What are the chances of Texas seceding if Obama wins

[demons2005]

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but is it a possibility? The legality of it I think is questionable but only by precedent, constitutionally it isn't illegal. It was ruled illegal AFTER the civil war to justify Lincoln's aggression against the south who did not initiate the war. I think it would be a very interesting thing to happen and could be a boon to capitalism as we could test a true capitalistic/Randian society with objectivism and mutual prosperity. Part of me has to admit that the current administration will not cede power even if they lose. If you look at the polls their MSM lapdogs are putting out they are preparing America to not be surprised by Obama's "reelection." (unskewedpolls.com has the more accurate polls) I think Texas is the one state with the historical and cultural leverage to pull off a secession.

[-p.tiddy-]

seriously?

no, it is not a possibility and has 0% chance of happening

[demons2005]

seriously?

no, it is not a possibility and has 0% chance of happening
I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.

[Sarcastic]

I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.


I think you profoundly underestimate the implications of Texas, or any state for that matter trying to secede.

[raiderfan19]

I am a Texan and hell no. Don't get me wrong we have about as much state pride as anyone and I'm sure there are some morons who will call for it but it won't happen and I'd be against it if it did.

[kentatm]

Lol, not a chance it happens.

[DukeDelonte13]

Can they take the deep south with them too?

[gigantes]

I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country.
the country just went through eight years of bush junior, arguably the worst president in modern times, and states resisted the urge to secede. so there.

[rufuspaul]

Can they take the deep south with them too?


No! Please don't align me with any Cowboys fans. Please.

[eliteballer]

OP you can't possibly be this dense, you shouldnt be mentally able to operate a computer if you are:roll:

[JtotheIzzo]

I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.

I think you and others profoundly fail to comprehend how things work.

[TheSilentKiller]

seriously?

no, it is not a possibility and has 0% chance of happening
This.

Negged OP

[rezznor]

I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.
i think you watch too much fox news

[rezznor]

i'm a Texan and I can pretty much guarantee you every Texan on ISH thinks you are a dumb ass

[niko]

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but is it a possibility? The legality of it I think is questionable but only by precedent, constitutionally it isn't illegal. It was ruled illegal AFTER the civil war to justify Lincoln's aggression against the south who did not initiate the war. I think it would be a very interesting thing to happen and could be a boon to capitalism as we could test a true capitalistic/Randian society with objectivism and mutual prosperity. Part of me has to admit that the current administration will not cede power even if they lose. If you look at the polls their MSM lapdogs are putting out they are preparing America to not be surprised by Obama's "reelection." (unskewedpolls.com has the more accurate polls) I think Texas is the one state with the historical and cultural leverage to pull off a secession.

Why would you think Texas would want to secede? Do you get what that would actually mean? I mean removing the fact they wouldn't be angry enough about Obama being elected to probably even harbor bad feelings for a week much less secede, it just makes no sense.

Remember when we had funny trolls, not trolls who are just stupid and inane?

[UConnCeltics]

If they ever did, all the US would have to do is say the Cowboys, Texans, and Longhorns would be no more if they did.

US - 1
Texas - 0

[crisoner]

Let them leave...then the USA will send troops and kick all the BS Texans out.
Then we will be back to square one.

I hate Southern pride crap. The South was WRONG and LOST the war. F*ck that confederate flag crap.

[-p.tiddy-]

it is amazing what other people's perception of Texas is :oldlol:

[code green]

No! Please don't align me with any Cowboys fans. Please.

You're not deep enough, which is probably what your wife says to you on a nightly basis.

lol

[G-Funk]

Take Arizona with you!

[L.Kizzle]

I'm from Texas and what is this?

[ManlyStanley69]

You're not deep enough, which is probably what your wife says to you on a nightly basis.

lol

OUCH.

[KevinNYC]

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but is it a possibility? The legality of it I think is questionable but only by precedent, constitutionally it isn't illegal. It was ruled illegal AFTER the civil war to justify Lincoln's aggression against the south who did not initiate the war. I think it would be a very interesting thing to happen and could be a boon to capitalism as we could test a true capitalistic/Randian society with objectivism and mutual prosperity. Part of me has to admit that the current administration will not cede power even if they lose. If you look at the polls their MSM lapdogs are putting out they are preparing America to not be surprised by Obama's "reelection." (unskewedpolls.com has the more accurate polls) I think Texas is the one state with the historical and cultural leverage to pull off a secession.

