I have heard that phrase and seen the signs my entire life and never knew it originated with the litter campaign. I feel like it's lost a certain, "je ne sais quoi", learning that.
“The name Texas derives from táyshaʔ, a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai, which means "friends" or "allies".”
Edit: a source/explanation https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34622478
The only specific one I remember was a Texas Gyro combo with Texas fries and a coke.
The picture was of a gyro pita with like four kinds of sauce, and a giant bucket of fries.
It was good!
I thought that too, when I moved from the east coast to Texas for a few years.
Once I understood the real meaning, I felt my presumption was a reflection of my own biases, and quickly learned to judge Texas and Texans more fairly.
When it comes to stupid lawsuits I give the crown to New York City where they have tried to claim copyright on the shape of the skyline, the Times Square businesses have sued movie studios for digitally changing pictures of Times Square in movies, and the New York City Subway thinks those little circles with the train letters are their intellectual property and they send out nastygrams to other people using circles with numbers and letters in them. I’m surprised the latter hasn’t started a two ocean war over the windows dingbats font ;)
(The pledge is one of those weird things that looks like it comes from a far more authoritarian-collectivist society than the US)
It was promoted in a popular magazine (not to sell the magazine), and it in fact did come from a famous pair of socialists , Betch and Bellamy.
This article has a bit of a different viewpoint than the wiki page
Ouch.