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Texas Gold Repatriation Bill Has One Message To Feds: "Come And Take It"
As the mainstream media begins to come to terms with just what Texas' decision to repatriate its gold from the Federal Government in its own Gold Depository, the details of Republican State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione's bill protecting gold from confiscation become clear...
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Caprigilione explains why he pushed the bill and its far-reaching implications...
Epoch Times: What did you do to make the bill pass?
Giovanni Capriglione: I grabbed the banner last session. I was a freshman and it was difficult. Part of the problem was that it has a lot of verbiage that had nothing to do with law. Things like the case of an economic meltdown.
This is a principle part of why the bill was created, but it made it a distraction trying to pass the bill. Because then you get into: Do you think the economy is going to collapse, blaming the president, blaming the banks. What I did in this version of it, I stripped all kinds of stuff out other than the bill itself.
Epoch Times: Why did you go for it?
Mr. Capriglione: I have a vision, I would like for Texas to compete with Manhattan or the exchanges in Chicago. Here in Texas we have oil, we have natural gas, we have our own electric grid. To me having a bunch of metal commodities in the mix is something else that helps Texas to be able to become a marketplace for a lot of different items. Part of the idea of the depository is just another Texas thing. I’m still a little stunned that it happened.
I wrapped all of it together and I love to do economic development. I just want Texas to really be able to grow economically.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry previously said, “We are telling the whole entire world that Texas has a billion dollars worth of gold.” Gov. Abbott too, wants to attract businesses to our state.
Epoch Times: What were some of the difficulties?
Mr. Capriglione: My initial goal was to create a state everything, to have that completely run by the state. The issue with that was that it became a budget item. They were not keen on developing a completely new piece of [transaction] software. If the state had done it from scratch it would have just been too large.
The state would have developed the infrastructure to do [gold] deposits. We wanted the state to build the depository. We wanted the state to provide the security. It’s just very expensive. One of the things in Texas, because we are so conservative, if you have a bill that costs money its chances go way down.
I worked to do this without a fiscal note or a budget expense. We were able to do that by privatizing a significant portion of the depository. So we don’t have to build one, someone can go and say: we want to run it. We don’t have to run our own electronic software, someone else smarter than the state within the business can and will—and probably already has—developed the software to run [this operation].
This time I got put on the investment and financial services committee where this bill went through. It made it a lot easier to get it through the system. I was pretty shocked it passed the house with 137 to 1.
Now our office is getting calls and people are offering their services. I got some very interesting high network individuals who are thinking about putting their gold in Texas now. The response has been really, really good.
Epoch Times: What do you say about the anti-seizure clause, do you think the federal government will interfere with the gold and silver stored in the depository?
Mr. Capriglione: I think that what we have done is completely constitutional, we’ve looked at precedents, I have looked at Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution so I think we are in good standing.
If the federal government were to try and do something like that, the reality is: There is a motto in the office of almost every state legislator in Texas, and it’s a flag that we have [from the Texas Revolution], it’s below a cannon and what the motto says is, “Come and Take it.”
That would be my response. We are on good solid legal footing to be able to not only have this depository, but to be able to do the transactions that are stated in the bill.
It was written with the idea that the federal government is a construct of the states. As long as we are following the Constitution as this law does, we won’t have any issues. The federal government can sue all they want, and I hope they don’t, because I think they will lose.
We created this in the state to provide depositors the protection I just spoke of. That’s a critical part of why this was created. Can a private depository do this? A private depository cannot do what we were able to do because the Constitution is pretty clear in terms of the rights states have.
Epoch Times: What do you think about using gold and silver as money?
Mr. Capriglione: It’s something that’s allowed. Back in 2008 when you go and look at the crisis, it may have been rooted in subprime, but at its core what it is there is a lack of business confidence. People get scared and worried and that kind of cycle feeds on itself. [The idea is to] have something that is stable and that you can touch as opposed to being ephemeral like paper or bank money.
One of the issues in 2008 was that people would start withdrawing their deposits, which to some extent happened. And there just isn’t enough actual backing of that. What we have in this is something that people can rely on. The way we structured the bill is there are no forwards, future derivatives, lending contracts on the bullion that’s placed inside the depository. What you see is what you have. Nothing will be created, nor destroyed.
That stability helps confidence and it also provides a flight to sound money, this is going to be it.
