Judge Sez Go Ahead, Mess With Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) got slapped down for trying to trademark “Don’t Mess With Texas” — a phrase that has been in common usage for as long as the Lone Star Republic has existed.
In this case, the TxDOT — who get the idiot of the month, trademark troll award — tried to keep Romance Author Christie Craig from e-publishing a book called … yep, you guessed it … Don’t Mess With Texas.
According to the Austin Business Journal, the weak, faint hearted TxDOT bureaucrats objected because, “The book contains numerous graphic references to sexual acts, states of arousal, etc.” Guess somebody should tell TxDOT that’s how little Texans get made. (Or do they still believe in storks?)
If this is presidential candidate and TxGov Rick Perry’s idea of good governance, then voters better start messin’ with that Texan early and often.
