CALIFORNIA IS THE MOST HATED STATE IN THE UNION

Texas didn't fare too well either. I think the reason people in other parts of the country don’t like Texas is because they are simply jealous of our great state. The fact that Texans do a lot of bragging about their state doesn’t help either.

I suspect the reason they hate California – I call it Kookfornia – the most of all the states is because of the kooky ultra-liberal garbage it keeps trying to foster on the rest of the country. Houston Press Hair Balls has presented five ‘irrefutable arguments’ that aliens from outer space landed and settled in Hollywood 70 years ago, which would explain how Kookfornia keeps coming up with that kooky garbage.

Here is one of the five arguments presented by Hair Balls: Very, very strange people like Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger have reached the pinnacle of Hollywood success. And let me add as further proof of the now settled aliens from outer space, the fact that Kookfornia voters elected as governors, Arnold the Terminator and Jerry ‘Moonbeam’ Brown.

WE CAN BE TEXAS PROUD THAT WE’RE NOT CALIFORNIA
By Emily Wilkins

Houston Chronicle
February 23, 2012

Texas is big, proud and … not really liked that much by people in other states, at least according to the results of a Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday.

The state of Texas is many things, but when 1,200 Americans were asked for their opinion of Texas in the last several months, 31 percent responded unfavorably. The good news is that 40 percent responded favorably, but the difference in percentages wasn’t enough for the state to be viewed more positively than Hawaii. Or North Dakota. Or Rhode Island.

You get the idea.

The 9 percentage point difference in positive and negative opinions placed Texas at 38th most liked state among the 50 United States.

But however Texas is viewed, residents can take comfort in knowing Americans aren’t indifferent about its Lone Star. About forty to sixty percent of respondents answered “not sure” when asked about their opinions of most states. But only 29 percent were unsure whether they liked Texas or not – a credit to Texas’s distinct culture and style, said Mark P. Jones, chair of the Department of Political Science at Rice University.

“States like Texas, given that it’s a well known brand and elicits a lot of positive support, it also has high negatives,” Jones said.

The only state respondents had less of an opinion about was California with 28 percent – the most hated state on the list.

Some more findings from the survey: If you are black, you probably don’t like Texas as much as most other states, but it’s better than Mississippi or Alabama. If you are a Republican, you probably love Texas and hate California. (The reverse is true if you are a Democrat.)

Take heart, Texas – 25 million people can’t be wrong. You will always be the biggest (as long as you’re only counting the continental states because Alaska beats you by a lot.) You have a lot of oil and presidents and a really big water park. And people like you more than New Jersey.