Beck endorses Texas secession.
Beck endorses Texas secession.
While speaking at a “tea party” yesterday, Texas governor Rick Perry (R) suggested that his state might have to secede “if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people.” Last night on Fox News, Beck seemed to agree with Perry’s call, insisting that “Texas does America best“:
VAN SUSTEREN: You know, from here, Glenn, listening to Governor Perry last night and watching your crowd and listening to the things that are coming out of Texas — I don’t want to be too dramatic, but it almost seems like Texas is going to secede from the rest of the nation.
BECK: I mean, I don’t know– can we get this back here? [Points to a banner] This is on the jib back over here. This says “Texas independence.” … And the reason is — correct me if I’m wrong — these people love America. They just think Texas does America best!
Newshounds notes that Susteren’s mention of secession was met with “cheers, applause and banner-waving.” Watch it:
On his radio show yesterday, Beck declared, “You can’t convince me that the founding fathers wouldn’t allow you to secede. The constitution is not a suicide pact. … [States] have a right to back out.”
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ECK: I mean, I don’t know– can we get this back here? [Points to a banner] This is on the jib back over here. This says “Texas independence.”
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Funny… I thought it said “Clueless jackasses…”
April 16th, 2009 at 10:46 amAnd there’s nothing as patriotic as seceding from the United States!!
Wow, talk about sore losers…..
April 16th, 2009 at 10:46 amVAN SUSTEREN: You know, from here, Glenn, listening to Governor Perry last night and watching your crowd and listening to the things that are coming out of Texas — I don’t want to be too dramatic, but it almost seems like Texas is going to secede from the rest of the nation.
BECK: I mean, I don’t know– can we get this back here? [Points to a banner] This is on the jib back over here. This says “Texas independence.” … And the reason is — correct me if I’m wrong — these people love America. They just think Texas does America best!
Is that why they tried (unsuccessfully) to secede already , and came crawling back ?
TWICE …………….
That’s says “America” to you , Glenn Speck ?
SHEESH …………
April 16th, 2009 at 10:49 amThe Obama administration needs to come out now, and forcefully, against this rhetoric. This is anti-American and these fomenters need to be publicly criticized.
I’m not talking about squelching free speech, but there does need to be an intelligent response or we will witness domestic terrorism from some of the dimmer bulbs who hear this stuff as marching orders.
PEACE
April 16th, 2009 at 10:50 amLeave already!!!! GO AHEAD MAKE AMERICA’S DAY!!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 10:52 amWhy does Keith call Beck, Hill?
April 16th, 2009 at 10:52 amBeck declared, “You can’t convince me..
You can stop right there Becky, It’s the only honest thing that has ever spewed from your mouth.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amAhhh… he just wants to be queen of Texass
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amleave it up to Texas to take it too far. I’d like to see them try to secede. I can see the headline… “Texas Declares Independence; Hilarity ensues.”
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amDr. Moth@5, I agree. The amount of federal money they recieve compared to other states is disgusting. So secede! Then spread the federal money to the states that want it.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amI have instructed my company’s parternships and travel offices to contact our Texas based businesses to look for other areas of the country to do business with.
It is not safe to do business with a govt that is unstable and looking to secede from the U.S.
Once the crazied in TX decide on whether they want to become independent, then we can talk with our partners in Texas about doing business again.
Until then, I do not feel comfortable sending my associates to a place where they may not be able to travel freely without appropriate Texas identification or passports.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amPerry told reporters yesterday, “Texas is a unique place. When we came into the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that.” Of course, the question of whether a state could “leave if [it] decided to” was pretty well settled 20 years
No , Ricky …………
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amIt was actually settled in court here :
Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869)
later.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._White
Secession would really help the tax matters in the state since we get back nearly a dollar for every dollar we send to DC from them in federal help. 88 cents to each dollar. We sure would not have no state income tax. Rick Perry is as crazy as that wingnut that tried to create a Republic Of Texas out in the Davis Mountains and who is in prison for life.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:54 amAnother one of the millions of made for teevee conversations.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:54 amTheir air-time must be inexpensive.
On his radio show yesterday, Beck declared, “You can’t convince me that the founding fathers wouldn’t allow you to secede.
Tell that to Aaron Burr, Vice-President under Jefferson.
Or Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State under Washington and Adams.
Fer chrissakes, learn some history, Becky.
So bone-sucking ignorant.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:56 amThe consequences of seccession would be hilarious…
The “Wall” could be diverted a few hundred miles north to outline the southern border of Oklahoma instead.
Texas would have to negotiate a trade deal with the U.S.,
There would be no federal handout,
Spain or other countries could actually extradite Bushco criminals from the foreign country of Texas for prosecution.
Enticing idea indeed…gets my full support!
April 16th, 2009 at 10:57 amDr. Moth Matt Says:
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Yes, please secede. You’ll lose all federal aide, the protection of the US military, all government agencies and programs, and Texans will not be able to leave their borders without a passport. Yes, please secede. Brilliant idea, you f**kwits.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:50 am
C’mon , let’s not be like this ; don’t blame Texas and every Texan for the mindless prattle a stupid governor with a 30% approval rating and one who trails in EVERY poll to just about every challenger for the 2010 election spews out to rile up his brainless base .
Almost 4 million Texans voted for Obama …………….
April 16th, 2009 at 10:57 amGood riddance and send Beck there, too!
April 16th, 2009 at 10:57 amNice one, MCM. Good link.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:58 amGo already…
April 16th, 2009 at 10:58 amCouldn’t we put it on the northern border of Oklahoma and just claim it was a “contractor error”? The righties would totally believe it.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:00 ammakete Says:
Why does Keith call Beck, Hill?
Harold Hill was the con man around whom The Music Man centered. He appeared in a small town and appeared to want to unite the community by forming a kid’s marching band, but his only intent was the swindle the folks out of money for musical instruments.
Unlike Hill, though, I don’t think Becky will see the light.
PEACE
April 16th, 2009 at 11:02 amYes they love America so much they want to take a part of it away from the country. Please, I’ll use what they said when the left was protesting, if you don’t like it here then move to Germany (I know they used France back then).
