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Behalf Of John Lee
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Texas Comments about the Election
And of course, all that delicious Rio Grande water to drink!! Or are you
going to drink your crude?? :)
John Lee
At 04:39 PM 10/26/04 -0500, Paul Edwards wrote:
>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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