Listening to Heavy Metal is a Death Penalty Offense in Texas

No shit to this. Texas executed an innocent man, in part, because he liked heavy metal music and therefore had to be a Satanist:

The prosecutor, John Jackson, acknowledges that the arson investigation was flawed, but he remains convinced that Willingham is guilty for two reasons. The first is that he beat his wife and was therefore capable of killing his children. The second is that he liked heavy metal music and thus was presumptively a Satanist.

What the fuck?!? I thought executing people for being satanists (and witchcraft) went out of fashion about 300 years ago, but apparently not in Texas. Note that the Killer of Satanists is now a state judge in Texas, so you'd best not go into his courtroom wearing a Black Sabbath t-shirt, for he might order the bailiff to shoot you.

Governor Perry is no better. He was informed that the arson investigation in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was bullshit, but he didn't give a fuck:

Gov. Rick Perry has not let expert reports or modern science shake his belief that Willingham must be a murderer. So certain is the governor that he's delivered his own guilty verdict without bothering to wait for the Forensic Science Commission's own conclusions in the case.

Perry flippantly dismissed the findings of "supposed experts." Just in case his sarcasm wasn't evident, he added air quotes with his fingers to dismiss the nationally respected scientists.

If you are not a rich, white adult Christian, you would be well advised to stay the hell out of Texas. They'll fry your ass if you are not any of the above. Austin may be an exception, maybe San Antonio, but they are indeed two islands in a sea of barbarism. The only difference between the Texas GOP and the Taliban is the god that they pray to.

Some Texans want to secede from the Union. I say: Good riddance.