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Texas Official Preparing for Independence
WND ^ | 09-01-2013 | John Griffing

Posted on 09/02/2013 3:29:38 PM PDT by flowergirl

Edited on 09/02/2013 3:34:57 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Barry Smitherman, head of the powerful Texas Railroad Commission, is making waves for his comments about economic collapse, energy policy and the future.

But don

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: economy; secession; statesrights; texas; tryanny
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

If you put ann richards on a coin it needs to be a quarter(2 bits).


81 posted on 09/02/2013 7:23:59 PM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
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To: TBP

Its already in play...If the union goes insolvent...Texasxwill take a tremendous hit, but unlike many other states in this union, we have the infrastructure to sustain an economy and security that can be implemented fairly quickly...

What will be a problem will be the rapid influx of refugees trying to get in before we can effectively lock it all down...It’ll be messy, but I believe it will work itself out in short order...

Just my observations and opinion...


82 posted on 09/02/2013 7:26:55 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: Windflier

Add my to your ping list.

Thank you.

Ricebug


83 posted on 09/02/2013 7:28:05 PM PDT by Ricebug
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To: Defiant
I know what you mean with regard to allegiances. They didn't really win Prop. 187 though, but I now what you mean there too. It was challenged, and Gray Davis refused to defend it. The citizens of the U. S./California were betrayed by an elected official. Your comments on Mexico may be on track. I honestly don't know.

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84 posted on 09/02/2013 7:29:16 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: PeaceBeWithYou

Is she worth two-bits? Just sayin’...

:^)


85 posted on 09/02/2013 7:29:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: GeronL
"Generally speaking, we have made great progress in becoming an independent nation."

I really like the way that sounds.

I overlooked that little gem in the article, but I've thought the same thing for quite some time now. I don't think the people of this state ever intended to strive toward such independence, but darned if we haven't done it by default anyway.

Comforting, ain't it?

86 posted on 09/02/2013 7:30:23 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Yes, one of the few comforts these days


87 posted on 09/02/2013 7:31:11 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL
Yes, one of the few comforts these days

You know, when it all gets to be too much, and it seems as though the whole world is coming apart, my wife and I often remind each other that we couldn't be in a better place for such an eventuality.

I can honestly see Texas keeping a fair semblance of normal life in place, should the rest of the country crash to the ground. It's definitely a comforting thought.

88 posted on 09/02/2013 7:35:16 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Ricebug
Add my to your ping list.

You're on, Ricebug. Welcome!

89 posted on 09/02/2013 7:38:16 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jedidah; berdie

Thanks for the link. The article, IMO, is somewhat misleading and still doesn’t go into the pitfalls that could be encountered. The amendment does allow some light to finally shine on the issue and provides a reason to bring the potential pitfalls of reverse mortgages up for discussion which really didn’t happen at the time of the original legislation.

I still contend that the entire program - legal of not - is very much one of “buyer beware”. Anything that is backed by HUD, FHA, bankers and real estate companies makes me see red flags which have Agenda 21 written all over them. In the interest of caution and to protect the assets of our citizens who may not be aware of the ramifications and long term financial impact of choosing this option, I do urge that they seek professional advice and certainly from someone other than Fred Thompson and his recommendation on TV.


90 posted on 09/02/2013 7:38:27 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I don’t live in TX but my sense of it is that your demographics are changing - and not for the better. Mass migration from Mexico and from CA and other liberal states are bound to have negative effects on the consevative/liberal mix. I wish you well.


91 posted on 09/02/2013 7:39:08 PM PDT by citizen (There is always free government cheese in the mouse trap.....https://twitter.com/kracker0)
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To: citizen
Texas used to BE Mexico. We whipped their butts and took it. Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón and his merry men couldn't keep it.

I'm not worried about the long-term demographics. Really.

/johnny

92 posted on 09/02/2013 7:43:10 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I’ve got a bone to pick with Patterson on state property tax.”

Great idea on Boot Dewhurst thread. Thought we might get some relief on property taxes this year but looks like they decided to restore school funding in spite of the fact that our appraised values went up and so did our taxes. They did have some legislation dealing with TXDOT and their need to increase their fund balance. Couple of weeks later I got a letter from TXDOT saying my pre-paid EZPass account had to have a minimum balance of at least $40.00 at all times and our tolls all went up. How’s that for a creative way to get other people to solve the problem rather than cutting expenses???


93 posted on 09/02/2013 7:45:02 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Grams A
I'm going to inform the Dewhurst camp and all of those that have filed before I post a thread. I'll probably do it later this week. Maybe on the 6th. I want it all out there to make a choice from. It ain't pretty, but it's my way.

/johnny

94 posted on 09/02/2013 7:51:04 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Windflier

“They haven’t committed their troops to any conflict...”

That is a historically true fact. Only for internal conflicts.

I don’t even know how strong their military is at this time. They can’t seem to defeat the drug lords.


95 posted on 09/02/2013 8:07:14 PM PDT by berdie
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To: Windflier

Please add me to your ping list.
Great thread.
So thankful to be here in Texas (7th/8th generation Texas)


96 posted on 09/02/2013 8:07:29 PM PDT by boxlunch (Psalm 94)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Politics is never pretty. If they can’t take the heat they shouldn’t run.

Dewhurst is really putting a lot of staffing boots on the ground. Apparently he is taking some heat over his actions following the arrest of his cousin a couple of weeks back.


97 posted on 09/02/2013 8:08:58 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Dewhurst needs to go...and I think he will.


98 posted on 09/02/2013 8:11:41 PM PDT by berdie
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To: Windflier
1919 was the last time we (the USofA) came to serious (arty kind) of blows with Mexico. We even used aeroplanes and automobiles.

So yes, within living memory. The tax that paid for that war? They just took that off of our phone bills a few years ago. Go figure.

/johnny

99 posted on 09/02/2013 8:14:06 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Grams A
I'm not on anybody's staff, and I'm burning shoeleather and riding Shank's Mare to make sure the word gets out that Dewhurst needs the boot. I'm as grassroots as it gets.

/johnny

100 posted on 09/02/2013 8:16:18 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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