Why Texas Could Probably Secede
When Thomas Dunne published “Don’t Mess With Travis” in May — my comedic political novel about a freewheeling Texas governor who becomes fed up with a Constitution-stomping president and decides to secede — I knew I had landed on something relevant. I didn’t know it was this relevant.
As of this writing, the Texas petition to peacefully “withdraw” from the United States via the White House’s open petition webpage is up to 62,481 signatures, on its way to tripling the required names needed to trigger a response from the Obama administration.
No doubt Texas’ desire to break free is a source of amusement inside a White House that has mastered the art of belittling the opinions of its challengers
, but there is one not-so-small problem here: Texas could pull it off.
Here’s why:
Texas Petition to Secede keeps climbing
The Texas Petition to Secede keeps gaining signers well past the needed 25,000 mark for a White House Response. The Signers numbered more than 76,000 on Tuesday afternoon. Click Below to view the petition and its signers.
Petition for Texas secession hits White House response mark!
Less than a week after President Obama’s reelection, an online petition calling for Texas to secede from the Union has gained enough signatures to prompt a response from the White House.
The petition is posted on “We the People,” the White House’s website for petitions. The White House has pledged to provide a formal response to all petitions that receive more than 25,000 signatures within 30 days.
Looks like Perry will not be Texas’ new President
11:58AM EST November 13. 2012 – Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn’t want his state to break away from the United States, according to his response to a secession petition posted on the White House website.
Perry spokeswoman Catherine Frazier sent a statementto The Dallas Morning News, following reports that there are have been dozens of similar petitions filed via the “We the People” program.
Once Again, Texas did not vote for Obama
2012 Election Results by County
Insulting $100 Million
“Cut a latte or two out of your annual budget and you’ve just done as much belt-tightening as President Barack Obama asked of his Cabinet on Monday. The thrifty measures Obama ordered for federal agencies are the equivalent of asking a family that spends $60,000 in a year to save $6.”
Here is Obama’s proposed spending cuts illustrated. Looks like one of those comparisons of the Earth to the Sun. . . .
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Speaking with reporters after a tea party rally in Austin on tax day, Gov. Rick Perry said Texas can leave the union if it wants to.
“Texas is a unique place. When we came into the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that,” Perry said. “My hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention. We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what may come of that.”
Perry also was asked whether the tea party anti-tax rallies are part of a growing national movement.
“I have never seen the power of the grassroots as antimated and as focused and as coordinated…It is a very powerful moment in American history.
“I would suggest that members of congress who are filing for election or re-election in eight months are listening.”
“They’re hearing everyday working folks saying, ‘Listen, it’s out of control. We’re trying to live our lives and you’re strangling us with your spending and your taxation.”
RISING STAR
Gov. Rick Perry’s (R-Texas) star is rising among a new constituency — the anti-tax “tea party” crowd — in the wake of his recent endorsement of a Texas state House resolution affirming the state’s sovereignty.
“I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union,” the governor said. “I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state.”
Story source: http://www.butasforme.com/2009/04/15/rising-star-rick-perry-texas-can-sucede/
Can Texas Make It?
Much to my surprise; I have had conversations with people where they ponder whether or not Texas would be able to make it as its own nation – in regard to its resources, that is. In order to determine this, I have done a little research to find out exactly what Texas has to offer. So, here are some facts about Texas:
-Texas ranks first in U.S. cotton production.(Houston is the largest inland cotton market on earth.) Cotton generates $1.6 billion for farmers, with a state-wide economic impact of $5.2 billion.
-Texas is the only state to have two cities among the 10 most populous urban centers in the U.S. Houston number 5 and Dallas 8th.
-Texas has around 13 million cattle. It sends more beef to market than any other state and leads in sheep production as well.
-Texas is the number-one producer of crude oil in the U.S. Texas contains over one third of the nation’s dwindling oil reserves.
-Texas has over 65% of the defense industry of the U.S. We have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. The Texas Army National Guard is composed of approximately 15,000 soldiers, and maintains 117 armories in 102 communities. (Don’t Mess with Texas)
-We currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi , Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc.
-Medical Care – We have the largest research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers. Dallas has some of the best hospitals in the United States .
-We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let’s not forget seafood from the Gulf.
-NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. We will control the space industry.
-Texas has shipping ports that are ready to go for international trade via the Gulf of Mexico.
And so the question really shouldn’t be “Can Texas survive on it’s own?”, but rather, “Can the U.S. survive without Texas?”
Sam Houston is actually quoted as saying, “Texas could survive without the United States, but the United States could not survive without Texas!”
Sources for facts: http://www.trivia-library.com/b/places-in-world-most-likely-to-secede-texas.htm http://wonkette.com/404616/texans-want-to-secede-from-union-name-george-w-bush-their-texas-presidentHere’s something I just recently stumbled across that I didn’t know about. Zogby did a poll in 2008 of folks all over the country; and they found that not only do many Americans believe that EVERY state has a right to secede, but 1 in 5 of them would support a secession effort in their own state.
Keep in mind that we are not talking about a poll that was done in Texas – this is nationwide. This is blue states as well as red states. In addition, this is before Obama took office; before the economy was in an “official” recession; and even before the stimulus handouts began. Considering that there are so many people fed up with what is going on, I would love to see the same poll run again today. And more than that, I would love to see a poll that shows the support of secession just in Texas.
My fellow Texans, we are ripe for secession. We will have the support of the people of Texas.
Click hereto go to the Zogby Poll full story.
Not Just a Right, but a Duty
Duty is a word that conveys a sense of moral commitment to someone or something.
“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.”
From this statement, not only do we learn that we have the option to throw off a government that becomes destructive to our life, liberty, or property; but it further indicates that we have a duty – or a moral commitment to do so. That is very strong language. So who made this bold statement? Was it a radical conservative talk show host? No. Was it one of the founders of our country? No; actually it was fifty-six of them. This statement is a direct quote pulled from the most important document in the United States’ history – The Declaration of Independence. There were fifty-six signers of the document which contains this statement; and among them were John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson – just to name a few.
Unlike today’s politicians, who sign documents without even reading them; these men truly believed each and every statement put forth in the document before signing it. By signing this document, they were placing their seal of approval on it. These men where men of their word; and they were men of honor. They did not sign this document without careful study of its contents.
Fellow Texans; the Declaration of Independence grants us the right, and indeed the moral duty to abolish any government that becomes destructive to ANY ONE of these three: life, liberty, or property. The United States government as it is right now is destructive; not just toward any one of these; but toward ALL THREE. We have been slack for too long already. It is our right, it is our duty, to throw off this destructive government.
Give Texas Freedom 