Texas Secedes If Kerry Wins

[Sinner]

Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union (please refer to the Texas- American Annexation Treaty of 1848). We Texans love y'all, but we'll have to take action if Kerry wins president over Bush. We'll miss you too. Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get used to the results. After seeing the whiners along the campaign route, the folks from Texas are considering taking matters into our own hands.

Here is our solution:

1. Let John Kerry become President of the United States. (all 49 states.)

2. George W. Bush becomes the President of the republic of Texas. So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?

A. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (we will control the space industry.)

B. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.


3. Defense Industry. (we have over 65% of it) The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.


4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.

5. Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those northern states. John Kerry will figure a way to keep them warm....

6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.

7. Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world and other large health planning centers.

8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: UT., Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy grows better in the south anyway

9. We have a ready supply of workers. (just open the border when we need some more)

10. We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.

11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an army but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an army in 24 hours if we need it. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a couple Texas Rangers.

12. We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables and lets not forget seafood from the gulf. And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.

This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.

Now to the rest of the United States under President Kerry:

Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Kerry will be able to drive around in his 9 mile per gallon SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes. You won't have any TV as the space center in Houston will cut off your communications. You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes but since Mr. Kerry has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas.

Signed,

The People in Texas

[Brother Adam]

I'm moving to Texas if Kerry wins. lol.

[Iacobus]

LOL! I know that is frace but lol. I doubt Texas could live on its own. LOL! I really doubt it.

[MC Just]

Whoa......... thats a good Idea. (sorry Massachusetts)

Edited August 21, 2004 by MC Just

[White Knight]

Whoa, this is alot of Political threads in the Faith Table Thread lol.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

I'll move to Texas if Kerry wins. I was already planning on moving to Dallas eventually, anyway.

[Kilroy the Ninja]

[quote name='Iacobus' date='Aug 21 2004, 11:45 AM'] LOL! I know that is frace but lol. I doubt Texas could live on its own. LOL! I really doubt it. [/quote]
Don't doubt it dude. We could and we would. Never doubt a Texan. We live for that!

[StColette]

lol I'm only about 10 mins from the Texas state line lol it won't be too much of a move for me lol

[Aloysius]

that'd be awesome if this were true! lol

[Theoketos]

This thread makes me proud to be a Texan!

[littleflower+JMJ]

no one can mess with Texas.....

and yes jacob we can survive on our own.....

we have plenty of crops, food/water and resources to make ourselves rather comfy.

muwhahaha :freddy:

[Kilroy the Ninja]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='Aug 21 2004, 04:09 PM'] that'd be awesome if this were true! lol [/quote]
This is totally true. No joke. We are the only state allowed to have a standing army. We are the only state that could truly stand alone from the union. No silly smilie faces with this post. Seriously. We're bigger than most of the countries in the EU. And have a stronger economy than most of them to boot.

[Socrates]

Texas ain't the only state with a right to seceed!

The South will rise again!

[RandomProddy]

[quote name='Kilroy the Ninja' date='Aug 22 2004, 12:56 AM'] We're bigger than most of the countries in the EU. And have a stronger economy than most of them to boot. [/quote]
Texas is bigger than every country in the EU, just beating france to top spot.

Ecomony? Maybe not the biggest if it joined the EU but maybe it's as solid. It's certainly different that's for sure.

"The Texas gross state product (GSP) is forecast by the Comptroller of Public Accounts to reach $924.55 billion (in current dollars) in 2005."

Compared to:


GDP by countries in the EU:
USD 2,400,655 -- Germany
USD 1,794,858 -- United Kingdom
USD 1,747,973 -- France
USD 1,465,895 -- Italy

USD 836,100 -- Spain

So Texas would be fifth behind the UK and in front of Spain.

[Lil Red]

i don't wanna leave Montana, though!!!!

[Aloysius]

why on earth would Texas join the EU??!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='Aug 21 2004, 07:38 PM'] why on earth would Texas join the EU??! [/quote]
How about this instead...Texas succedes, and then invades and conquers the EU? You know Texas would win.

[RandomProddy]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Aug 22 2004, 01:41 AM'] How about this instead...Texas succedes, and then invades and conquers the EU? You know Texas would win. [/quote]
Not a chance.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='RandomProddy' date='Aug 21 2004, 07:44 PM'] Not a chance. [/quote]
Ummm...the US alone could kick Europe easily. Texas comprises a large portion of the US military. Europe would get kicked.

[RandomProddy]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Aug 22 2004, 01:49 AM'] Ummm...the US alone could kick Europe easily. Texas comprises a large portion of the US military. Europe would get kicked. [/quote]
To my knowledge, no country holding nuclear weapons has ever been sucessfully invaded. I don't think a state within the US has the capability to invade two and all it's allies...