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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:40 PM Original message |
What Texas secession would look like--hilarious! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. well, aren't they now asking the feds for money and help with wildfires? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. We'd probably stand by and watch as Mexico reclaimed Texas by force. n/t |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think if they tried it would end up like the last time. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Force? I was thinking we could maybe pay them to take it. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. And even if they seceded |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. They'd last maybe a month before they came crawling back. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. If Texas secedes, doesn't it revert back to Mexico? There might be a clause about that in some |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. No. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Haven't the Native Americans suffered enough? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Boerne, Texas? |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The birther guy with the crazy billboard signs on Ralph Fair Road. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's not who I'm talking about |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Naw, you're thinking a few miles up in Medina. |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Boerne? I have fundie relatives in Boerne. I had to stop talking to them years ago. |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. 78% of Texans polled don't want sucession. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hungry Horse |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The only thing I'd miss if I moved to Maine if Texas seceded. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Been going since it was located on Wurzbach Road in San Antonio back in the '80's! |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Ask if there are any Democrats in the room in a town that's 87% Republican?!! |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Hey, watch it!!! I'm one of the oldies, too!! LOL |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. ** |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. mexico don't want texas back either |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Not even if we paid them? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. For real. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sorry, but there's already a "President of the Republic of Texas" |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. TX might miss the Navy the Air-force and NASA. I doubt the USA would want to continue sending them |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. The money would be in the form of foreign aid. nt |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Let them secede, by all means. I'll even donate toward secession. nt |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I would only hope they would take South Carolina with them. |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Texas has always been an excuse away from seceding. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. I spent three winters in Boerne. It's a cute little town, but |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. You know, it's sad when DU pounces on Texas |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Like I said, only 78% of us Texans want to secede. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I appreciate your response, |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Exactly why I'd love to see the publicity, the sound and fury behind Texas voting for secession |
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LupinSansei72 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. My personal opinion and experience |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
31. They would still have access to everything via the generous US foreign aid |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. Meh |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. Ricky is asking for foreign aid before he's even finished seceding. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
36. Texas went broke the last time they were independent |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. Don't forget the Reserve military |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. Don't let the door hit you on the panhandle on the way out! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
43. You're pretty right, except the part on Burger King |
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