:biggums:


I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.

Like I asked you before, where are you from, that this fantasy sounds like a possibility to you.

Also the latest Gallup poll has Obama's approval ratings at 51%. Now you can stick your head in the sand and claim that it's skewed, but that's the facts. The folks you are talking about were profoundly frustrated on January 19th, 2009.

[Godzuki]

it'd be great if America split into territory of democrats and republicans and their policies. it'd be very interesting to see how things would end up.

[demons2005]

This certainly wouldn't be unprecedented in world history since this is exactly what happened to Taiwan/China. When the extreme liberals took over, the freedom-loving people of China declared a new country in Taiwan and immigrated en masse. Today Taiwan's standard of living is much much higher than the mainland. There are a lot of parallels in the two situations.

[TheMan]

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but is it a possibility? The legality of it I think is questionable but only by precedent, constitutionally it isn't illegal. It was ruled illegal AFTER the civil war to justify Lincoln's aggression against the south who did not initiate the war. I think it would be a very interesting thing to happen and could be a boon to capitalism as we could test a true capitalistic/Randian society with objectivism and mutual prosperity. Part of me has to admit that the current administration will not cede power even if they lose. If you look at the polls their MSM lapdogs are putting out they are preparing America to not be surprised by Obama's "reelection." (unskewedpolls.com has the more accurate polls) I think Texas is the one state with the historical and cultural leverage to pull off a secession.
That's crazy talk...NY and California didn't secede after W "won" both times.

And if Texas does try that shit, we'll just declare war on them and crush them:oldlol:

[TheMan]

Can they take the deep south with them too?
In other words, the "moocher" states? They'd go broke without us:lol

[Balla_Status]

That's crazy talk...NY and California didn't secede after W "won" both times.

And if Texas does try that shit, we'll just declare war on them and crush them:oldlol:

Like half the military is from Texas. I doubt it. And we all have guns.

Not happening. The rest of the states would suck our ***** just to make sure we'd stay.

[Balla_Status]

it'd be great if America split into territory of democrats and republicans and their policies. it'd be very interesting to see how things would end up.

Texas is doing awesome. California is doing shit. There's your answer.

[TheMan]

Like half the military is from Texas. I doubt it. And we all have guns.

Not happening. The rest of the states would suck our ***** just to make sure we'd stay.
Tactical nuclear weapons, friendo:bowdown:

[Whoah10115]

Are there loonies whose revisionist alkdfjald;kjflkdasjfkljdasljf;kadskjf regard the Southern secession 250years ago as a reaction to Lincoln's "aggression towards the south"?



Dear Lord.

[Is He Ill]

I'm bouncing if that happens, but it won't. Bad enough I have to put up with some of these rednecks as it is.

[Dasher]

It would be interesting to see. I'd like to see what percentage of Texans see themselves as Americans first and immigrate to The United States of America. It would also be interesting to see if corporations pull up and leave, and whether The US freezes Texas's assets, or charges them for leaving. America can be vindictive. Texas flights probably wouldn't be allowed to fly into American airspace for awhile, and The Mexican cartels would flood The Southern part of the state.

The worst consequence? The Cowboys will lose their place as America's Team.

[demons2005]

Are there loonies whose revisionist alkdfjald;kjflkdasjfkljdasljf;kadskjf regard the Southern secession 250years ago as a reaction to Lincoln's "aggression towards the south"?



Dear Lord.
I never said that they seceded because of Lincoln's aggression. I said the Civil war started because of Lincoln's aggression. The south at the time was well within it's rights to secede. The court ruling making it illegal to secede occurred AFTER the civil war. Lincoln chose to make it a war. I am by no means pro slavery but the northern rewrite of history is absurd.

[-p.tiddy-]

It would be interesting to see. I'd like to see what percentage of Texans see themselves as Americans first and immigrate to The United States of America. It would also be interesting to see if corporations pull up and leave, and whether The US freezes Texas's assets, or charges them for leaving. America can be vindictive. Texas flights probably wouldn't be allowed to fly into American airspace for awhile, and The Mexican cartels would flood The Southern part of the state.

