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If Obama wins: Will Texas secede from the union?
BizPac Review ^ | Michael Dorstewitz

Posted on 07/15/2012 3:46:27 PM PDT by cap10mike

Could Texas once again become the Republic of Texas?

Without question, the Nov. 6 election will be a do-or-die, make-or-break, Rubicon-crossing event. If the presidential election goes one way, we get a “do-over.” We’ll be given the opportunity to take the first step on a long, arduous journey back to our political and economic roots. If it goes the other way, federalism and balance of power will continue to be edged out by an overreaching federal government and an imperial presidency. Socialism will have an unbreakable hold on the economy, and a centralized government, rather than a free market, will determine business’ winners and losers.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: bho2012; election; obama; secession; texas; tx2012
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To: al_c

If I owned hell and Texas I would live in hell and rent out Texas.


181 posted on 07/15/2012 7:14:48 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: moonshot925

Is it hard to sit at a computer with a Federal boot stuck up you keester?


182 posted on 07/15/2012 7:14:53 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: cap10mike

If I remember correctly, England said that it was illegal for the US to secede .... how did that work out for them .... even considering all the English court decisions, etc. I suspect there will be another civil war if the communist Food Stamp President is re-elected.


183 posted on 07/15/2012 7:15:21 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Skittle pooping unicorns are more common than progressives with honor & integrity.)
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To: moonshot925

Bump.

184 posted on 07/15/2012 7:17:12 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon
All kidding aside, the Constitution is not a suicide pact.

The constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

In my opinion it is the greatest legal document humans have ever created.

It must be followed.

185 posted on 07/15/2012 7:18:32 PM PDT by moonshot925
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To: moonshot925
Texas v. White was a SCOTUS case which decided that unilateral state succession is illegal.

Raising a pig in city limits is illegal as well.

Guess who bootlegged a pig until it was 100 lbs.

You can quote or make all the laws you like. Unless you get the public to go along with it, you are urinating up a rope.

186 posted on 07/15/2012 7:19:58 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: allmendream
I thought of that quote. Last year during the drought, I was thinking about it. ;)

/johnny

187 posted on 07/15/2012 7:22:15 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: moonshot925
President Eisenhower Explains His High Regard for Gen. Robert E. Lee

August 9, 1960

Dear Dr. Scott:

Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War Between the States the issue of Secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.

General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his belief in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.

From deep conviction I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee's caliber would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the nation's wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.

Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.

Sincerely,

Dwight D. Eisenhower

188 posted on 07/15/2012 7:23:34 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: bigheadfred
There is an upside. When he introduced his mother to his buddies. Be like a fairytale.

ASH ALERT?

189 posted on 07/15/2012 7:26:15 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1271 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: moonshot925
It must be followed.

No. In fact, contained within the Constitution are instructions on how to change it.

Liberals, like you, have let courts change it without going through the process.

The Constitution can be abrogated and made null and void. The entire federal system can be abolished.

Personally, I think that needs to be done.

/johnny

190 posted on 07/15/2012 7:26:20 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: moonshot925
The constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

When "Affirmative Action" withstood Constitutional muster I knew then it was a joke to think that it wasn't bastardized to the point of no return. How can reverse discrimination be Constitutional? Robert's just confirmed my view, again.

191 posted on 07/15/2012 7:27:25 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: null and void
I haven't seen an Ash Alert since... well... Ash. ;)

It is that kind of crazy time.

/johnny

192 posted on 07/15/2012 7:31:51 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: donmeaker

This has been Michael Medved’s argument for the last few years. And, it makes sense.

But, sometimes, there’s just the appeal, of cold steel.


193 posted on 07/15/2012 7:32:14 PM PDT by x1stcav (There's a bunch of us out here spoiling for a fight.)
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To: null and void

Yes. And pumpkin pie.


194 posted on 07/15/2012 7:33:19 PM PDT by bigheadfred (MY PET TAPEWORM OBIWAN IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Liberals, like you, have let courts change it without going through the process.

I don't know what you're smoking but no court can change the constitution.

The Supreme Court can only interpret the Constitution, or decide how the framers intended for the Articles and Amendments to be applied.

The actual document itself does not change.

Our interpretation of the constitution changes over time.

You are the liberal who want to abandon our constitution which has lasted 223 years.

195 posted on 07/15/2012 7:37:02 PM PDT by moonshot925
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To: central_va

Yikes! Why did you have to post the picture of that bi-polar closet queer?


196 posted on 07/15/2012 7:38:29 PM PDT by Jay Redhawk
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To: donmeaker

So what you are saying is the we as citizens of individual states have to stay in the USA under threat of nuclear decimation. Even the USSR was less bellicose. Thuggery. You are a punk statist tool.


197 posted on 07/15/2012 7:38:38 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: moonshot925
You stand there and tell me that the courts haven't changed the meaning of the 'general welfare' or 'interstate commerce' clauses? With a straight face?

Sod off.

Once upon a time the Constitution was something to respect. Read in plain english, it still is.

As interpreted by the feral gooberment? Forgetaboutit.

Time to dissolve the FedGov, per the Declaration of Independence.

I would appreciate it if they go without a fight.

/johnny

198 posted on 07/15/2012 7:43:07 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Like I said, the Supreme Court can only change our INTERPRETATION of the constitution. The constitution itself never changes.

The Declaration of Independence has no legal power or authority today

The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the United States.


199 posted on 07/15/2012 7:51:14 PM PDT by moonshot925
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To: JRandomFreeper

We killed a pig on Friday. Cooked and ate him on Saturday (big family reunion) and today I actually rested ALL day for the first time in weeks. It has done WONDERS for my constitution. Epiphany...


200 posted on 07/15/2012 7:54:21 PM PDT by bigheadfred (MY PET TAPEWORM OBIWAN IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
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