[Texas Chrystal]

Of course, this applies to the "Republic of Texas," but since Texans have big hearts, we will share with the other red states as they will share with us. Screw the blue states.


1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas and Florida has Cape Canaveral. We will control the space industry.
2. Texas refines over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
3. Defense Industry--we have over 65% of it. The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Blue states? Sorry about that.
5. Natural Gas - again we have all we need and it's too bad about those Blue states. The Blue States will figure out a way to keep themselves warm....
6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications--small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Medical Care - We have the largest research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers. Dallas has some of the best hospitals in the United States.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: University of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT (University of North Texas), Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy grows better in the South
anyway.
9. We have a ready supply of workers. We could just open the border when we need some more.
10. We have essential control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an Army, but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an Army in 24
hours if we need one. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over Chuck Norris and a couple of Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let's not forget seafood from the Gulf. Also, everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they
taste good.

[fo0hzy]

Texas sounds nice - but I'm moving to South Dakota next year ;)

[JanetteS]

Ooh, that's nice. I should do one for Florida:

1. We have Disney World
2. We have all the blue states parents and grandparents

Um well, #2 certainly isn't an asset and I'm not sure about #1.

Texas sounds nice!

[SoDak]

That's a pretty good list. I go to Texas about every two months and if I wasn't so in love with the solitude of my ranch I'd think about moving down there.

[the_gospel_of_thomas]

Awesome POST !!!



The most recent RANT of the left is that the Blue States pay more in taxes than the RED states, who Take all of "Their money" ( where have you heard THAT one before ? )

4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Blue states? Sorry about that.

Sweet :)