The New Republic of Texas?

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Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

Bruno, I feel you may have missed something in all of your presumptions of Americans. Especially those south of Woodbridge Va, and that is this- The age old spirit of Dixie and her threat to any American Union is the teeth in our civil peace. And therefore is most healthy.
btw- Texas is not landlocked

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amen and i fully belive that the civil war should have had a diffrent endpoint. states would have had more rights to chse how to govern its people instead of federal, on of the main issues that sparked the war was people wanting there state to have more control instead of the federals, im just north of the mason dixin line nad the spirit of dixie is still alive here, and done south you would swear the war is still going on people are dead set on the dixie way of life.

When I signed the petition there was around 64k signatures,might hit 90k tonight.

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Originally Posted by earcutter

The Texas economy might be fine, but could they bear the burden of having to pay off their share of the debt before they leave? Moreover, what's to say "America" will want or even buy the things it offers at the prices they get for them now?

It gets tricky really soon and the fact of the matter is all States are better off simply because they are a part of the union as it were lol :).

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And remember: no foreign trade, because there will be a blockade. Tech companies will quickly die off because they won't be able to sell their stuff. they also wouldn't get important electronics like CPUs and thing like that. All important wafer fabs are someplace else.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

And remember: no foreign trade, because there will be a blockade. Tech companies will quickly die off because they won't be able to sell their stuff. they also wouldn't get important electronics like CPUs and thing like that. All important wafer fabs are someplace else.

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No Sweat;

1. Tech companys will sell to Mexico, as they are doing now.
Export.gov - Doing Business in Mexico

2. Blockade ?? Hell, we can't even stop the drugs floating into the Texas coast; we have been trying for 30+ years.
Borderland Beat: Drug traffickers going coastal as they use boats to sneak drugs into Texas

3. Wafers ?? Now that's just plain silly. I can get a large box of wafers from Wal-Mart for $2.78.
Wafers?? Really Bruno!
Keebler Golden Vanilla Wafers Cookies, 12 oz: Snacks, Cookies & Chips : Walmart.com

If they do secede then they need to pay back the USA for the monies put into the roads, refunds of Federal grants for schools and universities. No more Pell Grants, student loans etc. Withdraw all military bases along with the military protection as well as collateral jobs. I think it would cost Texas a lot of money to secede.

Do they have to give back the "5" Super Bowls they have won? :shrug:

"Wafers ?? Now that's just plain silly. I can get a large box of wafers from Wal-Mart for $2.78.
Wafers?? Really Bruno!"
"Do they have to give back the "5" Super Bowls they have won?"

As usual, Hirlau cuts to the heart of the matter! :roflmao

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Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!

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They all died

That's true, maybe they will want to pick another battle cry.

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Originally Posted by redrover66

New Mexico, the place where yankees think they need a passport to visit. Of course, the only thing keeping New Mexico afloat is all us Texans spending our money enjoying all the damn mountains you have more than your share of. I think Texas gave up a huge chunk of territory sometime after 1836.

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Actually El Paso is in New Mexico. But then again most Texans would glad give El Paso up anyway and frankly we don't want it either.

We used to go out with DEA and check the Amtrak when it stopped in Albuquerque. We had our fun with the passengers. We'd approach them speaking spanish and ask them for their passports and tell them they be in a heap of trouble being in a foreign country and no visa's and all that-har har.