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In reply to the discussion: Good Lord. Now my state has a ballot to secede that's been approved. [View all]kentauros
(29,414 posts)66. To the best of my knowledge, The TMC gets most of its funding
from private sources, either directly related to the medical industry or from those in the oil industry. And the Port of Houston would not cease to be important. I really don't know where you get that. Look at that link. There's a chart there of sixteen major ports in the US. Eleven of them are in states that y'all would be willing to allow to secede.
Do you truly think that allowing even a single Southern state to secede would not negatively impact the rest of the country? Your economy would be as trashed as ours.
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Good Lord. Now my state has a ballot to secede that's been approved. [View all]
w8liftinglady
Nov 2012
OP
lol...no... but he enjoyed reviewing it when Obama was elected the 1st time
w8liftinglady
Nov 2012
#3
Ah, I remember that in the seventies. Who can forget those Christian bumperstickers about Yankees:
freshwest
Nov 2012
#24
Citizen "petitions" on the WH or any other website carry ZERO legal weight.
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#22
While you're right, I am beginning to worry about stuff starting to carry weight eventually.
JVS
Nov 2012
#37
Do these racist dickweed know that the President hasn't the authority to let them secede?
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2012
#36
I'm in TX and hadn't heard this. What a source of outright SHAME for this state. It was started by a
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#41
Approved for WHAT, exactly? Can we PLEASE remember that TX has >25,000,000 people?
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#46
16 major ports in the US. Exactly. Bringing imports into the US. Exactly.
Horse with no Name
Nov 2012
#67
There's enough racist dirtbags in every state in the union to come up with a petition.
Ganja Ninja
Nov 2012
#70
It's amazing that all you need is 1/10th of 1% of the state population to petition to leave the USA.
Mike Daniels
Nov 2012
#73