Governor of the Republic of Texas

[Texas_Bryan]

They used to have tourism ads for Texas, and the punchline was:

"Texas, like it's own little country."  or something very similar....

Makes you go Hmmmm....

"Texas, its a whole other country."

A man can dream......

Or stock up ammo.

[twyacht]

"Texas, its a whole other country."

A man can dream......

Or stock up ammo.

Thanks Texas_Bryan,

Long live the Resistance....

Keep stockin up...

[tt11758]

"Texas, its a whole other country."

A man can dream......

Or stock up ammo.

Would you consider letting some of the rest of us join you?

[TAB]

I just wish some one in washington had the balls to call him out on the seceeding comments.


If your willing to say it, you should be willing todo it. 

[TexGun]

PERRY, because he does most of what I want a politician to do, which is nothing. I did not like the south Texas corridor deal, but he has been very good on 2A, and CCW, as has most of our present representatives in Austin. He is really behind the troops as well, Got a pic from my buddy at the american embassy in Iraq, with He and Perry, at 8am, news did'nt put it out til after noon, He just snuck in there to see the troops. I wish K Bailey would just come home and retire, And Sam Johnson would take her place, but he is getting old.

Howdy boys!  It's been a while......

I'm with you m25, a politician's job ought to be to keep the gov't out of the way.  There is something to be said for gridlock.   Other than the trans-Texas corridor deal, I'm on board with Perry.  I hope he can overcome that with the folks in Central Texas on the east side of I-35.

"Texas...it IS a whole other country!"  "Remeber the Alamo!!!"

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[m25operator]

"I just wish some one in washington had the balls to call him out on the seceding comments.


If your willing to say it, you should be willing to do it. "

I like having that card to play, and I'm glad some OTHER states had the presence of mind to have that clause included when they became part of the union. Call him out how? Empty words from DC on deaf ears here. I know state troopers that are expecting and preparing for the worst, and in their vocation, are not alone.  Not Perry, but the state will decide, and in that I think he will back it, sure there will be some descent from areas like Houston, Austin, and some of the other left leaning cities, but state wide, I think it would fly, but why do it now when the state is so strong? Even though the govt, knows  our hole card, we don't play it, until it's needed.

[TAB]

Like it or not, every goverment agency gets money from the fed( schools for example get about 25%, some LEA get 50%.)    If I was the POTUS, after he made that comment, all federal funding gets shut off. 

Giving TX basicly two choices, get rid of the guy that said it, or go ahead and leave.   

I really don't think TX could stand with out the help of the rest of the US.


If you can't tell I see what was said as a kid holding thier breath to get what they want... Don't make threats, you never plan on going thru with.  sooner or later some one is going to call your bluff.

[twyacht]

The "Noose" held over "ALL" states is Federal Funding, if Texas can do without it, in a feasible and rational method, without punitive consequences for its citizens, I say become another country.

I'd be glad to come. (Although, I'd have to be near the coast), My Grandfather is buried in Avarado. He'd smile if he knew I moved to TX.

[m25operator]

Well 1st, no more income tax, social security, or medicare, that will give all Texans a 30% raise in pay, that should more than pay for things that are now federally funded. Of course that is an oxymoron, The feds never funded anything, they are just giving us some of our money back. It will give businesses more than that, if they don't have to pay the fed witholding taxes. I would expect state taxes to increase of course, and some new taxes that we have never had like state income tax. Now with our new lower overhead, we can do things less expensively than other states, but still with high quality, like Dell, Texas instruments, Nasa, a lot of our chemical factories, our oil and natural gas, you get the picture.

Now we also are free to negotiate with Mexico for managed migrant worker programs for picking fruit and building infrastructure, and send their asses back when they are done. We would do it in a nice and fair way of course. Pick them up and transport and then bus them back. The people I would worry about are those now on social security etc..., but I have customers subsisting on this that live in Mexico, and they still get their checks. Of course they lead a higher quality of life there, as their money goes farther,  without our freedoms of course, but it works for some. Not the best health care, but a good calm climate, if you don't get real sick.

Now all the federal buildings that won't be necessary, the federal judges, and employee's that won't be necessary, we would try to find jobs for the employee's, of course they will have to work for a living now, but most of the feds can go back to the other country. The buildings could be made into housing for the imported workers. I have LE friends in Govt agencies, never trusted too many of them completely, but some.

We give more than we get. I think like Hawaii, we will not allow anyone who is not a natural born Texan, to purchase property, just lease it. I don't know if that is still true, but like the Idea.

[True_Texan]

I like the way you think M25.  Running for office anytime soon? 

As far as the toll roads, SH 130 almost cut through my family's ranch. I would have been plenty pissed about that. I know a couple of land owners that did have it come through their places but were paid a reasonable amount for their land.

As someone who has to take the occasional drive from south of Austin up into Temple/Belton and sometimes Waco, I gladly pay the toll just to avoid the congestion on IH-35 through Austin. In fact, once they finish segments 5 and 6 it will tie into IH-10 right outside of my town and make it a WHOLE lot easier to get up north of Austin.


And TAB:
     "Texas can survive without the United States, but the United States can not survive without Texas!" - Sam Houston