Texian Independence Day!

One hundred and seventy seven years ago today, a group of men gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, and produced the Texas Declaration of Independence.  This group of Mexican citizens, living in the state of Coahuilla y Tejas, had grown tired of the authoritarian abuses of Mexico City, and the systematic rape of the wealth and productivity of the Texian people.

They declared themselves independent and set off a particularly brutal campaign by General de Santa Ana, who slaughtered peaceful farmers and burned towns to the dirt.  He killed thousands of people, with the worst having been at the Alamo in what is now San Antonio, and a small town called Goliad in Southeast Texas.

After a rather nasty sweep across East Texas, Santa Ana pitched camp on the banks of Buffalo Bayou, on a tongue of land at a bend in the river.  One thousand five hundred Mexican troops bivouaced there and tried to wash the Texian blood off their hands and clothes.  An additional 5,000 troops were scattered across the region.

Meanwhile, as legend has it, a beautiful young woman of mixed heritage, known to history only as the Yellow Rose, volunteered to go into the camp and keep Santa Ana distracted.  At the same time, General Sam Houston's small army massed only a thousand yards away, with his 900 troops.

Deciding on a surprise attack, Houston chose siesta time in mid-afternoon, when the Mexican army would be napping.  In fact, they were so relaxed that they forgot to post scouts, and Santa Ana was otherwise engaged with the Yellow Rose.

The 900 Texians came blazing into the camp while the Mexicans were still trying to put on their pants.  The battle raged for 18 minutes, before Santa Ana fled with a handful of soldiers.  The 900 Texians killed more than 600 Mexican troops, and captured over 700 more, while only loosing 9 Texians.  It was April 21, 1836.  It is still the most decisive and shortest battle in western history.

Santa Ana was later captured trying to skedaddle back to Mexico, and in a famous scene memorialized in the Texas capitol, he signed surrender papers  and was sent back to Mexico City to sue for recognition of Texas' independence.

Ultimately, the Texians formed a nation that stretched from the Rio Grande to southern Wyoming, taking in parts of modern day New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas.  Those latter parts were sold the US for what is worth $1 trillion in silver today, in order to pay off the war debt and jump-start the ailing economy.  The US, of course, never paid.

Instead, US president Polk and Texian president Houston made some backroom deals to 'annex' Texas as a state.  This is in spite of both constitutions not granting powers of annexation, and overwhelming public sentiment against such a move.  Houston's name has since been besmirched as a traitor to the nation he helped to found.

The US wanted a buffer against Mexican invasion, since they were stealing land from Mexico right and left.  They didn't trust the Texas nation to side with them in this effort, so Polk made it a campaign promise to steal Texas and use it to shield their worthless hides.

However, the Texian people were not happy about it, and 18 years later voted overwhelmingly to secede from the US and become independent once again.  The last battles of the US War of Yankee Aggression were fought in Texas, as the Yankee bastards tore through the country, much like Santa Ana, killing and burning everything in sight.

The US army eventually came to the capitol in Austin and lined the Congress up on the lawn in front of a firing squad, threatening to shoot every one of them if they didn't pass a law declaring Texas a state again.  The cowardly Congress did it.

A sham election followed in which only people who swore allegiance to the US were allowed to vote.  Needless to say, that vote was a fraud that has been perpetuated to this day.

Modern Texians have won court cases granting Texas 'captive nation of war' status, and granting the Texian people a judgement in the amount of $1 trillion in silver.  Both have been soundly ignored by the tyrannical US government.  Efforts continue, however, to free Texas from the occupying forces and free her to once again take her place among free nations of the world.

Today, Texas is the size of Germany, with an economy that would rank it #11 among the world's largest.  The population has exploded from several hundred thousand to nearly 30 million.  Some of the largest high-tech companies in the world are in Texas, and it has the only hydrogen plant in the world, and the US' only weapons-grade plutonium plant.

The Texas capitol is taller and bigger than the US capitol, and is made of native pink granite.  By law, it is the tallest building allowed in Austin.  The floor of the capitol still bears the seal of the Republic of Texas, and the portraits in the Grand Gallery begin with the Texas presidents.

When I was a kid, today was still a holiday.  It was celebrated more vigorously than July 4th, with the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo as the central event.  Texas is known throughout the world as the global center for cowboys and petroleum.

