Many of the people who live in that state call themselves ‘Coon Asses’.
A lady I used to work with was born and raised in Port Arthur, Texas to Cagin' parents. She used to refer to herself as being a Coon-Ass. I've never heard it explained where those monikers came from (Coon-Ass and Cagin). Do you know?
Pass another friggin' law, silly.