my dream scenario

Here is our solution:

#1: Pass insane health care bill

#2: George W. Bush becomes the President of the Republic Of Texas.

So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?

1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (We will control the space industry.)

2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.

3. Defense Industry. (We have over 65% of it) The term "Don’t mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.

4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.

5. Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those northern states. John Kerry will figure a way to keep them warm....

6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.

7. Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world and other large health planning centers.

8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: UT Texas, A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University, Ivy grows better in the south anyway

9. We have a ready supply of workers. (Just open the border when we need some)

10. We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.

11. 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 we need it. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a couple Texas Rangers.

12. We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables and lets not forget seafood from the gulf. And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.

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 Obama: Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only Mr. Kerry will be able to drive around in his 9 mile per gallon SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.

You won't have any TV as the space center in Houston will cut off your communications. You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes but since Mr. Gore has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas.

Signed, The People in Texas

Have a nice day!

cowboy

I'm crushed.  the giant Jennings Anderson Ford cowboy statue is gone.  There's two steel posts remaining that held him in place.  Most people won't care, but EVERY single morning I drive past that statue with my kids and as we get close I yell out (in my best cowboy voice) "HOWDY KIDS.  HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!"  They think I'm a total dork and roll their eyes at me, but they were sad he's gone. 

today sucks.

this was front page news on Fox News. Seriously

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587931,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r3:c0.000000:b0:z5

gotcha

just thought I'd let you know that I got to play a good ol' fashioned game of hide 'n seek this weekend w/ my 6 and 4 year olds.  It was intense.  The 6 yr old would run and hide, and the 4 yr old would yell from his hiding place where his big sis was hiding.  And then they both would laugh.  We did this for almost two hours.  I never won, of course, via a technicality that I had not observed.  Twice the 4 yr old cried when he was "found".  One of 'em locked themselves in the pool shed.  I stepped in a huge mountain of dog crap.  If you didn't find them in a certain amount of time, they would simply yell "Olly Olly OxenFree!!" from their hiding spots, which means that I lost again. 

and I laughed so hard I cried.  If that's not simple pleasures, I don't know what is.