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The Question of Secession Comes up at Texas State Convention in May
The Question of Secession Comes up at Texas State Convention in May
"Think of the advantages: Cruz can't be president, those Texas Open Carry guys won't be American citizens, and the NFL gets two foreign teams"
“Amber Phillips asked Tuesday in The Washington Post ‘s The Fix “Is Texas really trying to secede from the United States?” Some – many possibly – might cheer at such news. According to Phillips, “When Texas Republicans assemble for their state convention next month, it’s possible they will debate whether Texas should secede from the United States.”……..
…………. Despite all the claims made by secessionists and other fantasies that “there is nothing legally limiting secession,” it’s crazy talk really, because the Supreme Court forbade it in Texas v White (1869) (BUT WHEN DID THAT EVER MATTER) …….
……. So there are lots of reasons ……….
…. “Supporters of and independent Texas allege overreach, corruption and excessive spending by the federal government, and argue that Texas is large and prosperous enough to get by on its own,” when Texas is a moocher state and the recipient of so much of that “excessive spending by the federal government.”…….
……. I’m all for letting them try, but however serious they are, we’ll never get to find out because it’s illegal to secede from the Union. Both the Civil War’s outcome (1865) and the Supreme Court (1869) have put paid to those fantasies.”
DANG………..
…..And I was starting to get excited that it might happen
A state leaving peacefully is not allowed. Instead if they want to leave they have to choose violence for some reason. Being a union of states that came to voluntarily somehow means being held in bondage is acceptable after such point. I don't know that works, but apparently a lot of other people do.
A state leaving peacefully is not allowed. Instead if they want to leave they have to choose violence for some reason. Being a union of states that came to voluntarily somehow means being held in bondage is acceptable after such point. I don't know that works, but apparently a lot of other people do.
"Held in bondage"
As I recall, Texas tried to bail because they were worried they wouldn't be able to hold other Americans in bondage the first time around.....
The Question of Secession Comes up at Texas State Convention in May
The Question of Secession Comes up at Texas State Convention in May
"Think of the advantages: Cruz can't be president, those Texas Open Carry guys won't be American citizens, and the NFL gets two foreign teams"
“Amber Phillips asked Tuesday in The Washington Post ‘s The Fix “Is Texas really trying to secede from the United States?” Some – many possibly – might cheer at such news. According to Phillips, “When Texas Republicans assemble for their state convention next month, it’s possible they will debate whether Texas should secede from the United States.”……..
…………. Despite all the claims made by secessionists and other fantasies that “there is nothing legally limiting secession,” it’s crazy talk really, because the Supreme Court forbade it in Texas v White (1869) (BUT WHEN DID THAT EVER MATTER) …….
……. So there are lots of reasons ……….
…. “Supporters of and independent Texas allege overreach, corruption and excessive spending by the federal government, and argue that Texas is large and prosperous enough to get by on its own,” when Texas is a moocher state and the recipient of so much of that “excessive spending by the federal government.”…….
……. I’m all for letting them try, but however serious they are, we’ll never get to find out because it’s illegal to secede from the Union. Both the Civil War’s outcome (1865) and the Supreme Court (1869) have put paid to those fantasies.”
DANG………..
…..And I was starting to get excited that it might happen
Cool story. I'm not sure how that warrants Chase pulling stuff out of his ass to hold states to the Union though.
The interpretation that the states were individual countries died out along time ago, outside of knuckleheads like these guys.
Not to mention the fact that the Union is "one and indivisible"
Where does it say that again? I believe it says something like that in the AOC, but where exactly does it say anything like in the Constitution?
It is just not going to happen. They can talk about it all they want and even get the usual crowds all hyped up about it... will not happen.
Y'know, before, I would have pooh-poohed this because it would never, ever happen...but how many things have happened over the past ten years that none of us could have foreseen? Don't get me wrong - I'm all for Texas and the rest of the old Confederacy leaving the Union - with the understanding that we will leave them zero nukes and not much in the way of military hardware. That, and we no longer pay for the food stamps, welfare, and other federal assistance that tends to be significantly more prevalent in red states than in blue states. THEN we can all see just how well "small government" with low taxes and weak regulation works out for them....
I retired to Florida a number of years ago from up north............ We found it to have a culture much different than we expected...............For who have retired to Florida from up north...we will refer to Florida as another county high on the list of foreign aid funds paid to them from the US..........
Tex Us ain't going no wares.
When I was in Mississippi, we didn't really count Florida as part of the Deep South - we sometimes referred to it as the Great Northern Retirement Home.
More accurately named...............God's Waiting Room
And every year when winter rolls around, people like me promise themselves, "This year I'm a-gonna start snowbirding!"
It is just not going to happen. They can talk about it all they want and even get the usual crowds all hyped up about it... will not happen.
Like Truman with the Truman Doctrine, we would welcome and assist all good peoples who wanted to truly be free again. Would take them in a heartbeat, they wouldn't have to ask twice.Some fantasies just remain fantasies.... its still good to dream. If they should secede, I hope we can talk them into taking Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama with them... and maybe Oklahoma.
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