The worst consequence? The Cowboys will lose their place as America's Team.
like all of us...this image that some here have in their head that we are a bunch of rednecks wearing cowboy hats with confederate flags on our cars screaming "f*ck Obama" is laughable and shows just how little some people really know...

Austin is the closest city to San Francisco in the entire country...and Dallas is the 5th largest metroplex in the country

we also have perhaps the best economy of any state right now...(at least top-5 haven't looked in a while)

Hawk man is right...the rest of the country would be BEGGING us to stay if it was an actual real threat

[Balla_Status]

like all of us...this image that some here have in their head that we are a bunch of rednecks wearing cowboy hats with confederate flags on our cars screaming "f*ck Obama" is laughable and shows just how little some people really know...

Austin is the closest city to San Francisco in the entire country...and Dallas is the 5th largest metroplex in the country

we also have perhaps the best economy of any state right now...(at least top-5 haven't looked in a while)

Hawk man is right...the rest of the country would be BEGGING us to stay if it was an actual real threat

Not to mention that in a few years, Houston will be the biggest state in the nation.

We produce the most oil too.

[D-Rose]

Lived in Texas most of my life, and think it's laughable that anyone would beg Texas to stay :oldlol: There would be this little thing called military intervention which would crush any such idea. Also, there are enough sane people in Dallas, Houston, and Austin to prevent this. If It were up to the dumb ass rednecks elsewhere, it'd be more likely.

[TheMan]

Lived in Texas most of my life, and think it's laughable that anyone would beg Texas to stay :oldlol: There would be this little thing called military intervention which would crush any such idea. Also, there are enough sane people in Dallas, Houston, and Austin to prevent this. If It were up to the dumb ass rednecks elsewhere, it'd be more likely.
And the US would put an embargo that would choke the shit out of them. Mexico is Texas' biggest trade partner, they would rather be cool with the rest of the USA than with just Texas, and the US Navy would choke off any sea routes in the Gulf of Mexico, nothing comes in, nothing comes out.

Never gonna happen.

[-p.tiddy-]

Lived in Texas most of my life, and think it's laughable that anyone would beg Texas to stay :oldlol: There would be this little thing called military intervention which would crush any such idea. Also, there are enough sane people in Dallas, Houston, and Austin to prevent this. If It were up to the dumb ass rednecks elsewhere, it'd be more likely.
like Hawk said, half of the military IS Texans...

[Sarcastic]

This thread is pure comedy.

[Dasher]

like Hawk said, half of the military IS Texans...
Virginia and California produce more military men and women than Texas.

[-p.tiddy-]

also should be noted that in the last 5 or so years Texas has been FLOODED by people from Cali and Florida and other states for job reasons...and last I looked 53% of the Texas population is composed of people born outside of Texas

This is a VERY diverse state...it is not a bunch of gung-ho Texas die hards, and while there are some of those here they make up a very small % of the population here and are found outside the large cities...

[-p.tiddy-]

Virginia and California produce more military men and women than Texas.
hmm...that's weird

[-p.tiddy-]

http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/E8F05D884C7E78E45A200DC953ED3854.gif

:confusedshrug:

[niko]

No one wants to secede. When you secede you need to pay everything yourself. You need to fund a millitary. You need to build or buy weapons. You need to import things from next door that are now from another country and there are tariffs, etc. You need to negotiate your own treaties. Suddenly the banks from NYC, etc. become international banks. There are different rules, different laws. Basically texas would take all it's money and advantages and add a bunch of new costs they didn't have a way to know how much they would be in lieu of sending money (via taxes) to other places. Seems ridiculous. Plus their neighboring non Texas US would be a big and angry place that wouldn't want to deal with them, no?

[niko]

hmm...that's weird
isn't that pct wise while Texas has more in raw numbers?

[Dasher]

hmm...that's weird
My bad. It actually goes: California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia.

California, Texas, and Virginia have the most men and women stationed in their states.

[niko]

Texas is cool btw, the cities are big metropolitan cities, the more rural redneck type places don't define the state as far as i have seen.

[Dasher]

isn't that pct wise while Texas has more in raw numbers?
Raw numbers goes to California. California also has more men and women stationed their than Texas, though the numbers are very close.

