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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 23:54:49 GMT -5
So, do you intentionally lie and distort, or are you really that stupid?
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 21:00:15 GMT -5
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (We will control the space industry.)
2. 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, Ivy grows better in the south anyway
9. We have a ready supply of workers. (Just open the border when we need some)
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 Obama: Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only Mr. 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
Have a nice day!
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 20:58:13 GMT -5
There are more and more "Secede!" signs every day, and a lot of support for Texas pulling out of Social inSecurity and Medicade. "Texas is a free and independent State ... All political power is inherent in the people ... they have at all times the inalienable right to alter their government in such manner as they might think proper." — Texas Constitution (1876) "When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived...[it is] the inherent and inalienable right of the people to...abolish such government, and create another in its stead..." — Texas Declaration of Independence (1836) "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed... Whenever government becomes destructive to life, liberty, or property [i.e., the pursuit of happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it... It is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security." — American Declaration of Independence (1776) Q: Doesn't the Texas Constitution reserve the right of Texas to secede? A: This heavily popularized bit of Texas folklore finds no corroboration where it counts: No such provision is found in the current Texas Constitution (adopted in 1876) or the terms of annexation. However, it does state (in Article 1, Section 1) that "Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States..." (note that it does not state "...subject to the President of the United States..." or "...subject to the Congress of the United States..." or "...subject to the collective will of one or more of the other States...") Neither the Texas Constitution, nor the Constitution of the united States, explicitly or implicitly disallows the secession of Texas (or any other "free and independent State") from the United States. Joining the "Union" was ever and always voluntary, rendering voluntary withdrawal an equally lawful and viable option (regardless of what any self-appointed academic, media, or government "experts"—including Abraham Lincoln himself—may have ever said). Both the original (1836) and the current (1876) Texas Constitutions also state that "All political power is inherent in the people ... they have at all times the inalienable right to alter their government in such manner as they might think proper." Likewise, each of the united States is "united" with the others explicitly on the principle that "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed" and "whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends [i.e., protecting life, liberty, and property], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government" and "when a long train of abuses and usurpations...evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Texas Secede!
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 20:16:45 GMT -5
Both parties have been big spenders. You make it sound as if the Democrats are more fiscally responsible than Republicans. Neither party has been particularly responsible for a long time now. Both parties are "progressives" that are simply using different methods to achieve the same end: complete control of everyone. Both are poisonous. The republicans are a slightly slower poison, but that's about it. We need to get back to our libertarian roots that made us the greatest nation on earth.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 20:12:59 GMT -5
Because private companies don't do paperwork. Actually, they have to do quite a bit, thanks to the micromanaging of government bureaucrats who have nothing better to do than come up with more and more minute laws that tangle the legs of businesses. I gotta say, I like curbside garbage rather than finding a service or hauling it myself. And if you didn't like it? If it were cheaper for you to do it yourself? Why should you not have the choice? it's public control and provision of resources rather than private control and provision of resources. And in my case it punishes my good stewardship of resources by increasing my costs. In my case private control and provisioning of resources are much more efficient than turning the chore over to society. Not to mention that you are also forced to fund it, whether you want it or need it or not. The only way socialism can survive is through threat of force and oppression.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 13:33:18 GMT -5
We'll also see what individual members do, or try to do, won't we?
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 13:32:00 GMT -5
Funny, but I haven't had forced government curb side service in the last 15 years (TN, AK, and TX) and I'm perfectly happy with the way things work.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 13:21:46 GMT -5
And those who want to participate in the town's plan can do that, as well, if they so choose, and if they vote it in.
Go back to individual liberty, the way it should be.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 13:20:44 GMT -5
Propose the cuts, then let Obama veto that.
It will be on his shoulders completely then.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 12:29:14 GMT -5
Good for them!
Let individuals choose which company will haul their trash, or if they will take it to the dump themselves!
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 9, 2010 10:35:37 GMT -5
We've started using reason instead of reasonableness.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 8, 2010 17:15:01 GMT -5
Still, the answer would imply that the problem is lawyers, not implying that all lawyers are the problem.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 8, 2010 16:59:21 GMT -5
Instead of "Lawyers" I would suggest "Bottom-feeding lawyers" as I know four attorneys that actually have/use a moral compass. Yes, but in general, are lawyers the problem? It's not talking about specifics. I also know a few honest politicians, but as a generality, you can say that politicians are crooks.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 8, 2010 14:10:02 GMT -5
Bad or crooked ends up with similar results.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 8, 2010 11:07:03 GMT -5
It would fill more than six Bibles. Bibles are only about 1000 pages long each. The tax code was 16,845 pages long in 2006. (Of course, the print sizes might be different.)
