Texas nationalist group rallies for secession

[Squid]

We also like Arnold....Get to the CHOPPA!!

[Ultima22689]

I hope Texas does secede, it would take a massive chunk of the teabaggers and GOP support in general out of elections. Dems aren't that much better but maybe they'll get better once the majority of the country is leaning democratic on the account of one of the biggest conservatives states gone AWOL.

Dude. you made California seem even more awesome. I wanna move out there ASAP, I can't stand this cold city. It's got everything going for it except the shitty weather.

[AnimatedDirt]

Dear Texans,

If your state secedes, and you're not cool with leaving the Union, think carefully about where you want to live. Obviously, you're used to living in a wealthy, diverse state that borders on Mexico but also has large and progressive urban areas. You like booming tech industry, you like big agriculture, and you probably like dry heat.

I think you know where you're headed.

Love always, and see you soon,

California

If Texas secedes, we'll be putting up with more than just illegals from Mexico...

[LegendarySandwich]

I'd move back to Seattle.

Why'd you leave here to go to Texas in the first place?

[The Magic Pudding]

If Texas secedes, we'll be putting up with more than just illegals from Mexico...

They could rejoin Mexico.

[terranus]

has large and progressive urban areas. You like booming tech industry, you like big agriculture, and you probably like dry heat.

Yeah going east on i-10 or i-20 will just lead you into bible belt hell, trust me. go west, my friend!

[Squid]

I'd move back to Seattle.

Why'd you leave here to go to Texas in the first place?

I was originally from Texas, lived up in Seattle while I was in the Navy.  Came back here to be close to friends and family.

[DeterminedJuliet]

There are some people in my grandparent's generation who are still pissed about Newfoundland joining Canada in the first place (we joined in 1949). You hear a lot of angsty youth talk about a "Newfoundland Liberation Army" and the "Republic of Newfoundland". There is a separatist party here, but it has next to zero support.

My husband and I often say that we think a really nice country could be made of the east coast of Canada and New England. Ohh, the lighthouse monopoly we could have!
I've never been to Texas, I've never even been close, but anywhere near the bible belt seems pretty scary to me (though I'm sure they do have their charms).

[fester30]

There are some people in my grandparent's generation who are still pissed about Newfoundland joining Canada in the first place (we joined in 1949). You hear a lot of angsty youth talk about a "Newfoundland Liberation Army" and the "Republic of Newfoundland". There is a separatist party here, but it has next to zero support.

My husband and I often say that we think a really nice country could be made of the east coast of Canada and New England. Ohh, the lighthouse monopoly we could have!
I've never been to Texas, I've never even been close, but anywhere near the bible belt seems pretty scary to me (though I'm sure they do have their charms).

I've been all over the Bible belt.  There's nothing really scary about visiting.  In fact, there are some great places down here to go see as a tourist.  Living here, however, feels a bit like jumping backward in time to the Great Revival of the 19th century.  There's a church on every corner.  There's a Christian under every rock ready to jump out and hand you a pamphlet.  You can't go to even a public hospital for simple gallbladder surgery without nearly everybody praying for your safety and swift recovery.  I just did that.  I did have one atheist nurse, and that was nice.  Stick mainly to the big cities and you'll mainly be fine.  Although I guess it does say something when the biggest tourist attraction in Texas, the Alamo, was a church.

[DeterminedJuliet]

I've been all over the Bible belt.  There's nothing really scary about visiting.

Yeah, I admit it's my own ignorance.    It'd probably help if we actually got some unbiased news in Canada about the states every now and then.

[fester30]

1860s America... southern slave states secede from the union, claiming the federal government had no right to impose its will on the states.  The Republican president invades the south to keep the union together, believing the federal government was more important than the sum of its parts.  Republicans were the civil rights party.  Southern Democrats were the slave party.

21st century America... some southern states contain elements raising again the desire to secede from the union, saying the federal government has no right to impose its will on the states in the form of nationalized health care, abortion, gay marriage, etc.  The Democratic president is a proponent of the federal government using its power to prevent the individual states from violating the peoples' civil rights, and to maintain a safety net social policy.  Democrats are the civil rights party.  Southern Republicans are at best the party of imposing religious morality upon the people, at worst have a racist inclination toward keeping minorities either down in the country or out of the country.

Republicans and Democrats... changing places after 150 years.

[Rizuidad]

I would hate to leave texas. I love it here. I hope we don't secede. 

[The Magic Pudding]

Yeah, I admit it's my own ignorance.  <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/shakehead2.gif" alt=":shake:" title="shake head" />  It'd probably help if we actually got some unbiased news in Canada about the states every now and then.

There was the Stephen Fry series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry_in_America
Fifty states in six hours of TV is a bit brief though.

[Whitney]

I hope we don't secede. 

the vast majority of Texans don't want to so it isn't going to happen...and if somehow the texas gov decide to go rogue and just secede despite public opinion then I'm glad the Oklahoma border is only an hour or so away...I'm not intersted in the theocracy secessionists would create.

[Stevil]

If the recession gets worse and push comes to shove anything is possible. Look at what happened to U.S.S.R.

The U.S.A. empire may have just about had its day.
Throughout history all Empires have eventually fallen.