Only In Texas

Sometimes some of the wierdest news comes from Texas. Oprah was once sued because she made some comments about meat that some in the Texas cattle and meat industry tried unsuccessfully to contend as "libel" against the industry. Somehow Oprah just saying that she might not eat some meat frightened the Texas cattle industry enough to sue her.

And a Texas housewife who ran parties that sold novelty sex toys in a manner similar to Tupperware parties, was once arrested on felony charges because of regressive Texas laws against junk sex toy novelty items like this.

Now, a new example of "troglodyte snakehandler minded" state legislature inspired nonsense from Texas has popped up to give the nation a big laugh once again.

Big corporations are discovering the tax benefits of having some small time rachers stick a few head of cattle on some grassy area of large corporate property.

One large office complex that served as a corportate headquarters was able to slash their taxes from $157,000 a year down to just a $1,000 a year by allowing an elderly man to have a few head of cattle to grase on a grass area on the office complex property. And in another case, a megabox store was able to cut their taxes from $200,000 a year down to just $3,000.

Suddenly instead of paying higher corporate rates, big corporations are now reclassifying themselves as grazing land for cattle, and getting bargain basement tax rates.

What can I say. Only in Texas.