From Jim Hughes:

With all the waste that is going on in DC most of you know of my desire for
Texas to peacefully and legally Secede and be our own country again. If the
liberal Northeast and the West Coast leftwing tree huggers want to tax and
spend themselves into oblivion then let them do so, I just don't want to be
a part of that movement if I can legally avoid it any way...

World history has shown that various countries change boundaries on a
regular basis over time. Think about the huge amount of the earth that Great
Britain controlled as recently as the early 20th century. Now they are much
smaller and those other land masses that they controlled basically run their
own governments AS THE PEOPLE OF THOSE AREAS BELIEVE THEY SHOULD.

I don't find legal and peaceful secession to be anti-American, but simply a
natural process that occurs traditionally. Most of the land mass of the USA
voted for McCain in the last election, yet Obama won the election with most
of his votes coming from the urban areas of the country which--of course--are
the areas that receive large amounts for our hard earned tax dollars in
various subsidies.

The Glenn Beck show on Fox, Tuesday June 23rd, (today) is hosting a show about the
movement for Texas to legally secede.

Please watch the Glenn Beck show or set your TIVO to record it. On Dish
Network his show airs at 4 PM Central (5 ET) on channel 205 (or channel 360 on the
other satellite network) and the rerun is very early the next morning if the 4 PM time conflicts.

Thanks,
Jim

PS #7 Below


http://www.texasnationalist.com <http://www.texasnationalist.com/>

Secession Myths

1. The entire question of secession was settled during the Civil War.
Myth Busted - the application of Federal military might to invade, occupy
and forcibly repatriate the Southern states in no way answered the legal
question of the legality of secession. In point of fact it can rightly be
<http://www.secessionist.us/elcid/unconstitutionality_of_using_for.htm>
argued that the Federal government exceeded its delegated powers by using
force against a the states.

2. Secession is the same as revolution and revolutions always mean
bloodshed.
Myth Busted - A revolution is a change in government, secession is merely a
separation of governments, a divorce or a disillusion of a compact.

3. No state has ever seceded anywhere in the world.
Myth Busted - recent examples would include, Montenegro, Lithuania, Estonia,
All of the former Soviet Republics, and even Scotland regained some of her
sovereignty in 1999 (something she lost in 1805)

4. If one or more of the various states secedes it will likely end up no
better than a third world country, isolated, alone and poor.
Myth Busted - Not true, a free Alaska would be Saudi Arabia with snow,
California would be the world's 7th largest economy.  Other states would, of
their own choosing, form trade alliances and various confederations or even
federal unions.  The point is these would be on their terms, government of
and by the people.

5. The United States was born on the 4th of July 1776, a state has no right
to leave.
Myth Busted - The United States was not born in 1776, that was thirteen free
and independent colonies shedding the yoke of imperialism.  The United
States was born with the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, its
parents being the free and independent states.

6. If a state were to leave the Union it would mean war, the Federal
government would never allow it.
Myth Busted - This myth plays right into the very notion of tyranny and
governmental control.  If the Federal government were to invade a state
seeking to establish self-determination, using the very same justification
found in the Declaration of Independence, would that act in and of itself not
be enough to convict the Federal government of tyranny? Governments are
supposed to do what the people allow, not the other way around.

7. Secession is treason, secessionist are traitors.
Myth Busted - The love of one's state is not treason, loyalty to one's home
is not treason.  The belief in government of and by the people is not
treason.  The belief in the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, reserving all
rights not specifically delegated to the Federal government to the States
and People, is not treason.  Tyranny, oppression and perversion and
usurpation of the Constitution is treasonous.

Forwarded by Bruce Hopkins
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