Texas and Secession - The Orange Mane

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/...s/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

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Originally Posted by chadta

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)

ElwayMD · 03-07-2011, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by chadta

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

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Originally Posted by chadta

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

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Originally Posted by TailgateNut

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.

baja · 03-07-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rohirrim

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

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Originally Posted by Arkie

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

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Originally Posted by baja

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.

JJJ · 03-07-2011, 12:47 PM

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...s-2232952.html

baja · 03-07-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JJJ

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.

JJJ · 03-07-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by baja

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

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Originally Posted by epicSocialism4tw

How would California get itself out of debt if it didnt have Texas to rob?

Boy, you turned that one around, didn't you?

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/ma...enro-m10.shtml

Fedaykin · 03-07-2011, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

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.

JJJ · 03-07-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fedaykin

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

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Originally Posted by Fedaykin

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

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Originally Posted by JJJ

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!

JJJ · 03-07-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Fedaykin

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

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Originally Posted by epicSocialism4tw

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 b****es!!!!

03-07-2011, 08:40 AM	#1
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,794	Texas and Secession 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/...s/7458701.html

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03-07-2011, 10:00 AM	#3
chadta Atomic Meatball Keeper Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 2,837 Adopt-a-Bronco: The Mc Rib	Ill speak for Canada, and offer to trade you Quebec for Texas.

03-07-2011, 11:41 AM	#8
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,794	I was in Montreal many years ago. All I remember is the immaculate subway and the good soup.

03-07-2011, 12:36 PM	#12
Garcia Bronco Hokie since 1993 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 45,987 Adopt-a-Bronco: Tom Jackson	Texas is the number 2 economy in the US. It would be stupid to let them go.

03-07-2011, 12:47 PM	#13
JJJ Ring of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Confederation Helvetica Posts: 2,957 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	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.

03-07-2011, 12:48 PM	#14
TonyR Franchise Poster Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mid-Atlantic Posts: 15,544	Check this out, just like Tejas! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-2232952.html

03-07-2011, 02:02 PM	#17
epicSocialism4tw Tebowing the long haul all the way to the title Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TX, USA Posts: 37,072 Adopt-a-Bronco: Champ Bailey	How would California get itself out of debt if it didnt have Texas to rob?

03-07-2011, 04:23 PM	#25
cutthemdown A verbis ad verbera Zimm to HOF Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Beach Posts: 32,424	TX, FL, NY, IL, and the other bigger states will always contribute more then they sap. Have fun paying for our high speed trains b****es!!!!