Anaheim Ducks Gameday: What's Going on in Texas?

Oh god, we're really playing Dallas again? I barely even acknowledged the state in my past two gameday posts about them, hoping they would just go away. But here we are again. Guess it's time to finally address them, and maybe after that we can put this whole stupid ordeal behind us.

So... Dallas. Texas. Yup.... Texas.

What's going on these days in Texas, anyway? Let's do a Google News search to find out...

The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas: ‘Brutal, Deadly, and Effective’
TheDailyBeast.com

In what increasingly appears to be an all-out fight between white-supremacist prison gangs and law enforcement, the feds are taking their incarcerated rivals very seriously.

Texas Republicans Stand United Against Providing Low-Income People With Health Care
ThinkProgress.org

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and the state’s two Republican senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, joined forces at the state capitol on Monday afternoon to reiterate their opposition to expanding the Medicaid program under Obamacare.

Texas couple arrested over boy in box
AZcentral.com

A Texas man and his wife have been arrested in Las Vegas amid allegations they forced his 9-year-old son at times to live in a locked wooden box.

Texas legislators propose slashing class time required to get a concealed-handgun license
DallasNews.com

Anyone hoping to get a concealed-handgun license, as one out of every 44 Texans has done, must first take a 10-hour course. Instructors and others say that's too long in a classroom, and lawmakers seem poised to change the requirement.

2 prisoners, one awaiting trial in capital murder, escape Texas jail
FoxNews.com

Authorities organized a massive manhunt Tuesday for two prisoners, including one awaiting trial on a capital murder charge, who escaped from an East Texas jail.

Thanks to Texas, Cowboys' Tony Romo is actually the NFL's highest-paid player
DallasNews.com

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo became the fifth-highest paid player in the NFL on Friday by signing a six-year, $108 million contract extension that will keep him in Dallas through 2019.

Texas Public Schools Teaching 'End Times' Theology, Creationism
HuffingtonPost.com

Students in Texas' public schools are still learning that the Bible provides scientific evidence that the Earth is 6,000 years old, that astronauts have discovered "a day missing in space in elapsed time" that affirms biblical stories of the sun standing still and moving backwards, and that the United States was founded as a Christian nation based on biblical Christian principles.

Jesus Christ, Texas, get your shit together!

Prediction: Ducks beat Stars 4-1, Dvorak with a hattrick.