On the
eighth day God made Texas. I found it in the Bible!
And
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening
and the morning were the sixth day.
Thus
the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God
ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made.
And
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his work which God created and made.
Then
God began to consider. Looking at all He had made, and the man, and the
animals, the rocks, the trees, oceans, and the fish therein, and He saw that
something was still missing. For God knew man for what he was, and knew that
man would stray like a child in a school yard. There needed to be one place,
one people, who while being flawed, and would make mistakes, would still retain
God’s original plan, and be willing to act on it, so on the eighth day God made
Texas!
As you know, I spent some
time in Utah recently. I studied the culture there, enjoyed the mountains, met
the people, and found a society that had evolved from a hardy pioneer stock to
populate an area that no man in his right mind would even have a second thought
about. I returned home, and as luck would have it, I ended up on my porch alone
last night, and that’s never good because I begin to think. My night progressed
to YouTube and I first researched the Great Salt Lake. Yeah, I’m boring, but I’m
old, bear with me. Then I watched a slew of stuff on Joseph Smith, including
what looked like the Disney version of his life. Yeah, I watched the whole
movie. The night wound up with a presentation by some guy who was a former
Satanist, turned Mormon, and then got “born again.” (Wait for it.)
This learned gentleman went
through great lengths to slander Smith, and finally produced his “proof” that
the Devil had inspired Brigham Young to draw up the Blue Prints for the Salt
Lake Temple. Ok, I’m just a Simple Ol’ Boy From Austin, but I did have a twelve pack so I continued.
That was. . . special. I notice little things. Real things. And the more beer I
drink, the more I notice. Hey, it’s a “Texas” thing. One thing I noticed was this cat did an entire
segment lambasting the LDS “Garment.” Now, for the uninformed the “garment” is
a form of underwear worn by Mormons for a physical reminder of the adherence to
their beliefs. They have these little symbols on them, and there is an entire
ritual concerning the wearing of this cloth. Well, first he tore into the
symbols, going back to Babylon or someplace, but finally settled on the Masons.
(This is my surprised face.) If you ever want to see a religious nut go off,
just bring up the Masons. Anyway, he cited Bible verse after Bible verse showing
how God hates underwear. I’m listening to this idiot, but still couldn’t help
but wonder how Marie Osmond looked in her
underwear. I digress.
Then, an angel appeared
unto me. I looked upon the angel, and the angel was magnificent. Funny thing
about angels is that you can never tell if they are male or female, what with
the long blonde hair, the fair features. I suspect this was a California angel.
Anyway, I walked up to the angel and I
said, “What?” And the angel got holy, and powerful, and resounded-duh. And the
angel said, “Look at that fool’s head!” So, I did. On top of his head was this
little beany kinda like Spanky used to wear in the Little Rascals. So here’s
this hypocrite ranting and raving about someone’s drawers while he’s wearing a
religious symbol of his own right on top of his head. Wisdom comes in small
doses, folks. He ended his lecture with
the conclusion that the Mormons were in a vast conspiracy to take over the
world, with the cooperation of the Devil of course, and would move the Oval
Office to a Mormon Temple in DC about a block or two from the White House. (You
can’t make this stuff up, people.) That, and
Joseph Smith set this all up on some hill in New York one hundred and ninety-three
years ago. I can get this same kind of nonsense out of Frenchi if I run a few
shots of Tequila through her, and I’m quite sure she looks a lot better in her
underwear than he looks in his!
I called it a night, but
this morning I caught a Charlie Daniels video Pale Horse, and that scared the pee out
of me all good and proper. Ok, let’s cut to the core. Let me do a refresher for
you from Wilbur 101. There is a God Hole in everyone’s head. People try to
explain their situation by filling that hole. Now, there is a creative force in the universe, and if you don’t believe that
just try to make a leaf. Left on its own, this pretensity will lead to millions
of conclusions, all different, all filling the hole with whatever. Religious thought is organic. When
the dots don’t connect, just make more dots. Let’s look at some facts, shall
we?
Fact: The man in the
lecture never changed. He just traded one addiction for another. It always amazes
me that when some people find “God” they immediately try to impose their “God”
on other people who are trying to fill their
God Hole. They do this by finding fault, and of course, if the other person
doesn’t agree then it simply must be the Devil!
Fact: The Mormons are not
going to take over the world. ISIS won’t let them. Whenever you find an
organization that seems to be doing well there will always be people who
theorize that the success of said organization must be from, you guessed it,
the Devil. Hence you get an old man trying to rip everyone’s underwear off
whilst wearing Spanky’s Beany.
Fact: The US has gone to
hell in a handbasket. You don’t have to connect any dots there, just look out
the window. Shucks, look in your wallet. While I don’t believe in any “Illuminati”
I do believe that there are a host of fools out there who think they’re Illuminati. And Masons? A bunch of old men in funny
hats with their own secret handshake and an apron! Now, there is a link between Masons and Mormons.
Joseph Smith was a Mason, and borrowed their rituals for his “Temple.” You will
also note that Ted Cruz stuck his hand in his coat for a picture and walked
away with Utah quite handily. (You can’t make this stuff up, folks.)
Fact: Never forget that we
Texans are the only people left who will hold up in a church and shoot at you.
We’ve done it twice now.
Conclusion: Texas will
eventually divorce our unfaithful wife, America. We don’t buy into secret
handshakes, underwear, symbols, or any of that other nonsense. What we do buy into
is constitutions, oil, cattle, tech, real money, and freedom. Oh, buy the way,
we just went on the gold standard again. Ya’ll didn’t know that did you. While
you were looking under Obama’s hair for horns we quietly solidified our
economy. Jus’ Sayin’. The Texans heading this all up are like my friend, Doc
Greene. He filled his God Hole with,
well, GOD! You remember Him, don’t
you? The guy who made Texas. Beam me up, Scotty.