Epoch Times: Is Texas going to have its own money?
Mr. Capriglione: Article 1 Section 10 [of the Constitution] states that this will be prohibited and we would never coin our own money. I think that’s unconstitutional.
I have bitcoins and I use it as an alternative as well. Every individual should have as many options as possible to be able to transact business. The more options individuals have the more liquidity there is, the more comfort there is, and the more stability. We don’t—and I have no intention to create our own currency, we don’t have to.
By creating this depository what we are able to do is people are able to make their transactions through our depository, completely in conformance with the Constitution.
Epoch Times: How would this work?
Mr. Capriglione: It’s done electronically, we won’t actually move a block [of gold in the depository] because we want to have the fractional equivalents to be able to move it over. But it’s essentially being moved over. Individuals, corporations, and government entities will do their transactions through the use of gold.
I’ve looked at [having our own currency] and we would be into a lot more trouble. This accomplishes what the point is. In this world, there is so much stuff that happens electronically and you are not really sure what’s in your account. With this you can take possession of what is in your account at any time, within five days it will be subject to delivery.
Epoch Times: What did the governor think of the bill?
The governor is great to work with, he only has had 12 bill signings, and the gold was one of them. He came in and I was waiting for him to do the press signing thing and he said, “We are about to make national news, aren’t we?” and I said: “Yes, we are.” I’m thankful that he did it.
Epoch Times: In fact, it was he who also set forth the motion to repatriate the gold of Texan institutions such as the $1 billion the University of Texas endowment fund owns and currently stores with HSBC in New York.
Mr. Capriglione: Technically we have all these different agencies, but the governor has a lot of sway in the matter.
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Times are changing for sure.
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Funny, with all the faith those in power claim to have in fiat, they still want that yellow shiny...
Just remember, NO MORE CLINTONs and NO MORE BUSHs
Everything happens by design, history repeats itself, and you should know damn well what's coming next...
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They will never get the gold into Texas, the Fed government will legislate and regulate them from ever moving it into Texas. If they were smart they should ask for it RIGHT NOW and put it a Large private Texas bank to hinder the Fed from obstructing and creating all kinds of walls up.
Russia was also same problem get copper wire into Sochi, but eventually it is happen.
COME AND HACK IT
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My neighbor Jeb has vast Bitcoin holdings. He says that it's his 'other' farm. He harvests more than once a year.
I say, plow that field Jeb, plow it!
Amen, Let's make it more general, no more scumbags.
I'm afraid our economy will crash before Texas ever gets an ounce of its gold back. Then, they will have to wait in line with everyone else the fed and the govt has cheated with its hypothocated and rehypothocated paper games. The legal mess will drag on for years, and the finger-pointing will be circular and endless.
then, when all is said and done the injured parties will be left with the dilemma of trying to get blood from a rock.
Or gold from a China.
Confucius say – “Want stolen gold repatriated? .. You steal back slowly one coin at time while pirate distracted with stupid Iphone trinket.”
“Texas make big hullabaloo and too much noise. No patience. Now pirate know what you are up to and call lawyer and police. …You no get gold back now. ..Sooooo sorry.”
~ DC
It's tradition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dj9v9s9buk
Paul calls Bernanke what he really is, a price fixer;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pEiLHnjAiw
Texas is plotting a route to secession.
You READ it? They are NOT TAKING PHYSICAL GOLD, electronic transfer and they "CAN CLAIM IN 5 DAYS" TOTAL BS !
You better read it again. You sir are in error. They are repatriating their gold into the depository. The are electronically transerring the gold within the depository to satisfy transactions between depositors, in lieu of physically transferring the gold within the depository. Why do you think the State of Texas will be providing the security, and the inclusion of an anti-confiscation provision if there is no gold stored there?
Bingo, wareco.
You are a speedier typist than I am.
Last time we spoke of a Texas Depository someone got hiself perished.
Yes, the Great State of Texas is taking physical possession.
The part about electronic transfer and 5 days is for conducting transactions among the depositors or making physical delivery for those who wish to make withdrawals.
And the neat part is they are going to allow residents, and others to deposit their physical here also.
Jade Helm might just do that Mr. perry, but fuck the feds. Its about time someone took a stand.
Judgment is coming, SOON!
We'll find out if Texans are anything like Germans. After all, it could take years...
