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28. Texas can't secede. Texas vs White
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:53 PM
May 2016

Berlin was split in half but was surrounded by East German territory. West Berlin had progressive political views of West Germans, East Berlin was part of the Soviet Union owned and operated East Germany.


The only aircraft of the three Western Allies were allowed to fly to or from West Berlin; civilian traffic was principally served by Air France, British European Airways (later British Airways) and Pan Am. River traffic was hugely important to the survival of West Berlin, conveying around five million tons of cargo a year to the city, but was subjected to numerous inspections and petty restrictions by the East German authorities.[8] Rail traffic was excruciatingly slow; locomotives and train crews had to be changed at the border, the East German Transport Police (Trapos) carried out inspections using sniffer dogs to uncover stowaways, passports and visas had to be processed at border stations and the condition of the track was so poor that trains were limited to a maximum speed of 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph).[9] Road crossings were fairly straightforward but slow because of the extensive border formalities and inspections. Drivers were required to stay on designated transit routes across East Germany.[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_inner_German_border


Or, like the Gaza strip, conservative Texas would have control of what goes in and what goes out. They could starve progressives to death in ghettos.

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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
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