Texas Gets Another One Right

[WTF]

Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

If states in places like Eastern Europe want election observers from the OSCE, that's just fine and dandy!

They want them about like Texans want them.

They had a Flordia election guy on and asked him the same thing. He said they did not need them but had nothing to hide and we welcome to observe.

Perry is just blowing hot air as usual , wasn't he the one that brought up leaving the union? Made a fool of himself in the debates and now is making Texas look stupid. What do we have to hide?

[Texas Contrarian]

Originally Posted by WTF

What do we have to hide?

Probably not that much, but that's not really the point, is it?

A bunch of flunkies from the OSCE will make news and likely draw attention to supposed "irregularities" that amount to nothing. Besides, all they can do is go home and write a report -- one that probably shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone. But our media myrmidons, in keeping with their usual practice of ignoring events of real consequence, will probably blow it all out of proportion.

Originally Posted by WTF

They want them about like Texans want them.

See what I mean? Who wants foreign observers, perhaps with an agenda? They don't. We don't. (At least we shouldn't.)

If you want your favorite group of liberals -- whatever it may be -- to organize robust observation activities, fine. But please, let's leave the OSCE flunky types the hell out of the process!

[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by I B Hankering

Republic of Hawaii <--- what happened to Hawaii wasn't right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Hawaii

Republic of West Florida (to a lesser degree)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Florida

California Republic (to a still lesser degree), AKA Bear Flag Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic

ijs

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[I B Hankering]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

<--- what happened to Hawaii wasn't right!

They were all filibusters including the Yankees that "freed" Texas!

[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by I B Hankering

They were all filibusters including the Yankees that "freed" Texas!

I was under the impression that the last 2 including Texas weren't filibusters.

[pyramider]

Hawaii was not a republic. Hawaii was a monarchy, with a weak king. The British, Germans, and Japanese wanted the islands and were poised to get them.

[Jackie S]

Originally Posted by LovingKayla

I just did a museum tour about Texas (again) and indeed, under the law that draws the state together, Texas is the only one that can decide to be its own nation again.

And you asshats in every other northern state will be thanking us (at least under your breath) when we REFUSE to give up our guns. You do know there are terrorist camps in Mexico waiting right? Go find your own link.

Kayla, actually, that is not true as of now. In the originol documents that allowed Texas to become part of the United States, they could succeed from the Union at a later date, but that treaty was made null and void when Texas re-entered the Union again after the War Between The States, when it re-entered the Union as part of a defeated nation.

[Sidewinder]

Originally Posted by Whirlaway

COG; thanks for the heads up on this story...it is not being covered here in Texas.............

God Bless Texas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbH60wCO-Yw

Whirly, it probably depends on where you are in Texas and which newspapers you are reading.

It has been well-known for decades that you had to read the Dallas Morning Snooze to find out what was happening in Austin, and the Austin American-Spaceman to find out what was happening in Dallas.

[bojulay]

Originally Posted by ekim008

Hell we might be able to see Russia from here..LOL

Sooner than you think if the Demorats, I mean Democrats stay in office. LOL

[bojulay]

The next army to invade American soil will probably
be the Army Of The United Nations. But for the Democrats
it wont be an invasion, more like an invite.


Oh, and Texas rules, always has always will.

[I B Hankering]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

I was under the impression that the last 2 including Texas weren't filibusters.

I used the term "loosely", but it fits:

"A filibuster, or freebooter, is someone who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe United States citizens who attempted to foment insurrections in Latin America in the mid-19th century, but is also applicable in the modern day.

Filibusters are irregular soldiers who act without authority from their own government, and are generally motivated by financial gain, political ideology, or the thrill of adventure." wiki

Every one of the "revolts" was led by Americans on foreign soil. Texas and California were seized from Mexico, while West Florida was seized from Spain. Hawaii was seized from the Hawaiian monarchy.

Originally Posted by pyramider

Hawaii was not a republic. Hawaii was a monarchy, with a weak king. The British, Germans, and Japanese wanted the islands and were poised to get them.

"The Hawaiian kingdom -- Queen Liliuokalani -- was overthrown in 1893 as a result of the intervention of foreign [including U.S.] business interests and the U.S. military. The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of the government that controlled Hawaii from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic." wiki

[i'va biggen]

Originally Posted by bojulay

Sooner than you think if the Demorats, I mean Democrats stay in office. LOL

If you drink enough alcohol you can see shit no one else can.
If you don't drink when you wake up in the morning that's as good as you will feel all day...Dean Martian