Texas is German.
http://www.lonestargenealogy.com/courses/texas/germanset.html
Ya Vol
Gig'em
Uh it's still in NY. Taking it now should not be a problem.
"such as the $1 billion the University of Texas endowment fund owns and currently stores with HSBC in New York."
And therein lies the rub...
LOL HSBC, just like the bank of Hormel!
its probably in china
Yup, still in HSBC vaults, but nice and safe in Honk Kong.
Q to US troops: Would you fire upon unarmed civilians?
Q to Texas Nat Guard: Would you obey the Governor or the Feds?
The National Guard can be activated under either a State Charter (Governor of the state is Commander in Chief) or a Federal Charter (President is the Commander in Chief). I don't believe it can be both simultaneously- one or the other.
So the question might just be: Would the National Guard, activated and commanded by a state governor, fire upon US Army/Navy/Air Force/Marine troops if so ordered in defense of the state? Yikes. Let's hope we don't ever have to find out the answer to that question.
Just look at Kent State... question answered. The goons will always fire as long upon their fellow citizens as long as they are getting their paychecks/benefits/pensions. Look at all these fucking gestapo thug cops we have today.
You may be right, but we live in a much different time. Kent State wasn't that far removed from the WW2 & Korean era, and long hairs were looked upon as misfits/drug users and free love nuts. That said, they still shot and killed unarmed American STUDENTS.
Wrong. It only lasts for little while. Stomach runs out. The folks pulling the trigger (MIC) know the difference. It is the cops that dont. But, they are outgunned in every way and they also live in our neighborhoods and want to come home at night.
Why do you thin the French back in the days of such atrocities had to import thieves and killers? And it still did not work out. The assholes here can open the floodgates to as much gang scum as they like but it is still the same. Not enough to overcome the masses who know better. Failed history, again and again. Why? Because the playbook never changes.
So is Texas just going to send some trucks, back them in, and say "fill 'em up!"?
Just don't drive back via North Carolina?
You may want to be careful if there is a slow moving buggy with a diamond shaped reflector in front of you.
I'm not saying it's a trap but you're in a sovereign country now.
I suspect local 'authorities' are a far bigger threat....
I wonder how many other states would be looking to stop any trucks carrying Texas bound gold under civil forfeiture laws?
"Just don't drive back via North Carolina?"
Or Tenaha, TX. The irony.
yeah, the cops will say they smell pot and confiscate it.
I agree that Tenaha is a cancerous mole.
Internet!
I did some math the other day when I heard about this BIG amount of gold Texas wants back.
At current prices one billion $ in gold is just over 26 tons. One ton would equal a cube just under 15". So you've got 26 cubes ~.
Course now if it's all in coinage, it'd take up a tad more space. In standard bars however, be about 5 pallets.
The Fed could Air Freight it by Fed Ex on one plane. (That'll be the day!)
Personally I think this is just a line in the sand Texas is drawing for publicity and politico.
A billion in gold for Texas is a drop in the proverbial bucket.
"A billion in gold for Texas is a drop in the proverbial bucket."
Yes it is. Less than 0.3% of their debt. Wealth preservation. :)
They gotta get it back from the Fed first before they start gettin all Texican braggadocio lippy.
Get in back of the line.
It might be an invitation, some of them like it pretty rough. ;-)
" Come and take it" rings a bell, Eh? Molon labe -----not just for guns anymore!
Come & take it? There's nothing to take.
Just come and take all the fat women away...please
Signed all of Texas.
Don't worry...after a few weeks/months/years of SHTF, they won't be fat anymore. Go ahead and get your right-sized women lined up now, before you're forced to pick from among the ranks of desperate former (and starving) fatties.
Yes, there are some fat women, and some very pretty ones, but there's a shitload of fat lard-ass men. How's that gonna work to defend the state of texas? Tacticool lard-assed Alex Jones clones humping a few hundred rounds of ammo plus 1100 cheeseburgers on bandoleers. LOL
Poor kentucky first they came for the gold and I said nothing. Then they took the tanks and I said nothing. Then they came for____
Texans are Terrorists. The moderate friendly kind though, who don't need the Government to Arm them.
In Texas, there are two guns behind every single blade of grass...
They gonna need us to arm them. (While they're trying to take whatever it was, before it turned to shit on 'em)
Texas is the equivalent of a big dog that barks and then runs away at the sight of a cat.
