We don't need to change the flag!

[Sancho]

Since Puerto Rico voted that they want to be a state, and Texas wants to leave the union, all we need to do is swap 'em out.

[Paladin]

1. 3.2 million Texans fail to see the humor.

That's how many of us cast votes for Obama this time around. As opposed to a few thousand malcontents who have signed that stupid secession petition, which even Rick Perry has disavowed. Even Ted Cruz, moron that he is, is making sweaty public comments about Texas going blue. But don't let any of this deprive you of a good laugh.....

[grantcart]

2. there are no red states

Just blue states and states that will be blue in the future.

Texas should become blue by 2016-2018.

And when Texas does go blue the Republican Party will become an interesting anachronism in history. At that stage it will split into the Republican-establishment party (Republican) and the Republican-fuck you party (Libertarian).


Until that time we will have to work on Texas county by county.

[liberal N proud]

3. We can move all the military bases in Texas to other states

Brooks City-Base
Dyess AFB
Goodfellow AFB
Lackland AFB
Laughlin AFB
Randolph AFB
Sheppard AFB

Fort Bliss
Fort Hood
Fort Sam Houston
Red River Army Depot

JRB Fort Worth
NAS Corpus Christi
NAS Kingsville
NS Ingleside (closed)

And Johnson Space Center will need to be closed

Forget about FEMA when the next hurricane hits.

[tanyev]

4. And Texas has no state income tax.

Oh, how quickly that would change if a fantasy secession ever happened. I'd give it a mattter of weeks before secessionist supporters started whining about how they were better off as part of the union.