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Texas senators ask Obama to help prevent border violence www.statesman.com... Texas asks for federal help dealing with 'major' wildfire disaster www.khou.com...
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by Juggernog
Originally posted by jtap66
I hope Texas does secede.
I also hope that Mexico takes it back by force five minutes after Texas loses the support of the U.S. military.
Brush up on your Spanish!
The Texas National Guard and our Militias are more than a match for the Mexican "Military" and I use that word lightly.
Texas senators ask Obama to help prevent border violence
www.statesman.com...
Texas asks for federal help dealing with 'major' wildfire disaster
www.khou.com...
edit on 21-11-2012 by Indigo5 because: (no reason given)
Not really, Texas is one of the few self sufficient states out there. State run oil/gas drilling and production alone would be more than enough to sustain and even improve its infrastructure. Not to mention we generate enough power to support our own power grid. We have our own ports and shipping industries, produce enough food to feed ourselves, ect..ect..
Originally posted by DelMarvel
if the impossible were to happen and Texas did secede the expense of building a national infrastructure would very quickly have everyone clamoring to re-join the union.
Originally posted by DelMarvel
Originally posted by yourmaker
.. nothing would change except the name.
Texas has paid a price for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More Texans than people from any other state have served in those wars. From September 2001 through July 2007, 171,335 active-duty service members and 23,906 National Guard troops and reservists from Texas have been deployed with Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, according to data provided to Salon by the Department of Defense. (The numbers account for every tour of duty served by every soldier.) As of July 31, Texans represented 35,015 active-duty service members and 2,649 Reserve troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, accounting for more than 14 percent of total forces stationed in those countries. (Approximately 264,000 Americans were stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan as of July 31, according to the Defense Department figures.) As of Sept. 17, 378 Texans have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and more than 2,200 wounded. Only California has seen a greater total number of deaths, with 447 service members killed.
Tell me WTH haven't they fixed the problem yet?
Originally posted by Juggernog
Originally posted by jtap66
I hope Texas does secede.
I also hope that Mexico takes it back by force five minutes after Texas loses the support of the U.S. military.
Brush up on your Spanish!
The Texas National Guard and our Militias are more than a match for the Mexican "Military" and I use that word lightly.
Not when the US takes back all its equipment. Even armed they would barely be able to replace the border patrol in numbers and now they would have many more borders. Succesion is a nice fantasy but the fact is the money to replace all the monies and services the federal government provides would mean a massive amount of spending to do things like print money, conduct trade, build embassys world wide, create Armys and coast guards, a Navy and Airforce would be to expensive, creating a tax code and agency to pay for all the stuff the state now has do.
Originally posted by yourmaker
What would be the difference between the United States and Texas-America?
Texas would still have McDonalds, Coca-Cola etc.. nothing would change except the name.
And then you'd have a big ass unnecessary border between friendly states.
Just remove the Fascists in the central government and your problems will go away.
You don't need to dissolve the Republic.edit on 21-11-2012 by yourmaker because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by usernameconspiracy
Originally posted by yourmaker
What would be the difference between the United States and Texas-America?
Texas would still have McDonalds, Coca-Cola etc.. nothing would change except the name.
And then you'd have a big ass unnecessary border between friendly states.
Just remove the Fascists in the central government and your problems will go away.
You don't need to dissolve the Republic.edit on 21-11-2012 by yourmaker because: (no reason given)
Oh, how you have managed to oversimplify what would be an almost impossible task. Day one: Oh #, we don't have a national currency!
One second later: How come our radio, television and internet access isn't working anymore?
It's easy to attempt to belittle the Texas independence movement with stereotypes, but far harder to beat it with facts. And the fact is, a Republic of Texas would be eminently economically healthy.