They can find something on anyone if they want to. I'm sure the tax code is like the USDA and OSHA regulations that are impossible to comply with everything.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 8, 2010 11:03:54 GMT -5
I see Duke finally voted.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 6, 2010 18:11:17 GMT -5
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 6, 2010 16:29:43 GMT -5
Pick your two best answers.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 6, 2010 15:49:25 GMT -5
Which pretty much proves my point.
People are sick of it.
Except the criminals.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 6, 2010 13:03:43 GMT -5
Since our justice system doesn't work, mostly due to lawyers who misuse the system...
But, the cop acted with appropriate force to deal with the situation. The inJustice system will deal (or not deal) the the criminal in court.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 3, 2010 10:37:12 GMT -5
I suggest everyone read "The Death of Common Sense". You'll get a better idea of just how big a problem government is.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 2, 2010 15:05:22 GMT -5
The problem is, those who receive the booty of the political plunder vote the criminals in.
A simple change that only permits those who pay taxes to vote would change that.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 2, 2010 11:20:57 GMT -5
I got these in a box lot that I bought to get a WWII ration book.
I have to admit that I'm the one who let it get wet.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 1, 2010 17:53:34 GMT -5
Any stamp collectors? I'll send these to the first one who wants them, free of charge. The "first man on the moon" stamp is a block of four. The shuttle stamp set is a block of eight, but they got damp and are no longer in perfect shape. I don't know if you can get them off the glassine envelope or not. If no one wants them, I'll be using them to mail things shortly.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 1, 2010 13:17:00 GMT -5
Perhaps we should require ID to buy alcohol, and limit the amount a person can buy in a month. That way, we can be relatively certain that he won't accumulate enough to get drunk and hurt someone else. (I can't wait for Sam's to get sued because they sold someone a gallon bottle of Jack Daniel's, and they should have known the person would get drunk and done something stupid.)
With guns, it's already illegal for a known felon to own a gun. And some misdemeanors. Known terrorists are already criminals.
Until they've done something wrong, however, the average drinker is not a criminal.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 1, 2010 13:13:43 GMT -5
Texans know how to trick or treat!! hope you were prepared! Sort of. One person suggested 100 pounds. With 50 pounds, we ran out about 8 o'clock. 100 pounds would have been a bit much, since numbers were down this year, but 50 pounds was not quite enough.
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Post by el Gusano on Nov 1, 2010 9:34:45 GMT -5
Texas. In Alaska, not many people go trick-or-treating. At least not where I lived. There was one street of wealthy people (where Tom Bodet used to live) that bus loads of kids would come from other towns, but overall... My son went our first year there, and so few people were prepared for it that he came back with a full sized Snickers, $3.27, and 6 pounds of frozen fish.
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Post by el Gusano on Oct 31, 2010 22:04:56 GMT -5
I was told it was big here. I was told they closed off the road, it was so big. We gave out over 50 pounds of candy, one piece at a time, in about 3 hours. At one point, I counted more than 200 people in the street just in front of the three lots that were easily visible. These photos were taken with my phone before dark, but it got much busier after dark. www.hopeofglory.net/halloween 10-1.jpg[/img] www.hopeofglory.net/halloween 10-2.jpg[/img]
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Post by el Gusano on Oct 31, 2010 12:48:40 GMT -5
I know that the people from the area with Russia will be allied (after one fashion or another) with those of Iran to come against Israel. Putin has made a big deal out of this alliance, both economically, and because about 15% of the Russian population is Muslim. But, I was going through my head and trying to come up with some time that they had ever been allied before and could think of nothing. That's why it was a simple question.
I find it interesting that these lands (the people from the area of Russia and Iran) will come after the riches of Israel, and until recently, Israel's "treasure" was oranges, some minerals, Epilady, Uzis, and a few other things that were not unique to Israel. But, not too long ago, a Texas oilman and a Russian Jew teamed up to look for oil based on the prophecies of Deuteronomy, and they hit it BIG.
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Post by el Gusano on Oct 31, 2010 12:44:08 GMT -5
If not for glasses, cans or bottles, there would have been nothing to hold the beer.
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