Hey Rick Perry---Lewis Black and his fellow New Yorkers say "Go Fuck yourself"

[calimary]

20. I'm calimary, and I HEARTILY approved this message!

Usually my attitude toward Texas is -

"'Don't mess with Texas' you say? Stuff it. I'm from California.

We're bigger than you.
Our population's bigger than yours.
Our Congressional delegation is bigger than yours.
Our electoral vote totals are bigger than yours.
Our Latino population is bigger than yours.
Our agriculture is bigger and better than yours.
Our natural wonders are bigger and better than yours.
Our universities are bigger and classier and more prestigious than yours.
Our economy, as a mere state, STILL ranks us in the top ten of NATIONS OF THE WORLD. Not just states.
Our overall health is better than yours.
Our beaches are better than yours.
Our surf is better than yours.
Our blondes are better than yours.
Our weather is better than yours.
Our style is better than yours.
Our cuisine is better than yours.
Our music is better than yours.
Our diversity is better than yours.
Our broadmindedness is bigger than yours, and we both like AND recognize that we're living in the 21st Century unlike so many of you.
Our collective intelligence is WAY higher than yours.
Our governor is WAY smarter than yours and the guy before him was an ass, but fuck it. He was also the fuckin' TERMINATOR.

And I could go on.

I'm from California. And I'll mess with Texas ANYTIME I DAMN WELL FEEL LIKE IT.

Seldom utter it out loud, but that's pretty much always what I'm thinking whenever some swaggering putz goes to the "Don't Mess with Texas" BS.