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LostOne4Ever

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20. Even if only the Red parts, if you let Texas Secede it leave good liberals stuck in a RW Theonomy

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Fri May 13, 2016, 04:24 AM

May 2016

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]Like me! Cause I live in the [font color=scarlet]RED[/font] part of the state!

How about we just round up all the rightwingers, and shoot them to the moon instead![/font]

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If Texas does secede, we should support letting the Lone Star "blue zones" secede FROM Texas. [View all] Ken Burch May 2016 OP

Our house is a blue zone. Will that qualify? Kip Humphrey May 2016 #1

works for me. Ken Burch May 2016 #2

Lets go further than that... TampaAnimusVortex May 2016 #3

Texas will flip SCantiGOP May 2016 #4

So for at least the next ten to fifteen years, life is totally hopeless in Texas Ken Burch May 2016 #15

Y'all sure do seem to have a reading-comprehension problem. kentauros May 2016 #5

LOL! Texasgal May 2016 #6

No, it's less than five percent of all counties in the state. KamaAina May 2016 #7

Thanks for correcting my math. kentauros May 2016 #11

The smallest counties by area are Bristol (RI) and New York (NY). KamaAina May 2016 #18

There are no Bristol or New York counties in Texas, kentauros May 2016 #22

Uh, the Texas GOP is actually debating support for secession today. Ken Burch May 2016 #14

Your OP may not be about it per se kentauros May 2016 #21

So we'd have a chain of West Berlins on our hands? KamaAina May 2016 #8

That might be the only way to get any real change for anybody living in those South Berlins. Ken Burch May 2016 #16

I remember them! KamaAina May 2016 #17

It could be the Crescent Free City. n/t. Ken Burch May 2016 #19

After Katrina, I was following a number of NOLA blogs. KamaAina May 2016 #23

I'd definitely be down with that. n/t. Ken Burch May 2016 #25

Keep South Texas (including Austin) in the US. Let the rest secede meow2u3 May 2016 #9

It could be like the Berlin airlift Fumesucker May 2016 #10

Hasn't Texas been threatening to do this for 170 yrs? AgadorSparticus May 2016 #12

Are those ignoranuses still yammering on about that? lonestarnot May 2016 #13

Even if only the Red parts, if you let Texas Secede it leave good liberals stuck in a RW Theonomy LostOne4Ever May 2016 #20

Texas is no more secessionist than, say, Alaska. Or Rhode Island. LanternWaste May 2016 #24

It's interesting to do a thought experiment about secession. Jerry442 May 2016 #26

Texas secession plank defeated at state GOP convention blogslut May 2016 #27

Texas can't secede. Texas vs White puffy socks May 2016 #28

I say we start a meme about this and even a mini-campaign of sorts... silvershadow May 2016 #29