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Meldread

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42. Um, it is obviously taking the words of Ted Cruz...

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 03:21 PM

Jun 2016

...and applying them to Texas. He said he wanted to carpet bomb the Middle East until it glowed in the dark and turned the sand to glass. Hence the reference.

Obviously, Texas is never going to leave the United States. Attempting to do so would be treason.

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Texas following Britain? #TEXIT [View all] workinclasszero Jun 2016 OP

Sorry Texas DUers lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #1

Please, no! TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #2

The Lone Star Republic once again? Chasstev365 Jun 2016 #3

I know you're joking (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2016 #4

Can you Text it? calimary Jun 2016 #5

Stay Classy, workinclasszero MagickMuffin Jun 2016 #6

Bluestate America would welcome all patriotic Americans workinclasszero Jun 2016 #11

I don't feel that the best strategy for fighting/resisting repubs is to kentauros Jun 2016 #36

Pray tell what state do you live in??? MagickMuffin Jun 2016 #38

I know Im bad...and just kidding workinclasszero Jun 2016 #39

Texas bashing is tiresome MagickMuffin Jun 2016 #41

Just be certain you don't #TEXIT while driving.... KansDem Jun 2016 #7

LOL workinclasszero Jun 2016 #12

Nah, most Texans laugh at the secessionists TwilightZone Jun 2016 #8

I would only support a Texit under the following conditions: Meldread Jun 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal Jun 2016 #19

Um, if you do #4, what's to "take back"? kentauros Jun 2016 #37

Um, it is obviously taking the words of Ted Cruz... Meldread Jun 2016 #42

No, it's only obvious for those who are able to remember such details. kentauros Jun 2016 #44

Fun (aka horrible) times. Meldread Jun 2016 #45

I avoid looking at or listening to Cruz whenever I can. kentauros Jun 2016 #46

Pray tell what state do you live in??? MagickMuffin Jun 2016 #40

Um, it is obviously taking the words of Ted Cruz... Meldread Jun 2016 #43

A post that screams out for self-deletion. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #48

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #51

They can leave the US one person at a time. We'll help them pack their bindles struggle4progress Jun 2016 #10

any state's effort to legally secede from the U.S. is absolutely pointless. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #13

Didn't the Republic of Texas have a special deal when it entered the Union? workinclasszero Jun 2016 #14

No, that's a myth. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #18

Cool thanks workinclasszero Jun 2016 #21

Yeah, a lot of people, including much of the secessionist movement in TX, have intentionally TwilightZone Jun 2016 #22

Not to secede, to break into multiple states to keep the free state/slave state ratio equal. TransitJohn Jun 2016 #29

a lot of people find reading to be hard... :) snooper2 Jun 2016 #34

In regards to federal lands it does, less than 1.5% of the land in Texas is federal property snooper2 Jun 2016 #33

Shhh. Let them go. Yavin4 Jun 2016 #17

If Texas does secede, who's going to protect it from Mexico? muntrv Jun 2016 #15

Nobody...maybe Mexico would reclaim its sovereignty over the wayward province of Texas? workinclasszero Jun 2016 #23

my MIL said that the Texans should have taken over all of Mexico and made Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #24

Not I. roamer65 Jun 2016 #50

And lose the Dallas Cowboys from the NFL? Yavin4 Jun 2016 #16

NOOO! ghostsinthemachine Jun 2016 #47

They can no longer say that they are America's Team. Yavin4 Jun 2016 #52

We should a wall and make Texas pay for it Renew Deal Jun 2016 #20

As long as we can have Norrin Radd Jun 2016 #25

There's no provision in the US constitution for Texas to secede, there is no Article 50. n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #26

They'd have to shoot their way out. Iggo Jun 2016 #27

What about the #rexit? Red states leaving the union? harun Jun 2016 #28

ugh blogslut Jun 2016 #30

Pass a law ending Gerrymandering Buzz cook Jun 2016 #31

Then our next war for oil SwankyXomb Jun 2016 #32

I think some people might be going off the deep end. Waldorf Jun 2016 #35

Boy ya had to know this post was comin', huh? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #49