A friend sent me this and though most is rather "toungue in cheek", I thought the stats toward the end were very sobering.
Bill
OK, Folks. Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get
used to the results. If all you whiners out there don't give it a
rest, we Texans just might take matters into our own hands.
Here is a solution that would suit us just fine:
#1: Let Al Gore 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?
Well...
With NASA in Houston, we will pretty much control the space industry.
We currently refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
The 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? We might sell you some at $500 per barrel.
Natural Gas - Again we have all WE need.
Al Gore can invent a way to keep you warm in the Winter.... Heck he
invented everything else...
but since Mr. Gore has predicted global warming, you won't need the gas.
Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer
chips and communications: Small places like Motorola, Intel, AMD, Texas
Instruments, Applied Materials, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National
Semiconductor, Atmel, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi,
Nortel, Alcatel, Microtune, and the list goes on and on.
Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer
research, the best burn centers, and some of the top trauma units in the
world in addition to plenty of health planning and maintenance centers.
We have enough colleges to keep us going: Texas A&M, UT, University of
Houston, Rice, Baylor, SMU, Texas Tech, TCU, UNT, Texas Women's
University, ect... 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 the need arises. If the situation really gets bad, we can
always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a
Texas Ranger or two.
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.
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 Gore: Well, Good
Luck to ya.
Just a few notes on the REAL election results:
Total Counties won by Bush: 2,434
Total Counties won by Gore: 677
Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million.
Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
States won by Bush: 29
States won by Gore: 19
And another interesting fact....
Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 0.1
Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
Researchers found one more interesting fact that might help explain
these disparate murder rates.
Gun ownership in the counties won by Mr. Bush is much higher than in the
counties won by Mr. Gore.
Signed,
The People in Texas
Bill
OK, Folks. Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get
used to the results. If all you whiners out there don't give it a
rest, we Texans just might take matters into our own hands.
Here is a solution that would suit us just fine:
#1: Let Al Gore 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?
Well...
With NASA in Houston, we will pretty much control the space industry.
We currently refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
The 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? We might sell you some at $500 per barrel.
Natural Gas - Again we have all WE need.
Al Gore can invent a way to keep you warm in the Winter.... Heck he
invented everything else...
but since Mr. Gore has predicted global warming, you won't need the gas.
Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer
chips and communications: Small places like Motorola, Intel, AMD, Texas
Instruments, Applied Materials, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National
Semiconductor, Atmel, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi,
Nortel, Alcatel, Microtune, and the list goes on and on.
Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer
research, the best burn centers, and some of the top trauma units in the
world in addition to plenty of health planning and maintenance centers.
We have enough colleges to keep us going: Texas A&M, UT, University of
Houston, Rice, Baylor, SMU, Texas Tech, TCU, UNT, Texas Women's
University, ect... 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 the need arises. If the situation really gets bad, we can
always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a
Texas Ranger or two.
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.
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 Gore: Well, Good
Luck to ya.
Just a few notes on the REAL election results:
Total Counties won by Bush: 2,434
Total Counties won by Gore: 677
Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million.
Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
States won by Bush: 29
States won by Gore: 19
And another interesting fact....
Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 0.1
Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
Researchers found one more interesting fact that might help explain
these disparate murder rates.
Gun ownership in the counties won by Mr. Bush is much higher than in the
counties won by Mr. Gore.
Signed,
The People in Texas