April 16th, 2009 at 11:02 amAs a Canadian, I am very familar with the idea of separation. Quebec nationist have wanted to secede from our country. From the moment they elected a government with the platform to secede, the province (state)went down hill. Companies left the province, people let if fear of not being part of Canada. In total over half a million left within 3 years.
Even after referendems where the citizens of Quebec voted to stay with Canada, the provice has never been the same. They have had decades of minimul growth or no growth.
Just becuase a small portion of the people may want to secede, put it to a state vote. IF they with to secede, all the card must be put on the table…then see how many wish to secede.
Talk is cheap, reality costs!!! Just ask Quebec.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:02 am“The Constitution is not a suicide pact” … but Glen Beck’s 9-12 project is.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:03 amPerry dismissed characterizations that those attending Wednesday’s “tea party” rallies in Texas and around the country are “a bunch of right-wing extremists.”
“But if you are, I’m with you,” he said.
Loud, stupid and proud.
Happy to be associated with deviants, racists, and inbred dipshits.
Look long and hard, for this IS the face of the GOP.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:05 amAlmost 4 million Texans voted for Obama …………….
Hear ye!
And he WON in Dallas county (take that Dumbya).
Fcuk these rural inbred hayseeds.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:07 amrick perry is sounding more like hugo chevez and jim jones every minute.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:08 amGlenn, remember how well it seceeding from the union worked the last time? Have you ever read the history of the US? BTW, the Alamo was not a victory, it was a defeat. So why did you go to the Alamo exactly?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:09 amAhhh… he just wants to be queen of Texass
Based on the way he wears his hair, he thinks he already is.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:09 amGovernor Perry had better think twice about secession. Chuck Norris has already announced his plans to run for President of Texas.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:09 amTexas,
When you go, make sure you give back all that stimulus money, and taxpayer money the rest of the country sends you every year. And when the next wave of wildfires, tornadoes and hurricanes hits you — you’re on your own.
Toodles.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:09 amSo why did you go to the Alamo exactly?
Regressives just can’t help reminding the rest of the World, almost daily, that they are full of shit and represent the pinnacle of hypocrisy.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:10 amMaybe he thinks they are seceeding from Mexico.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:11 amHey, Beck clown. The last time states tried to secede from the union, how that work out for you guys? Do you really think a do-over will be any better for you nuts this time around? Maybe before you decide to leave, you might want to read a couple of history books.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:12 amI say to Texas, GO FOR IT! And take the village idiot in Dallas WITH YOU!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:12 amGOOD RIDDENCE!
If they DON’T seceed, the other 49 states should THROW them out.
It will be just like the good ol’ days when George W. Bush was President.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:13 amI just emailed Governor Good Hair from his website and requested that he secede from the governor’s office. This moron is pretty harmless by himself, but I have the good fortune to have moved into a house next to a guy who has vanity plates saying “SECEDE”. My f**king luck.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:13 amMay I propose, if Texas does secede, that Michigan (a blue state)
April 16th, 2009 at 11:13 amget all of Texas’ red state funding? Those on unemployment here thank you in advance, countrymen of newly formed Texicana!
When Texas, Alaska, and South Carolina all secede from the Union, will they be the new Axis of Evil?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:14 amIt’s those slow Texas reflexes.
The time to secede would have been c. 2000.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:15 amBeck has clearly seceded from common sense and reality; Perry and his ilk full of bluster and passionate intensity: obnoxious Texan stereotypes, like W.
Apparently, this justifies “All Texans are _____” generalizations.
Ruins my post-teabaggin’ groove I had from laughing at their signs.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:15 amWhen Texas, Alaska, and South Carolina all secede from the Union, will they be the new Axis of Evil?
Sure, it’ll be named Dumbfukistan.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:15 amI’m dearly looking forward to liberating the Texans who are still loyal to the U.S. from their wingnut overlords. Prepare to have some “freedom” dropped on your hick asses.
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” – these people love America. They just think Texas does America best!”
Yes, they certainly “do America.” They do it all the time. Why, I went Americing just the other day…
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On his radio show yesterday, Beck declared, “You can’t convince me that the founding fathers wouldn’t allow you to secede.
Yes, I can. I can convince him just fine. In this case, “convincing” is called shot dead in the forthcoming civil war.
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mk3872 Says:
I have instructed my company’s parternships and travel offices to contact our Texas based businesses to look for other areas of the country to do business with.
It is not safe to do business with a govt that is unstable and looking to secede from the U.S.
Good idea, I think I have some calls to make as well. It’s easy to dismiss as crazy talk until it comes out of their Governor’s mouth. Then you have to start taking it seriously.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:16 amGood Fukcin’ riddance Texas. Please take all the loony right wingnuts with you.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:16 amshoeless Chilopoda Says:
It will be just like the good ol’ days when George W. Bush was President.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I’m sure he’ll be as much help as he ever was, now that he’s a full time resident. :-D
April 16th, 2009 at 11:17 amGlenn Beck is someone who needs a “reeducation” camp stay.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:17 amBeck will say anything to increase his ratings. Wasn’t Beck a former dope fiend?!
I would LOVE to see Texas try to secede! They would not last a month. I think we’d see a mass exodus of people who have commonsense – so who would that leave? RIGHTWINGNUTEXTREMISTCRAZIES -WITH GUNS! I think there’d be a massive shootout and nobody will be left but coyotes and cattle. ROTFL!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:18 amBEAT IT TEXAS BUT DON’T TAKE OUR STIMULUS MONEY – FOOLS!
So when the war on the border is soley your (Texas) problem, and not the rest of the country, you cant complain anymore.
If that’s the case, we will have to police Texas after while.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:19 amHe will invaluable. No one is better at sandbagging than George W. Bush.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:19 amYet again Rick Perry demonstrates his utter ignorance of reality. Nowhere in the admittedly arcane Texas Constitution is there a provision enabling the state to leave the union legally. There is the possibility of dividing Texas into several smaller states, but as Bob Bullock recognized, such a notion would only further engender popular views of Texas as an ignorant backwater.
I can’t believe that fool is governor. I know that he received only a plurality in 2006, but those 39% should be ashamed of themselves for electing a vain demagogue.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:20 amI always like to point out that Perry won reelection with only 39% of the vote thanks to heavy outside (deliberate) funding for two additional Indy candidates (”Kinky Freeman” and Carol Strayhorn) to split the final vote four ways.
Democrat Chris Bell came in second with 30% of the vote, but would of won in a landslide if not for the three-way split of the anti-Perry vote.
The 2006 Texas Governors Race was the best argument for “Instant Runoff Voting” since Bush v Gore.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 amhp Says:
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mk3872 Says:
I have instructed my company’s parternships and travel offices to contact our Texas based businesses to look for other areas of the country to do business with.
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Let us know how that works for ya, einstein!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Let us know when you can start to stand up to drug cartel members , and then talk , Rambo ………..
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 amI’ve said this before but it’s worth posting again.
There’s dumb and then there’s Texas dumb.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 amhp: Quit teabagging Beck!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:22 amIn the minds of the feeble he may kick ass hp. To the rational one’s, he is an ass.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:23 amhp, why do you hate America?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:23 amIt would be one hell of an expensive practical joke…I luv practical jokes…
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 amhp Says:
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Beck kicks ass!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Cry Baby Beck ? Boehner’s weeping cousin ?
Not a chance in hell ; he’s a flat-headed moron ……….
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 amAs a lifelong resident of the inbred state of Dumbfukistan (TX), I think I’ll start helping fund the secession movement.
(No better way to learn about mistakes than by living them.)
Then I can sell my home at an over-inflated value to some moronic Reich winger (as if there’s any other kind), move my family to Oregon, and enjoy the sheer stupidity and mayhem from the safety and serenity of the most beautiful and quite liberal state in the Union.
Okay, at 43 years old, I can still dream can’t I?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 am(If only I could have afforded that tiny house in Seattle back when I almost moved there in 1990… sigh)
Just in time for hurricane season!
No federal aid, no forecasting from the national weather center…
Heckuva job, Beck & Perry…
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 amthis is the ugliest face of the republicans i have ever seen.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:25 amhp Says:
Beck kicks ass!
Beck licks what?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:27 amTexas is the third-biggest collector of direct payments from the federal government, after California and Florida. Why not wave goodbye?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:31 amDid the entire Republican Party forget that we have troops fighting in two wars right now?
And now they’re talking about a Civil War? Because that’s what secession would mean.
Of course, I guess the Texas Air National Guard could defend their new country against the United States Air Force. On the other hand, how many Texas National Guard units are currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan? Upon secession, they would no longer fall under U.S. command – in a war zone! They would be obliged to pack up, go home and protect their country in the impending Civil War. Those troops would, of necessity, have to be considered mutinous, placed under arrest and tried on a case by case basis to determine if they were loyal to the United States, or the Country of Texas. The same would apply to every Texican serving in American military forces, anywhere in the world.
Indeed, by their governor talking about secession in the national media, he has unwittingly put every Texican’s loyalty at issue. Perhaps, to drive that point home, the federal government, including the Military, should ask every Texas citizen to sign a loyalty oath or resign. After all, the rest of the country has a right to know which of our federal employees and military personnel are loyal to the U.S. and which will follow Governor Perry and seceede.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:31 amthis is the ugliest face of the republicans i have ever seen.
You must not have been looking closely enough.
Once a bunch of racist idiots, always a bunch of racist idiots…
April 16th, 2009 at 11:32 amObama needs to annouce that the United States will declare war on Texas as soon as they secede.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:33 amDRxJapanese Beetle
why don’t you move from k-zoo and go live in the communist country called ‘texas’?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:34 amDid the entire Republican Party forget that we have troops fighting in two wars right now?
So true, and calling for insurrection on the home front is showing support for them how exactly???
At least they’re making it painfully obvious to even the most casual observer that they are a narrow-minded, party before country, group of racist haters.
PERIOD
April 16th, 2009 at 11:34 amIf they give George Bush’s wings back, he could finally see some combat.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:35 amfire _ant_chavis Says:
Wasn’t Beck a former dope fiend?!
Former?!? Have you seen his show?
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Briseadh na Firefly Says:
Of course, I guess the Texas Air National Guard could defend their new country against the United States Air Force.
They might have to call up some of their old reservists… get Dubya back in that flight suit. Of course, he wouldn’t show up, but it’d still be fun.
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Briseadh na Firefly Says:
On the other hand, how many Texas National Guard units are currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan? Upon secession, they would no longer fall under U.S. command – in a war zone!
Isn’t that pretty much the definition of “enemy combatant?”
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fire _ant_chavis Says:
Perhaps, to drive that point home, the federal government, including the Military, should ask every Texas citizen to sign a loyalty oath or resign.
They already swore an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution upon enlistment. So that’s covered.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:35 ambonat Says:
You, idiot, are not allowed to address anyone here without being addressed by them first.
Enjoy the silence…
April 16th, 2009 at 11:35 amhp,
yeah you!
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April 16th, 2009 at 11:37 amI thought Beck was supposed to be another another independent on SNFUNews you know like Billy boy!!! I see he is just another toady gladly bending over for the corporate cocks of America (and Australia)!!!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:38 amso, hp, are you not troubled by Beck’s utter ignorance of American history?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:39 amI’m a native Texan, but an AMERICAN FIRST. I am quite ashamed of the ignorance abounding in my state, but even more appalled at the portion of the TX constituency that is proud to be uneducated and uninformed.
Perry only speaks for those who are ignorant, nutty or scared s***less of change, not all Texans!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:39 amLisa FTW Says:
I’m a native Texan, but an AMERICAN FIRST.
We’ll do our best to liberate you. Lincoln freed the slaves in the last civil war. In this one, we’ll free the Texans with an IQ over 70.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:42 amDNFP Says:
Once a bunch of racist idiots, always a bunch of racist idiots…
Well, it’s not exactly chickenpox… you can’t cure stupid.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:42 amGo,please go! and take Glen with you.
Oh, by the way, please leave all of the stimulus monies you’ve received, all of the profits from your defense contractors, all of the civilian jobs from the military bases, all of the federal money you’ve received for border protection, hurricane relief, all Medicare benefits for your residents and of course monthly Social Security payments, and on and on – maybe Sarah could help you with a few bucks. I can’t think of any state that I would rather see seceed than Texas!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:43 amI say let them do it and find out how difficult it is when America itself doesn’t have your back. They’d no longer get anything federally, which is going to be a bigger issue than they’re willing to admit.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:47 amHmmm…sure the idea of Texas seceding is a ludicrous one, and one that will never gain any real traction.
But let’s pretend for a moment that Texas was actually successful in seceding from the United States.
We would lose a lot of red electoral votes. Which is good for us.
We would lose two Republican Senators and 19 Republican members of the HOR (yes, we would lose 12 Dem Congressmen, but the GOP would lose more).
We would lose an ex-President AND his library (I assume we wouldn’t be financially obligated to maintain it after it’s built, as we do other presidential libraries).
We would lose a state that sucks up more federal money than it gives back.
You know — I’m starting to see the benefits of this! But I hope that the Texans who are rah-rahing the idea along with Perry right now realize that once they’re separate, they’re gonna need a passport and a visa to visit Disney World.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:48 amborat Says:
DRxJapanese Beetle
why don’t you move from k-zoo and go live in the communist country called ‘texas’?
What? Are you suggesting you’ll drive me, sweetie?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:48 amI picture it occurring kind of like the separation of India and Pakistan. Texas gets the fundamentalists, we get the faculty, staff and student body from UT at Austin. Texas gets Faux News and all of their “stars” and we get–well, we’ll just give them to Texas for nothing.
Now, after this is all over, Texas will have to finish the wall on the Mexican border, and then extend it to separate itself entirely from the U.S. (Texans will think it is to keep furriners out; we won’t tell them it is to keep them in.)
April 16th, 2009 at 11:49 amAs someone who grew up in Texas, I am saddened by this kind of talk. Believe me there few Texans who would support this. Texans while proud of their state, know they are American’s first. Beck and Perry are exploiting this so-called right to seceed, someone should ask them their source of the assertion that Texas has this right. It isn’t in the Treaty of Annexation that Texas and the United States signed in 1845, I looked through that document yesterday and there is no such thing in that document. BTW many years ago, I was a history teacher, I taught Texas History to 7th graders.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:50 amConsidering the Texans I’ve known, I’d be more than happy to give Texas back to Mexico!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:51 am.
Dear Texas,
Please take George W. Bush with you.
XXOO
America
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April 16th, 2009 at 11:51 amWhy do you far righties advocate sedition?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:56 amhp Says: have your panties all in a wad? Are you kidding? Are you really that stupid? Don’t you get it? Where laughing our asses off.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:56 amTreason by any other name…
April 16th, 2009 at 11:56 amI liked Beck’s comment on Fox about “the only place for him to be on tea bagging day is at the Alamo” That must be another one of those passages in American History that school text books got wrong – I thought the original Tea Part was in BOSTON!!!!!!
I wonder if Ozzie made another visit to the Alamo on tea bagging day, after all he tea bagged the Alamo before
April 16th, 2009 at 11:57 amWe don’t wear panties…we thong…
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April 16th, 2009 at 11:58 amI endorse Beck’s secession.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:59 am95. hp Says: Then why do you far lefties have your panties all in a wad?
Why are the loser republicans staging a nation-wide foot-stamping tantrum? Where was this outrage when bush championed the biggest deficit in US history?
..Or excluded the war spending from the budget spending?
..or created the most bloated new government entity, DHS, in history, effectively hemorrhaging millions?
Only when they lost the election, to a black man, who has to clean up bush’s insanity, do the whitepublicans decide it’s a dandy time for sedition, during two wars and bush-created economic meltdown.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:59 amhp Says:
he’s a flat-headed moron ……….
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Then why do you far lefties have your panties all in a wad?
Actually I wear thongs now, it helps keep my panties from wadding up You should try it sometime
April 16th, 2009 at 12:00 pmSilly hp,
everyone knows,
lefties go commando.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:00 pmIf only Bill Hicks were alive today!!!! I can still daydream
April 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pmLET THEM GO..What they hell do they have that we need? Let these morons secede, Texas would be a third world Country in a week. Remember they would loose all Federal funding and benefits. No more Social Security(I bet the retirees would love that) No more Medicare, No money for roads and bridges, No Federal money for unemployment, No more money for the National Guard, No more farm aid, No more corporate subsidies ( how fast do you think the oil companies will pull out of Texas).
April 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pmLet these idiots go.
These multi colored Fox news talking heads constantly accusing others who disagree with them as being ‘unpatriotic’.
But for them to call for secession of states from the Union is considered a partiotic act that they are happy to cover with encouragement.
Mr. Beck sadly coming to the city I live in today standing in front of the Alamo to sell his cheap stunt.
According to San Antonio Express news, estimated crowd today will be around 9000. That’s not big crowd for a city over 1.2 millions.
The idea of seceeding is not popular one here,neither in San Antonio,nor in Texas as a whole, and Van A. Sustern is a big liar in attempting to give such impression.
San Antonio and its people are very proud to be part of the USA.
It is home to thousands of military people who are currently serving in all capacities and thousands of military retirees,from all ethnic groups in the USA who are now living in the city.
Glenn,Sustern ,and Fox which who are covering this very politically motivated and very much manipulated event should be ashame of themselves,under the guise of so called ‘Tea party’ revolt.
San Antonio,and Texas do not need these ’separatists’ ideas pushed by Fox network in here.
Governor Perry does not represent the state when he talks about seceeding of the State of Texas.
It is interesting that these people who are now calling for seceeding,only they did that when Republicans lost US presidency of White House and control of the US Congress,and now Fox playing a shamful,dirty, selfish and irresponsible game by pushing for seperation of states ideas to their viewers using lies and distortion.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm104.tombaker Says: Silly hp, everyone knows, lefties go commando.
