Texas is a rogue state

[Kathleen Miller]

I often tried to apply "George Bush's Law of Kennebunkport
Extraterritoriality," but was told I could never be considered a Texan even
though I lived there for seven years.

I was constantly reminded: "Once a Yankee always a Yankee" or "Hell, you was
born north of I-20 - that makes you a Yankee".

Alas, I did often give myself away by saying something like, "Ya'll want a
hoagie" or "Youse fixin' to leave?" or committing the unthinkable by putting
beans in my chili.

I was also informed (I've even seen this one in a popular spam) that my future
children, if born in Texas, can't be Texans either. The law is very clear on
this. "Just because a cat has kittens in the oven doesn't make 'em muffins."

Katy Miller

Who now lives in Virginia, and is often reminded, while getting yelled at for
not putting beans in her chili, that she was born "north of the Rappahanock."




















Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
The New York Times

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart
that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the
eye."                 Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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