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Dark_Jedi_Kenobi Title: Manager: • Prequel Trilogy Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 4/16 8:39am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Found this a few minutes ago, and thought it was pretty interesting. From CNN: Link Texas governor says secession possible Posted: 11:17 AM ET From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't ruling out the possibility his state may one day secede from the nation. Speaking to an energetic and angry tea party crowd in Austin Wednesday evening, the Lone Star State governor suggested secession may happen in the future should the federal government not change its fiscal polices. "There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "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, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot." (Video below: Tea party fires up debate) Perry, who is beginning to gear up for what could be a challenging re-election race, rejected more than $500 million in federal stimulus funds earlier this year and has been highly critical of President Obama's stimulus package. (Related: Joe "The Plumber" speaks at Michigan tea party) His comments come a week after endorsing a resolution in the Texas state House reasserting state sovereignty over federal mandates. Specifically it states that "all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed." Texas, America's second biggest state in area and population, was its own nation for 10 years before joining the United States in 1845. Should Texas one day secede, one man may already be vying to be its president. Actor Chuck Norris said last month he may be interested in the post. “I may run for president of Texas,” Norris wrote in a column posted at WorldNetDaily. “That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state.”
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Sven_Starcrown Registered: Mar '09	Date Posted: 4/16 8:42am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Does it have the infrastructure, producing and purchasing power to secede? -----signature----- Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you.
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Dark Lady Mara Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 4/16 8:45am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Anything that results in Chuck Norris becoming president of a sovereign nation seems fine to me. -----signature----- "Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to... the female audience." ~~ SPOILER-FREE TILLLL EPISODE IV "there aren't that many Ls in til." - farraday
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darth_gersh Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 4/16 8:45am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Traitors. -----signature----- Tuggle, Knuckles, and Vinny oh my. "All things truly wicked start from innocence". Ernest Hemingway Save the Great White Sharks! If not here, I'm hiking/camping. You are a newbie I am sexbie.
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Darthrevan4ever Registered: May '08	Date Posted: 4/16 9:02am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	I wich northern cal would do that we get no respect -----signature----- Aliit ori'shya tal'din Family is more than bloodline SWC Senator of Mandalore "I am that which grips the heart in fright,Harkens night and silences the light" Sith Warrior of the AoD Dark side points 55 Powerfull and dashing e- husband to linth
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ApolloSmileGirl Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 4/16 9:26am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	and we're taking TF.N with us, yeeeeee haaaaa!!!! Like this would ever **ing happen. Perry's been in office way to long, just like Bush was in presidency. Anyone that takes this seriously is a ing re**. -----signature----- Queen " Baadasssss Pixie" of the Knights of the Sarcasm Table well, I don't know about you, but i'm going to homerun three strikes to the second base ~Daveeeeed~ Vin
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darthtenbiscuits Registered: Sep '01	Date Posted: 4/16 9:30am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Texas is only allowed to go if they take Arkansas with them. -----signature----- And so it goes.
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SLR Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 4/16 9:37am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	I agree with ASG that it is all posturing. However, it does beg some questions. What would happen if Texas and other states started seceeding from the Union? Would the U.S. government just let them leave? Would it lead to another Civil War? Given how thinly spread the U.S. military and National Guard are right now, does the U.S. even have the resources to prevent states from seceeding? -----signature----- *"Sir Tampon" of the Knights of The 3SA Sarcasm Table* Philadelphia Phillies 2008 World Series Champions Come on Eagles, we want another parade down Broad Street Fight on USC!!!
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mrsvos Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 4/16 9:38am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	-----signature----- It's not so much emotional baggage, as it's a bunch of overstuffed black hefty bags in the trunk of my car.
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Quixotic-Sith Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 4/16 9:46am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	This just in: Texas governor says time travel possible. Texas Governor posted: "We intend to take our section of the country back to the 1860's, the last time secession was legal before being ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Also, my hat is made from tin foil." -----signature----- Defense wins championships. "The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy! Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it." - Nixon
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darthtenbiscuits Registered: Sep '01	Date Posted: 4/16 9:57am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Even so, Chuck Norris is not a native born Texan so he couldn't be president. -----signature----- And so it goes.
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Sven_Starcrown Registered: Mar '09	Date Posted: 4/16 10:00am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Even so, Chuck Norris is not a native born Texan so he couldn't be president. If they secede they can write a new constitution and make new laws. -----signature----- Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you.
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Darth-Lando Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 4/16 10:04am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Yup. Besides, do you want to be the one to tell Chuck Norris what he can't do? -----signature----- "A delayed game is eventually good, a rushed game is bad forever." - Shigeru Miyamoto San Jose Sharks:16-5-4 Defending President's Trophy Winners
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darthtenbiscuits Registered: Sep '01	Date Posted: 4/16 10:08am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Chuck Norris could be easily distracted using many of the same scenarios found in blond jokes. Thus, an opening to shoot him in his stupid face. -----signature----- And so it goes.
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Sven_Starcrown Registered: Mar '09	Date Posted: 4/16 10:13am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	Any article about what the texans think about this? -----signature----- Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you.
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Darth-Lando Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 4/16 10:20am Subject: Texas governor says secession possible
	I would imagine that most Texan's thoughts on this can be summed up by "Yeeeee-HA!" -----signature----- "A delayed game is eventually good, a rushed game is bad forever." - Shigeru Miyamoto San Jose Sharks:16-5-4 Defending President's Trophy Winners
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