'Hi Ya'll, this here's your most favorite Governor coming to you from the Alamo, that place what makes us all proud to be Texassan's, which by the way we eventually practically Stole from them darn mexicalis way back when we we could Do that sort of thing, and actually get away with it. But Proud we Are indeed!
But I'll tell ya what we ain't even Nearly 'proud' of, and That's being part of that illegal, confounded, United States of America Government! Yep! That we ain't! Here in our grand state of Texass we are proud to be More than them simple minded 'Americans' that like to tax us to death, and tell us what we Can and cannot do around here. We're just Tired of it! Tired!
Now me and the boys down at Our Own 'Whitehouse' got together and we done figured out how to get rid of that budybody U.S. Government, and git ourselves free and clear of them once and for all. Hey, we whipped them mexicalis and we can whip those fools up in DC. Here's what we done planned out, and we know our fellow countrymen, and women too if they want to join us, will each and everyone vote for.
Here's how it's gonna 'work'; First we all gotta git together with our superior brains which are capable of making real good common sense decisions. Then, when we say, 'who wants to seceed from the union of the United States of America', everyone just raise your hands, well actually, just raising One hand will be good enough, you can keep your other hand on your 'gat's in case we git invaded by them pesky federal storm troopers. Then after we vote on what to do, we need to elect someone to be the king of our new country. I gladly toss my name in the hat for That job, afterall, I've been running the sweet state of Texass just fine, and I Know I can do just as 'good' a job running our new country. Then we gotta figure out a name for our new country. I say we call it 'The Kingdom of Perry', now That has a nice ring to it don't it now. So Then, we'll probably have to git rid of all that useless U.S Government Money floating around. I'm gonna put a great big truck in my backyard where everyone will bring all that dirty useless 'money' that has absolutly No 'value' anymore, and just dump it all in that big truck. Later on, I'll git rid of it, probably just take it way out in the desert somewhere, and just burn it or somethin'. Filthy stuff anyway! Then we'll just make our Own money for use in our new 'Country Of The Kingdom of Perry'. We might have to use sea shells, or cow hides, or shiney rocks which we have pleanty of as 'money' for a while at first, but it'll be worth way more than that sinful stuff packed away in my big truck. We won't need hardly anything from the U.S. 'cause we got our own oil and gas wells, and cows, and cow patties, and horses, and lots of sage brush and dirt. We'll have our own army, and navy, and airforce and stuff like that. We'll build a great big wall all around our new country to keep out those greedy Americans, and them mexicans, and them other foriengers that always cause so much trouble here. We'll put up Toll Plazas on all the roads that lead into our country, and those stupid Americans will have to have a Texass issued passport if they want to step foot into our Country. They can drive through but they can't Live here or stay longer than it takes to get out. All those foriegn countries out there will just be lining up at our border just chomping at the bit to do big commerce business with us! We'll have our own health care system, none of that stupid Obama stuff, we'll git rid of that lazy mans Social Security crap, and food stamps, and, well, all that 'American' stuff. Boy, we have so many 'great' plans for our new country! I just know that every Texassan that loves Texass will vote 'Yes' for our new 'Country'. Our slogan will be 'Remember The Alamo', or somethin' snappy like that, you know, an attention gitter. So everybody head on down to your place of voting and let's gitter done, and lets succeed in seceeding!!' :/
Nationalist Group Wants TX Secession on Primary Ballot
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The Texas Nationalist Movement wants the state of Texas to secede from the United States. They have started a petition to get a referendum for secession on the Texas Republican primary ballot on March 1.
But the Texas Nationalist Movement wants a repeat a century and a half later, and thinks the March GOP primary is the place to start.
The Nederland-based Texas independence group is circulating a petition aimed at getting a non-binding vote onto the GOP primary ballot over whether "the state of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation."
Their goal? 75,000 signatures from registered voters by Dec. 1 — more than the 66,894 the Texas Secretary of State's office says the group needs to get the language on the ballot.
Even if the Texas Nationalist Movement gets enough signatures, such a vote would be little more than symbolic. Academics agree that Texas cannot secede from the United States, and point to a post-Civil War Supreme Court ruling, Texas v. White, as evidence.
“Historically the executive committee of the Republican Party has chosen what goes on this,” Whitehead said, “and it’s party preference that it stays that way.”
The Texas Nationalist Movement, which hasn't yet verified how many signatures it has, doesn't buy the argument that the state can't secede. Daniel Miller, the group's president, points to the state Constitution, and in particular, the provision that gives Texans the right to "alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think expedient.”
Miller said the group is going around the state party because past interactions with the GOP weren't fruitful.
“We have had our hand slapped," Miller said. "We have been rebuffed, and not just us as an organization, but essentially anyone in any position inside the party that has advocated for this position has been rebuffed."
Whitehead said there is zero relationship between the GOP and the secessionists, and added that his response to such a ballot proposal would be the same if it were “a resolution giving everybody a unicorn or a resolution for secession.”
If the Texas Nationalist Movement does get the signatures it needs, the Secretary of State's office says it will be the first time a referendum from a citizen group is put on the Republicans’ statewide primary ballot. Miller acknowledges a majority vote for the referendum wouldn't be binding, but hopes it would be enough evidence of support to get state leaders to take the issue seriously long-term.
“The end game for us is to have a binding referendum on Texas independence, much like the people of Scotland had in November of last year,” Miller said.
The 2014 vote over Scottish independence from the United Kingdom failed.
Volunteers from the Texas Nationalist Movement are at work across the state, scurrying to get signatures. Miller is optimistic; he says the organization itself has over 200,000 members.
“Texas and Washington, D.C. are on very different paths, and the people of Texas obviously recognize that,” he said. “... The Texas Nationalist Movement message has been one not of reaction to grievance but one of a future we can build as an independent nation.”
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