[DeuceWallaces]

Texas would crumble. It would be hilarious.

[-p.tiddy-]

http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/E8F05D884C7E78E45A200DC953ED3854.gif

:confusedshrug:
I realize this is 2007 Dash but it goes against your claim...

and lol at the North East not fighting

[-p.tiddy-]

Texas would crumble. It would be hilarious.
yeah it's just hilarious when things crumble...I get off on it too

[Dasher]

I realize this is 2007 Dash but it goes against your claim...

and lol at the North East not fighting
That map just shows whether or not the the military men and women a state produces is proportional to its population. That maps looks a bit off and distorts the numbers by looking at regions instead of individual states. Places like Alaska and Maine are way overrepresented in the military. Lumping them with places like Washington State and Connecticut turns them from red to grey.

[niko]

I realize this is 2007 Dash but it goes against your claim...

and lol at the North East not fighting
I'd never let my kids join the army. I appreciate what they don't ask your permission before sending you to die for a tiny salary. Unless we are being invaded no ****ing way.

[-p.tiddy-]

I'd never let my kids join the army. I appreciate what they don't ask your permission before sending you to die for a tiny salary. Unless we are being invaded no ****ing way.
your kids will probably want my kids to stick around then....

OR

my kids will fight for your kids while your kids make fun of them for being ignorant southerners (the irony) and want them to leave to country...

[niko]

your kids will probably want my kids to stick around then....

OR

my kids will fight for your kids while your kids make fun of them for being ignorant southerners (the irony) and want them to leave to country...
We'd fight if we had too. Me too. I'd go before i sent my kids. But i'm thinking millitary is way way down the list of what you want your kids to do, no?

It's a low paying job, once you get out they don't help you as much as they promise (lots of friends in millitary) and they send you to shitholes to die.

I'd recommend your kids becoming lawyers.

[-p.tiddy-]

We'd fight if we had too. Me too. I'd go before i sent my kids. But i'm thinking millitary is way way down the list of what you want your kids to do, no?

It's a low paying job, once you get out they don't help you as much as they promise (lots of friends in millitary) and they send you to shitholes to die.

I'd recommend your kids becoming lawyers.
yeah my son is probably going to be an artist lol...but I was just using me to represent the South and you the North East.

[Nanners]

45% of texans voted for obama in 2008. Recently, Texas has become more and more liberal, and the state is currently shifting away from red and towards the blue. Most texans dont want to secede, only the idiots would suggest such a thing. Also, the feds would obviously never let this happen.

OP is an idiot.


edit: for the record california has the largest economy out of all US states. If california was a country, they would have the 6th largest economy in the world. Thanks to the massive amounts of cali state govt waste, they dont have the "best" economy, but they certainly have the largest.

[DeuceWallaces]

yeah it's just hilarious when things crumble...I get off on it too

It would be hilarious given their pompous attitude. Similar to the one you're exhibiting in this thread. Watching a bunch of self righteous assholes secede and then get destroyed by tarrifs, other international restrictions, and drug lords would be fitting.

[niko]

yeah my son is probably going to be an artist lol...but I was just using me to represent the South and you the North East.
my 5 yr old daughter is like that, she draws pretty well and she's started painting and she builds are out of things she finds. Hopefully she sticks with it.

[-p.tiddy-]

It would be hilarious given their pompous attitude. Similar to the one you're exhibiting in this thread. Watching a bunch of self righteous assholes secede and then get destroyed by tarrifs, other international restrictions, and drug lords would be fitting.
Deuce you are the fcking poster boy for "pompous attitude"

you're an online caricature of it

[KevinNYC]

This certainly wouldn't be unprecedented in world history since this is exactly what happened to Taiwan/China. When the extreme liberals took over, the freedom-loving people of China declared a new country in Taiwan and immigrated en masse. Today Taiwan's standard of living is much much higher than the mainland. There are a lot of parallels in the two situations.

