Just give me time to move to one first.
Posted on 12/08/2013 8:52:07 AM PST by carlo3b
I know many on this site will look at this and think it is one more crackpot talking nonsense.. That may not be entirely wrong, but I am not a crackpot, and my attitude is shared by too many intelligent folks that are entirely fed-up with the direction we are going..
Texas is suffering from our own success.. We are attracting the disaffected millions, from failed governments around the country, to our state because of our business friendly atmosphere, low taxation, low costs, great weather, and great opportunities..
All of that would be fine, if the newcomers would leave their failed liberal political views behind, which they obviously won't do.. There may not be much time before we are overrun with morons with enough numbers to risk the future.. Secession may be the only solution, if it is a solution at all..
I seek your comments..
I hear ya! :)
Texas ping
You must be in North Texas. So am I, and totally iced in. Got cabin fever.
I know my son in Dallas is getting crazy, he's stuck in the house.. Tomorrow we'll be in shorts again.. LOL
I would totally agree ... :-) ...
I would be glad to just split the country. Liberals have their states, taxes and laws, conservatives have their states, taxes and laws. Wonder which one will survive?
According to some law?
Was it "legal" for the colonies to "secede" from England?
When the time comes, we won't be looking for permission, cobber.
Believe me, if we could get several thousand to stop paying taxes, we would do it, and start the ball rolling.. It may be getting closer than we think.. Believe me you should talk to the folks around here..
We crackpots are always the last to find out. But ask a liberal.
There is the sticky wicket of many majors metro areas/population ctrs being infested with leftist control over govt and its apparatuses which act as a leverage multiplier, to borough a finance analogy, beyond their true numbers...that’s a huge impediment when you consider the deliverable resources they control and assets to deploy as they see fit.
When I was a kid learning Texas history in school, I remember being told that because of the terms under which Texas joined the union in the first place, it was the only state that could legally secede should it ever wish to do so.
But I would not be able to discuss it intelligently beyond what I learned in 6th grade. :)
But secession won’t do you any good if you wind up with the same nonsense you get from Washington. Free market constitutionalists are only a bare majority where they are a majority. If the schools are in the hands of socialists, you are guaranteed to lose that majority in a decade or two. Demographics are, in that case, destiny.
If the problem are liberals flocking to conservative Texas then how would secession help? If a seceeded Texas is a success and thee are plenty of jobs would not liberals flock there as well? No matter what — you always have to have the votes.
Are there any public officials seriously calling for secession? I doubt it.
Same here. We are watching old movies to kill the time. good news..... some of our icicles are beginning to melt.
As am I. It's a fact that modern talk of secession has been, up to now, essentially idle speculation. Neither the Democratic nor the Republican parties are about to push for it in any meaningful way. While there has been a recent "secession" movement in Colorado, it's a push to split Colorado into two states, not to secede from the Union.
And in any case, the Colorado movement is going nowhere, just as talk of Texas leaving the Union is just that...talk.
Me too. yuck.
I know, I was too busy that day to attend, but I heard about it.. LOL
Expect generals with a history of mental illness (like Sherman ) and severe alcoholism (like Grant) to bring bloodshed and misery on your civilians people.
Texas could secede. The Republic of Texas joined the United States as a sovereign nation via a treaty. All parties to a treaty have the right to nullify a treaty. There is a procedure that must be followed but Texas can legally nullify the treaty which binds it to the USA. Also the USA could nullify the treaty binding Texas and Texas would then be expelled from the union. Texas, via the same treaty, has the right to divide in 5 separate states and could then sent 10 senators to DC instead of just 2.
Texas has lots of options but as you point out, with the masses of northerners flooding Texas we will most likely be a blue state in the near future. Already the once solid red Harris county (Texas most populace county) has turned blue.
We need more of a 1776 than an 1861.
Just give me time to move to one first.
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