I'm proud to say that my family has been instrumental in Texas history.  The first European medical doctor in Texas was my great-great grandfather, Gideon Linscom, whose studies of Kickapoo medicine and work with the Apache and Comanche indians earned my family the crossed arrows of brotherhood.

My great uncle was one of the first prosecutors to be admitted to Texas Supreme Court practice.  My father served in the Legislature for 12 years, was very nearly governor, and was a key figure bringing down the Johnson Machine and the current dominance of the Republican party in Texas.  Rick Perry owes him a debt of gratitude.

Finally, my great-uncle, William Davis Durham, is listed among the 900 on the wall at San Jacinto as a hero of Texian independence.  I am a seventh-generation Texian, with roots that are deep in the Heart of Texas.

Happy Independence Day to my beloved Republic.  Here's hoping that she will one day stand free again from the claws of tyranny, and take her rightful place among the great nations of the world.

The Texian Supremacy

Today is a very important day.  More important than March 2nd, though not by much.  Today is San Jacinto Day.

Now for those of you who are not fortunate enough to be Texians, let me explain.

Once upon a time, there was a Mexican state called Coahuila y Tejas, in the northern reaches.  Mexico had won a hard-fought battle against Spain and gained its independence.  The country was fresh with energy and encouraged settlers from North America to come take land grants in the region.  Things were happy and exciting.

Along comes President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.  This little gem, who shares many things in common with Barry Soetoro (a.k.a. - Barak H. Obama), decided he needed to be king, so he cancelled the Mexican Constitution, disbanded the Congress and took on dictatorial powers.

That didn't cotton too well with the good Texian people.  They just wanted to live in peace, away from the US, where they could pursue their right to happiness without the oppression of their militant neighbor to the east.  So a bunch of farmers got together and kicked a little butt on the local Mexican army/police.  Then they sat down at Washington-on-Brazos, in East Texas, and wrote up the Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836.

Well, old Santa Anna didn't like them uppity little farmers getting so full of themselves, so he dispatched the Mexican Army to go up there and kick a little Texian tail.  He even came to join in the fun, and personally led the horrific slaughter of 250 men, women and children at the Alamo, who bravely fought off the thousands of Mexican regulars and bought time for Sam Houston and the Texas Army to gather strength and tactical position.

The blood still dripping from their swords and death in their eyes, the Mexicans marched on Goliad and a few other towns, and laid waste to them, as well.  They ruthlessly slaughtered every human in sight and hung corpses on trees as warnings to anyone who dared stand up to Santa Anna's megalomaniacal ambitions.

By the time the Mexican Army reached San Jacinto, just outside of present day Houston, they were feeling pretty full of themselves.  After all, they had soundly defeated so many poor farmers and their wives and children.  They were unstoppable now!  They camped out on a little tongue of land, under a grove of cottonwood trees, and relaxed a bit on the banks of the San Jacinto river.  Santa Anna availed himself of a young half-breed woman, known as the Yellow Rose of Texas, who had volunteered to help take down the Mexican forces.

Thus distracted, Santa Anna let his guard down and felt at the top of his game.  The rest of the army got a bath to wash off the blood of their evil, not unlike their federal counterparts to the east, when dispatching natives to the Great Beyond.

At dawn the next morning, the Texians attaacked.  A couple of thousand men under Sam Houston (my kin William Davis Durham among them) charged full on into the Mexican camps.  The Mexicans were caught completely unaware and with their pants down, literally.  They had made the fatal mistake of camping on a peninsula, so they had no where to run but to jump in the river, which Santa Anna did.

The small Texian army swept through and in 19 minutes, they had killed over 600 soldiers and captured more than 700.  In the process, the Texians lost nine good men.  This brief moment has become known as the most decisive and swiftest battle in Western history.  Shows you what happens when you Mess With Texas.

Santa Anna, who ran like a bony dog, was caught the next day, dressed in rags and making his way down was is now becoming the insulting and treasonous NAFTA highway.  He was taken to Texian headquarters near present-day Austin, where a few weeks later he signed the surrender under what is now called Treaty Oak.  The famous painting in the Texas national capitol depicts the scene, with Deaf Smith cupping his ear to the left of Sam Houston.