(psst, Tom, republicans don’t understand the word ‘commando.’ They rarely serve, particularly the idiot pundits and congressdodgers they get their spoon-feeding from. The closest they come is Nintendo…)
April 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pmWingnuts shooting themselves in the foot. They supposedly are protesting taxes, although the vast majority got a cut two weeks ago, but they are carrying water for corporate interests who are facing a tax increase in 2010. So they decide to secede from the Union which would cause a great tax burden within the state to replace the federal aid they now receive 88 cents to the dollar, plus it would void many contracts with companies that now do business in TX. Which is the most stupid, Rick Perry or Sarah Palin? Or Beck, but we all know he is an idiot.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pmt
thomas mc Says:
Considering the Texans I’ve known, I’d be more than happy to give Texas back to Mexico!
Considering it would include Dubya Bush, we don’t want Texas either!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pmDoes Beck or Van Sustern know:
Texas GETS BACK 88 cents out of every dollar they give to the federal government . .
Does that sound like oppression?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:09 pmy – guess they missed that along with “teabagging”
A friend of mine suggested they might choose to follow up the Tea Parties with a vegetable-throwing protest of illegal-immigrant farm workers by putting on a “Salad Toss against the Dirty Sanchez(s)” for Independence Day. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if they actually did.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:12 pmWhen do sedition laws kick in?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:13 pmtombaker Says:
y – guess they missed that along with “teabagging”
A friend of mine suggested they might choose to follow up the Tea Parties with a vegetable-throwing protest of illegal-immigrant farm workers by putting on a “Salad Toss against the Dirty Sanchez(s)” for Independence Day. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if they actually did.
Wait I got a better one…voice their hatred for DEMS by having a man dressed like a boxer punching a donkey and it could be called Donkey Punching Day!!!!!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:15 pmJudging from yesterday’s tea time turnout, I’d say Fox doesn’t have that big an influence on the views of the USA. I think more people come out for gay pride parades. That oughta make their heads spin!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:16 pmTEXAS wants to turn tail and run!! When times are tough TEXAS whines and cries. When the USA is in need of tough hard work… TEXAS wimps out??? You have got to be kidding me.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pmWhen a Republican becomes President I’m guessing they’ll want to come back?
Anyone out there reading this form TEXAS? If so… are you really that weak, times get tough you want to run?
Funny, they didn’t talk about seceding when they were grabbing all that money from FEMA (OUR Federal Tax Dollars) when hurricane Ike went through Houston.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pmThought they were all self made Men that didn’t need no help from nobody??
DRxJapanese Beetle Says;
“What? Are you suggesting you’ll drive me, sweetie?”
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naw, you could buy a GM car a drive yourself their at least before you go behind the ‘iron curtain’ you would be doing your part to stimulate the us and michigan’s economies.
your “sweetie” was at the alamo yesterday.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:19 pmTexas governor Rick Perry (R) suggested that his state might have to secede “if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people.”
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Um…I believe most of the “American people” support what this administration is doing, if polls are any indication. Which “American people” is Washington supposedly thumbing their nose at?
Oh, silly me. That would be the minority of sore losers like Perry.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:19 pmLet’s offer the Chinese Texas in return for retiring some of our debt.
Think they’ll go for it?
Me neither.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:20 pmhp,
tea bag, maybe?
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April 16th, 2009 at 12:20 pmGoogle “F**k the South” and you’ll find my answer to all these of-late neo-secessionists.
Texas? Secede?
Great, but you’re about TEN YEARS LATE to make ME happy about that…
April 16th, 2009 at 12:21 pmI’m in favor of Texas leaving. Of course, I expect them to pay back the federal govt for all the buildings and federal construction in Texas.
Let’s face it, we took Texas from Mexico by a series of armed conflicts. It is only right to apologize to Mexico and give it back (with Bush going to Mexico as part of the deal).
April 16th, 2009 at 12:21 pmLong term, giving Texas back to Mexico will save the US Govt tons of disaster money from hurricaines. So we’d just be like the insurance companies, pulling out of unlucrative markets.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pmpbeeg Says:
Let’s offer the Chinese Texas in return for retiring some of our debt.
Think they’ll go for it?
Me neither.
You think the Chinese would take Dubya along with Texas?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:23 pmMan, can these idiots talk. Beck, Rush, Hewitt, et al…
They don’t watch out, they’re gonna talk themselves to death.
Hugh understands. You live by the sword…
April 16th, 2009 at 12:24 pmMapleStreet Says:
Let’s face it, we took Texas from Mexico by a series of armed conflicts. It is only right to apologize to Mexico and give it back (with Bush going to Mexico as part of the deal).
Hey hey hey, no take backs!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:25 pmPerry is simply following standard GOP procedure during a speech to the masses: Never let reality get in the way of your rhetoric.
On the other hand, Beck is simply a moron.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:26 pmWiz Says:
As someone who grew up in Texas, I am saddened by this kind of talk. Believe me there few Texans who would support this.
STOP. ELECTING. MORONS. Thank you.
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hp Says:
Then why do you far lefties have your panties all in a wad?
Standard wingnut response, whenever we comment on how stupid anything is, “boy you sure are all riled up and hopping mad!” We’re not mad. We’re just looking forward to when it’ll be legal to throw y’all in gitmo without trial.
Check it out:
(U.S. Constitution)
This isn’t anger, this is vindictive glee.
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tombaker Says:
A friend of mine suggested they might choose to follow up the Tea Parties with a vegetable-throwing protest of illegal-immigrant farm workers by putting on a “Salad Toss against the Dirty Sanchez(s)” for Independence Day. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if they actually did.
I’ve also been trying to figure out how to get them to do that. I could see Dirty Sanchez as the mascot for a protest regarding immigration and border security policies.
I’m not so sure about how to get them to toss salads, though… arugula, maybe? Or maybe the salad represents multiculturalism?
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Melospiza30 Says:
Wait I got a better one…voice their hatred for DEMS by having a man dressed like a boxer punching a donkey and it could be called Donkey Punching Day!!!!!!!
Good one! We could probably start getting that organized tomorrow. I’ll call our mole over at the Heritage Foundation and have him suggest it.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:26 pmThe club of no is desperately trying anything to disrupt President Obama’s leadership.
