Unlikely. Its my understanding that there is a good bit of support in Scotland.Would it be possible to have a vote on the issue like the Scottish independence vote?
Could that be used as a starting gun for the process?
That would be bad. We might do something crazy like conquer Canada or blow up Cuba. You forget, Texas is America's crazy uncle that makes Dad face palm all the time.I have a phrase that when an associate refuses to act sensibly and engages in a stubborn point and won’t budge, I say the following to them:
“It’s time to learn the lesson.”
It wouldn't be that easy, not really. Scotland is recognize as pretty much a separate country much more than Texas is now, from my understanding (although there are similarities).Would it be possible to have a vote on the issue like the Scottish independence vote?
Could that be used as a starting gun for the process?
"conquer Canada"? Everytime the U.S. tried, we got our butts beat.That would be bad. We might do something crazy like conquer Canada or blow up Cuba. You forget, Texas is America's crazy uncle that makes Dad face palm all the time.
Not US. Texas. Gateway to New Mexico!"conquer Canada"? Everytime the U.S. tried, we got our butts beat.
A minor skirmish, more of a tiff, really.I could be wrong … but wasn't there a whole kind of war fought over this concept?
Plank 203 of the Texas GOP's [2024] official legislative platform, under the title of "Texas Independence," states: "The Texas Legislature should pass a bill in its next session requiring a referendum in the next General Election for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation. This referendum should be a legislative priority."
Separately under the "state sovereignty," section Plank 20 called for "federally mandated legislation that infringes upon the 10th Amendment rights of Texas shall be ignored, opposed, refused, and nullified" adding: "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States." -- James Bickerton, Newsweek, 6/12/2024
Sheer lunacy. These planks were adopted at the Texas Republican Party convention held in San Antonio between May 23 and 25. Sheer lunacy. Even if the bill should escape the sane temperament of the State Affairs committee and appear on a referendum, which it failed to do the last time back in 2022, there is no provision in Texas or federal law to revoke the annexation. The Civil War and later a USSC decision in Texas v White formally bound the states together in a permanent union. Per the terms of annexation, Texas may or may not have retained the right to divide itself into as many as five states, but that ain't gonna happen either.
Sometimes I think the state GOP organization and the state GOP officeholders belong to two separate political parties.
Yes, no one is forced onto a bus, they volunteer.Oh...the REFUGEES wanted to go to Chicago? They said that?
I'm not talking about Texas seceding. Texas isn't going to secede. That's delusional.It isn't if done peacefully. The US would be better off without TX anyways.
The war didn't start with secession...it started with SC firing on a federal installation.I could be wrong … but wasn't there a whole kind of war fought over this concept?
Because "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."How is this not treason?
It is treason. And it will not go anywhere. Just like all of their court cases.How is this not treason?
Then you condone treason. ANd your little idea is putting party over country you might as well be MAGA.Honestly, if SCOTUS comes up with some ruling about Texas being a special case, I am not sure I would be upset about it.
A lot of those electoral votes would go to blue states.
It would be like removing a gangrenous toe to save the body.
Stealing a big chunk of the USA is making war against us. Duh.Because "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
This is none of that. Duh.
Well, that was the action, but the (initial) core concept was the right to secede from the Union. After that comes states' rights, the most significant of which was slavery. I know Republicans say it was just about state's rights -- yeah, but the largest of which was slavery.The war didn't start with secession...it started with SC firing on a federal installation.
Which state right was in danger other than the right to own slaves?Well, that was the action, but the (initial) core concept was the right to secede from the Union. After that comes states' rights, the most significant of which was slavery. I know Republicans say it was just about state's rights -- yeah, but the largest of which was slavery.
To answer that question, we need to know with some reliability the reasons each of the 11 states seceded. As far as I know only four states--Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas--attached Declarations of Causes to their Article of Secession. And among those four states slavery varied in prominence and importance. The other seven? I don't know.Which state right was in danger other than the right to own slaves?
Good-bye.. But next time a hurricane rips thru down there, they're on their own.. Don't come asking us for money..
It's all political masturbation that went on long before they became obsessed by Dear Leader...a group of Texans thinking it's somehow manly to get their metaphorical dicks out and wave them around on a regular basis with cries of "Secede!" to reassert their cherished mythology of being somehow more bigly special than the other 49 states.There are ‘little texas’ secessionist movements all over reich-land
And, cotton is still King. The state produces 40% of the U.S. cotton crop.I don't take the secession threat seriously, but...Texas would be a devastating loss for the United States. They are easily the nation's biggest energy producer, two of the top five financial centers (Houston & DFW), 4th largest ag producer in $, busiest seaport in the US in tonnage (Houston). We wouldn't be the same without Texas.
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