Santa Anna was sent home in disgrace, and thought the treaty did not stipulate Texas' nationhood, it made many key concessions to local leadership.  Later, the US, UK, Netherlands, and France would recognize Texas' nationhood by treaty.  Of course, the US only did it because they had designs on the Colorado and California gold mines.  And they could use a bunch of tough Texians to run interference for them on the southern flank while they stole the western territories.  The Bastards.

I made several attempts, as Secretary of State, to repatriate the Alamo flag, which is sitting in a drawer in the Mexican National Museum.  They won't turn loose of it.  I guess they want to gloat on the lopsided slaughter of great Texians like Bill Travis, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett and John Wayne (grin).

It just goes to show what a small number of people, with righteousness on their side, who are defending their lives and their freedom, can do.  The Texians show be an example to us all that, even when the odds appear overwhelming, events conspire to uphold those who are true and honest to their cause.

On April 21, 1836, a miracle happened.  It happened because those men believed in what they were doing, and they were defending their rights and way of life.  People from all over the world came to the aid of Texas back then.  Imagine what would happen now, in the Age of Communications, if a few stalwart folks stood up to tyranny and said, "No more!"

Oops...don't have to imagine.  Just look at Egypt.  LOL!

Remember the Alamo!  Remember Goliad!

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Texians Draw Fire

As is often the case, any argument in favor of an independent Texas usually draws heated responses.  Most run to the fact that Joint Resolutions of Congress fairly annexed Texas into the Union, and that the election of 1845 was fair and legal, both points of which are patently false.  But, let's allow one of our more articulate readers make the points:

I have no problem with your opinions as expressed on your blog - we are all entitled to our own opinion. We are not, however, entitled to our own facts.

"The US president Polk was elected partly on a platform to get Texas into the Union.  The only problem was that Texians had no desire whatsoever to join.  Any vote that came up was soundly defeated."

This is a complete falsehood. The referendum on annexation received 94.4% of the vote in favor of joining the USA.

OCTOBER 13, 1845
Annexation ordinance and state constitution submitted to the Texas voters for approval. (The vote tally on November 10, 1845, was 4,254 to 267 in favor of annexation; the total vote, compiled January 1, 1846, was 7,664 to 430 in favor of annexation.) 
Sure, you can claim that was illegal as well, but you certainly can't use the argument that the people of Texas were against annexation. And, if you claim that was illegal, you can't turn around and say that secession was OK because of a referendum.

As far as annexation via resolution being unconstitutional in the US:

DeLima v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 1 (1901)
"A treaty made by that power is said to be the supreme law of the land, as efficacious as an act of Congress; and, if subsequent and inconsistent with an act of Congress, repeals it. This must be granted, and also that one of the ordinary incidents of a treaty is the cession of territory, and that the territory thus acquired is acquired as absolutely as if the annexation were made, as in the case of Texas and Hawaii, by an act of Congress."

And as far as secession, it was illegal once Texas' government and people chose annexation:

Texas v. White, United States Supreme Court, (1868) 
"The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States." The court did allow some possibility of the divisibility "through revolution, or through consent of the States."
Q. E. D.

Sorry, but by the standard of "the Will of the People," the people of Texas consented to annexation in 1845, and the nation they chose to join did not have an opt-out clause. They should have read the fine print. Actually, not even the fine print - the preamble says "to form a more perfect union." You don't get a "more perfect Union" by allowing states to leave at a whim.

Texas can be independent via the 49 other states agreeing to it, or by fighting and winning a war of independence. Good luck with either option.

One more small detail (and believe me, I skipped a LOT of items that are inaccurate in your post): Texas did indeed join the Confederacy. 

On March 23, 1861, the Texas Secession Convention ratified the CSA Constitution.

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/secession/23march1861.html

The people of the State of Texas assembled by delegates in Convention, ordain, That the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, adopted March 11th, 1861, by the Congress of the Provisional Government of said Confederacy, for the permanent government thereof, subject to ratification by the respective States, is hereby ratified, accepted, and adopted for the purposes therein expressed on the part of this State, acting in its sovereign and independent character.

This reader did a fine job of making my points, and I wish to thank him or her (was not clear from the information provided).  And to finish the argument, I simply need to point out that the words, "annexation of foreign countries" do not appear anywhere in either the Constitution of the united States or of The Republic of Texas.  Therefore, Joint Resolutions of Congress have no validity under either system of law.  It was no more legal or valid than the annexation of Iraq, which is also a captive nation of war.


