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luke warm, on Apr 17 2009, 02:05 PM, said:
i think if texas seceeded they'd get along just fine... the trouble with it is, it might give other states the same idea
I wonder if they'd already be grandfathered into NAFTA, or if they'd need to join up.
Would this be even possible? I wouldn't think so but who knows...
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Posted 2009-April-17, 13:15
I wonder if they'd already be grandfathered into NAFTA, or if they'd need to join up.
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Posted 2009-April-17, 13:27
I wonder if they'd be granted non-visa visiting status to ROU. And, given the US's stand on "flying over, never mind through == visiting", how much hassle it would be on D+1 for Texans to get anywhere.
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Posted 2009-April-17, 14:27
PassedOut, on Apr 17 2009, 02:15 PM, said:
luke warm, on Apr 17 2009, 02:05 PM, said:
i think if texas seceeded they'd get along just fine... the trouble with it is, it might give other states the same idea
I wonder if they'd already be grandfathered into NAFTA, or if they'd need to join up.
i think nafta might end up going by the wayside, at least as we know it today
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Posted 2009-April-17, 16:46
luke warm, on Apr 17 2009, 03:27 PM, said:
i think nafta might end up going by the wayside, at least as we know it today
Probably so. I wonder if Texans born in the USA would have dual citizenship, or if their citizenship would be forfeit. Probably not important to most Texans, but I know a couple of them who would care.
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper. Friedrich Nietzsche
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists that is why they invented hell. Bertrand Russell
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists that is why they invented hell. Bertrand Russell
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Posted 2009-April-18, 10:25
It seems that US citizenship is important to a lot of Texans after all: Rasmussen Reports
Darn!
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Three-fourths (75%) of Lone Star State voters would opt to remain in the United States. Only 18% would vote to secede, and seven percent (7%) are not sure what they'd choose.
Darn!
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Posted 2009-April-18, 11:52
Perhaps Cuba will replace Texas as our 50th state?
I assume this means Hamman, (Justin L.) and all those others from Texas can no longer represent the USA now.
I assume this means Hamman, (Justin L.) and all those others from Texas can no longer represent the USA now.
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PassedOut, on Apr 17 2009, 05:46 PM, said:
luke warm, on Apr 17 2009, 03:27 PM, said:
i think nafta might end up going by the wayside, at least as we know it today
Probably so. I wonder if Texans born in the USA would have dual citizenship, or if their citizenship would be forfeit. Probably not important to most Texans, but I know a couple of them who would care.
i doubt the laws adopted by the new republic of texas would overturn u.s. law, meaning that those born in texas when it was part of the union would still be american citizens...
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Posted 2009-April-20, 14:27
Um, I can't imagine that it is the new Republic of Texas that would have the final word on U.S. Citizenship...
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mycroft, on Apr 20 2009, 03:27 PM, said:
Um, I can't imagine that it is the new Republic of Texas that would have the final word on U.S. Citizenship...
i didn't say it would, but u.s. law already states that anyone born in the country is a citizen.. if someone was born in tx while it was a state, that person is a u.s. citizen by definition... later secession wouldn't change that fact
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