It is in the top-15 of states in both property and sales tax. It has given the world neocons like George Bush and Rick Perry. It is not a small government haven, it is a bastion of ignorance and government.
Again, Texas talks a lot of shit but is just like a bigger version of Oklahoma.
Texas is where cops pull over women drivers and cavity search them on the side of the road.
The state talks a great game but in reality is just a different flavor of statism and cronyism.
More spicy.
You for sure will be orfice searched on entry to Texas.
it's also one of the half dozen or so states without an income tax.
Well, we are a hell of lot bigger than Oklahoma. You must be from the Northeast or the West Coast.
"Again, Texas talks a lot of shit but is just like a bigger version of Oklahoma. "
Spoken by a man from the great state of ...????
lol. Get a life you jealous pussy.
When the civil war starts, you'll come to Texas. Don't be a panzy.
Let me think... um NO. There's no terrain in Texas. It's an Armored CAV and aircraft playground. Me, I'll be in the mountains under tree canopy.
Thermals can't see through canopy, and the fast bangy things can't go through terrain. Besides, the texas state police would probably try to steal my money and ammo. I'm starting to think this gold repository is just an excuse for the cops to steal people's money. :-)
two words. big thicket.
and in a broader sense, the piney woods of the ark-la-tex area are going to be a dangerous place to be an outsider.
molon labia.
I like that. Well played my friend.
@SgtShaftoe:
What State do you live in, how much gold do they own and where is it stored?
Step up to the plate and answer the question tough guy!
Ah, but that would be telling, and a distraction. This article is about the lone star state, the GREATEST STATE of TEXAS!!!!
I used to have some gold, but lost it in an unfortunate yodeling accident in the mountains. I never did find it again... very sad and unfortunate.
see folks? you don't need to secede or any of that other reactionary fruit loop nonsense... this was well thought out and, as a Texas voter, I agree with the overall plan...
here's another thing to keep in mind... a picture's worth a thousand words...
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/05jul/images/pal4.gif
that's the volume of freight & associated trade that ships through Texas... we're basically the living, beating heart of the US and probably will be for some time... moves like this will just amplify the effect...
cannot say it enough, this is really good for Texas and I truly hope other states take note...
Just wait until the new Panama Canal opens. Goodbye West Coast Ports.
"Just wait until the new Panama Canal opens. Goodbye West Coast Ports."
East coast has all the same problems at the west coast, except for one additional (spared on the West Coast): very crappy winters. The EU. They are just as broke.
Correction: The East coast does have water, Will CA turn into a dust bowl now that the farmers are gettting cut off. All that dry soil is going to end up in the air when the fall winds return to CA.
Adios, West Coast Longshoremen.
AMF CalPERS!
Port of Houston is being improved just for that reason.
Kinda looks like cancer.
I logged back in to upvote you.
Well stated!
http://www.nelma.org/lagniappe/kings-broad-arrow-and-ewp/
The tax on tea was not the only issue that raised anger among American colonists in the 1700’s. Eastern White Pine played an equally key role in events that led to the Revolutionary War and American Independence from EnglanThe majestic Eastern White Pine is the tallest of the pine species in North America, basically the Sequoia of the Northeast. Trees 150 to 240 feet tall and trunks free of branches to heights of 80 feet or more were plentiful when the “New World” was being colonized by the England and other Europeans. The tallest known height recorded was a 250? Eastern White Pine tree noted in a 1760 publication by William Douglass.
Acting as dominion over the forests of “New England”, the King assumed ownership of the best of the Eastern White Pine trees and appointed a legion of Surveyors of Pines and Timber to survey the forestland “within 10 miles of any navigable waterway” and mark all suitable trees with “The King’s Broad Arrow”, a series of three hatchet slashes. This was the symbol commonly used to signify ownership of property or goods by the Crown, in this case to be owned and used solely by the Royal Navy. Any tree of a diameter of twenty-four inches and greater at twelve inches from the ground, with “a yard of height for each inch of diameter at the butt” was blazed with the broad arrow. Violation by the colonists of this rule would be assessed a fine of £100. Persons appointed to the position of Surveyor-General of His Majesty’s Woods were responsible for selecting, marking and recording trees as well as policing and enforcing the unlicensed cutting of protected trees.
Use of the broad arrow mark commenced in earnest in 1691 when the revised Massachusetts Bay Charter included in its last paragraph a “Mast Preservation Clause” stating (original language):
Good post! The royal confiscation of trees was an important, and generally forgotten, detail in colonial history.
