[ChildOfThe60s]

Texas isn’t going to severe it’s ties with the union. 99% of Texan’s, myself included are Americans first.

There was a time what that was a good attitude. No longer. The America to which you refer and offer loyalty does not exist. You should be Texans first.

[nanetteclaret]

The whole concept of the United States in the first place was a banding together of individual states. The federal government was to have no power not specifically delegated to it - by the states. States’ rights should always trump the fed.

Texas was a Republic once before and we can be so again. We may be the last hope for freedom.

[Melas]

There was a time what that was a good attitude. No longer. The America to which you refer and offer loyalty does not exist. You should be Texans first.

I'll be the judge of that. Above my fireplace rests the flag folded by the honor guard at my father's funeral. It's not a lonestar flag, it's the flag of the United States. I'm an American.

Sorry, but in the 21st century state citizenship is a 90 day grace period before you have to transfer your driver's license. The days where the average citizen lives and dies within 50 miles of his birth are long gone.