Sure, pretty much the rest of the country, if not the world, sees Texas natives as cast members from the old TV show โHee Haw.โ
Letโs just expand on that, shall we? We shall.
Officials with the Sanger ISD recently staged something of a parody spoofing Rick Perry โ a Rick Parody [snicker] โ and swiping at Texas school funding, or lack thereof, and standardized testing.
They wrote and performed a little ditty to the tune of โPfft, You Were Gone,โ a Buck Owens song that once was a staple on the cornpone hick โ sorry, redundant โ show โHee Haw.โ
They posted the performance to the YouTubes, and in case you canโt quite make out the lyrics hereโs a sample:
Local
The latest news from around North Texas.
First there was TABS and then came the TEAMS test
Up came the TAKS โ before that the TAAS
Now EOC โ it's all called the STAAR test
Standardized testing's a pain in the โฆ
(chorus)
Where, Rick Perry, are you tonight?
Why did you leave us here all alone?
You promised us funding for all Texas children,
But then you heard "White House" and โ pfft โ you were gone โฆ
Sorry, sorry [ahem], funny stuff, there, indeed.
To bad the rest of the planet thinks itโs everyday life around here. Please, Rick, donโt embarrass us. Oh ...
Bruce Felps owns and operates East Dallas Times, an online community news outlet serving the White Rock Lake area. He thinks, yes, โHee Hawโ adequately reflects an a** running as an elephant.
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