You're a whackjob. And you no ****ing clue about the history of Taiwan. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek)


Chiang Kai-shek
Ideology: nationalism and anti-capitalism
Chiang, as a nationalist and a Confucianist, was against the iconoclasm of the May Fourth Movement. Motivated by his sense of nationalism, he viewed some Western ideas as foreign, and he believed that the great introduction of Western ideas and literature that the May Fourth Movement promoted was not beneficial to China. He and Dr. Sun criticized the May Fourth intellectuals as corrupting the morals of China's youth.
Contrary to Communist propaganda that Chiang was pro-capitalism, Chiang Kai-shek antagonized the capitalists of Shanghai, often attacking them and confisticating their capital and assets for the use of the government. Chiang confiscated the wealth of capitalists even while he denounced and fought against communists. Chiang crushed pro-communist worker and peasant organizations and rich Shanghai capitalists at the same time. Chiang continued Dr. Sun Yat-sen's anti capitalist ideology, directing Kuomintang media to openly attack capitalists and capitalism, demanding government controlled industry instead.
Chiang has often been interpreted as being pro-capitalist, but this conclusion may be problematic. Shanghai capitalists did briefly support him out of fear of communism in 1927, but this support eroded in 1928, when Chiang turned his tactics of intimidation on them. The relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese capitalists remained poor throughout the period of his administration.[25] Chiang blocked Chinese capitalists from gaining any political power or voice within his regime. Once Chiang Kai-shek was done with his White Terror on pro-communist laborers, he proceeded to turn on the capitalists. .....

Chiang did not like the Americans, and was suspicious of their motives.... Chiang felt no friendship towards the United States, and viewed it as pursuing imperialist motives in China. .....
Chiang also differed from the Americans in ideological issues. He organized the Kuomintang as a Leninist-style party, oppressed dissension, and banned democracy. By the end of World War II, Chiang had come to believe that democracy was impossible for China to achieve.

Despite the democratic constitution, the government under Chiang was a one-party state, consisting almost completely of mainlanders; the "Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion" greatly enhanced executive powers, and the goal of retaking mainland China allowed the KMT to maintain a monopoly on power and the prohibition of opposition parties. The government's official line for these martial law provisions stemmed from the claim that emergency provisions were necessary, since the Communists and Kuomintang (KMT) were still in a state of war. Seeking to promote Chinese nationalism, Chiang's government actively ignored and suppressed local cultural expression, even forbidding the use of local languages in mass media broadcasts or during class sessions.
The first decades after the Nationalists moved the seat of government to the province of Taiwan are associated with the organized effort to resist Communism known as "the "White Terror", during which about 140,000 Taiwanese were imprisoned for their real or perceived opposition to the Kuomintang.
.....
Under Chiang Kai-Shek, the government recognized limited civil and economic freedoms, property rights (personal and intellectual) and other liberties.

[BankShot]

45% of texans voted for obama in 2008.

Well this ends the thread right there.

Even if Obama gets significantly less votes this year (say down to 40%), and Romney gets ALL OTHER VOTES (60%).... it would still mean that over 83% of republican-voting people would need to be so upset with our President that they would want to no longer be American.

[ROCSteady]

No! Please don't align me with any Cowboys fans. Please.



:cheers:

Have Mercy on Rufus

[Balla_Status]

Deuce you are the fcking poster boy for "pompous attitude"

you're an online caricature of it

Dude can't even have a laugh...I hang out with non Texans all the time and talk shit about how Texas is the best. It's all just bullshit. Screwing around. Deuce would cause a ****ing riot over it and leave. Probably needs to change out his tampon.

We know we can't secede and know we're better off in the states.

I do believe Texas is the best state in the US but there's a lot of beauty in other states. I can recognize that...most Texans do as well.

Rick Perry is ****ed in the head.

[branslowski]

Texas, where being racist happens..

[rezznor]

Texas, where being racist happens..
because racism doesn't exist in the rest of America? :facepalm

[Balla_Status]

because racism doesn't exist in the rest of America? :facepalm

Exactly. California is the most racist state in the US.

[ROCSteady]

Virginia and California produce more military men and women than Texas.


Boom. East Coast shits on TX and I love Texas. I would hate it if they seceded cuz I would then need a passport to visit my family :cry:


Texans are just so arrogant bout their state. It's a great state but they have had some EXTREMELY retarded policies.

