Posted on 04/15/2009 4:54:36 PM PDT by Dallas
THE COUNTRY of TEXAS
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. We will control the space industry.
2. We refine 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. What will the other states do? Gee, we don't know. Why not ask Obama?
5. Natural Gas - again we have all we need and it's too bad about those Northern States. John Kerry and Al Gore will have to figure out a way to keep them warm....
6. Computer Industry - we lead the nation in producing compute chips and communications equipment -small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Medical Care - We have the research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers. The Houston Medical Center alone employees over 65,000 people.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us getting smarter: University of Texas , Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas Christian, Rice, SMU, University of Dallas , University of Houston , Baylor, UNT (University of North Texas), Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy grows better in the South anyway.
9. We have an intelligent and energetic work force, and it isn't restricted by a bunch of unions. Here in Texas, it's a Right to Work State and, therefore, it's every man and woman for themselves. We just go out and get the job done. And if we don't like the way one company operates, we get a job somewhere else.
10. We have essential control of the paper, plastics, and insurance industries, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, and several military bases. 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 the 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. Don't need any food.
13. Three of the ten largest cities in the United States , and twenty-three of the 100 largest cities in the United States , are located in Texas . And Texas also has more land than California , New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland , Rhode Island and Vermont combined.
14. Trade: Three of the ten largest ports in the United States are located in Texas .
15. We also manufacture cars down here, but we don't need to. You see, nothing rusts in Texas , so our vehicles stay beautiful and run well for decades, well most of the time.
This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.
Now to the rest of the United States under President Obama:
Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Obama will be able to drive around in his big 9 mpg SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.
You won't have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellite communications.
You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Obama has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas as long as you survive the 2000 years it will take to get enough heat from Global Warming.
Signed, The People of Texas
P.S. This is not a threatening letter - just a note to give you something to think about and maybe a chuckle!
SLEEP WELL TONIGHT "THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU!!"
It's one of those sad facts of history not taught in government schools, just as their were 700 free African Americans who were slave owners living in Charleston, also, according to the 1860 Census.
If such an undertaking as declaring Independence in Texas were to succeed, it would need to overcome reluctance to commit the same errors of the Confederacy at the outbreak of the War Between the States. After First Manassas, not moving directly into Washington was an error the Army of Northern Virginia lived to regret.
The logistics of a war with Mexico invading from the South and the Union invading from the North, both unnecessarily galvanized by the convenient distraction of "rebellion" is a nightmare I would rather not dwell on.
Peaceful Non-Cooperation is a better choice, it seems to me, to achieve the purposes of a Free People, bound to gain the support of those who love Liberty everywhere, though I can also think of few things less likely to happen if Texas' cooperation in the Union's agenda is coerced. Just such a horror might be precisely what the Statists would prefer, don't you imagine? What would serve their purposes better than the unifying spell of hatred that could be cast elsewhere in the Union?
Still, like Lee, if Texas were to decide to leave the Union, I would choose to fight or die in her defense. The Collective knows this better than we give them credit for, as they always use the conscience of those who have a conscience as a club to beat down the spirit of Independence and individual liberty.
She who bore me is worthy of more than life, as is liberty, though no such fight is necessary. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
Texas has the money to pay for these things you mention because unlike many other states, we are fiscally conservative, which has lead to a very large surplus.
That’s great news.
LOL — My thoughts as well! I’d gladly give up the snow for heat, if it means more FREEDOM! :)
Dude, this is just an academic exercise that Texans play often, kind of like a fantasy football league.. we aren’t really breaking away.. heck, most of the real Texas secessionist movements are freaks, either selling bogus land grants and fake money, to other nutty groups..
We like to know, and remind the rest of y’all how good we are and if we had to, we could go it alone..
We’ll just say the rest of the USA is succeeding from us.
Cannon fodder for their invading army.
“When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to dissolve the political bands which connect one people to another...”
When America is no longer the America we pledged allegiance to, when the Tree of Liberty withers from thirst, when the looters outnumber the producers, then it’s not treason: it’s reason.
I have a feeling a lot of states would join us. The United States of Texas would be a thing of beauty
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Get Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama Georgia, Fl, South Carolina. United States of Texas.
.......we aren’t really breaking away......
You should think absorb. That is what other states can be absorbed. Once absorbed and part of Texas, they can join the effort to leave
We'll manage somehow.
Tell them we slap our necks at least three times every morning just to make sure they’re Red.
Where the hell have you been?
This nation is already "broken up"
Well, so is my vitriol.
I don’t sweat this any more than I do the Code Pinks.
I don't believe this.
Ever heard of McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform?
I thought AMR American Airlines was based in Dallas?
Gee, thanks! ;) Why not just send them back SOUTH and back HOME??? March ‘em to the border and tell them to swim back, or you’ll have them dig a hole instead... LOL
And most importantly, we have the Cowboys
Bring it on, Yankee!
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