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Draco18s
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Lone Star State Of Mind: Could Texas Go It Alone?

Interesting story I heard on the radio the other day on my drive home, and while not related to ShadowRun, it provides an interesting perspective on how feasible a breakup of the states would be, and what this "Lone Star Country" might look like.
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- Draco18s   Texas Succeeds   Apr 1 2012, 12:16 AM
- - Glyph   The whole notion of splintering nation-states was ...   Apr 1 2012, 04:27 AM
|- - Draco18s   QUOTE (Glyph @ Mar 31 2012, 11:27 PM) The...   Apr 1 2012, 04:39 AM
|- - hobgoblin   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 1 2012, 05:27 AM) The ...   Apr 1 2012, 04:28 PM
- - Bigity   Yup, the biggest problem would be the roads. We g...   Apr 1 2012, 03:41 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Bigity @ Apr 1 2012, 08:41 AM) Yup...   Apr 1 2012, 03:44 PM
- - Glyph   QUOTE (Bigity @ Apr 1 2012, 08:41 AM) BUU...   Apr 1 2012, 05:52 PM
- - Method   I think all depends on the political climate. If T...   Apr 1 2012, 06:38 PM
- - Yerameyahu   'Secedes'. I read the title and I'm li...   Apr 1 2012, 06:41 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Apr 1 2012, 12:41 PM)...   Apr 2 2012, 02:14 AM
|- - Snow_Fox   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Apr 1 2012, 02:41 PM)...   Apr 2 2012, 02:44 AM
|- - Warlordtheft   QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Apr 1 2012, 09:44 PM) L...   Apr 3 2012, 01:13 PM
|- - Draco18s   QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Apr 3 2012, 08:13 A...   Apr 3 2012, 01:55 PM
- - pbangarth   QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Apr 1 2012, 12:28 PM) ...   Apr 1 2012, 07:50 PM
- - Starmage21   I'm actually more interested in the thought ex...   Apr 1 2012, 08:27 PM
- - Glyph   I don't see the U.S. ever becoming a tradition...   Apr 1 2012, 09:04 PM
|- - HaxDBeheader   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 1 2012, 09:04 PM) I do...   Apr 1 2012, 09:35 PM
|- - Draco18s   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 1 2012, 04:04 PM) I do...   Apr 2 2012, 01:36 AM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 1 2012, 09:04 PM) I do...   Apr 4 2012, 08:42 AM
||- - Warlordtheft   QUOTE (Sengir @ Apr 4 2012, 04:42 AM) Why...   Apr 4 2012, 12:36 PM
|||- - Sengir   QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Apr 4 2012, 01:36 P...   Apr 4 2012, 01:24 PM
||- - Glyph   QUOTE (Sengir @ Apr 4 2012, 12:42 AM) Why...   Apr 5 2012, 02:27 AM
|- - Irion   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 1 2012, 09:04 PM) I do...   Apr 5 2012, 11:25 AM
- - Yerameyahu   I assumed he was being darkly sarcastic.   Apr 2 2012, 01:46 AM
- - eudemonist   EDIT: Bah, didn't see the "RL" tag....   Apr 4 2012, 01:36 AM
- - Angelone   Texas has a lot of US military, Fort Hood alone ha...   Apr 4 2012, 01:50 AM
- - Snow_Fox   Armored brigade at Fort Knox in Kentucky, the Mari...   Apr 4 2012, 02:17 AM
- - Whipstitch   Texans certainly make up a sizable portion of the ...   Apr 4 2012, 02:22 AM
- - LurkerOutThere   Plus you have to factor in how many join to get th...   Apr 4 2012, 04:03 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Surely servicemen pledge to defend the USA, not Te...   Apr 4 2012, 04:52 AM
- - Glyph   Yeah, I don't see the U.S. turning over any of...   Apr 4 2012, 07:20 AM
- - Snow_Fox   The american Civil war started because the US woul...   Apr 5 2012, 02:39 AM
- - Warlordtheft   Also, the US is not divided geographically any mor...   Apr 5 2012, 04:15 PM
- - Irion   @Warlordtheft The question is always how it fits w...   Apr 5 2012, 06:26 PM
|- - hobgoblin   QUOTE (Irion @ Apr 5 2012, 08:26 PM) @War...   Apr 5 2012, 08:55 PM
- - Stahlseele   succeeds with what exactly?   Apr 5 2012, 06:34 PM
|- - Halinn   QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Apr 5 2012, 08:34 PM)...   Apr 5 2012, 08:13 PM
- - Adarael   I'd just like to point out that technically th...   Apr 5 2012, 07:12 PM
- - Nath   QUOTE (Adarael @ Apr 5 2012, 09:12 PM) I...   Apr 5 2012, 07:17 PM
- - Glyph   Hardwired gave us the archetypical T-bird rigger, ...   Apr 6 2012, 02:25 AM
- - hobgoblin   Well, the Oral Slasher in Augmentation seems fairl...   Apr 6 2012, 02:52 AM


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