There are a few lakes in Maine that have sunken logs with the kings mark still on them, although a bit degraded.
EDIT:
That said, here is another little lesser known issue regarding boundaries from that era:
http://www.britannica.com/event/Aroostook-War
Could get real Interesting..
may you live in Interesting Times.....
"Come and take it" LOL.... you have to get delivery first.
These guys know the fiat ponzi scheme dead. The architects of said ponzi scheme should hang from the gallows too.
"Come and take it" LOL.... you have to get delivery first. Its a little too early to be spitten yur tabaki in de otter guys eye.
You know what else is also usable as money, stored in a great big warehouse with guards, divided and apportioned electronically...?
Weed. Dried and cured cannabis flowers, hashish, and butane hash oil--produced to a certain quality standard, vacuum sealed, and put on the shelf...with floating valuation based on free market principles.
Gold has to be mined from the ground; a hundred billion dollars' worth of weed can be grown in one year in any Eastern state or Texas, easily, were it made a state-level effort.
There is always ways for an individual, group, or society to succeed and exchange value in peace and dignity; our fates are not dependent on the Feds' charity.
Somewhere in this plan is a speed bump called supply and demand.
What kind of speed bump is that, exactly? Demand for cannabis FAR outstrips the supply.
"...a hundred billion dollars' worth of weed can be grown in one year in any Eastern state or Texas, easily, were it made a state-level effort."
Part of your assertion is that it is easy to increase the supply.
1 - Stock a massive warehouse full of weed
2 - Issue currency
3 - Price per unit starts at a low level and then floats on an open market, with the biggest fluctuations (slowly, over many months, rather than moment to moment) basically being due to how good the weather was that year. Price of this currency will be highest in summer, and lowest in fall/early winter, particularly in the first years as things stabilize.
4 - Fluctuations are smoothed out by operators who focus on making their production systems work reliably year-round, stabilizing the supply, and rightfully gaining for themselves a larger share of the profit when the currency price increases due to low supply.
5 - The demand for cannabis today is only a shadow of what it WILL be when it's finally legalized. There are MANY useful products which can be made from this plant, not just flowers to smoke.
Gold and silver are not the only viable currencies in the world!
Point is, there's nothing to take. The vaults are empty. However, there's plenty of Tungstan
Awesome. Now we can create that light bulb depository I've always dreamed about.
Texas should simply license GoldMoney's system. It's a pay-pal-like electronic transaction system on top of gold depositories.
The system's been developed already. Why make this more difficult than it needs to be?
You transfer ownership of the gold you own, so there's no "coining" of anything. It's just gold....
It is about trust. Previous systems did not have repothicated gold and it was still stolen.
Ask Corzine whether having a serial number in a spreadsheet stopped him from stealing physical gold from customers?
i hope they have better luck than the germans
.......from a State that gets over 30% of their "income " from FEDGOV? LOL
Right.
The vast majority of which is Militray ... you stoopid fuck. Phlegm your Huff Post bulsshit elsewhere.
and...STFU.
Clowns on Acid? Yea, ok.
http://townhall.com/columnists/taddehaven/2013/06/25/how-much-does-your-...
40%
http://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-gove...
COA = all hat and no cattle.
We are One,if not only state that gives the Feds more than they give us.
Latest data dude.Also Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
Our GDP, is equal to Austraila's.With 3 million more folks on less land.
Doszap: We are One,if not only state that gives the Feds more than they give us.
Link?
look it up yourself, dumbass... it's common knowledge...
WaHoo! I love this story so far. 3 cheers for Texas and prayers for them.
They already took it. And they didn't even have to come to Texas. You handed it to the Tribe.
Too late. The Fed already confiscated Texas' gold.
and ww3 for gold started.
You have gold only if you can touch it
No problemo.
The Kenyan will simply declare it to be his gold.
Render unto Obama the things that are Obama's, and unto God the things that are God's...
(sarc)
The Fed will give Texas its gold.... after a 25 year long approval process.
Something stinks.
