Posted on 04/15/2009 4:54:36 PM PDT by Dallas
News choppers were flying over, so I suppose it will be. News trucks were parked outside as well.
“Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.”
You have rulers.
I don’t.
I have elected representatives that need replacing.
I think I’ll work for that.
Include Louisiana and the area to the east which was the West Florida Republic. We do not need the Feds! they need us!
Since we've got some of the best military aviation in the world, commercial represents an opportunity. We also make helicopters.
And yes, we've got our fair share of software. If necessary, I have no doubt we could do better than Apple and Microsoft.
I’ve been paying on my mortgage for 13 years now. In ‘96 my modest ‘single-family clapboard dwelling’ cost $86,900.
We didn’t buy a bigger house because we knew we would always be able to make the payment on this one. Our little piece of the American Dream.
Now, why in the world should I allow the government to take my tax money and give it away to someone who bought a house 3 times bigger on an income less than mine, simply because that dummy assumed he could sell his house later at a higher price, found out he can’t, and is now bankrupt? Why? Why should anyone pay for someone else’s stupid mistakes? This is supposed to be America. First we bail out the banks, then the car companies, then the free-loaders who can’t make their mortage payments.
No. No I won’t. It’s not moral. It’s a deal-breaker. Go Texas!!
Texans have spilled a lot of blood for The United States. We are a very proud state and we love to brag about her and pick fights with everyone else, but more than anything, we love our country first. The American flag hangs high in Texas, no matter how braggadocios about our own plot of land we get. No true Texan would ever turn their backs to the United States.
Mincing words and semantics don’t answer my question. Fine we will use your terms, elected representatives. May I have your opinion now? I would like to know wether I agree with you or not.
They all migrate to Austin. Periodically, we simply need to force migration from Austin to Boston and the problem is solved.
Then God Bless you.
You forgot one important thing, agriculture. We have that too.
So, it is all about you, huh?
Just so I know.
I would fight for America. I would fight against Socialism and the theft of the producers to benefit the parasites.
But then again, I’m not you.
What's going to be our national anthem?...Yellow Rose of Texas maybe?
Uh, southwest and american airlines and continetal ring a bell? Geez, we really do need to leave.
Software? EDS, Texas Instruments, Perot Systems, Dell - with so many technology giants, surely somebody out there in Texas tinkers with software. No pure software companies of any size pop into my head at present.
Not that I am advocating independence, but there are few states so well diversified that it could easily transition to its own nation.
There are 58 of the Fortune 500 (113 Fortune 1000) companies based in Texas. Including such notables as ExxonMobil, Kimberly Clark, and AT&T not mentioned yet. New York is next with 55 and then California with 52.
As taxes go up in New York, California and other blue states, I expect to see more major corporate relocations to Texas. That number has grown steadily over the years. I guess they got tired of paying their "fair share" ;->
oops make that whether.
Once we secede, illegals won't come from south of the border (our sucession will automatically make Arizona and California even more lucrative, reducing our attraction). We're going to have a heck of a time enforcing the north, east, and west borders. We gotta keep figure out how to keep people from swimming the Red River and Sabine.
With what? Do you think I agree with it?
Of course not.
There have been three cases so far before the Supreme Court. The third, Citizen’s United v. F.E.C. was heard for oral arguments 03/24/2009. You can read the transcripts at the Supreme Court web site. Ted Olson argued for the petitioner.
I do believe in the process and the rule of law. I don’t believe in pouting, stealing, and treason.
Whether you agree with me or not doesn’t concern me at all.
No problem. My fingers are sometimes faster than my eyes too.
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