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The cappuccino cowboy wrote:

I live four and a half hours by jet, from Texas.

I'm more along those lines
=P

***** Texas Birthday Reminder *****

Happy Birthday to President Luke MacPherson of Lichian! Please join us on the offsite forum wishing him a big ol' Happy Birthday! There is a card posted, we hope you all get to sign it! Or, wish him a happy one here! Happy Birthday President Luke!

The right hand of her majesty wrote:

So how many of you actually live in Texas?

I'm about a half hour south of Houston I-45.

Free crossbows for all Hmm, we are guessing that puts you right smack in Melbourne, but Myanmar, much of BFE China and much of BFE Russia are not out of the question. :)

Clear creek Depending on how fast you are going, that could land you right in the ocean!

The right hand of her majesty wrote:

So how many of you actually live in Texas?

*waves from Houston*

just outside of 610 & 290, north of I-10.

Free crossbows for all wrote:

Melbourne's correct.

Have y'all or are y'all talking about changing Australia's flag just like your neighbors are doing in New Zealand?

We were just checking out pix of Monterrey on Google and were surprised by the mountain and how sprawling Monterrey was - it is huge! So, we checked out the population - 1.1 million! Wow, that is one big city Empress!

However, we thought that until we checked out Melbourne... Holy Guacamole Batman! 4.1 million! To steal from an over-clichéd Australian, Now, that is a big city! And both have nice rivers, Melbourne wins in the skyscraper department, but Monterrey wins in the mountain count. Both have some lovely cathedrals.

Man, we thought Texas had some big cities! Y'all are both rocking it too!

**** New WA Resolution Notification *****

There is currently a new General Assembly Resolution at vote. When expressing your opinion, please note which Resolution it is for. And remember Texans, your individual vote does count!

The new Resolution is called:
"Explosive Remnants of War
A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare.

Category: Health Area of Effect: International Aid Proposed by: Separatist Peoples

Description:

Noting that unexploded ordinance left over from war can pose a serious threat to"...

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Sheesh! A new war Resolution! This is yet another attempt to legislate war. Well, it is post-war if you want to be technical. Our longstanding stance is that we do not think the WA should be allowed to write the Laws of War. War is war and each conflict varies from the next. There is no "perfect" war that can be run by a book such as the one the World Assembly is attempting to write. Sure, it would be great if every war was scheduled and signed off on before it began, but then again so would world peace and free cookies and milk every day. In this case, the WA wants to get into the business of mine removal a reporting. While this Resolution is well-meaning, we thing the WA should stay out of this activity. NewTexas will go on record as AGAINST on this Resolution. This is only the opinion of NewTexas. We look forward to other Texans' opinions and comments on this Resolution. If good arguments to the contrary are made, we will reconsider our position.

If you would like to take part in shaping the world you live in, please vote. Voting is a right and a privilege, please consider using it. And, if you are not a member of the World Assembly, we strongly encourage you to join.

All WA Member nations please vote. Please make your opinions known in Texas by 11:00pm Sunday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00pm Texas Time on Monday the 8th. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 4300 Votes AGAINST: 3601

Big Tex

PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!

***** Texas Saturday Breakfast *****

YeeHaw! Are your ready for some football, erm, Saturday Breakfast Santa Clara Style? Today we will be presenting Super Bowl Breakfast Saturday! Since the Super Bowl is in Santa Clara this year, we will be serving up a commensurate breakfast. We will start off with a couple of California Super Upscale Super Eggs Benedicts. The first is the Lox and Capers Benedict made with fresh in-house smoked salmon, two perfectly-poached genuine Texas grade A eggs topped with a super buttery Hollandaise sauce topped again with twangy capers served up on fresh, in-house homemade English Muffins toasted up all crispy with butter! Want to go a little funkier? We have the Spicy Crab Cake Benedict made from freshly-harvested Texas Gulf Coast Blue Crab meat, gently formed into a patty, fried up nice and crispy and topped with your choice of egg. Traditionalists will want to choose the poached, but fried and scrambled are viable options for the picky. If that was not enough, hold onto your britches, all that is then topped with a dollop of spicy Hollandaise kicked up with diced chipotles and cayenne pepper too! As the late, great Randy "Macho Man" Savage would say, "Oh yeah!"! We could/should stop right there and die happy, but those crazy Californians have more wackiness to offer for breakfast! How about a taco? The Super Porker Taco is pulled pork, scrambled eggs and bacon jam topped with pico de gallo! ¡Ay, Caramba! No breakfast would be complete without something sweet. We have Caramel Crumble Cinnamon French Toast! This beast is made from a cinnamon-swirl, super-eggy brioche bread, gently dipped in egg and fried up just right - crispy on the outside, soft and yummy on the inside. It is then topped with a bourbon pecan caramel sauce, sweet cinnamon coffee cake crumbles made from homemade Cinnamon Rolls and topped off with whipped cream. Woo! If you feeling like that is all a bit heavy, try the Cross Trainer Sandwich! This Santa Clara specialty is a freshly-baked, super-flaky croissant topped with a California-grown, fresh, ripe avocado, egg white omelet and grilled tomato. Since California is officially the Land of Fruits and Nuts, we will be serving up Fabulous Fruit Crepes made with a hand-picked selection of fresh berries and super-nutty granola, topped with some freaky Greek yogurt! The Juice Bar today is an all-California, all-funky selection - Kiwi Juice, Plum Promenade, Blueberry Blush, Nectarine Nectar, Peach Puree and the Super Freaky Celery-Garlic-Onion-Tomato Juice Bloody Mary for the adults in the crowd. Start your day off the right way; munch out and go back to sleep. Of course, The Never Ending Urn of Coffee is full and ready to help you wash it all down. Come on down and start your day right Texas. You know you want to!®

***** Texas Chat Reminder *****

The Texas Weekly Chat Session will be Saturday (TODAY) at High Noon Texas Time (CDT) ***Saturday***. And, if you can't be there right at Noon, that is Ok, Texas Chat usually runs 3, 4, 5 hours with some Chats running as high as 7 or 8 hours.

The new Chat Site is here if you want to go straight there: http://texasregion.net/blab70/login.php Please register with your nation name. This is a great opportunity for nations old and new to Texas to find out what is going on! We chat, we debate, we talk about the weather, we talk about stuff we like, stuff we hate, random stuff and more stuff. But, it is never stuffy. Usually, it is about meeting your fellow Texans and talking about the latest and most interesting stuff in NationStates at the moment. But then again, sometimes NationStates does not even come up. It is wide-open chatting with peeps from around The World both IRL and NS. It is Texans, EuroTexans, WannabeTexans, ex-Texans and Friends of Texans. We have it all and all are welcome. Texas Chat, 575 weeks and running! For the math-challenged, that is over 11¼ years! Check it out! Good stuff!

Gig em Aggies wrote:

Have y'all or are y'all talking about changing Australia's flag just like your neighbors are doing in New Zealand?

I think we might if we become a republic. The chance of that happening at this time however is...pretty slim.

Aww, Come on People? Nobody likes Cam?

Woo, that was a good Super Bowl! It was a battle of defenses. We are happy for Peyton Manning. Maybe this will shut up the haters from earlier this season. Poor Panthers never saw defense like that all season. Even halftime turned out ok despite the poor start by Coldplay. Bruno Mars, of all people, stepped up and saved it. Frankly, we were impressed. Yay Broncos!