One of my Texas born friends sent this email, thought you might enjoy it.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
I thought you'd all get a kick out of this one - Texan
or not (and Republican or not)....
Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time
to get used to the results. After seeing the whiners
along the inauguration route, the folks from Texas
have decided that we might just take matters into our
own 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?
NASA in Houston, Texas (we will control the space
industry).
We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United
States.
Defense Industry (we have over 65% of it). The term
"Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new
meaning
Oil - we can supply all the
oil that the Republic of
Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee
states? Sorry about that.
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....
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.
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.
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.
We have a ready supply of workers (just open the
border when we need some more )
We have control of the paper industry, plastics,
insurance, etc.
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.
We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs
and vegetable produce 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 T! V 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.
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Signed, */The People in Texas/* Hook'en Horns.