Word: texans
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...changed subjects, but he came back to the Ivy League. "There's a certain intellectual arrogance," he said. "And it might have been, you know, a 'You're from Texas, therefore,' attitude that I didn't find very appealing." In other words, Bush felt dismissed as a dumb Texan, and he resented it. Some readers might find the idea a little absurd that someone who counts the Queen of England as a distant relation and whose family is the epitome of the blue blood upper class could feel discriminated against at Yale. But there you have it. "As a matter...
With the first pick of the 2002 draft, Houston will select Colby Donaldson, the runner-up from Survivor: The Australian Outback. When Roy Firestone sits down with Donaldson after the draft, Colby will respond, “Thank God I’m a Texan...
...That rosier scenario would provide some temporary political relief for the White House; it won't change the President's approach. The Bush-Cheney plan is certain to focus on increasing energy production. After all, you won't find any tree huggers in the White House: just a proud Texan who sank a few wells in the oil patch and his deputy, Cheney, a Texas transplant who made millions as CEO of Halliburton. Those ties give critics plenty to latch onto as the President and the Veep stump for achieving greater capacity by opening a pristine Alaskan preserve...
...Colby said something interesting a few weeks back - "My only loyalty is to Tina." Which could mean one of three things: One, that sweet-yet-ruthless Tina, using her nursing skills, has successfully Freuded her way into the Vexin' Texan's mama's-boy heart, and the two have agreed to face the jury together and let the first and second prizes fall where they may (heck, Colby's already got a car). Two, that Colby somehow doesn't realize that whoever can get into the Final Two popular vote-off opposite Keith is a shoo-in for the grand...
...Which of course means he'd better win one more, or else Keith and Tina - who've been natural allies from the very beginning - will surely realize they'd rather face the jury up against each other than the toothy Texan. Tina would probably win, but for Keith - who's actually more of a "survivor," in terms of pure can't-shake-him doggedness, than Colby, who's more of a "prevailer" - it's all about getting to the next round and seeing what happens...