So, let's examine the points one at a time, shall we?

The vote tally on November 10, 1845, was 4,254 to 267 in favor of annexation

 I re-iterate the point that annexation has no force under either Texas nor US law, nor under international law. Furthermore, 4,521 votes were registered in that referendum.  At the time, Texas had a registered population of roughly 200,000 people.  Damn it, Jim!  I'm an artist, not a mathematician, but that looks to me like about 97% of the population opposed, or at least didn't give a rat's (expletive) about joining the US.  And that assumes that the election was fair and lawful, which they rarely are.


Strike three comes with the vote to secede in 1861, which saw a 4-to-1 ratio vote in favor of independence a mere 18 years later.
Just to close the case, there were several attempts to vote Texas into the Union before the one cited by the reader, and those were completely rejected.  Thus, I question the veracity of the election, since the turn-out was so low and since it went in favor of Union, which had been rejected so many times before.


To address the reader's other point here, I did not claim that the 1845 election was illegal, I said that the 1865 election was, since only those who swore allegiance to the Union were allowed to vote.  Hardly a fair referendum, I'd say.


The reader goes on to quote DeLima v. Bidwell, which was decided 40-odd years after the fact and is the basis for the globalist take-over of the US at the present time through treaties such as Kyoto and Agenda 21, which any red-blooded Unionist would surely point to as treasonous.  I hardly find that conclusive, since grandfathering is considered illegal in our current system of law.  It's akin to outlawing the use of cars and then throwing anyone in jail who once used one before the enactment of the law.  And none of that argument makes the word "annexation" appear in the Constitution.  My copy is still bereft of any mention of the word.


Under international law, only a treaty has any force of law.  Joint Resolutions of Congress do not appear anywhere in the ICC or other international codes.  We are talking about relations between nations.  The reader is assuming a relationship akin to statehood.  Quite different beasts, that.


The reader goes on to say that the Union does not have an opt-out clause, yet in the First Amendment, the right of the people to associate is well understood and has considerable precedent.  The right of contract is also a fundamental part of Western law.  Joining an organization involves both association and contract.  If one party fails to live up to its obligations, then the other party has the absolute right to dissolve its bond.


This concept is at the very heart of the Declaration of Independence.  By the reader's argument, the colonies did not have the right to dissolve their bond with England, and so the very existence of the Union is without substance, therefore it does not have the power to annex or otherwise create States within itself.


By extension, if I were to join the Kiwanis Club under certain obligations and conditions, and the Kiwanis failed to meet their part of the bargain, I would not be allowed to quit the Club.  This argument is false prima facie.


The reader points to the concept of 'a more perfect Union.'  Yet, I would argue that not only was the Union dysfunctional at the time Texas and the Confederacy seceded, but in fact has become more so since that time.  Therefore, since the Union has failed to perfect itself, and has devolved from its original state, therefore ipso facto the States have not only the right but the obligation to dissolve from the Union, and seek to form yet a more perfect one outside the existing bounds.


As for the point about joining the Confederacy, the reader points to Texas' ratification of the Constitution of the CSA.  To that, I simply state that Texas acted in every way as a soverign nation, with president and Congress whose powers and activities were in every way equal to the president of the Confederacy and the US.  Does that sound like a subordinate state to a union to you?  I didn't think so.


I thank the reader for his or her well-reasoned argument and citations.  I agree that it is hard to sort out the truth in a land where autocratic fascism has rewritten the history books.  However, I also have the advantage of being a seventh generation Texian and the son of a politician/historian.  My information comes a bit more direct from the horses' mouth than most textbooks dare provide.


My family's root far exceed those of either the US or the Republic of Texas.  We helped found the Republic.  We also support and uphold the autonomy of the indiginous nations of the Comanche, Kickapoo, Lupan Apache, and Navajo, as well as others.  As conquered peoples of the American empire, we can certainly sympathize with their plight.


Sailing around planting flags does not claim the soil, any more than five flags on the face of the Moon make it the sole possession of the US.  The native rights of those who live on and work the soil are supreme, in any course of law.  That is something established in English law as far back as the Magna Carta, and even as far as Roman administrative law.  While the reader presents a fine argument, there are numerous holes in it, including presumptions and prejudices that hold no weight.  