These phony dumbasses didn’t do shit when chimpy was running everything US into the ground.
Let these idiots leave, but they have to leave Texas. Texas will be better off without these nutzsoes.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:28 pmHey, I’m all for it. Let them fend for themselves. Let’s see how well they do without the support of the Federal government.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pmLet’s hope if Texas Secedes, the’ll take Glen with em, along with Babs Bachman and their ilk.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:31 pmBeck needs to be called out for the Treasonous Traitor that he is and jailed for it.
Texas will be the next Cuba, cut them off, no trade, no travel, no help, let those Anti-american pigs rot.
They will very soon learn their mistake.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:31 pmBeck and texas deserve each other AND we’ll gladly let them go…
Just remember the next time a hurricane hits houston, or the drug cartel that runs most of the texas current border area wants a car wash in Laredo or some BBQ from Austin or some cheerleader booty from dallas, call mexico city – not Wash. DC. at that point we’ll just laugh at you and hang up….
See ya !!!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:31 pmHas Beck mentioned that Merdock uses 60 shell companies to evade taxes?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:35 pmhttp://www.taxjustice-usa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73
Other than Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, and Buddy Holly what has Texas ever done for us anyways?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:38 pmThis was pretty clearly settled in 1865 at a courthouse in Appomattox.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says
April 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Hey, I’m all for it. Let them fend for themselves. Let’s see how well they do without the support of the Federal government.
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I believe they tried existing as their own country before — back in 1836. Didn’t work so well; they almost went broke (and would have if they hadn’t agreed to be annexed by the United States).
Apparently they learned something from that experience, because the next time they seceded (in 1861), it was with other states. Although they weren’t successful in their efforts.
Now, they think they can break away on their own? I’m pretty sure no reasonable Texan thinks that. Just Perry and his giddy band of yee-haws.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:43 pmMCMetal Says:
hp Says:
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mk3872 Says:
I have instructed my company’s parternships and travel offices to contact our Texas based businesses to look for other areas of the country to do business with.
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Let us know how that works for ya, einstein!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Let us know when you can start to stand up to drug cartel members , and then talk , Rambo ………..
April 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pm****************************************
Remember the Alamo!
Weren’t all these fox people trying to blame us for being un-american a couple months ago.
If this doesn’t fit the definition I dont know what will.
Fine, go ahead secede. Just don’t ask for any help when mexico invades and steals that little strip of coastal land. Have fun being surrounded by two countries that consider your morals a joke.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pmI remember when Rick Perry tried to make STD shots for girls mandatory and the people of Texas wholly rejected Perry. Hes trying to win back some popularity after his “invasive” STD shot stunt.
Dont fall for his being against invasive government spiel he is very much for invasive government
April 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pmdumbstruck Says:
Obama needs to annouce that the United States will declare war on Texas as soon as they secede.
Why would he want to do that? We will all just sit back and watch them become a third world country like Mexico.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:46 pmhp says;
I don’t wear underwear, I like the freedom.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pmWhy do you hate us for our freedom?
In Texas the governor is a figgerhaid and only works a few months a year. Its the Lt. Governor that runs the show. Perry thinks being elected Governor makes him the deciderer. Hes not.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:48 pmPerry is irrelevant nobody in Texas is actually talking about this…its a silly stunt.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:51 pmBranding all Texans as wanting secession or supporting extremist views is as wrong as foreigners incorrectly believing all Americans supported George Bush and his disastrous policies.
Just because I live in TX doesn’t make me a supporter of injustice or intolerance. Actually, it’s not been easy being a Democrat here because you constantly confront an uneducated electorate.
As for voting out the morons, I do vote, but progressives are still outnumbered here, even though we are slowly increasing in numbers.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pmSo if Texas and becomes its own nation, and Bush pledges his allegiance to Texas, he could lose his Secret Service protection couldn’t he?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pmThe republicans “talk” a good game. But like their leaders military records, Cheney, Rove and Bush, when the battles on, they’re no where to be found.
Same here.
They’re talking a good game. But lets see how good that game is when someone explains to the 24 million residents of Texas that they will be effectively surrendering their US citizenship if it were allowed to occur. The US isn’t likely going to recognize citizens rights who are involved in a plot of treason, which secession would be. There’s no right to secede in the Constitution. There’s a right to revolt in the Declaration of Independence but there’s no right to secede.
Not that it would be permitted anyway.
The last time a southern state tried to secede it started a civil war in which the secessionists got their assess handed to them. In fact US Presidents are known for offering to “hang” secessionist leaders. Just ask Andrew Jackson.
So if Gov Perry wants to posture like this, tell him to put up or shut up. Because treason is no game. And civil war, or secession, is treason.
Like I said, they “talk” a good game.
Let’s see them play one.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pmKing Perry Got Thumped Down For This…
April 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Why would he want to do that? We will all just sit back and
watch them become a third world country like Mexico.
… ah what the heck, it’s true anyways.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pmXisithrus Says:
In Texas the governor is a figgerhaid !
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH!! And the Sherrif is near!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pmPRICELESS!
Shayne, that is an interesting twist. He’d be subject to the slings and arrows of outrageous payback, yeah…
April 16th, 2009 at 12:58 pme_to_the_pOTATO BUG Says:
Fine, go ahead secede. Just don’t ask for any help when mexico invades and steals that little strip of coastal land. Have fun being surrounded by two countries that consider your morals a joke.
Pfft. As if we could take over Texas even if we wanted to. We’ve got enough problems with dealing with the drug cartels right now.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pmXisithrus Says:
Perry is irrelevant nobody in Texas is actually talking about this…its a silly stunt.
Actually quite a few in the office are talking about what a phuckhead Perry is this morning.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pmjweider Says:
Remember the Alamo!
Yeah, didn’t everybody get shot that time?
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pm# 80 DNFP
what’s your problem moron, i never said that your silence would be much appreciated?
April 16th, 2009 at 1:03 pmjweider Says:
Other than Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, and Buddy Holly what has Texas ever done for us anyways?