Byrds, Planes, and an AutomobileOne of the men with whom the truth may lie, concerning the JFK assassination's links to the University of Texas, was one of UT's most ardent supporters who happened to own the building that has become synonymous with the assassination. His ties to UT are well known. His numerous ties to the assassination are lesser known. One of his least known ties, it appears, is to the UT Rambler
http://www.acorn.net/jfkplace/09/fp.back_issues/17th_Issue/rambler3.html
http://spot.acorn.net/jfkplace/09/fp.back_issues/17th_Issue/rambler1.html
http://spot.acorn.net/jfkplace/09/fp.back_issues/17th_Issue/rambler4.html
Well first off, it won't be the Fed's that come and take it. Drones, tactical nukes, etc.
Texas will get their gold when the FED decides that they get their gold.
Or which country is U.S. going to go to war with to be able to repatriate Texas gold. Remember, Germany is already in line. My guess is Texas will get 10 ounces, and need 12 more years to deliver the rest.
If Texas actually gets any gold back from the Fed, you can count on the feds indeed coming and taking it when they want it. Wonder how many Texans are willing to go down defending it in the end? I'm guessing that number is pretty close to zero where the rubber meets the road.
Texas.defeated another country before.
The DC powers should roast for neglecting immigration law. Its not just Texas that gets hurt, its all the usa. Our society has been diluted by people that have no intention of assimilating and are sucking the life out of our country.
Who can respect the law when there is no law?
"I'm guessing that number is pretty close to zero where the rubber meets the road."
Just because you are a fucking pussy doesn't mean other men are.
Yellen "release the hounds. Insolence will not be tolerated."
I said it before and I'll say it again...WITHOUT THE BOMB TO DETER, just wastiN time and money!
get the bomb, sleep easy boy's
Luna-man, Texas had nukes, they just decided to sell them.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/05/20/too-classified-to-publish-bush-n...
If the Feds mess with Texas they'll send moar Mexicans up north ... that's teach 'm!
And fire ants.
Texas better get ready to put a tear in their beer when they find out that there ain't no gold in them hills of New York...
Have fun with your gold plated tungsten, y''all
Couldn't they just sell what is in Washington and buy some new gold?
Go Texas! Get another 37 states to follow your lead and maybe we can get our Constitution back! (unless the feds choose to ignor Article V too).
The troops are in Texas.
A false flag EMP – obliterate 12,000,000 folk in an ISIS style house to house rampage then dump them in a mass grave…. Blame it on the nuke.
That is beyond impossible to pull off
No, it will fit on a 18 wheeler just fine.
The size will fit. The weight will not.
Dupe
Listen to this, I read somewhere else….
A God is roasting California (drought) right now so that when the nuke (flame) goes off there the land will be scorched (ash) along with the fat humans (lard) which will make, “SOAP” (Tyler Durden)! “And the lands shall be cleansed…”
wow, this is really a black swan flying out of left field
No, it's bullshit. It's about as real as the "diamond" rhinestones on an old lady's denim jacket in Dallas.
Prove me wrong Texas come on! That's a challenge if you didn't get the hint. Seriously, get your shit together Texas. (see my comment above)
Put down your beer sergent and.re-read the article.
Texas is taking steps to provide for.its own security. We are building a vault to hold our gold in, because we are getting our shit more and more togetherer.
We have our own grid and no state income tax, though I admit my property tax is pretty onerous, but I work hard and like living in a nice neighborhood. I like that I can water the lawn wearing a sidearm. I like fishing around Galveston and Lake Somerville and I've never been out of work in 31 years. The police have always been courteous to me, but of course I dont do stupid shit that attracts their attention.
The bashers need to convince me their state is better and.why. Otherwise, COME AND TAKE IT.
I totally understand that Texas is trying to get their shit together, but there is an awful lot of unfounded pride in texas, and a ton of sleeping derpy dipshits there. I understand that statement applies to other states even to a greater degree, but the level of pride is both unprecedented and unfounded in TX, and is kind of dangerous. It's more of a brand than truth at this point. I really just want Texas to live up to it's reputation. It hasn't so far.
My rambunctious poking at Texas is with the intent that it will motivate some people to clean it up, while tempering the pride. I wish for Texans to see things for what they are and get it fixed because the self esteem of Texas is far above reality at this point.
Unless you are a Texan, you cannot understand that if pride is a sin, then I am a sinner.
Is it bragging if it can be backed?
The first word spoken from the lunar surface was " Houston"
Texas is one of two states to be independant nations.
Texas won a war of independence, just like the United States.
