View Full Version : Texas and Secession
Rohirrim
03-07-2011, 08:40 AM
They're having rallies in Texas to forward the idea of secession. Personally, I'm all for it. I thought we straightened out all the traitors during the Civil War, but I guess not. Texas has caused nothing but problems since they were allowed into the union. I vote that we let them secede, or sell them to Mexico, or trade them to Mexico for Baja California. Any which way works for me.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/7458701.html
Pony Boy
03-07-2011, 09:49 AM
yummm.........I had the best pork tamales on earth in San Antonio ..... God Bless Texas
chadta
03-07-2011, 10:00 AM
Ill speak for Canada, and offer to trade you Quebec for Texas.
TailgateNut
03-07-2011, 10:26 AM
Ill speak for Canada, and offer to trade you Quebec for Texas.
We would have taken a small unihabitable island of the coast, but anything more valuable than an asswart will do for Texass. You must take all inhabitants as part of the deal. (This includes Dumbya, Llama and BF7)Hilarious!
ElwayMD
03-07-2011, 10:27 AM
Ill speak for Canada, and offer to trade you Quebec for Texas.
Throw in the Yukon territory and you have a deal!
Arkie
03-07-2011, 10:44 AM
Ill speak for Canada, and offer to trade you Quebec for Texas.
We'll take your whole country for Texas which has an economy as big as Canada.
chadta
03-07-2011, 11:11 AM
You must take all inhabitants as part of the deal.
right back at ya
Rohirrim
03-07-2011, 11:41 AM
I was in Montreal many years ago. All I remember is the immaculate subway and the good soup.
I was in Montreal many years ago. All I remember is the immaculate subway and the good soup.
so is the logical assumption that everything goes into the soup?
TailgateNut
03-07-2011, 12:24 PM
We'll take your whole country for Texas which has an economy as big as Canada.
....but still ranks high in extreme poverty of it's residents. HMMMM?
chadta
03-07-2011, 12:30 PM
so is the logical assumption that everything goes into the soup?
what the silly American calls soup was good old Canadian tap water
Garcia Bronco
03-07-2011, 12:36 PM
Texas is the number 2 economy in the US. It would be stupid to let them go.
Texas for Baja? Would do that deal in a second. Can you imagine the revenue producing power of Baja?
We probably have to keep Houston though for the refining.
TonyR
03-07-2011, 12:48 PM
Check this out, just like Tejas!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scientist-imam-threatened-over-darwinist-views-2232952.html
Texas for Baja? Would do that deal in a second. Can you imagine the revenue producing power of Baja?
We probably have to keep Houston though for the refining.
Keep your ruinous greedy hands off of us we don't want you, we can spoil this pristine place all by ourselves.
Keep your ruinous greedy hands off of us we don't want you, we can spoil this pristine place all by ourselves.
But not fast enough and not with enough profit. Hand it over, dude. That Gadsden guy made a big mistake not putting the line down to the gulf in the first place. There was barely a soul out there at the time.
epicSocialism4tw
03-07-2011, 02:02 PM
How would California get itself out of debt if it didnt have Texas to rob?
Rohirrim
03-07-2011, 02:16 PM
How would California get itself out of debt if it didnt have Texas to rob?
Boy, you turned that one around, didn't you? Ha!
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/may2002/enro-m10.shtml
Fedaykin
03-07-2011, 02:17 PM
Texas is the number 2 economy in the US. It would be stupid to let them go.
They also take more federal tax money than they contribute -- like pretty much all "red" states.
They also take more federal tax money than they contribute -- like pretty much all "red" states.
And who in those blue states are paying nearly all of those taxes? The republican minority, the guys on wall street you are constantly railing on.
Garcia Bronco
03-07-2011, 03:49 PM
They also take more federal tax money than they contribute -- like pretty much all "red" states.
hardly... Texas, like California and Colorado, is a donor state.
Fedaykin
03-07-2011, 03:50 PM
And who in those blue states are paying nearly all of those taxes? The republican minority, the guys on wall street you are constantly railing on.
Weeee! Another completely unsupported assertion!
Weeee! Another completely unsupported assertion!
Dude, you can't have it both ways. You can't say there are oodles of uberrich on Wall Street and at the same time ignore the fact that if they are there and making all that moeny that they are paying a lot of taxes.
In blue states with big cities like NY and Illinois there is a massive difference between the wealthy and the poor so it only stands to reason the bulk of the taxes are being borne by the wealthy.
