Harris County mentioned on MSNBC

I WFH and start around 3:15 a.m. daily. At 3 a.m., MSNBC always replays a show from last night's primetime. This morning was "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell. He did a segment on the Texas legislature's attempt to simply throw out any election results they don't like. It's made national news. Legislation targeting a single county in Texas, just because it consistently votes Democrat.

Now I'm a Dallas guy, but I've always given Houston the proper respect it deserves. I had a buddy who lived there years ago; he's now in Scottsdale. Every time I visited, I had a good time. And the restaurant scene is great. Houston and Dallas drive like maniacs.

Dallas's skyline is attractive, yes, but Houston has far more skyscrapers, with many of them spread around the city. Williams Tower is a sight to behold. It's still Transco Tower to me.

Back to "The Last Word." At the end of the segment, O'Donnell mentioned that the population of Harris County is five million people, or, as he said, "more than the population of twenty-five states."

The legacy, East Coast Media are fixated on the east coast, with an almost laser focus on New York City and Washington. Every now and then, they throw LA a bone. I hear "Florida" all the time. There's almost no mention of Texas (unless it's another mass shooting), and I recall few references to DFW, home to 8 million people, with the Houston metro not far behind. Occasionally they throw in Austin. It's like we don't exist. I'd like to see the average New Yorker who can grill on a Weber and smoke in a pellet smoker at the same time in their big back yard.

At least some people know that Harris County has more population than twenty-five states.