Maryland > Texas in a lot of crucial ways

[Balla_Status]

Boom. East Coast shits on TX and I love Texas. I would hate it if they seceded cuz I would then need a passport to visit my family :cry:


Texans are just so arrogant bout their state. It's a great state but they have had some EXTREMELY retarded policies.

Maryland > Texas in a lot of crucial ways

Weird. Never heard of Maryland.

[ROCSteady]

Texas is cool btw, the cities are big metropolitan cities, the more rural redneck type places don't define the state as far as i have seen.

Exactly. I love San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, New Braunfels, etx.

Never hung in Dallas or Houston tho

[boozehound]

I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.
and you are clearly in a very insulated media community that overstates the number of people like that. Face it, even with most of the progressives leaving him for his inability to do anything (really, as much or more on congress governing like children), the number of obama haters really isnt the huge minority like you are suggesting. There is no chance in hell that Texas seceding.

[ROCSteady]

Exactly. California is the most racist state in the US.

Arizona

[ROCSteady]

Weird. Never heard of Maryland.

I know you haven't. Neither did a lot of dumb Mexicans and retarded white Texans I went to school with when I lived there.

U guys are so retarded and shut off bout the rest of the country. U have a great state but mine is more diverse. Little America. Mountains, Beaches, Plains, Chesapeake Bay, metropolitan cities a stone's throw away, etc.


Crab cakes bitch!

I'd be willing to bet that way more IMPORTANT people live in Maryland than Texas due to the govt despite the lack of size

[Balla_Status]

Total military recruits (http://www.statemaster.com/graph/mil_tot_mil_rec_arm_nav_air_for-recruits-army-navy-air-force)

Texas is #1
Virginia is #7 (less than 1/3 of Texans)
California #25

[Balla_Status]

I know you haven't. Neither did a lot of dumb Mexicans and retarded white Texans I went to school with when I lived there.

U guys are so retarded and shut off bout the rest of the country. U have a great state but mine is more diverse. Little America. Mountains, Beaches, Plains, Chesapeake Bay, metropolitan cities a stone's throw away, etc.


Crab cakes bitch!

I'd be willing to bet that way more IMPORTANT people live in Maryland than Texas due to the govt despite the lack of size

We have all that too bro. And I have heard of Maryland lol...I was kidding.

And most importantly, Texas women. Not even comparable to ugly east coast women.

You know what I'm talking about. I saw you post a pic of your "southern belle" awhile back. You pick right.

Seafood on East coast > Texas sea food. I'll give you that. Louisiana owns all in that though.

[rezznor]

I know you haven't. Neither did a lot of dumb Mexicans and retarded white Texans I went to school with when I lived there.

U guys are so retarded and shut off bout the rest of the country. U have a great state but mine is more diverse. Little America. Mountains, Beaches, Plains, Chesapeake Bay, metropolitan cities a stone's throw away, etc.


Crab cakes bitch!

I'd be willing to bet that way more IMPORTANT people live in Maryland than Texas due to the govt despite the lack of size

i used to live in maryland and virginia. i honestly prefer tx, but cali is the best state to live in imo (if you can afford it)

[-p.tiddy-]

Total military recruits (http://www.statemaster.com/graph/mil_tot_mil_rec_arm_nav_air_for-recruits-army-navy-air-force)

Texas is #1
Virginia is #7 (less than 1/3 of Texans)
California #25
good find...I knew that what Dash was saying didn't add up quite right

Texas damn near twice as much as #2 Florida

[-p.tiddy-]

i used to live in maryland and virginia. i honestly prefer tx, but cali is the best state to live in imo (if you can afford it)
if the economy wasn't in the debate I would pick Cali, agreed...with economy? Texas

I live in a 3,700 sq ft modern home...in Cali I would be living in a closet with no yard...no thank you

[Dasher]

Total military recruits (http://www.statemaster.com/graph/mil_tot_mil_rec_arm_nav_air_for-recruits-army-navy-air-force)

Texas is #1
Virginia is #7 (less than 1/3 of Texans)
California #25
Do those numbers factor in reservists like my numbers did? Total number of Texans in the military is 100K plus. The 3 big population states all have more than 100K.