Lou Ann Barton! Janis Joplin! Buster’s BBQ! Gilbert Shelton!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:05 pmWell, maybe you could let the drug cartels move to Texas. Go ahead and ship the drugs to them. And we’ll just close off the Texas border and not let anything out.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pmgumble0bee-itch says:
I saw Big Brother & the Holding Co. in concert once, Joplin was AWESOME! She was one hell of a performer on stage, we are all the poorer for her early demise.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:29 pm“Remember the Alamo”
(It’s where the Mexicans kicked the Texans’ asses!)
April 16th, 2009 at 1:29 pmEd Schultz just said, “Go ahead and secede! But you better watch out, because we like to invade countries with lots of oil!”
April 16th, 2009 at 1:44 pmI say let them secede. We won’t have to send FEMA the next time a hurricane destroys part of their state, they can patrol their own border with Mexico and we’ll patrol our borders with Texas. Plus, 20 some odd electoral votes can be redistributed among the other 49 states. Maybe Oklahoma can secede too.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:46 pmIt’s o.k. Beck, you can go with them.
In his rich little town (I don’t recall where) Beck has asked permission to install a 6′ high wall around his property. The ordinance in town calls for 4′ (that’s if you want one), but Becks seems to fear the common man, the brown man and the black man, anyone that’s muslim, or not christain.
I mean psychologically I can see where he’d fit in in Texas, but what about all those brown people?
April 16th, 2009 at 1:51 pmLet me get this straight. These lunatics are willing to actually live by their stupid rightwing rhetoric? They’ve stopped loving it, and now they’re leaving it?
Okay. Good. I can live with that.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:54 pmGive it time everyone, Texas will come over to the progessive side, give it another 8 years and it will happen. The radical right is failing badly. This teabag thing was a failure, it attracted limited crowds, and reflected badly on the right and their obstructionism. Now they advocate breaking up the United States, they have to be insane if they think that is a winning political strategy!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:56 pmPlease do not loser perspective here: Rick Perry is not Texas and does not speak for Texas. He is trying to take some limelight before his primary run against Kay Bailey. Sad thing is he is taking Texans down with him and I don’t think that will bode well with even the wingnuts on the right. We have our crazies but so do most states. Our problem, as I see it, is that Tom DeLay bastardized the political districts so the wingers are being re-elected uncontested all over the state. The governor before Perry was W, need I say more. I haven’t read the Texas constitution lately but I seem to remember that the governor is not all that powerful. The legislature would probably laugh his aggie ass out of the chamber.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:05 pm73. Briseadh na Firefly Says:
“…we have troops fighting in two wars right now? And now they’re talking about a Civil War? Because that’s what secession would mean.”
It will only be a Civil War if we fight to keep them. ;-)
April 16th, 2009 at 2:16 pmSean Insanity Says:
Good idea. We will let Texas secede only if they take Oklahoma with them.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pmThey should have kicked in when Sarah Palin gave a speech to the secessionist Alaska Independence Party.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:40 pmNo problem. In the new country of Texas, the rednecks will only keep the brown people they need to work the cotton fields, cattle ranches, ect. The rest will all be rounded up, and either deported or shot.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:44 pmTexas has been aching to leave the union ever since Alaska usurped its title of the biggest state.
They could write their own Constitution, set up their own theocracy, and make it mandatory for all citizens to carry a gun at all times.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:54 pmIt would be a nice buffer between the drug lords in Mexico and the rest of us.
After Beck’s HUGE success at the Alamo, I understand that he plans to hold his next rally at Little Big Horn!
April 16th, 2009 at 2:57 pmYeah, they had their own country, they would be free to let the schools rot and fall down, make crystal meth, get all liquored up and ride around shooting at STOP signs from the windows of their pickup trucks.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:00 pmIm all for letting them take texas, as long as they build high concrete walls around the entire border with no entrance.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:16 pmLincoln, a Republican who gave all he had to preserve the Union, must be spinning in his grave. What a sad little revolt that must be put asunder quickly. No taxes, no Union, no brains.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:29 pmReturn Texas to Mexico!
April 16th, 2009 at 3:41 pmGlenn Beck reminds me of Morton Downey Jr. who claimed that he was beaten up in some public bathroom by Neo- Nazi’s and then later it was discovered that Downey had shaved his own head and drawn a swastika on himself (backwards in the mirror) for the publicity and in an attempt to save his TV show.
I can see the same logical end to Mr. Beck’s Career. But that was before the existence of Fox News channel.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pmI can’t wait until it happens and we will make sure Beck and people of his ilk stay in Texas. Chuck Norris has stated he would consider running for president of Texas and that is what they deserve. Some Texans act as if they were at the Alamo and have a revisionist bent on history. If Texas thinks it will be better off as its own nation they should go for it and we will see who misses who. All your oil wealth will dry up since most of the oil is located outside of Texas and we will not let you near it.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pmBecause Beck speaks on behalf of the “real America”. Despicable.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:13 pmhmm, isn’t there some law regarding treasonous bantor and inciting acts against our government….?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pmHe is not American. He is a sore loser that can’t stand a black person won. This is democracy you idiot. But I am confident the majority if Texan are not as irrational as the 5000 that attended the tea party.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:12 pmWell that will put an end to Texans collecting Social Security, Medicare and any other financial aid or assistance from the United States of America. Don’t these people think beyond their noses? Looks like the border fence will be between Texas and OK and then Gov. or Pres Perry can build his own military and fend off the drug lords. All Progressive Texans are free to move and join the rest of the USA. Hey, they can even elect George W Bush as their president.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:55 pmThat is the best reason for Texas to secede. I say, go for it, Gov Perry.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:02 pmI love Texas and can’t wait to vote for Rick Perry again. As far as building a wall around the state, yahoo to that too. Don’t let the screen-door slap your ass on the way out.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:09 pmI’m open to negotiations if the U.S. can keep Austin as a territory.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pmWe should throw Koolaide packages at Beck so he takes the hint.
