They should add a Texas flag to chess.com
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Jun 9, 2023
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Jun 9, 2023
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Texas is honestly the best country and it deserves it’s place among the rest of the countries on chess.con
Unfortunately, Texas, is no longer a country 🙀
Jun 9, 2023
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Not so long ago The Republic of Texas, 1836-1845. It was also under Apache, Comanche, Spanish, French, Mexican, U.S. and Confederate flags, and was settled by Germans, Poles, Czechs, Mexicans and other immigrant groups of the 1800s.
Texas is so big it is its own tectonic plate which encompasses most of North America and parts of Europe. We are larger than Alaska and have more airports than they do. So there.
And our flag is really cool. Great post. Best post of the year. I think you should get an award.
Succeed!
¡Dios bendiga a Tejas!
¡Van los fonolocalizadores de bocinas grandes!
Jun 10, 2023
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Texas is like the second biggest state in the US and the first bestest state so it should be it’s own country
Jun 10, 2023
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We have a provision in our Constitution that would allow us to become three states. It'll never happen, but way back when they illegally annexed us they thought is was so big, bigger than Alaska, you know, that they may have to trim it down later.
Austin is built on sacred Comanche ground. They ran the Apaches out. There are two, very small, reservations in Texas. We literally ran all the Indians out of the state. I was sitting next to a guy at a show one time and he asked me if I had ever met an Indian in Texas. I said no. He said, "You have now." There are several small communities of Natives here (I ain't no native, honey, I was born here!) and we have an annual Pow Wow. I was part of a sweat lodge up north for awhile. We had several different tribes represented.
And no, saying Indian is not offensive to Native Americans. They laugh at it and use it themselves. Saying Eskimo is incredibly offensive. They are Inuit or Sami or any of the other hundreds of Northern Peoples. Eskimo means "eater of raw meat" or "netter of snowshoes". There's argument there.
Indian just means Stupid White Man. They don't even know where they are.
Jun 10, 2023
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Texas History Fun Fact- We literally caught Santa Anna taking a nap in the afternoon at San Jacinto. He had set up his lines and decided the army should take a Siesta. We attacked and ran over them in a matter of hours. We found Santa Anna dressed as a beggar trying to walk back to Mexico. When he got home they threw his leg, which was interred in a glass case in one of their hallowed halls, in Veracruz maybe, into the sea. He had lost his leg earlier and had had this monument built to display his leg.
You can't make this stuff up.
Edit- I had mistakenly said Goliad for San Jacinto. Goliad was a slaughter of 425 to 445 Texas prisoners by the Mexicans. As in all wars, this sort of behavior is counter productive. It only infuriates your enemy and makes him more resolute in his aims for your destruction. No one kills off Pawns after you capture them, right?
Edit- The fight at San Jacinto lasted 18 minutes!
Further Edit- Gawd, now you have me studying Texas history. Remember the Alamo. Be sure and add ice cream. Lots of good movies on the subject.
Jun 10, 2023
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Ann Richards was our last great Governor. We were doing fine until 1995. She passed in 2006 RIP. We will hold our breath until we turn blue.
Jun 10, 2023
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Why is the sunset orange? Because God is a Texan.
What's the difference between Culture and Agriculture? About 150 miles.
Q: Why do University of Houston grads keep their diplomas on their dashboards? A: So they can park in handicap spaces.
Q: What do you call a good looking girl on the University of Houston campus? A: A visitor.
Q: Did you hear about the power outage at the Texas Tech University library? A: Thirty students were stuck on the escalator for three hours.
Why was the delegation from the Dallas Dyslexic Republican Association turned away from the Republican National Convention? Their placard read: 'We love Taxes'.
Q: Did you hear about the fire in University of Texas's football dorm that destroyed 20 books? A: The real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.
Q: What does the average Texas Tech University student get on his SAT? A: Drool.
Q: Why couldn't the baby Jesus be born in Texas? A: Because they couldn't find 3 wise men or a virgin.
Q: Why did Forrest Gump choose 'Bama over UT? A: He wanted an academic challenge!
Q: Why are there so many unsolved murders in Texas? A: There are no dental records and everyone has the same DNA
Q: How many Texas Tech freshman does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, it's a sophomore course.
Q: What does a Red Raiders grad call a Longhorns grad in 5 years? A: Boss!
source: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/worldjokes/texasjokes.html
Jun 10, 2023
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Never was. We ran all the Scotsmen out of the state along with the Indians. 
Jun 10, 2023
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Texas was fought for and founded by many Tennesseans, which is why we use Orange.
David Bowie sang How Does the Grass Grow to the Mexicans before the battle of the Alamo. He escaped with important messages, but his cousin Jim was killed with the others.
I have a David Bowie knife.
