"Who cares, you can always become and independent country again."
Thank you for noticing! My dad used to tell me that over and over again. And again. Whenever the hippies would riot or somesuch nonsense, my father would pull out the Texas Constitution and tell us that we have the right to secede from the liberales whenever we want.
Then when I'd mention that the federales would come after us, he'd always say that the with all the military bases in Texas, there's no contest...
Ah, memories.