, I do find that whole Texas jingoism thing to be ridiculous and annoying

[MrCoffee]

37. Go put beans in a pot of chili

weirdo.


That's right, I went there.

[shugah]

36. Texas: too damn hot!

and cockroaches.

Michigan: lovely change of seasons. NO ROACHES!

i lived in texas for several years and these are the real reasons i prefer MI to TX. i do miss the great mexican and tex-mex food tho...

people are people wherever you go. (tho to be completely honest, there were probably more people from michigan in texas when i lived there back in the 80s ;-) )

[MindPilot]

43. I wasted a year of my adolescence in some country & western cesspool of ignorance

called Amarillo.

And if I ever have any inkling that things might have improved, I can go visit my step-sister in Kilgore.

I hear Austin is nice, but I'm not prepared to take the chance.

[Javaman]

45. Yeah the census will show two prominent groups...

redneck and non-redneck. LOL

Austin says howdy! :wave: