it's fighting the powers that be...so therefore it is the same thing. it's standing up for rights

I agree with you on this one. Everyone needs to stand up and be heard. The processes for that are through our representative government that is made up of us and controlled by us.

I am out. Going to play Zelda for a while. So you are all free of me for bit, enjoy

Again I did not say exactly. So you agree with how all your money is being spent by the fed gov? Sure we have representation, but I doubt many of the people think that their views are being represented. And surely states like texas don't feel they are getting fair representation. Is is SIMILAR like it or not.



They are suppose to but with the amount of graft, pork, favoritism and the like I would have to seriously disagree with you about the amount of fairness to it.

If no one stands up and makes a change..then nothing changes. If the colonists just shut thier mouths...took it up the @ss...and did nothing more than send delegations to the king...we damned sure would be a protectorate of a European nation. England would have never given up its claim to natural resources available on American soil..nor the taxation of it's American subjects.

Did England have overwhelming Naval and Army power and resources? Absolutely.

Did the dirt poor colonists have a chance against such an advanced military power who controlled all the shipping lanes at that point...Vegas would say that they wouldn't have a chance...

but you know...alot of the people who said "You can't do that!" were wrong....

and that is the exact reason we are here talking today.

So now, the past repeats it's self...

once again there is the "You can't do that"... "You can't fight the Government" ..."You couldn't win against the armed forces of the United States".

I look to the past...and I disagree.

I do not have to look back very far...

We had our @ss handed to us in Viet Nam due to poor leadership.
Same is true of Afghanistan.
No one is out of the woods in Iraq...no matter what our budget is. No matter the technology available.

yeah....what they said

Texas has the largest market so most states are forced to buy books that adhere to that dumbass market.

where do you get that from???? what market exactly do you think there is here?

So..slightly off topic...(this is a post I started and if people can question Native American tribal affairs and lineages here...I can make a simple statement)

Tonight in Texas...the storms have blown through...the night is clear and clean...there are billions of stars in the sky..and my idiot female dogs are yipping and yowling to the coyotes just outside the yard...(Black Betty is in heat)

Yep, my dogs speak coyote' and English...they bark completely differently at American dogs....it is wierd.

Not sure about enderra's numbers but, he ain't far off...Texas has a big @ssed population...and a huge economy.

except for the "dumb-@ssed" comment...I agree.

Please note...I doubt you would use those words in the presence of anyone I personally know my good man. I will do the right thing and try to be more courteous to you than you are to the people I love that you are referring to...that is known as "Southern Hospitality"..obviously, that is a concept foriegn to some people.

I might be the single largest market, but the market it place in whole is infinitely larger than that one state, so unless you got something to back up that I'm calling this total BS. If anything has more control it would have to be the bible belt and frankly I wouldn't even buy that.

Let em go for all I care. That jerkoff Bush would no longer be an American and the Republicans would lose 2 seats in the Senate.

1st...I know Texas has a high population....so does CA, NY, FL, etc. and we do NOT set the standard for text books...that's is the funniest thing i've heard.

2nd...Bush was born in CT

i would love to see sources from people. I posted 3 links about the annexation of Texas....so?????

I agree...and as a Texan we could make Bush accountable for the sh*t he has done without the interference of the American judicial system to bargain for a legal extension or appeal......

Well that's a maybe on Bush's nationality since he has more than one residence. And while I certainly wouldn't mind the loss of him as an American citizen there's far more to consider. The negative financial impact to both Tx and the US would be huge... and that assumes it could be done without a war in which case it could devastating.

Sorry doll...only a limited number of us will actually read those....why should the ones from out of state bother to read more information? Thier minds are already made up.

You can lead a horse to water..but, you can't make it think.

i hate generalizing. if people want to engage...i'll engage....but back it up because I don't take things blindly

krupa...i think you gave me my favorite saying now....buckle up pork chop

What's interesting to consider is what Obama would do. You know he has studied Lincoln in depth and is influenced by him. Of course, Lincoln is the only president who has ever had to deal with secession.