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Warm winds blowing
Heating blue sky
And a road that goes forever
I'm going to Texas
- Chris Rea
Texas is the only state that used to be its own country. It is also the only state to join the Union through treaty, rather than annexation - which means that the Texas flag can legally fly at the same height as the United States flag. Now that's cool.
Texas has mountains and deserts, fields and forests. There are lakes and rivers, and we even have our own mini-Grand Canyon (Palo Duro).
All four of the poisonous snakes in North America live in Texas, which always makes our woods more exciting than a romp through a northern forest. There is very little lyme disease and CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) still hasn't affected our deer.
Texians fought a revolution to make their own Republic. Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union (per the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848).
Texans have a love-hate relationship with the United States. Down here we are Texans first and Americans second (for those of you who are scoffing at this, it is probably the same in NY City - admit it!). Things are definitely heading down hill for the US, and if it gets too bad, we Texans might consider taking matters into our own hands.
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (we will control the space industry).
2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
3. Defense Industry. (we have over 65% of it) The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.
5. Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those northern states. Someone will figure a way to keep them warm....
6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world and other large health planning centers.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: UT Texas, A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University. Ivy grows better in the south anyway.
9. We have a ready supply of workers. (just open the border when we need some more)
10. We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an army but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an army in 24 hours if we need it. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a couple Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let's not forget seafood from the gulf. And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.
This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic Of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.
Adapted from an e-mail Scott sent over to me.
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