TEXAS GOVERNOR PERRY SAYS TEXAS CAN LEAVE THE UNION

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http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2009/04/perry_says_texa.html

From the  Houston Chronicle:

April 15, 2009
Perry says Texas can leave the union if it wants to


Speaking with reporters after a tea party rally in Austin today, Gov. Rick Perry said Texas can leave the union if it wants to.

"Texas is a unique place. When we came into the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that," Perry said. "My hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention. We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what may come of that."

I posted the above audio so you can hear Perry for yourself. The audio changes because I missed the first part of his quote and got another reporter to replay that portion for me on their recorder.

Perry also was asked whether the tea party anti-tax rallies are part of a growing national movement.

"I have never seen the power of the grassroots as antimated and as focused and as coordinated...It is a very powerful moment in American history.

"I would suggest that members of congress who are filing for election or re-election in eight months are listening."

"They're hearing everyday working folks saying, 'Listen, it's out of control. We're trying to live our lives and you're strangling us with your spending and your taxation."

Just FYI, on Perry's 1845 statement, Texas came into the union with the ability to divide into five states, not withdraw. After seceding during the Civil War, Texas was allowed to re-enter the union after ratifying the 13th Amendment. The 13th Amendment banned slavery in the United States and any territory subject to its jurisdiction.

UPDATED: Texas v White, a U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1869, said Texas cannot secede.

[JSC3ATLCSO]

Damn,  That might of gotten me to leave good ole Iowa as long as they didn't close their borders right away

[twyacht]

I'm gonna have to look into coastal property in TX.

[ericire12]

"God Bless Texas"

[TAB]

Its one thing to say it, its another to do it.  I just wish we had people  in washington with the stones to call thier bluff.  .

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[fightingquaker13]

Its one thing to say it, its another to do it.  I just wish we had people  in washington with the stones to call thier bluff.  .

Perry is the dumbest govenor Texas has had (W included) since Ma Ferguson who once argued against offering forien language classes in Tx. schools by saying that "If Engllish was good enough for Jesus Christ, its good enough for me". Perry wants to run for senate, knows he'll have to replace Kay Bailey to do it and is trying to stir the far right.Honestly if  TX did  seceed it would be part of Mexico in a week, or at least look like it with all federal funding it would lose. As far as secession goes anyway, I thought we settled that in 1865. Five states (I thought it was just 4), who gets stuck with Lubbock as their captal?
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[Timothy]

" who gets stuck with Lubbock as their captal?"


Gary Busey.....



 

[Texas_Bryan]

Honestly if  TX did  seceed it would be part of Mexico in a week, or at least look like it with all federal funding it would lose. As far as secession goes anyway, I thought we settled that in 1865. Five states (I thought it was just 4), who gets stuck with Lubbock as their captal?
FQ13

With the money we loose from the fed, we gain from our people, we stop giving these illegals services, and they'll be gone in a week, maybe to a state near you.  And who ever gets stuck with Lubbock has my prayers.

[Texas_Bryan]

" who gets stuck with Lubbock as their captal?"


Gary Busey.....



 

Gary Busey, would have to be banned from Texas.  I'm crazy, but that boy ain't right.

[Timothy]

Gary Busey, would have to be banned from Texas.  I'm crazy, but that boy ain't right.

It does help to wear a helmet.....