I have posted the email in toto and I leave it to the good folks who come here daily to decide.  I clearly stated in my original post that I had neither the time nor the space to present the entire argument.  Therefore, there are many parts missing.  I invited the reader to examine the facts for themselves, just as I did.  I hope it is clear that I do not make decisions lightly or without ample proof.


In summary, I offer the words of Thomas Jefferson, who built a fine argument in favor of dissolving ties with England, that most Americans can find little fault with:

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

And from the Texas Declaration of Independence:

"When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was instituted, and so far from being a guarantee for the enjoyment of those inestimable and inalienable rights, becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression."

I see no further need to argue the point.  

Texians Arise!

A very important holiday passed last week.  I had intended a post on that day, but as Fate would have it, I was traveling and couldn't get to it.

The date was March 2nd, and the occasion was Texas Independence Day.

When I was a kid, we still got that day as a holiday from school.  Many businesses were closed and it was bigger in some ways than the Fourth of July.  The federales have slowly killed Texas culture over the years, trying to brainwash us into thinking we are Americans.  Of course, anyone who is born between Baffin Island and Tierra del Fuego is an American.  For one group of folks to claim that title is a little absurd.

I, however, am a Texian.  I am a seventh generation Texian.  My great-great uncle fought at San Jacinto.  My great-great-grandfather was the first European doctor in Texas, and his writings on Kikapoo and Comanche medicine are preserved at the University of Texas.  Another direct relative was one of the first Supreme Court justices (after the US take-over).  My great-uncle was a well-known courgar hunter in West Texas.  And in just about every town in east Texas, you can find a Grover Street.

So, when I say I am a Texian, I mean it.

For many years, I was active in the Texas Independence effort.  At one point, I was Secretary of State, and I was quite successful, which is why federal agents destroyed my family to stop me.  It was the same thing they had done to others in the movement.  When they can't figure out a way to slander you, they destroy your family  Standard Operating Procedure.

They tried for years to get me with the legal system, but I was pretty squeeky clean: college degree, gainfully employed and well-established in my profession and community.  The only thing they could possibly point to was my history of fighting traffic regulations, which I managed to beat more often than not.  What really tweaked them was when I filed for Texas' membership in the Unrecognized Peoples and Nations Organization (UNPO).  It's like a mini UN for nations that are seeking independence and recognition.  Members of UNPO include Taiwan, some of the 'Stans and various North American indian nations.

I had discussed Texas' situation with the chief of the Lakota, the Apache and the Comanche.  I was accepted by these people because of my great-great-grandfather, Gideon Linscom, who had received the crossed arrows, an honor which protects the family in perpetuity.

I had begun issuing Texas passports, some of which have been stamped by other countries, including the US, Mexico, and several European and African nations (de facto recognition).  Our case has come before federal courts and the ICC, and we have won every time, giving Texas the status of Captive Nation of War, similar to Iraq now.  The US federal courts have awarded Texians monetary damages in the millions of dollars, and even admitted that several members of the various groups are being held as political prisoners without cause.

Some items of proof of Texas' status are the fact that the Texas flag must be flown at the same height on a separate staff as the US flag.  The federal government may not own any land in Texas and must pay rent on any land used by the federal government.  The floor in the capital rotunda says, The Republic of Texas.  Standard order of business in each session of the Legislature is to consider a bill of secession.

But how did all this come about?

In 1836, the Texian people declared their independence from Mexico, which was under the dictatorial rule of Santa Ana.  There ensured a heated battle for the next six weeks, with terrible casualties on the Texas side, the Alamo not being the least of them.  It came down to the Battle of San Jacinto, on the plains east of current-day Houston.  Santa Ana, in his ego, had made a big strategic mistake and encamped on a tongue of land with only one means of escape without boats.  On April 21, 1836, in one of the most decisive battles in western history, the Texian army, under General Sam Houston, decimated the Mexican army and captured Santa Ana in 19 minutes.

Santa Ana surrendered and was returned to Mexico in disgrace, while Texas went on as an independent republic for nine years.  However, the US, in its on-going quest for empire, was salivating over Texas as a bulwark against Mexico in its quest to steal the western lands, and especially California's gold.  Also, during this time, Texas sold its northern territories to the US for several million silver dollars.  That area is now parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.  That debt was never paid and now amounts to roughly $7 trillion, with interest and inflation.

