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		| I guess this is a long-winded way for me to say that I love the United States and I love Texas, and so does every other American and Texan. | 
	
 Hmm.  I don't want to sound like a dick, but I don't have an overall favorable impression of Texas.  I'm from New England.  It's kind of like the question "Why is there a hole in the roof of the Cowboy's staduim?  So God can watch his team play."  This is only considered a joke outside of Texas.  
I suspect that Europeans see the entire USA the way that non-Texans see Texas.