================================================ Subject: Re: Survey 1 of 2 From: "Kevin L. Brown" To: Date: Sat 4 Aug 2001 10:27:28 -0700 ================================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackson Crawford" > There has never, never, been a legal document making Texas a state of > the Union, because the United States cannot make the captured territory of > an other nation a state! That's because the secession was never recognized. Texas had a seat in Congress all the way through the Civil War, they just never sent anyone there. So as the US law sees it, Texas never was independent after 1845. > -Why do you think there's such a high federal military presence near every > major Texan city? Suspicious... Because Texas is geographically important. Great sea ports, central to the US, etc. Same reason Hawaii has a high military presence. > -Oh come on, you know how we Texian types are! Hell, my family's been here > since the 1820's. My kith fought and died to free Texas from Mexico in the > 1830's and from the U.S. in the 1860's - which haunts me, 'cause it seems > like a lost cause, especially if this damned "open border" crap with Mexico > gets passed. Texas already has an open border, it's just not official. In a few more years, Hispanics will outnumber your proud "Anglo" bretheren. Then you'll have to confront your bigotry face to face. > Don't get me wrong; I'm a proud American. But I'm a prouder Texian. There hasn't been a Texian since 1868. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp