Just looking at SOME of your inane claims:

Um, NASA may be hq'd in Texas, but they launch all their space vehicles in Florida. And they're made in Huntsville, Alabama (among other places)

How do you figger 65% of the defense industry? Lockheed is in California, Morton Thiokol is in Salt Lake City, Boeing is in Seattle (or Chicago, I forget), McDonnel/Douglas is in Long Beach. Who's in Texas?

Insurance? WHAT? Allstate is in Illinois, as is State Farm; Prudential is in Jersey; Farmers is in L.A.; Hartford, Aetna, and Travelers are in Connecticut; MetLife is in New York; Safeco is in Seattle; in fact, I can't think of ANY major insurance carrier hq'd in Texas.

Alex