Lubbock Isn’t In The Permian Basin, But Someone Forgot To Tell MTG

My friends, I do not allow politics on our page.

If you see political content slip through, something has gone wrong, and I remove it. When you visit us, I want you to get a break from that stress. We’re here for entertainment—to help you have fun and stay informed. We occasionally weigh in on social issues, but I would never dream of telling you how to vote. You can sort that out somewhere else.

What I do know is comedy, and I love it. When somebody steps in a big ol’ pile o’ poo, it’s funny.

Enter Marjorie Taylor Greene.

I’m not entirely sure where MTG lands on the political spectrum these days, nor do I care. I don’t know which wing of the bird I might ruffle by posting this, but I’m hoping neither. Imagine an actor or some other celebrity making the same mistake, and you’d probably grin at the ridiculousness.

This is a case of somebody trying to sound knowledgeable about a place and landing with a thud.

In a Facebook reel, Greene complains about gas prices and says they shouldn’t be a problem here in Lubbock, in the Permian Basin. She repeats “Permian Basin” again and talks about how we're "swimming in oil" here.

There’s just one little problem: Lubbock is in the South Plains. We’re up on the Caprock. Midland and Odessa are the cities most associated with the Permian Basin. And believe it or not, calling Lubbock the Permian Basin is an insult to both Lubbock and Midland-Odessa.

Texas is big, but that doesn’t make its regions interchangeable. Saying it several times doesn’t move Lubbock farther south, either.  I guess there are a few pumpjacks around, but Lubbock is more cotton than oil.

Now, she may have a point worth discussing about gas prices. With all that oil production down the road, plenty of us have wondered why filling up still hurts.

But that’s another conversation. What caught my attention was the confident geography lesson that needed a geography lesson.

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She lined up for a beautiful swan dive, pointed her toes, and committed.

Then came the belly flop.