Enough of that. That stuff was.a.long time ago. This is good stuff happening today. Im also glad the rains are.refilling Lake Travis.
There is so much more, and I admit I don' t know everything there is to know about the other 49 and everyone is proud of their state, just becauze its theirs.
I like to think our pride is.in fair proportion to our geographic area. Is that fair?
A lesson I learned a long time ago: Pride is dangerous. Always be humble. Humility is a virtue, pride can be very dangerous, and an incredible vice. Pride begets overconfidence which begets people being cavalier and doing stupid shit which gets your friends killed. Nobody I know of has been killed because of their humility. Think carefully.
I have had friends killed however due to some asshole's pride.
A line on a map is just that. It means little. It certainly doesn't make you neighbors or make a community by itself. Community requires relationships. That should be the center of our world: community. Community can be configured in innumerable ways and configurations, but the most basic is your neighborhood. "Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The bashers need to convince me their state is better and.why. Otherwise, COME AND TAKE IT."
Hell Yeah Buster! I'm in Alabama and all these fucking Yankee assed, gay motherfucking pussies need to step up and spell out where they live and what their State is doing that is better.
Of course they won't, because they can't.
It's a simple question people - if Texas is so bad, exactly WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR STATE DOING THAT IS BETTER?
Put up or shut up. lol. #Whatabunchofloserqueers.
you portrayed the perfect example of what I was trying to write about. Are you a method actor? That was excellent!
Don't be obtuse. Nobody is saying their state is better... they're all the same and you know it. Or maybe not... Texans are fucking dumb, because they actually believe this is anything more than bluster and bullshit to appeal to a certain audience. Texas is never going to take delivery, and the governor damn well knows it.
This state's rights bullshit is just that. If you really think your state government, if granted sovereignity, would be any better at all than the federal? if so you're a moron. Government is evil. Period. Loyalty to any political entity is fucking retarded.
A sovereign Texas gov't would do a good job initially, at least until the BIS / IMF get their guy in there, like a Woodrow Wilson, and then you'd see a central bank in Texas and the gold will disapear again.
So if Obama takes the chop sticks to Texas, are we supposed to posse-up in St. Louis and go in for the good citizens?
Or watch from afar like we do those Minutemen guarding the southern border.
Lie back and think of England.
While sipping a Samuel Adams?
On the other hand, perhaps U.S. troops are in Texas as a precaution. Perhaps they’ll process the citizens who flee in from the other areas of the CONUS.
There's a saying that Texass needs to learn "Don't mess with the 49 other states that make up this country. You might just your ass kicked."
Or maybe the other 49 states could try gain some of their freedom back, instead of just blindly following their overlords obama and janet
Well for my part I can assure you I would LOVE to have Texas leave the other 49 and be its own country LIKE IT WAS ORIGINALLY.
I'm sure Texass won't turn down Federal aid paid for by 49 state taxpayers to cover their idiots living in flood plains.
Well done Texas. Thatll piss a few people off. For people with a bit of gold, it should give them another place to store their gold which is still in the USA. Smartest places are probably Singapore and Australia. (Australia has close to 10,000 tons still in the ground)
Games coming to an end anyway, so very smart to grab their gold and keep it in their own depository down in texas.
And if the facists come for the Texas gold and the boys get masacred, it will be the final straw for revolution in the USA.
It wont be 50 states against Texas, itll be 50 states of citizens against the government. (No wonder they were stocking up with 1.6b rounds of ammo- touch scared are they).
Looking from outside your a tinder box anyway. Only take a few more sparks. And probably very few places in the world with as many highly trained armed forces personal who are now citizens. If it did start, and would be so horrible, but you guys would get yourselves organised so quickly because youve been trained your whole lives for it. Just a change of clothes.
There was a time maybe 60 years ago when people from all around the world wanted to become American citizens. Not now. You couldnt pay me to take US citizenship. And im saying that nicely. Lots and lots of really nice and good american citizens but your living in a decaying carcase of what was once a great idea, until the maggots got in and started consuming everything that was good about America
Its interesting to see how many candidates are standing for the Republican nomination. Shows the widespread unhappiness on the conservative side of politics. Even Trumps having a go!
Americans absolutely love their country. They love the belief of what their country is supposed to be.
But a very big chunk of them now hate their government and the loss of what it once was. Many of them are awakening very slowly. Probably why the elite will move their operations off shore. They cant take much more without the citizens biting back.