[Nanners]

if the economy wasn't in the debate I would pick Cali, agreed...with economy? Texas

I live in a 3,700 sq ft modern home...in Cali I would be living in a closet with no yard...no thank you

you could buy an entire neighborhood in detroit for that money... detroit rules

[-p.tiddy-]

you could buy an entire neighborhood in detroit for that money... detroit rules
lol

yeah no thanks

[rezznor]

if the economy wasn't in the debate I would pick Cali, agreed...with economy? Texas

I live in a 3,700 sq ft modern home...in Cali I would be living in a closet with no yard...no thank you
agreed. that's why i said "if you can afford it"

the amount of money i save living in texas i can vacation in cali every damn month :oldlol:

[beer]

Total military recruits (http://www.statemaster.com/graph/mil_tot_mil_rec_arm_nav_air_for-recruits-army-navy-air-force)

Texas is #1
Virginia is #7 (less than 1/3 of Texans)
California #25

weird, i did a quick google search and this site says LA county alone had 1437 enlisted in 2010... the site you posted said california enlisted 1648.

Every county in southern california (LA, orange, SB, SD, Riverside) was in the top 10 on this site...

http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2011/military-recruitment-2010/

[ROCSteady]

We have all that too bro. And I have heard of Maryland lol...I was kidding.

And most importantly, Texas women. Not even comparable to ugly east coast women.

You know what I'm talking about. I saw you post a pic of your "southern belle" awhile back. You pick right.

Seafood on East coast > Texas sea food. I'll give you that. Louisiana owns all in that though.


Haha u raise some great points. ESPECIALLY about the women. I been tryin to get my cousin who is gorgeous to introduce me to her dime piece friends cuz I'm honestly better with older women but I haven't seen her in a while. She's busy w Med school. She went to UT :rockon: so u might object lol.


Where are the mountains in TX? West Texas? Like Waco n shit?

[rezznor]

Haha u raise some great points. ESPECIALLY about the women. I been tryin to get my cousin who is gorgeous to introduce me to her dime piece friends cuz I'm honestly better with older women but I haven't seen her in a while. She's busy w Med school. She went to UT :rockon: so u might object lol.


Where are the mountains in TX? West Texas? Like Waco n shit?


yeah we have mountains in the west, rolling hills in the middle, beaches in the south, rivers, lakes, plains, pretty much everything except 4 seasons

[magictricked]

Total military recruits (http://www.statemaster.com/graph/mil_tot_mil_rec_arm_nav_air_for-recruits-army-navy-air-force)

Texas is #1
Virginia is #7 (less than 1/3 of Texans)
California #25

That's from 2004 anything more up to date?

[ROCSteady]

yeah we have mountains in the west, rolling hills in the middle, beaches in the south, rivers, lakes, plains, pretty much everything except 4 seasons


Well we have a distinct, BEAUTIFUL four seasons!!!


Lol yea what I do REALLY like about Texas cities is that they're not as bunched up as like Baltimore, Philly, New York, Boston, even The District, which is by far the best :oldlol:

Never been to West Texas but seems dull but there are a lot of great under the radar places in TX like Corpus, Port Aransus (sp?), New Braunfels, etc

My fam (mom, sister, niece) visiting my big huge family right now and I'm super sad/mad I couldn't accompany my baby niece her first trip to TX :banghead: :mad: :cry:

[rezznor]

Well we have a distinct, BEAUTIFUL four seasons!!!


Lol yea what I do REALLY like about Texas cities is that they're not as bunched up as like Baltimore, Philly, New York, Boston, even The District, which is by far the best :oldlol:

Never been to West Texas but seems dull but there are a lot of great under the radar places in TX like Corpus, Port Aransus (sp?), New Braunfels, etc

My fam (mom, sister, niece) visiting my big huge family right now and I'm super sad/mad I couldn't accompany my baby niece her first trip to TX :banghead: :mad: :cry:


yea, texas is wide open man. we have lots of land. west texas is boring. i'd stick to the hill country, austin, dallas, houston, south padre etc

[kentatm]

I know you haven't. Neither did a lot of dumb Mexicans and retarded white Texans I went to school with when I lived there.

U guys are so retarded and shut off bout the rest of the country. U have a great state but mine is more diverse. Little America. Mountains, Beaches, Plains, Chesapeake Bay, metropolitan cities a stone's throw away, etc.


Crab cakes bitch!

