I haven't the heart to tell them they're flying the Chilean flag, not the Texas Lone Star flag......

Texans LOVE their flag. It's everywhere. Probably hanging in more places in Texas than the US flag. Frequently one sees it flying alone, without a US flag. And if there is a US flag, they always install  two flag poles, with the US flag on one and the Texas flag on another, with the Texas flag flying at the same height as the US flag. None of this flying the Texas flag underneath the US flag on a single flag pole. That simply will not do.

I admit I've always preferred the Texas flag over other state flags. Other states clutter up their flags with ugly state seals and a motto in Latin. Not the Texas flag. It's elegant and simple. It's hard to tell the Wisconsin flag from the Michigan flag from the New York flag. But the Texas flag is pretty unmistakable.

Which is why I had to snicker a little when I was driving by a junky old strip shopping center and all the stores had their own Texas flag flying out front. But not this guy. He had the Chilean flag flying. Which may be why the store was out of business and the space up for lease.