Originally Posted By mawnck <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/gov-rick-perry-texas-coul_n_187490.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...490.html</a> The GOP is approaching total mental incapacity.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I don't think we should let them secede. I think the U.S. government should sell Texas back to Mexico for $1. LOL
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'll be the first to host an "Aloha Texas, Don't Let The Door Hit Ya Where The Dog Shoulda' Bit Ya' party.
Originally Posted By Achish Oy. Huffington Post, again? If I posted from Fox News and Rush or Hannity every day, I'd get attacked for it all the time. Why don't you just deliver NEWS and add your OWN thoughts?
Originally Posted By Achish The real news: "Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that." Might. AT SOME POINT. Not considering it now. Sees no reason why they should do it. I HATE SPIN on both sides.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Texas isn't ever going to secede and Perry should just shut up. In my 51 years I've never seen a bigger bunch of political losers than this current crop of whiney, overreacting, extremist Republicans.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie >>>Texas isn't ever going to secede and Perry should just shut up.<<< Oh... <---Cancels the marching band, the balloons and the confetti.
Originally Posted By Achish <Texas isn't ever going to secede and Perry should just shut up. In my 51 years I've never seen a bigger bunch of political losers than this current crop of whiney, overreacting, extremist Republicans.> They probably won't succeed. Perry said the same thing. So why the big Huffinton Post story?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>They probably won't succeed.<< Nope, too easy. Huffington Post rulez. It isn't my fault that conservatives keep giving them so much to work with.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "So why the big Huffinton Post story?" Because you have the governor of the second largest state in the union rallying folks to support succession. That's why. If you keep reading though, you will find another motive for his grandstanding: >>Perry is running for re-election against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a fellow Republican. His anti-Washington remarks have become more strident the past few weeks as that 2010 race gets going and since Perry rejected $550 million in federal economic stimulus money slated to help Texas' unemployment trust fund.<<
Originally Posted By DAR What'll happen is 99.9% of Texas will secede but the People's Republic of Austin will become it's own territory.
Originally Posted By ecdc Why is someone from the "Country First" party even lending any credence to this notion of secession? Yeah, I read the Huffington Post story and what he said didn't quite match their headline. I'll give ya that. But the guy shouldn't be talking about secession at all. They lose and the other guy's been in office for 85 days and this is the result? My hell, can you even imagine if a liberal governor had talked about his state seceding because of Bush? So much for country first.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad If any state ever did, it would be Texas. What kind of shape is the TX economy in?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Pretty good, actually. Last I heard, they had no budget shortfall and that's without a state income tax. According to Superdry here, they have some of the better written home loan financing regulations that prevent these predator loans that have caused so much grief.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad So damn! I have to say it. Let's compare Texas to oh I dunno... California? <--- runs for dear life!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad But California has a lot of great golf courses. Oh wait, I like big bugs, I thought we were giving positives. My bad.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Pretty good, actually. Last I heard, they had no budget shortfall and that's without a state income tax.>> But with huge property tax rates. My brother used to live in Brownsville. His house back then was worth 80K, and he paid almost 3K per year in property tax.
