Could someone please explain to me What this has to do with the Hp3000
discussion Group?
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Shahan, Ray
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Spam] Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Texas Comments about the Election
"Love all of ya...Especially YOU Ray my Oklahoma friend..still have
lots of
bedrooms for you and the family when you finally decide to leave the
frozen
north and move back to your real HOME...TEXAS!!!"
I'll have Pat give you a call...I remember her saying something about
wanting to paint the bedrooms for the boys before they moved in. ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of John Hurt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 7:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Texas Comments about the Election
>
> Good Morning/Afternoon from Gloriously "VERY WARM" God's Country of South
> Texas...I love it when you can go hunting for deer wearning shorts,
t-shirt,
> near frozen Shiner Bock, misting system for the blind, and bug
> spray....NOT!!!
>
> I see my good friend from the great but sometime "NORTHERN"
> influenced(anyone north of the Brazos River) forgot to mention one other
> small detail.....Texas has the 10th largest GNP in the
> world....HHHHHmmmmmmm. I seem to remember only Kalifornia had a higher
GNP,
> something like 7th in the world...but again that is Kalifornia and
> well....enough said.
>
> Love all of ya...Especially YOU Ray my Oklahoma friend..still have lots of
> bedrooms for you and the family when you finally decide to leave the
frozen
> north and move back to your real HOME...TEXAS!!!
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Hoxsie, Howard
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Texas Comments about the Election
>
>
> Sounds great!
>
> Of course there are some things that are national property that will
> need to be removed from Texas before ties can be completely broken,
> starting with the Houston Space Center.
>
> Of course all those federal grants that are keeping your precious
> universities, health centers, Cancer research centers, etc. running will
> have to move to other institutions. IIRC, Texas has quite a bit of
> Interstate that you'll have to pay 100% to keep up. The rest of us will
> have to consider long and hard the attitude of folks like y'all when
> Congress considers modifying NAFTA to include the Republic of Texas.
>
> I think too that "65% of the defense industry" includes a fair amount of
> the "West Texas wind", to quote Marty Robbins (I hope I have that
> right). I wonder who's going to be buying that 85% of gasoline you
> refine. I suspect that a fair amount of that industry would simply dry
> up and blow away, or in other words, move to Louisiana, California,
> Florida, etc.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I've visited Texas a number of times, of my own
> volition, and had a great time, and I mean places like South Padre
> Island all the way up to Lubbock and plenty of places in between. So,
> sorry to see you go, but we'll be fine without you. Come on up and
> visit sometime, depending upon the exchange rate you may even be able to
> stay a couple of days!
>
> HH
>
> p.s. Please don't send the Rangers after me! :-) And thanks for this
> humorous thread. Things have been a little too serious around here for
> too long.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Tim Cummings
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Texas Comments about the Election
>
> If Kerry gets elected.
>
> I'm movin' to Texas!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Edwards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Texas Comments about the Election
>
>
> Future of Texas
>
> Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede
> from
> the Union (please refer to the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of>
> 1848). We
> Texans love y'all, but we'll have to take action if Kerry wins president
> over Bush. We'll miss you too.
>
> Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get used to the
> results. After seeing the whiners along the campaign route, the folks
> from
> Texas are considering taking matters into our their hands.
>
> Here is our solution:
>
> #1: Let John Kerry become President of the United States. (all 49
> states.)
>
> #2: George W. Bush becomes the President of the Republic of Texas. So
> what
> does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
>
>
> 1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (We will control the space
> industry.)
>
> 2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
>
> 3. Defense Industry. (We have over 65% of it.) The term "Don't mess with
> Texas" will take on a whole new meaning.
>
> 4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need
> for
> the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.
>
> 5. Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those
> northern states. John Kerry will figure a way to keep them warm....
>
> 6. Computer Industry - We currently lead the nation in producing
> computer
> chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell
> Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD,
> Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor,
> Delphi,
> Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.
>
> 7. Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for cancer
> research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world
> and
> other large health planning centers.
>
> 8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: U.T., Texas A&M, Texas
> Tech,
> Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University,
> etc. Ivy grows better in the south anyway.
>
> 9. We have a ready supply of workers. (Just open the border when we need
> some more.)
>
> 10. We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
>
> 11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and
> the
> Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an army, but since everybody
> down
> here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an army in
> 24
> hours if we need it. If the situation really gets bad, we can always
> call
> Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a couple Texas
> Rangers.
>
> 12. We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several
> types
> of grain, fruit and vegetables and let's not forget seafood from the
> gulf.
> And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good.
> Don't need any food.
>
>
> This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas
> in
> good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.
>
> Now to the rest of the United States under President Kerry:
>
> Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only
> President
> Kerry will be able to drive around in his 9 mile per gallon SUV. The
> rest of
> the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.
>
> You won't have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off your
> communications. You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes, but
> since
> Mr. Kerry has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas.
>
> Signed,
>
> The People in Texas
>
> Author: unknown
>
>
>
>
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