Surely even you can comprehend that. It can be easily proven but really do I have to? We all know the statistics by now and know in a blue state like NY the distribution will be even more extreme than the nation as whole in the rich bearing the bulk of the tax burden on an absolute basis.
cutthemdown
03-07-2011, 04:22 PM
How would California get itself out of debt if it didnt have Texas to rob?
Lot's of money has come from California over the last 100 yrs. Without California innovation, silicon valley, country would be a bunch of texas brokeback cowboys.
cutthemdown
03-07-2011, 04:23 PM
TX, FL, NY, IL, and the other bigger states will always contribute more then they sap.
Have fun paying for our high speed trains bitches!!!!
cutthemdown
03-07-2011, 04:24 PM
When the big money flows we get it because over the last 50 yrs california has been supporting half the country.
Fedaykin
03-07-2011, 04:30 PM
Dude, you can't have it both ways. You can't say there are oodles of uberrich on Wall Street and at the same time ignore the fact that if they are there and making all that moeny that they are paying a lot of taxes.
In blue states with big cities like NY and Illinois there is a massive difference between the wealthy and the poor so it only stands to reason the bulk of the taxes are being borne by the wealthy.
Surely even you can comprehend that. It can be easily proven but really do I have to? We all know the statistics by now and know in a blue state like NY the distribution will be even more extreme than the nation as whole in the rich bearing the bulk of the tax burden on an absolute basis.
I have no argument with the position that the bulk of the taxes come from people with high income (that's self evident). I have beef with the claims of the demographics of the tax payers.
You'd be hard pressed to convince me that it's just a coincidence that there is almost a 100% correlation between leech/donor status and red/blue status and still have your claim about political affiliations be true as well.
epicSocialism4tw
03-07-2011, 05:15 PM
Lot's of money has come from California over the last 100 yrs. Without California innovation, silicon valley, country would be a bunch of texas brokeback cowboys.
Texas has its own silicon valley. We dont need to subsidize yours. ;D
Cmac821
03-07-2011, 05:38 PM
whoo-hooo a texas hating thread, I am in. It is no good, let me out and watch it fail as a country.
Arkie
03-07-2011, 06:27 PM
Texas is its own country, and they claim land in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and even a small section of Wyoming. They aren't seceding because the republic of Texas never voted to cede their land in the first place.
http://texasrepublic.info/images/State1836.gif
The republic of Texas Nation 1836-Present
The geographical and jurisdictional boundary map above under the Texas lone star is the republic of Texas sovereign Texian’s stand alone Nation, which is signed, sealed and recorded in several international treaties.
The Nation was officially created by the Texian people in convention at Washington on the Brazos in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred thirty six and lawfully continues today through all years two thousand and tens.
Texas is a North American sovereign Nation standing that is alive and surviving after being fraudulently placed in a dormant state on or about 165 years ago.
http://www.texasrepublic.info/drupal/history
Play2win
03-07-2011, 09:49 PM
"Here I sit
Butt's a flexin'
Giving BIRTH to another TEXAN"
SoCalBronco
03-07-2011, 09:59 PM
Texas is a very important part of our union. They make an important contribution both in industry and agriculture, farming, energy/oil, and a host of other areas. They've got a number of very important cities and top flight universities and overall, its a rich and diverse state in alot of ways. I definitely would not want to lose Texas.
epicSocialism4tw
03-07-2011, 10:02 PM
whoo-hooo a texas hating thread, I am in. It is no good, let me out and watch it fail as a country.
Dude, you need to move out of Amarillo. If Midland/Odessa is Texas' armpit, Amarillo is surely its external anal sphincter. ;D
epicSocialism4tw
03-07-2011, 10:04 PM
Texas is its own country, and they claim land in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and even a small section of Wyoming. They aren't seceding because the republic of Texas never voted to cede their land in the first place.
http://texasrepublic.info/images/State1836.gif
The republic of Texas Nation 1836-Present
The geographical and jurisdictional boundary map above under the Texas lone star is the republic of Texas sovereign Texian’s stand alone Nation, which is signed, sealed and recorded in several international treaties.
The Nation was officially created by the Texian people in convention at Washington on the Brazos in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred thirty six and lawfully continues today through all years two thousand and tens.
Texas is a North American sovereign Nation standing that is alive and surviving after being fraudulently placed in a dormant state on or about 165 years ago.
http://www.texasrepublic.info/drupal/history
The Lone Star, baby.