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I'm from N texas and you are taught from diapers that if you are from south Texas, your job is keepin Mexicans in Mexico, if you are from N Texas, your job is keepin Okies in Oklahoma

but in this matter...Texans and Okies will share a fox hole

but ya gotta tell the Okie not to shoot wantonly at Armadillos.....it gives away your position..

Sadly, some Okies gotta be told twice

You figure with armadillos invading much of the Southland now, if you could get enough Lone Star Beer, you could train the giant ones to tear apart those federal MRAPs.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/mar/12/armadillos-arrive-in-east-tennessee/

And then you could unleash the army of wild hogs, which would push the federal lines back to Washington.

That's funny. Ever heard of a Texas sharpshooter? To prove their abilities, Texans shoot at the side of a barn. Once they finally get lucky enough to hit it, they paint a target around the hole and say, “See! Ain't I a sharpshooter?!!”

Y'all talk big, but when the rubber hits the road . . . hey, thanks for the panhandle and Greer County!

Okay, bad jokes aside, Oklahomans are much more willing to accept big government decisions. Look at the difference in state laws. Texans have accepted far more than they should and most of what they think of themselves isn't borne out in legislation. However, myths and self-perceptions can be extremely powerful and can be self-fulfilling.

The argument between Texas and Oklahoma was not just over borders, but water. See Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann. Dallas/Fort Worth exploded and they need Oklahoma water to keep growing. Oklahoma and Texas disagreed on some of the definitions in a water sharing compact (i.e., Texas tried to bully away Oklahoma water way upstream and way beyond their rights). Texas lost by a unanimous decision from SCOTUS.

Since Texas couldn't bully their way into the water, they (gasp!) negotiated with Oklahoma and are now getting the water they need. Not only did the agreement do that, but it resolved (or at least calmed) the primary border dispute between Oklahoma and Texas. Oklahoma and Texas have an agreement on their borders that was approved by Congress.

Apparently the BLM didn't think Oklahoma and Texas could resolve their differences and were preparing to step in to solve a crisis, which never came. Now that there isn't a crisis, they want to step in anyway. Oh yeah, and grab some “disputed” land in Texas. Notice it's not being disputed by Oklahoma, but by the BLM. Why? Because the BLM opposed the compact between Oklahoma and Texas (because they wanted to grab more land and blame Okies).

So, the SCOTUS ruled what the border was, Texas and Oklahoma agree to what the border is, Congress agreed with Oklahoma and Texas, but the BLM wants to take the land anyway.

You'll find a large number of Okies standing with you Texicans, even if y'all can't shoot.