I'm already in Colorado, but thanks for the invitation to immigrate from Texas. All of my family moved back to Louisiana as well, so that's fine, too.
Just got done chatting with an absolutely lovely lady in Austin who got a part in a production of Richard II at a little Shakespeare theater along the shores of Lake Austin called the Curtain. Yes, people in Texas not only know about Shakespeare they actually build theaters like his Globe Theater. So if you are in Austin, go check it out.
OK, back to the subject of secession. As you have read earlier, other states have their own collection of kooks that also file the same petitions to seceed from the Union. Why does Texas' kook GET SO MUCH PRESS?
I'll tell you why. You love us. You love to HATE us. You love Rick Perry. You want to go have a beer with him and pray over his classic 1955 printing of the Scofield Bible. Face it. You have a Texas fetish.
we love texas. or at least i do! every kid who grew up in america (boy anyway) loves texas. has all that rich history. i'm not really very political. politics change with the wind.
plus, what about texas tea?
edit: oil that is! and the beverly hillbillies. will they have to leave bh's? apply for a visa? they got allot of $$ so they can prollie afford it. just wondering!
anyway, me thinks jim bowie was ambidextrous. cuz fess parker new his shit! prollie was a texan, eh?
ummm, am i the only one taking this seriously? there's a lot at stake here!!!
If Texas can secede from the union, parts of Texas can secede from Texas.
As someone said upthread, perhaps the union should have let the south go in 1861, and instead looked west and north. It could have stopped the south and slavery from expanding any further, and instead formed a partnership with Canada. The 30 states plus ten provinces. As Seward and Lincoln both dreamed of.
Anyway, real (Lyndon Johnson) and faux (the Bushes) Texans have been your president or vice-president for 28 of the last 52 years, so no wonder that they're upset.
actually, after i graduated from college i flew to lubbock, texas for an interview with this company (they paid my way). other than it being rather flat and somewhat isolated, i really liked it. liked the people and the texas solidarity & hospitality!
edit: truthfully, there's allot of weird things going on in the world. the Arab Spring, etc! ya never know what cud happen!! that would be a really big shake up for America!
they have all those drugs passing thru the border of texas and through texas to elsewhere. maybe they would finally get a handle on that. or they could just tax them and make sure they just kept on moving through. since "america" wouldn't send in the "national guard" when texas requested it!
edit: actually, if they did secede, i suspect a lot more people would flow into texas then there would be people leaving texas. they have plenty of room. and the weather is good. they could develope a lot of territory.
I've lived in Boulder and Denver, so I know just how much people in Colorado "love" Texans. Yes, I've seen the effete sons of Texas oil barons buy their way into the Ivy Leagues with a D+/C- average. Wonderful people, so modest and unassuming! Wonderful to share a frat house with some Texans too. So charming, well-mannered and cultured! But Austin isn't half bad.
I lived in New Mexico for many years. There are a few skis areas that seem to attract a lot of Texans. You won't find very many locals at those ski areas, for good reason....
Bruce, forgive me for seeming presumtuous (if that should be the case) or, on the other hand naive, but, are you being facetious?
edit: just kidding!!
effete is a common trait, eh?
"The effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals" Spiro Agnew
Do you recall that ^^ quote?
buy their way into ivey league schools
That says a lot about an IL education/schools, eh?
I went to a state university SJSU and majored in occupational therapy. it was rated as the most difficult college in America for an OT degree at the time. 10-15% of the class of 70 would flunk out/be held back each semester. Out of the 2 year masters program 50% would either fail or be held back a year. It was so difficult and competitive compared to the other two (2) OT programs in the state and elsewhere in the US because it was the cheapest place to go. But it was the hardest school to get into grade wise. The other two schools in California at the time were USC & Loma Linda University!
So, yep, they do depend/favor people who can afford their tuition.
Let us know!