He is, after all, a cult-like charismatic authoritarian style leader who’s followers do what ever he says (like kill cops), so, we should start calling him “Jim Jones-Beck”.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:31 pmI grew up in Texas. If they’re still teaching American history the same way, in public schools, then a lot of people think the South lost the Civil War on a technicality or something. When I went to high school in Indiana, I was shocked at how soundly the South was beaten, and how thoroughly all my fellow students were aware of that. When I studied the Civil War at the University of Texas, it was pretty clear that the South got stomped, too.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:43 pmThanks for your intelligent comment, TexasTim. You can take your place proudly alongside our other stellar posters, Tim43 and Tim Vakulick.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pmI just saw a GREAT VIDEO on youtube. Go into their search window and search for (anti tea baggers) and it should bring up a video with “Joe the Pretend plumbers” pic.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:26 pmWatch the anti tea bagger videos, there’s two of them. They are GREAT!!!!
Good God Almighty, by all means, LET THEM GO!!
But don’t forget to evacuate OUR military first.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:17 pmFor those of you who want to turn this into a conservative vs. liberal conversation STOP and look across the table and at the corporate controlled media who is swaying your opinions and thoughts. Wake up and think for yourselves. This revolt wasn’t about succession or about not paying taxes, it is about a government who operates outside of its given powers. The 16th amendment was never properly ratified by the proper number of states to be counted as a legitimate amendment and should be stricken from our records. EVEN IF it were valid the SUPREME COURT stated that the 16th amendment gave the federal government NO NEW TAXING AUTHORITY in a 1920 ruling. The Constitution only allows an apportioned tax (everyone taxed equally, sales tax) or an excise tax (tolls, cigs, liquor). The argument was made that we are bad Americans if we do not pay our taxes but there was no income tax previous to the false ratification in 1913. So how did the Federal Government pay for itself during the previous 137 years, with embargoes and tariffs. That is what the TEA PARTY is about. Now they are pitting us against each other in the form of DEMS and REPS. Divide and Conquer
April 17th, 2009 at 1:04 amMy name is Donald Mark Conlee Jr. I live at the address above. I was born in Texas and will die here. I am truly offended by the post before me. I had no idea my country was filled with such hate for the state of Texas. I was raised to belive that everyone in the United States was born free and that we should respect each others rights and opinions. I happen to belive that our countrys founders wanted a small efficent government not a bloated, overbearing, deficite spending, freedom stifiling, government healthcare, social security, nanny state. I also belive that if the government is out of control we should stop it. If we can’t stop it we get out of it. So for my fellow citizens of the United States if you want Texas out, give us one last hand and call your state represenatives and let them know. For those of you that just want to spread hate, come on down here to Texas, you know where I live.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:42 amdj41326 Says:
1107AllenForestBryanTexas77803 Says:
Thank god, someone finally making some sense. The rally was not for sucession –it’s all about giving people and companies money that is not theirs “11 trillion worth”
I agree there were a few loons who wrote inappropriate things on their signs, but of course that all Oberman aired on his show.
If you actually open your eyes and watched Glenn Beck’s show once and a while, you might know what you’re talking about.
The rally was all about how we love our country and how both Bush and Obama where and are wasting our money .
April 17th, 2009 at 8:52 amAll you Lefties sound so bitter and full of hate.
Hey, if beck becomes a resident of Texas I’m all for them seceeding.
April 17th, 2009 at 10:53 amMr. Conlee, I obviously know nothing about you and my only comment is this: Did you express the same concern about overspending and bloated government when Bush was in office? If you did, than I accept your comments as legitimate and sincere. If you somehow rationalized Bush’s bloated spending and oversized government then you are just another conservative hypocrite.
April 17th, 2009 at 11:17 am192. 1107AllenForestBryanTexas77803 Says:
1107,
I think you may misinterpret many of the above posts. When somone from any state makes such absurd arguments as your gov, you’ll see similar strings of posts. I have family in Texas and you’d better believe that I’ve kidded them about secession. (and when my state makes stupid statements, they do likewise). And lets face it, threatening to leave the union is a rather inane threat.
Even in Texas they say Texas is too small to be a country but too big to be an asylum.
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April 18th, 2009 at 5:16 amsac ekimi
Hey i’m texan and a don’t think it would be a bad idea. neither do a lot of other people. seriously why would it? we could take care of our border with mexico how we wanted to and do whatever else we wanted to. just think of the population explosion we would have if we seceded!
April 18th, 2009 at 9:00 pmAnd as far as the military goes there are more Texans in the military than people from any other state. dont you think loseing that many personel would hurt the u.s. military. And last year 70% of new jobs created were created in Texas.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:05 pmLet’s face it, we took Texas from Mexico by a series of armed conflicts. It is only right to apologize to Mexico and give it back (with Bush going to Mexico as part of the deal).
Sorry but the U.S. didnt take texas from mexico. Texans took texas from mexico and then joined the U.S. ten years later.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:22 pmFunny, they didn’t talk about seceding when they were grabbing all that money from FEMA (OUR Federal Tax Dollars) when hurricane Ike went through Houston.
Thought they were all self made Men that didn’t need no help from nobody??
Hurrican ike didnt go anywhere near houston and neither has any other hurricane in my life time. That hurricane came ashore around beaumont.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:35 pmGlenn, remember how well it seceeding from the union worked the last time? Have you ever read the history of the US? BTW, the Alamo was not a victory, it was a defeat. So why did you go to the Alamo exactly?
Yes most texans did die at the alamo but they did what they were there to do. Delay the mexican army. and they all did it knowing they would die. It was like 200 texans against 6000 mexicans and they held them off for something like 13 days killing around 2000 of them in the process. And look who won at the end of the war.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:57 pmYou know, I remember back in October when I was joking around that if McCain won, California should break off and form a country with Washington and Oregon. BUT I remember that joke was at the tail end of 8 years of Bush. I also know that during those 8 years I got tired of the idea that I was less American than some conservative republican. It has been 3+ months of democratic control of the white house and already with the secessionist rhetoric? I mean, politics at the moment is like watching a parent play a board game with a small child. The child can change the rules of the game to fit them but when the parent tries to play by the new rules the child throws a temper tantrum.
April 19th, 2009 at 5:26 amCorrection. It was 200 texans at the alamo.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:07 pm