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I've been inside of plenty of C-5's & 17's plus the KC-10's but this is the first time I flew in one. They took about 15 of us up for a 2 hour flight.
Hey yall, I just wanted say hi.
My grandpa went up in an operational B-17 at easterwood airport around the same time in high school years ago. I can't explain how many military craft I've seen but if you check out my YouTube then you'll see a majority of the stuff I've seen. My YouTube channel is your fubar
sup allies
***** State of The Region Address *****
July 27, 2014
It is our great pleasure to announce that once again, the long-awaited Texas Elections process has begun on the offsite forum! Second Trimester 2014 Texas Elections start ***TODAY***! Currently we are accepting nominations for 4 positions of the Texas Cabinet. We are also accepting nominations for the 8 positions of the Texas Representative Council! All nations are free to make nominations whether they are registered on the offsite forum or not. If you are not registered, we ask that you sign your post with your nation name and send us a telegram on NationStates so we can confirm it was your nomination and not someone off the street. Information and postings should be made here: http://invisionfree.invalid.com/forums/Texas/index.php?showforum=257 - it can also be navigated to by going to the URL in the Factbook entry above and then going to NationStates Texas Forum->Texas Government Forums->Texas Election Commission->Current Elections. Please note that there are two threads - one for the Cabinet and one for the Texas Representative Council. Please participate in both. There is also a place to make New Articles, Amendments & Repeals to the Texas Constitution.
The nomination process will be the first of three parts, each lasting one week. First, any Texan can nominate any other Texan for any of the positions listed (please read the rules on the post and in the Notes section). After a week of this activity, the next week will include any speeches or comments by the candidates, questions for the candidates and responses by the candidates; this will last seven days. Finally, polls will be created and the final voting will last for one week. Only Texans as of today - July 27, 2014 - will be eligible to vote.
Nominations close at High Noon (GMT -6) Sunday August 3, 2014. Constitutional matters close Sunday August 10, 2014.
Any questions about any of these positions can be asked publicly on this forum, privately by telegram to NewTexas, via Personal Message on the offsite board or by e-mail on that board. The URL for the Texas Forum is http://invisionfree.invalid.com/forums/Texas/
Thank you in advance for your participation! And, by all means, participate and Have Fun!
Long Live The Great Region of Texas!
Big Tex
Governor of Texas
I'm hope for Midget Supreez sake that we will win the Boxing, otherwise Ill be extremely upset at the Cult that keep stalking me
Howdy! How are you folks doin'?
The Cross Regional Games Committee would like to Welcome those who are planning to visit or are in the process of boarding a flight (magic broom also counts) a head of time
to Wysteria for The Summer Games.
The "De Gent" Olympic Park (nation=herzil/detail=factbook/id=217238) is getting ready for the Mass of Fans & Delegations that will arrive in the next two days.
Due to Security reasons The Observer's Seats wont be opened till Tonight at 8pm (Paris Time +2 UTC)
Wysteria Embassy in New Austin & Wysteria General Consul Offices in Kyle City will be closed starting from high noon today till the 30th of July.
Wysteria Ambassador & the General Consul will be departing to Wysteria for the Summer Games Opening Ceremony.
Mind you the General Consul will stay in Wysteria till the 20th of August as she's an acting judge at the games
The Honorary Consulate at Crystal City will act as the official Wysteria Government venue till the Ambassador Returns.
**** 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:
"Repeal "National Economic Freedoms"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Category: Repeal Resolution: GA#68 Proposed by: The Dark Star Republic
Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #68: National Economic Freedoms (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Strong) shall be struck"...
<see page=ga for full text>
Oh boy yet a new Repeal! This one is authored by a Texan no less using their WA nation located in another region [Absolutely amazingly anarchic armadillos]. When this one came around in October, 2009, Texans were pretty much split over this resolution - 7 for and 5 against. This is one of those that comes off all well-meaning and nice-sounding, but there are some hidden gems in that that ruined it for us. In partiuclar, we did not like how nation must compensate another government if it seizes any physical property or money from another government, individual or group. What the hey? If we "annex" somebody, we have to pay them back? The author lists many, many more reasons to repeal this one. As a reminder, the issue here is the REPEAL of the existing law. A vote AGAINST this Resolution means you are in favor of the existing law and do not want it repealed. A vote FOR this Resolution means you want the law off the books. NewTexas will go on record as FOR on this Resolution. 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.
The Texas response rate was flat on the last GA vote -- Convention on Fracking -- which was defeated after gaining only 35.48% of the vote. As a reminder, all we are looking for is a simple 10% of Texans to say one way or another. We are a force for change in the WA. Every vote counts! There were 6 publicly-expressed opinions on the last Resolution with the final Texas tally running 0 FOR and 6 AGAINST and 0 ABSTAIN and 0 UNDECIDED. Texans were unanimous! Yay!
Note: NewTexas has already voted on this Resolution in advance of publicly-expressed opinions. We did this at the urging of many leaders in the World Assembly. As we have been saying for years, Texas is a force in the WA. Many feel that Texas can influence the overall vote if it votes first. There is an observed "lemming effect" that occurs during voting. