Posted on 12/27/2010 12:41:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
It doesn’t outweigh the rest of the state, unlike in MO. Also, as long as they are bottled up in Austin, they don’t get to harm anyone else. :)
“write your congressman... although I doubt they will care enough to read your concerns.”
Maybe not, but at least they’ll have something to light their cigar with.
I learned the hard way that most of them have only contempt for us ‘little people’.
We learned from the immigration debate that states aren’t responsible for enforcing federal laws.
lol.
Wow, I could have sworn that California was way higher on that list. I recall hearing somewhere that we were at or near the top when the battle in Iraq began. Maybe I was wrong. I just sent one off in August and another will go to basic in May. Maybe that’ll bump the stats a bit.;o)
The president can simply Federalize the state National guard.
This is a good idea to start. Alaska and other states who can operate independently should be working on this, as well as other plans.
All we are saying, is give War a chance.
If I recall correctly that has been changed. Wasn’t there a long debate about Kennedy federalizing the National Guard over the objections of Wallace? A violation of states rights or something like that.
SECEDE!
You're showing your age. :)
Yeah, I'd side with Texas and the south as well. This federal government has overstepped its bounds, and it's getting worse.
“I wish ALL the STATES would stand up to Washington in this way...”
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Should happen.
Won’t happen.
Yeah, not even in Texas.
The COLLAPSE is coming. If nothing changes — it WILL happen.
Then — EVERYTHING you thought was impossible, becomes utterly possible — perhaps even likely — overnight.
The COLLAPSE is coming. Never say “Never.”
:-)
I have no doubt that if the South had forced the Union to recognize them as an independent nation slavery would have died a natural death, the north would be more like socialist Europe, and the south would be more like what the US is supposed to be like.
If at first you don’t secede, try, try again.
Oregon and Maine have terrible job prospects for young people. D.C. does, too, but they learn their loyalty from the elites living in D.C., and see from them no vision of shared sacrifice.
END THE EPA...EDU...INTERIOR....ENERGY..ETCETC.
HUCK HAS A PETITION DRIVE TO REPEAL OBAMACARE.
It is time to start a push to end agencies that rule by fiat, without the approval of the people ( House)
Slavery was an invention of Mass (by a Black man).
No idea that comes from Northern Liberals deserves the light of day.
Prior to secession, there IS one thing that the Governor and the Texas Legislature need to get together and do: Draft a Constitution for a new National Government. Feel free to base it upon the U.S. Constitution, but take pains to remedy verbiage in the original that has proven vulnerable to, er, “reinterpretation.” Also, make it a point to sift through the various and sundry Amendments, and cull out the weak sisters among them (16th, etc).
Perhaps restrict the right to vote to those who are actual stakeholders (land owners, business proprietors, investors, etc), rather than simply residents. Either way, make the presentation of legal, verifiable identification mandatory.
Maybe constitutionally outlaw the imposition of property and estate taxes... Whatever you end up with, it had better not be 2,000+ pages, or we’ll all know there were RINOs involved, and that’ll kill the whole deal.
Anyhow, at the time of secession, publish the draft document, and invite any and all like-minded States to join Texas in the formation of a new Nation having that Constitution as its foundation.
Then sit back with a cold brew and watch as the game transforms into Constitution v. Constitution, and — all across America — “We, The People” wake up to a real opportunity to grab the brass ring of freedom; to decide which Constitution better defines the True nature of Liberty (above the purview of governments to define or to limit), and better protects same.
The gambit might not have the magnitude of impact that one might like, but it’s a fair bet that a half dozen States would jump that fence in short order, and MANY others would face great popular pressure to follow suit. Those that didn’t come on along would face serious issues with net outmigration, and the first problem faced by the new Nation would be how to deal with a sudden influx of Americans who’s former States of residence hadn’t had the foresight to abandon a sinking ship of state.
Whatever the ultimate outcome, it’d be worth it all just to subject the elites in Washington D.C. and their leg-humping media presstitutes to that intense degree of pucker factor.
I’m sure compliance with the EPA regulations will require some hugely expensive equipment. Does anyone know who manufactures this equipment? Could it be General Electric? It seems like everything Obama does is designed to help GE and/or the unions!
To hell with the Court battle...
Tell the Marxist bastards at the EPA to come to Texas and MAKE US obey!
Then when the a-holes arrive...
You Texans open up on them with EVERYTHING you got!
ANNIHILATE them!!!
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