A Travelers Guide to Wackadoodleonia (formerly known as Texas)

[rainbow4321]

http://www.lettersfromtexas.com/2009/04/travelers-guide-to-wackadoodleonia.html

As your guide to the sovereign state of Wackadoodleonia, welcome!
Yes, we realize you probably made your travel plans to "Texas" long before former Texas Governor Rick Perry, now the President And Supreme Commander of Wackadoodleonia, seceded and formed our own country. But despite this abrupt change, we think you'll find your stay here in Wackadoodleonia to be an enjoyable one.

First, if you're traveling with children, please be aware that their health insurance coverage was declared null and void at our border. Please contact the Wackadoodleonia Department of Insurance for a rider which will cover your child during your visit. Unfortunately, coverage is very expensive here, when it's available at all, so good luck.

Also, please be aware that here in sunny Wackadoodleonia, we have instituted a "no tolerance" policy on crime, including instituting the death penalty for parking violations. There are no appeals, since there are no court houses. We tore them down after we deported all the lawyers. We now settle our disputes as a civilized and free people should - with guns.

We love our U.S. neighbors to the North. However, we must take issue with the border wall your country is now constructing, segregating us from the American states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Well, we don't mind the Oklahoma wall so much, but you get the point. Wackadoodleonians only want good paying jobs to feed their families; the fact that we are sneaking across the border into the U.S. is testament to your good-paying jobs and great employee benefits. Plus, we Wackadoodleonians are doing the jobs Americans don't want to do anyway. So please keep that in mind and try to be a little more sensitive, mmm-kay?


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PS: we realize that we kind of messed up the whole look of the American flag when we withdrew from the Union. 49 stars instead of 50 just looks like crap - our bad. May we suggest that you take in Puerto Rico a state, if only to maintain the symmetry? Just a thought.

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And from Burnt Orange (really, really good TX blog for those of you not familiar with it):


http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/8434/75-of-texans-disagree-with-rick-perrys-calls-to-secede

What is the base of the Republican Party in a general election? It's around 39% statewide.
That's the total percent of the vote Rick Perry received in 2006 in his re-election. Given 4 options, only 39% would go with Governor Perry.

Clearly Rick Perry is more out of touch than the original numbers indicate.

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With 31% of Texans saying Texas has a right to seceded and only 18% actually wanting to secede, Perry has clearly hung his re-election hopes squarely on the far right. Will this anti-American sentiment work? Sadly, it's too early to tell. However, Texans do support our country and I would be interested in seeing some polling numbers to see how people feel about the Federal Recovery and Re-investment Act and how they feel about Barack Obama. It's clear Perry does not have his finger on the pulse of the average Texans, so let's see who does.

[Birthmark]

1. Do you mind if I steal "Wackadoodleonia?"

[rainbow4321]

2. I don't care...I just stumbled across it cuz there was a link to the letter

on the Burnt Orange blog :)

[HaroldCook]

3. well I certainly care

'cause I wrote it. Visit me at www.lettersfromtexas.com if you'd like to discuss it. :)

[UTUSN]

4. Let's not leave out our supposed "Liberals" in Austin, the ones who vote for Kinky & NADIR!1 n/t