BREAKING - Texas Secession Petition just keeps growing and growing!

My goodness, a reference to actual legal precedent. You must not be a regular here.

Won't happen.

Look what took place last time that was tried.

However, it's a fun fantasy to play out in ones mind!

a waste land sitting on top of more oil and natural gas than anywhere else.
A waste land that uses more alternative energy than anywhere else.
A wasteland with more cattle, wild game and farm land than anywhere else.
A wasteland with a access to the sea for trade
Not sounding like a wasteland to me.

Texan's can provide for their own military protection. A month of boot camp/training/guarding for able bodied citizens beats the hell out of DHS's bootjaq gestapo running Amerika.

This right here... Texas is called the Lone Star State because of that clause. They were apprehensive about joining the Union and wanted a get out of jail card which they have or had, not sure if its changed.

YOu're full of shit. Texas has some of the most beautiful places on earth. Yeah, there are ghettos too...but that's all over.

Ya know...Yankees are like hemmorhoids...if they come down and go back up...you can live with them...but if they come down and stay they are a pain in the ass. We've had some libs come down here and try to push their dumbass ideas and messed up some things...but we sent them packing.

Stay away PLEASE.

This is one of the possibilities running through my mind. I'm scared to sign up for anything these days

Im a Texan and EVERYBODY who isn't on welfare or gay I know didnt vote for Obama and wants to secede.
Nothing against gays, but anyone with a brain knows Obama just wants to appeal to them for more votes..

I signed it, and told everyone I know to.
I hope it goes through. Obama supporters should be put in their own state if they want a dictatorship.

its also the only flag that can be raides to the same height as the american flag

IIRC the defeated Confederacy is now legallly classified as Military Districts by D.C. and they can ignore any State law they choose from those former states. This may null the provision allowing Texas to succeed and the provision to divide itself into 5 states.

Hope I am wrong about this.

There is no truth to any of this. There is no special case allowed to Texas in regards to the flag code (Check for yourself [link to www.law.cornell.edu] ) and no state is allowed to leave the union, not even Texas, according to the supreme court.

ALL Federal law ignores state laws when it chooses. IT doesn't matter if it was the south or north. That's why you can still be arrested for weed in states that have legalized it.

You betta recognize

As an 8th generation Son of the Republic of Texas, I approve this message.

Libs in black can go to hell.

Libs in black ROBES

shit... by Wednesday... its been 3000 since this thread started

See Texas code 3100.055 (b)(1) which repudiates your comment on the flag. As to the legality of secession, dig a little deeper.

Last Edited by Apocalypse Troll on 11/12/2012 05:13 PM

an hour and a half ago

i agree, these people have never seen austin or many other texas places. not to mention the women.

State of Texas song

Texas became the USA's second-largest economy during the past decade — displacing New York and perhaps heading one day toward challenging California — in one of the biggest economic shifts in the past half-century.

[link to usatoday30.usatoday.com]

Texas Named Top US State for Business 2012

The Lone Star State is tops again, displacing Virginia, which doesn’t even finish seconds this year. Last? Rhode Island.

[link to finance.yahoo.com]

sweet.

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tumbleweeds and mesquite trees are beautiful

There is always room for seccession in our dialogue. The world has changed, circumstances have changed and this union can surely change. Perhaps Texas or any of the other states for that matter want to remain nuetral or perhaps this show of disapproval for American interventionism, illegal drone wars, and outright attack on our civil liberties will send the message to the world that we too are sick of it and no longer support those policies. This doesn't have to be bloody it can be peaceful done. I am cheering for Texas on this one...GO TEXAS GO!!! IF any state can serve as an example for seccession they can they have one of the largest economies in the world and practically no debt!!! Sign it

First of all, AGAIN, State law does not trump federal law. And secondly, I love how you quote the code 3100.055 b1, while IGNORING 3100.055 a, which states that the US flag is to be flown ABOVE the Texas flag.

Wonderful link! Thank you... I agree that these secession threads will result in nothing more that a grumbling complaint and it's why I reiterate my call to sign the OTHER petition of interest on that site which calls for a recount.

[link to petitions.whitehouse.gov (secure)]

I truly believe that their "response" may be nothing more than words on paper, even to the recount petition. However, it will possibly bring the issue to light in the main stream and thus gain a little momentum.

Wow, so if you manage to break away and make your own little country, what happens when the next hurricane hits the gulf? No FEMA for you.

What happens when your highways need repair?

What happens to funding for public education?

What happens to government research and grant money that universities and grad students in Texas rely on for education and research?

What happens to the millions who rely on Medicaid and SCHIP for health care?

Better build up your own Army, once other countries realize you're vulnerable they'll dive right in - The US won't send help, you're on your own.

If you get a batch of comtaminated food the FDA won't be forthcoming about where it orignated from - you'll have to take care of that yourself. You might want to create your own CDC too. If there is a pandemic you'll be on your own for tracking patient zero and developing a vaccine.

I could go on, but you get the picture I hope.

I predict chaos, civil unrest and the rise of warlords.