Splitsville (Perry wanted Texas gone from the Union?)

The New York Times ^ | July 26, 2011 | Alex Beam

[achilles2000]

OK, JohnBrownUsa appears to be a troll, or the closest thing to it. Sorry for the prior post.

[central_va]

"The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains unchanged as to all internal affairs. It is only its external or confederate relations that are altered. To term this action of a Sovereign a 'rebellion' is a gross abuse of language."

                    -- Pres. Davis CSA

[JohnBrownUSA]

I disagree with your assertions because they are not premised in reality.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

You are a liar and a fool and probably a phony veteran as well...given you demonstrated ability to fantasize.

[MamaTexan]

personal attack aside

LOL! Darlin', if you think calling you a dipstick was a 'personal attack', you're in for a big suprise.

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when was the last time you looked at the AMERICAN flag

So now my eyesight is the subject of the conversation?

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You go right on ahead and secede from America then. I’ll make sure you don’t get let back in.

Nobody died and made YOU doorman, buddy. You don't have squat to say about it.

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I can see by your puerile and flippant remarks that you have no innate desire for intellectual discourse. You seek only to find affirmation for your own twisted views.

To save everyone the angst of your public embarrassment, I will no longer engage you in a battle of wits.

You are obviously unarmed.

[JohnBrownUSA]

Born and raised in America. Lived in many states while serving AMERICA while in the armed forces.

Never lived in Texas, though.

Don’t think I would like to now.

(And yes I voted for all the Bush’s.)

[Dudoight]

Texas is ‘American’. There is no where the native citizens love America more. My earliest ancestors came to Maryland and Virginia in the 1650’s. By 1870’s traveling thru Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, and Tennessee, the two sets of great grand parents arrived in Texas by covered wagon. One set stayed in Texas, another participated in the Oklahoma land rush.

Is the Boston, Massachusetts manner of speaking ‘American’? How about the Brooklyn accent? How about the way they express themselves in Fargo, North Dakota? That we will eventually lose these linguistic markers is sad.

Everyone thinks we need to sound like polished metrosexuals. How boring and lacking in original charm. How self limiting. But, I guess in your opinion that is speaking ‘American’.

[JohnBrownUSA]

Glenn Beck would disagree with your assertion.

And I would never take you hunting if you so easily mistake me for a ‘troll’.

[The Sons of Liberty]

My personal feeling has always been that if a state voted to join the union, then it had the same right to vote to leave the union. Most have been brought up to believe that it is a one way street, and that even considering leaving the union is a radical idea. If 0bama is reinstated for four more years, you'll see other states considering secession.

Take Back AMERICA!
FUBO GTFO 2012 !

[JohnBrownUSA]

Yes, I am quite aware of that fact.

[JohnBrownUSA]

Perry supporters have to be pretty thin-skinned to be calling a Sarah supporter a troll.

Whatever.

[JohnBrownUSA]

Very well then.

Good day.

[MamaTexan]

Everyone thinks we need to sound like polished metrosexuals. How boring and lacking in original charm.

Nicely said!

:)

[Tex-Con-Man]

I’m not supposed to vet Perry, huh? And since these last couple of hours I have learned some things I don’t like about Texas and Perry, that should be disregarded, huh?

I have no problem vetting Perry, but you are being disingenuous. You feign outrage about Texas secession when your real intent is to trash Perry.

Some of your past posts...

If she’s in, then Perry better not step in her way.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2753868/posts?page=64#64

Well, considering that Sarah supporters are going to write-in her name on the Ames Poll...

...what will Perry do when his supporters fall short of winning the majority in their write-in quest?

Will he concede to Sarah her victory like the proper Texas statesman everybody claims he is?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2753868/posts?page=2#2

Sarah's influence on Texas politics helped get Perry elected Governor.
If Sarah runs for President, I predict that most of the GOP donations will then go for her.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2753810/posts?page=1#1

Personally, I haven't chosen a candidate because I don't think everyone is in yet. As far as I am concerned, the more the better.

You should try to be honest about your intentions.

[Ditter]

Should you ever be “relocated” to Texas, you would be OK. The New York Times is delivered here, same as every other state.

[JohnBrownUSA]

This game of ‘My State Is Better Than Your State’ is so juvenile.

If any of you served in the military, you know that we all wore American flags on our uniforms, not state flags.

Most of this Texan angst towards me seems to be culturally-driven anyways.

Fine, so be it. I’ve lived in enough states to appreciate the positives of a state culture.

But in my final analysis, it is ALL OF THE UNITED STATES that make up America that makes it the best country in the whole world.

Any state seceding from the UNITED STATES, would only make America weaker.

You are only as strong as the weakest link, and right now Texas is that weakest link for continuing on with that secession insanity.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Perry never seriously said anything about secession.

[Texas Fossil]

Here’s proof that Perry advocated Texas seceding

"Advocated" Nope, he did not.

[JohnBrownUSA]

I disagree with your assertion.

I have been honest with my comments.

My Perry post was to initiate dialogue among fellow Freepers as to who this guy is.

The incidental observations I have now made about Perry supporters is also very telling.

If Sarah and Perry both decide to run, it would seem that the political octagon would truly be of “two people enter, only one woman leaves”. :)

[Dudoight]

Texas, Perry nor any of the Texas citizens are continuing on with the secession insanity. You are. And the NYT. Its laughable. It was never even considered as more than an expression of dissatisfaction with what was going on inside the beltway.

I have my differences with Perry, but they are REAL differences not manufactured ones. Perry’s secession comment is no more or less illustrative speech than the ‘time to eat our peas’ comment.