the founding myths of texas are all about which borders and laws white people (*et al.) have a right to disregard. the bullshit broke sam houston twice and he only had to live through the first four decades.

when this was dropping on the news, there were thousands of people driving past mcallen to cross the border at progreso to buy viagra and antibiotics. i'm sure many of them have very strong beliefs about the integrity of our border and protectionist trade policies.