Posted on 09/10/2013 11:07:21 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
Barry Smitherman, head of the powerful Texas Railroad Commission and is seeking to be the state's next Attorney General, made waves last week with comments about economic collapse, energy policy and the future. However, those things only led up to a much bigger statement: "We have made great progress in becoming an independent nation, an 'island nation' if you will, and I think we want to continue down that path so that if the rest of the country falls apart, Texas can operate as a stand-alone entity with energy, food, water and roads as if we were a closed-loop system."
In an interview with WND, Smitherman added that Texas is "uniquely situated because we have energy resources, fossil and otherwise, and our own independent electrical grid."
"This was one of my goals at the Utility Commission, and it is one my goals currently as chairman of the Railroad Commission," Smitherman said. "That's why I stress so vehemently oil and gas production, permitting turnaround times, and everything that enables the industry to produce as much as it can, as quickly as it can."
Smitherman also said that Texas has "been very strong leading in the charge against the Obama administration."
Though Smitherman did not use the term "secession," it seems clear that Texas is at least making preparations so that it can stand, should other states around it fall. I think this is a wise thing. They see the real problems coming and are seeking to deal with them at the state level rather than allow the problems to overtake them.
I have at least one question regarding Texas. How is Texas dealing with their southern border and the influx of illegals pouring into the state? That seems to be just as much a threat as the other things Mr. Smitherman mentions in the interview.
I also have a question as to what other states are doing, if anything, to prepare for what is obviously on the horizon.
Following the re-election (which I believe was filled with fraud) of Barack Obama in 2012, people from all 50 states signed petitions to secede from the Union. The petitions garnered enough signatures, that shortly after, the White House raised the minimum signatures for response to petitions from 25,000 to 100,000. The Obama administration took its time in responding to those petitions and essentially sidestepped the issue, having Jon Carson respond with "But as much as we value a healthy debate, we don't let that debate tear us apart."
I don't think it's debate that is tearing this country apart. It's policies that are doing that. While Carson attempted to wax eloquently about secession and the Union, I think the Obama administration fails to realize that those petitions were merely a "shot across the bow." Smitherman is indicating that preparation is being made for the real deal by at least one state. My guess is that if Texas is doing this, there are other states quietly doing it as well.
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We’ve had 150 years to mull over secession. Nobody will fight now, the South was right.
The US Army is too small to properly occupy New Jersey let alone Texas. LOL.
So do you think states should just suck it up while the whole country turns kook fringe liberal as California did? That is the brave and honorable thing to do in your view? I lived in SoCal in the 70s and liked it but it did not take long after the last amnesty to change it for the worse. I would rather Texas leave the union than become another California.
Yes, and we have lots of in-state oil production and refining.
But think about this: There are regional power grids that affect other states ALL of which would side with Texas, should things get really bad. If you think it would only be Texas, you are mistaken.
I want no part of Secession, I want it all back and the Commie B_tards who seek to destroy the nation in jail.
Ah.....so you're from Rio Linda. Well, you don't have to endure my posts if you find it hard to follow.
Funny how that eventually worked out, isn't it?
That’s my fear too. Perry wooing all those Californicaters will do it.
Did you say something?
So you're hard of hearing too? LOL
You may want to check the number of dead in that little skirmish during the 1860's, sometimes refered to as the civil war. We don't kill anyone like we do our own countrymen. Sure, Texas has it's own power grid and lots of energy and natural resources. So did Iraq. And I'm sure Texas has a decent air guard. How many carrier strike groups does it have?
Get serious, comparing modern America and the modern electorate and politics and politicians to the 1850s America is absurd.
This isn’t 1861, friend. The political will to militarily subjugate one or more secessionist states no longer exists in this country, either inside or outside the beltway.
Haha, ok, enjoy the downfall.
Thanks for the ping!
The founding fathers cut and ran from Europe prior to that...it just depends at what point you want to pick up the analogy. Also, doesn’t it say that from time to time, the tree of freedom has to be replenished with the blood of martyrs? That we have a responsibility to cast off despotic governments. Declaring independence is a way to cast off an oppressive government. It isn’t running, it is kicking the fedgov out of the boundaries of Texas. As Davy Crockett said “When tshtf, you can all go to hell, I’m going to Texas!”.... or something like that.
I see your 57.x and raise to 60.7. Sweet home Alabama.
Interesting. I think the venture has the potential to be hazardous at its core but, given the alternative, far preferable to going down with zero's sinking ship of state.
It will be interesting to see how far - or if - this goes. Please keep me posted if you learn of anything else about this.
While I think the description is a bit extreme, I'll concede the possibility.
However, few people outside of Texas know that when Texas joined the Union as a state, we retained the right to control our public lands. IOW, the feds may claim sovereignty over them, but only as far as it pleases the state to allow them. In addition, more Texans bear arms than our illegal invasion force from the south and enough to give the feds a major headache should Obama literally think he's Lincoln and try to force us back.
I think we have good odds of making it stick if we want to.
While Fort Worth is an urban area, it is not liberal. In fact, Tarrant County is the only urban area in Texas that is not liberal. Democrats haven’t won a statewide election here since 1990.
Tarrant County is a bellwether for Texas as a whole. Election results here more closely match state-wide results than any other county. So if Tarrant County does turn blue, Texas in trouble, politically speaking.
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