Secede
In the late 70s, under the administration of Jimmy Carter, the second-worst president in American history, I sported a bumper sticker with the Texas flag and the word "Secede" on it. Looking back it was droll that it was on a Triumph TR-7. One of my hopes is that the people in Washington will go on a binge of gun-grabbing; their explanation will be of course to protect us, but it will be to protect them from the citizenry. The Second Amendment was to let citizens feel more secure from their government.
Gun-grabbing in Texas would require a SWAT team for each house, I fervently hope, and would lead to a strong secessionist movement. Count me in.
A friend sent me this:
A very gentle Texas lady was driving across the Pecos High Bridge in Texas one day. As she neared the middle of the bridge, she noticed a young man fixing to jump. She stopped her car, rolled down the window and said, "Please don't jump. Think of your dear mother and father."
He replied, "Mom and Dad are both dead; I'm going to jump."
She said, "Well, think of your wife and children."
He replied, "I'm not married and I don't have any kids."
She said, "Well, Remember the Alamo"
He replied, "What's the Alamo?"
She replied, '"Well, bless your heart, just go ahead and jump, you dumb ass Yankee."'
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Dear Theo,
Even in my altered state, I feel compelled to respond to this. The women of the South have always, to their credit, kept their priorities straight, so to speak. I have for many years now thought that the only hope for Texas was to rid ourselves of the dead weight of the rest of the United States. I have yet to see any reason to think otherwise.