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Gary
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April 16, 2009Texas governor says secession possiblePosted: 11:17 AM ETFrom CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney(CNN) ??? Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't ruling out the possibility his state may one day secede from the nation.Speaking to an energetic and angry tea party crowd in Austin Wednesday evening, the Lone Star State governor suggested secession may happen in the future should the federal government not change its fiscal polices."There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot." (Video below: Tea party fires up debate)Perry, who is beginning to gear up for what could be a challenging re-election race, rejected more than $500 million in federal stimulus funds earlier this year and has been highly critical of President Obama's stimulus package. (Related: Joe "The Plumber" speaks at Michigan tea party)His comments come a week after endorsing a resolution in the Texas state House reasserting state sovereignty over federal mandates.Specifically it states that "all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed."Texas, America's second biggest state in area and population, was its own nation for 10 years before joining the United States in 1845.Should Texas one day secede, one man may already be vying to be its president. Actor Chuck Norris said last month he may be interested in the post.???I may run for president of Texas,??? Norris wrote in a column posted at WorldNetDaily. ???That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state.???DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, actually they would be sticking to that... they don't love it, so now they want to leave it! And good riddance too. It would be the single greatest event of my lifetime
People have LOST THEIR GODDAMN MINDS out there.
We get it.
flaming up that border drug war shit when, not surprisingly to us here on the border - my city has been getting safer since it started getting so wild in Juarez
LOL. Jokes about Oklahoma will now be considered attacks against 'merica by a buncha for'ners.
Maybe Perry and Palin could start their own partitioned country.
I thought this thread was going to be about how Gary was asked to rejoin the banjoforum.
I think Oklahoma should go with them. Two for one special?
Why you want to do Oklahoma like that?
No doubt, can you imagine what would happen if Vermont started talking this kind of shit. They'd (the GOP) would be talking about carpet bombing.
Shit, I can't even access the site at all anymore from work. They blocked my IP, those bastards.