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The following declaration has been making the email rounds.  This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it.  Some take what it says seriously and others regard it as just wishful thinking.  I take it seriously.  One of my brothers sent it to me this time.  I wanted to give him a thoughtful, realistic, Christian response.  After the original text of this declaration is my reply to my brother and to all who call themselves Christians.

Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union . (Reference the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848.

We Texans love y’all, but we’ll probably have to take action since B. Hussein Obama won the election.  We’ll miss you too.

Here is what can happen:

#1: Barack Hussein Obama becomes President of the United States , Texas immediately secedes from the Union .

#2: George W. Bush will become the President of the Republic of Texas .

So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?

1. NASA is just south of Houston , Texas . We will control the space industry.

2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.

3. Defense Industry — we have over 65% of it. The term “Don’t mess with Texas” will take on a whole new meaning.

4. Oil – we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states?  Sorry about that.

5. Natural Gas – again we have all we need and it’s too bad about those Northern States. John Kerry will have to figure out a way to keep them warm….

6. Computer Industry – we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications–small companies like IBM, Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.

7. Medical Care – We have the largest research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers.  Dallas has some of the best hospitals in the United States .

8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: University of Texas , Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston , Baylor, UNT ( University of North Texas ), Texas Women’s University, etc.  Ivy grows better in the South anyway.

9. We have a ready supply of workers. We could just open the border when we need some more.

10. We have essential control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.

11. 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 one. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over Chuck Norris and a couple of Texas Rangers.

12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let’s not forget seafood from the Gulf. Also, 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 Obama:

Since you won’t have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Obama will be able to drive around in his big 9 mpg SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.

You won’t have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellite communications.

You won’t have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Obama has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas as long as you survive the 2000 years it will take to get enough heat from Global Warming.

Signed, The People of Texas

P.S. This is not a threatening letter – just a note to give you something to think about!

SLEEP WELL TONIGHT THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU!!

Here is my reply to my brother.

Where does the idea come from that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union?  The compact whereby Texas was annexed to the Union does specifically give it the right to split into as many as five different states and may reserve to it the right of secession.  But do the other state compacts specifically prohibit them from seceding?  I doubt it.  The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America says that any power not given to the federal government by the Constitution is specifically reserved to the states and to the people.  Does the Constitution forbid the right of a state to secede?  No.  This is why the secession of the southern states in 1861 was legal according to the Constitution and why Lincoln trashed the Constitution by declaring war upon them for seceding, or, as he put it, to preserve the Union.

Do you want as President of the new Republic of Texas the man who has fought for open borders and who has imprisoned Ramos, Compean and Hernandez for doing what they were hired to do?  I sure don’t.

You must keep in mind, dear brother, that Texas has a bunch of flaming liberals within her borders.  I doubt that the freedom loving people of Texas have the cajones to stand up to the entrenched powers in Texas or any other state.  (I would love to be proved wrong!)

The first things that would have to be done in any new free state would be to limit the vote to those who understand and agree with the Constitution.  You will also have to outlaw any socialist institution, including, first and foremost, government schools.

God has given human beings 6,000 years to show that we can govern ourselves.  Human government has totally failed, whether in the political arena or in the church or in non-church organizations.  (I’ve been in contact with a couple of members of the Ichabod Community this past year, so I’m reminded of how even those who see themselves as godly can and do screw up big time.)  There is one, and only one, really constructive thing that we can do.  Pray, and pray earnestly, from the depth of your hearts, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

I’ll bet that you can’t even get that done in your own Church.  Oh, Christians have prayed that from rote memory for centuries, but few, very few, have prayed it as though it was their only hope for survival.  The very reason why the Christians in America won’t pray “Thy kingdom, Come!” is the same reason why we can find no hope in a new Republic of Texas.  (Oh, how I want to be wrong!)

But, if I am wrong, I’m moving to Texas, too.

Happy New Year, kid.

Your big brother,
Al the Terrible