I'd be willing to bet that way more IMPORTANT people live in Maryland than Texas due to the govt despite the lack of size

:rolleyes:

you sound like the morons in Connecticut that thought I had never seen snow, rode a horse to school, and had cacti in my lawn.

you also know dick about our topography and weather even though you claim to have lived here.

[beer]

That's from 2004 anything more up to date?

in 2010
California - 5823
Texas - 4288

http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2011/military-recruitment-2010/

[ROCSteady]

:rolleyes:

you sound like the morons in Connecticut that thought I had never seen snow, rode a horse to school, and had cacti in my lawn.

you also know dick about our topography and weather even though you claim to have lived here.


I did live there u tard. Only for a year then I made my way back to MD cuz I was miserable in the fattest state in America surrounded by nothing but Mexicans and dumb Texan white ppl snobs who don't know anything outside of their state let alone the country, let alone the world. Not saying that in regards to those in the thread tho.

I know Texas very well, except West TX. I've driven through the entire state like three times. Top off my d!ck w that topography son.


F uck them Cowgirls too :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Nanners]

I did live there u tard. Only for a year then I made my way back to MD cuz I was miserable in the fattest state in America surrounded by nothing but Mexicans and dumb Texan white ppl snobs who don't know anything outside of their state let alone the country, let alone the world. Not saying that in regards to those in the thread tho.

I know Texas very well, except West TX. I've driven through the entire state like three times. Top off my d!ck w that topography son.


F uck them Cowgirls too :oldlol: :oldlol:

whats wrong with mexicans? you are obviously a hypocritical moron... you racist too brah?

[beer]

whats wrong with mexicans? you are obviously a hypocritical moron... you racist too brah?

John calipari said stupid Mexican, and yet everyone on this damn forum loves him.

But anyways pretty sure rocsteady is Mexican.

[-p.tiddy-]

53% of the Texas population was not born in Texas Roc, we have a huge population of people that have lived outside of here

2 of my best friends have northern accents...

[Droid101]

Texas is going to become a blue state by 2024. It's already starting to become purple.

If anyone wants to secede, it's going to be Alabama, Mississippi, South Virginia, et al. Good riddance.

[Scoooter]

Texas is going to become a blue state by 2024. It's already starting to become purple.

If anyone wants to secede, it's going to be Alabama, Mississippi, South Virginia, et al. Good riddance.
Good riddance, I say. Do-nothing South Virginians. :mad:

[Droid101]

Good riddance, I say. Do-nothing South Virginians. :mad:
IM SMRT! :lol

I think I meant South Carolina. Or West Virginia.

Take your pick.

[daily]

I did live there u tard. Only for a year then I made my way back to MD cuz I was miserable in the fattest state in America surrounded by nothing but Mexicans and dumb Texan white ppl snobs who don't know anything outside of their state let alone the country, let alone the world. Not saying that in regards to those in the thread tho.

I know Texas very well, except West TX. I've driven through the entire state like three times. Top off my d!ck w that topography son.


F uck them Cowgirls too :oldlol: :oldlol:Obviously you missed the beer drinking goat. Seeing Clay Henry is what makes your time spent there all worth it

[Is He Ill]

Texas is going to become a blue state by 2024. It's already starting to become purple.

If anyone wants to secede, it's going to be Alabama, Mississippi, South Virginia, et al. Good riddance.

I think you can add Tennessee and Oklahoma as well.

[jbot]

is this a serious thread?

anyway, if they were to, good luck with the mexicans.

[Dbrog]

I think you are profoundly underestimating how frustrated Americans are with the current administration and the trend of the country. On other message boards this is actually a big topic of conversation whether or not to go along with the impending "election" results.

I hope you realize that TX is actually about 50/50 split in terms of voting for Obama. San Antonio and Austin are actually quite liberal. There is literally a 0% chance of TX seceding.

[KevinNYC]

I hope you realize that TX is actually about 50/50 split in terms of voting for Obama. San Antonio and Austin are actually quite liberal. There is literally a 0% chance of TX seceding.

No and Yes.

There's no chance that TX will secede and Texas is nowhere near 50/50.

538 says there a 99.7 percent chance Romney will will Texas. Seeing as he has about a 12 point lead there, that prediction will come true.