If Texas secedes from the U.S. ...

[Tehchad]

Wyoming is actually beautiful (and great for people who like to be outdoors). My brother went to school there for a while.

I lived there for 21 years. I'm glad I'm in ColoRADo now. There are, I will admit, some awesome bits of countryside. But I'm really not a fan of the people.

 

[Gym]

I wouldn't mind a move. And not all Texans call coke "pop". I never heard that in South Texas.

I believe she was trying to say the people who DON'T belong say pop.
Pop is not a Texan thing

 

[Tehchad]

Sweet! Chad, can I stay with you? I mean, do you have an extra room?

Well, I'm not going to have room for a few months, but once I do, sure!

 

[Tehchad]

I'm cool with not living there... pun fully intended!
7-Day Forecast for Latitude 30.23°N and Longitude 97.69°W (Elev. 472 ft)

Dallas and EP aren't any better.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

No, you're terribly wrong if you think that. Poli Sci 101 will teach you that.

I am talking of ideals and principles. The reality of modern-day American politics, lamentably, has created rather 'unitary' system of governance with which we are governed by, today. Both parties, GOP and Democratic, have been rather big proponents of Big Government and have steadily eroded States' Rights. Alas, the ideals of the Founding Fathers that I illustrated are rarely espoused and followed by few in modern-day times. I know what I am talking about. I know and have taught History.

 

[IreneAdler]

Ugh, I wasn't inferring people from Texas do, I was inferring people from Colorado do. I was responding to someone from Colorado

 

[IreneAdler]

I believe she was trying to say the people who DON'T belong say pop.
Pop is not a Texan thing

 

[IreneAdler]

I'm cool with not living there... pun fully intended!
7-Day Forecast for Latitude 30.23°N and Longitude 97.69°W (Elev. 472 ft)

Dallas and EP aren't any better.

Wuss. It'll be 110 here tomorrow

Austin weather really isn't bad at all.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Coke is my favourite pop. I do not drink soda: I drink Coke. Coke: The beverage the Angels gave us from the Heavens; the divine elixir.

 

[Gym]

Wuss. It'll be 110 here tomorrow

Austin weather really isn't bad at all.

110F? I PRAY for 110

it was 117F today
shoot it's still 113F.. at 8pm

 

[crishmael]

Ugh, I wasn't inferring people from Texas do, I was inferring people from Colorado do. I was responding to someone from Colorado

I have trouble misreading sometimes...

 

[SpiritualAntiseptic]

And yes, Texas can still secede. We are the only ones. It is a whole long and complicated reason that involves our previous legal standing, how we were admitted, and our current state and the U.S. constitution.
We really don't want to secede (most of the time).

They tried twice. The supreme court ruling in the 1880s determined they could not. Remember, Texas was admitted and then re-admitted to the union.

 

[SpiritualAntiseptic]

Texas had one condition upon joining statehood; that they retain their right to secede and become an independent republic.

Yes, but they were re-admitted after the Civil War with no such conditions.

 

[Gym]

I know this is totally going to make me feel like a nerd...
But i just logged into an online game I play.. and the capitol of the USA right now is in Texas... given that I was also reading this thread at the time.. I couldn't help but LOL

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Excellent! I am not even a Texan by any standard, but I admire and empathise with Texas greatly. The free and independent Republic of Texas: What a concept---what a liberty!

'If only . . . '​

 

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

Also:

--Will the Dallas Cowboys still be "America's Team"?

-- Will the new country send competitors to the winter olympic games? "Competing for the gold medal in ski jump is (insert name) from the Republic of Texas"...?