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Now with the satanic Saudis declaring war on our oil and gas industry, we will see how the rest of the country will take up the burden of surviving the Obama Depression.

Texas will endure, as we always have, because we are tough as nails and are still raising men like Chris Kyle.

“Texas will endure, as we always have, because we are tough as nails and are still raising men like Chris Kyle.”

Get ready for the uninformed Freepers posting (1) liberals are moving in and will turn us liberal and those posting (2) illegals are coming in and will turn us Democrat.

Regarding (1): Liberals hate Texas and they aren't coming here. Had one in my house for two days and she was glad to be flying out of this state this morning. Also, someone will post about Austin being liberal and I have explained how that came about early in Texas history. It is one town historically Democrat.

Regarding (2): Illegals voting: Every Texas state office is run by a Republican and that includes the Secretary of State, elections division. I know after working in the state/local Republican Party in elections, that we have safeguards to prevent voting by illegals. It is a state law process of running elections and we Republicans stay on guard to prevent illegal voting of any kind. We do catch most of it.

Spanish people who are legal voters, are voting more for Republicans every year. The State Party has gone into more Spanish areas and opened Republican offices. If you have an office, they will come and I have seen that happen, have been part of opening an office and seeing voters come in that office to discuss elections and gather information.

We opened a Republican office in the county where we lived, there was NO Republican primary in that county and we administered the FIRST ONE. After about 5 general elections, the county turned into a majority of Republican voters. I kept watching the percentages change, less Democrat voting in their primary and our numbers moving up. I knew we would overtake them at that rate and we did.

At every general election, there is a small group of election law knowledgeable Republicans who are connected by a website and phone and anything happening that appears suspect on election day is reported by our workers by phone or to that website, and we deal with the problem right then and fix it. I was in that group one year and never left my chair and computer/phone except for food and bathroom until the polls closed that evening.

Texas is a special place for conservatives and we aim to keep it that way.

"Texas will endure, as we always have, because we are tough as nails and are still raising men like Chris Kyle."

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One of my favorite quotes about us Texans is from the late, legendary football coach, Bum Phillps:

'When William Barrett Travis wrote in 1836 that he would never surrender and he would have Victory or Death, what he was really saying was that he and his men were forged of a hotter fire. They weren't your average everyday men. Well, that is what it means to be a Texan. It meant it then, and that's what it means today. It means just what all those people North of the Red River accuse us of thinking it means. It means there's no mountain that we can't climb. It means that we can swim the Gulf in the winter. It means that Houston is bigger and Dallas is richer and Alpine is hotter and God vacations in Texas. It means that come Hell or high water, when the chips are down and the Good Lord is watching, we're Texans by damned, and just like in 1836, that counts for something- so If you are sitting wondering what the Hell I'm talking about, this ain't for you. But if the first thing you are going to do when the Good Lord calls your number is find the men who sat in that tiny mission in San Antonio and shake their hands, then you're the reason I wrote this, and this is for you'.

It seems like at the end of every major recession we suffer here in Texas, just as the rest of US is recovering...
due to the oil/gas industries here. Takes a while for them to recover.