The US president Polk was elected partly on a platform to get Texas into the Union.  The only problem was that Texians had no desire whatsoever to join.  Any vote that came up was soundly defeated.  After Polk's election, a series of backroom deals were done, with Sam Houston actually selling out the nation he helped to create.  Ultimately, the US and Texian Congresses passed Joint Resolutions declaring Texas a state in 1845.  Though the resolutions had no weight under Texas or US law, and there was no power in either Consitution to do this, it was accepted and done, and the US immediately moved in to start pissing on everything.

Then, in 1861, at the onset of the War of Northern Agression, Texians were given the chance to vote on statehood.  The vote was 4-1 against and Texas seceeded from the Union, though it was never legally part of it in the first place.  Though Texas sided with the Confederacy, it never formally joined, preferring to remain independent.

In the last battle of that war, federal troops left New Orleans and sailed into Galveston Bay.  The marched through to Austin and, at the point of a gun (literally), they forced the Congress to declare a new election on statehood.  The Congress, preferring to live on their knees to dying on their feet, gave in and the election was held.  Only people who swore an oath of loyalty to the US were allowed to vote.  Less than 200,000 people then proceeded to overwhelmingly make Texas part of the Union once again.

All was fine and good until a man named Richard McLaren started doing a little research.  When he discovered all of the above facts, and quite a few more, he went on a campaign to force the removal of Texas from the Union, using the federal courts and international law.  He was having some remarkable successes, needless to say.  In the process, he declared a large part of west Texas independent based on Spanish land grants and original title.  These were all legal and upheld in court.  He set up an Embassy there and used it as a headquarters for furthering the movement.

However, the federales were unhappy with this development.  They had just killed 80 people in Waco to keep Texan under control, and this was a dangerous development.  They set up McLaren with false charges and pinned some murders they committed on other members of the Texian group.  The Texians were jailed by a kangaroo court, where they remain to this day, despite the fact that the primary witnesses have recanted their testimony as false and the other charges have been shown to be without merit.  They are, thus, political preisoners of a fascist and illegal empire.

At any rate, the vote of 1865 has been declared illegal and a number of efforts are going forth to have a new referrendum on the matter.  Times being what they are, if the vote is held and is fair, it is likely to go overwhelmingly agsint the feds.

The story is, of course, much more complex.  This is hardly the forum for a detailed survey of events.  However, it should suffice to show that the movement is neither new nor crazy.  It is quite serious and has many legal implications that have occasionally made it to federal courts.

As for me, my wife was killed and my children kidnapped by CPS.  I was ultimately found guilty of unsavory politics and being male, both of which are de facto crimes in the US now.  I am living in self-imposed exile in the jungles of Borneo to protect my children.  My resignation as Secretary of State was refused and I still bear the Seal, so I am, for all intents and purposes, still the Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas.

Most Americans are blissfully unaware that things like this go on in their name.  They have been so thoroughly indoctrinated that they refuse to acknowledge that their federal government can commit such heinous crimes, both at home and abroad.  Thus, the feds get away with it.  There is little hope that the American people will wake up, as they are too busy worrying about who the next Idol will be and if Robert Downey Jr. will wear the Iron Man suit in the next sequel.  Meantime, thousands of people are dying and families are being destroyed in their names to build an empaire.  Enjoy your dinner, folks.

there are many good videos of Richard McLaren speaking, but for some reason they disappear off of YouTube rather quickly.  Here's about the only one I can find there.  There are many supporters who are very high-profile and well-known.  This is not a social club or half-hearted effort.  Many people have lost their lives, their fortunes and their families to fight this battle.  If you have to ask why you never read or see anything about it in the MSM, then please take another Welbutrin and go back to sleep.

If you're interested in getting active with the movement, you can get more information here, or see any of the websites linked through the Wikipedia article (although a lot of the truth is constantly deleted by federal agents who watch the page quite closely).  The one group that is affiliated directly with Richard McLaren is Convention Pro-Continuation of 1861.

Happy Birthday Texas!

The fun part is that when folks ask me what country I'm from, I always say, "Texas," even on customs and immigration forms.  The usual response is, "Oh, America."  To which I say, "No, Texas."  Many people can't imagine someone wanting to leave America, but after you've watched the destruction that the federal government perpetrates daily, and seen it first hand, it kind of kills the desire to hang out there.  So for me, my country is between the US and Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico.

You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, as they say.