What is it about Texas?

Is the entire state insane? Retarded? Just really really dumb?

OK, so as most everyone on the Internets knows by now, the fine citizens of Waco, Texas booed Bill Nye for saying that the moon reflects the sun’s light and doesn’t produce light of its own. One woman reportedly hauled her kids from the auditorium and shouted “We believe in God!” or some such thing.

Well, okay, that’s Waco, the smelly end of the Bible Butt Plug.

So, today I got a spam email advertising a stock–you know, typical stock pump-and-dump scam. Get about six or eight of ’em a day. Only…

Only this particular stock scam spam originated from a computer with an IP address of 70.248.29.2.

A compromised Windows PC running some virus or other, you say? Oh, my no. 70.248.29.2 is www.webbcountytx.gov — the official site of the county government of Webb County, Texas.

Apparently, the fine citizens of Texas know as much about server security as they do about cosmology.

(Note: nobody from Texas was harmed in the making of this post.)

18 thoughts on “What is it about Texas?

    • I’ve heard Austin is very cool. Actually, I shouldn’t go off on Texans; I’m sure a great many are just as dismayed at things like “booing the science guy” as the rest of us, and God knows Texas has no patent on teh dumb.

      • I believe Florida holds that patent, actually.

        You can go off on Texas. It’s pretty ridiculous. I get nervous anytime I leave the greater Austin area. Additionally, I went to school in Belton, which isn’t far from Waco. One year at a tiny baptist university. It was a little terrifying, to say the least.

        I love my city, and I even love my state, but reality is reality. The vast majority of it is terribly fucked up.

        Seriously, though, if you’re ever in town, I’ll show you all the stuff that makes it worth living here. It’s pretty keen. I’m a wanderer, but I could be content spending the rest of my life here, if I had to. And, if I couldn’t live in Austin, I’d pack up and leave Texas–and quite probably the country.

      • I’ll second the recommendation for Austin. I love that place. And, if you wanna relax outdoors and catch some time in the water, there’s Barton Springs in Austin, or you can go toobing on the Guadelupe about 30-40 minutes away.

        I’ve lived in the D/FW area just over 10 years now, and that isn’t *too* bad if you can avoid the Dallas area Baptists. Apparently, we have the more backward end of the Southern Baptist Convention ’round here. Waco’s just an hour south of here. Of course, most people I interact with in Dallas are from somewhere else. That helps. 🙂

  1. I’ve heard Austin is very cool. Actually, I shouldn’t go off on Texans; I’m sure a great many are just as dismayed at things like “booing the science guy” as the rest of us, and God knows Texas has no patent on teh dumb.

  2. I believe Florida holds that patent, actually.

    You can go off on Texas. It’s pretty ridiculous. I get nervous anytime I leave the greater Austin area. Additionally, I went to school in Belton, which isn’t far from Waco. One year at a tiny baptist university. It was a little terrifying, to say the least.

    I love my city, and I even love my state, but reality is reality. The vast majority of it is terribly fucked up.

    Seriously, though, if you’re ever in town, I’ll show you all the stuff that makes it worth living here. It’s pretty keen. I’m a wanderer, but I could be content spending the rest of my life here, if I had to. And, if I couldn’t live in Austin, I’d pack up and leave Texas–and quite probably the country.

  3. I’ll second the recommendation for Austin. I love that place. And, if you wanna relax outdoors and catch some time in the water, there’s Barton Springs in Austin, or you can go toobing on the Guadelupe about 30-40 minutes away.

    I’ve lived in the D/FW area just over 10 years now, and that isn’t *too* bad if you can avoid the Dallas area Baptists. Apparently, we have the more backward end of the Southern Baptist Convention ’round here. Waco’s just an hour south of here. Of course, most people I interact with in Dallas are from somewhere else. That helps. 🙂

  4. Man, I’m right here in Seattle, working with people that you’d think had just been dug up out of the bayou for all they understand about how to care for their ‘confuser’. This is a technical type company I work for, but I’ve got stories that would make you snort coffee through your nose!

    Disclosure: I’m a Texan. The stories that make the national news and the things that some Texan’s do, make me cringe uncomfortably. I can’t deny some of the dumb-ass things that pop up from my state. But there is hope.

  5. Man, I’m right here in Seattle, working with people that you’d think had just been dug up out of the bayou for all they understand about how to care for their ‘confuser’. This is a technical type company I work for, but I’ve got stories that would make you snort coffee through your nose!

    Disclosure: I’m a Texan. The stories that make the national news and the things that some Texan’s do, make me cringe uncomfortably. I can’t deny some of the dumb-ass things that pop up from my state. But there is hope.

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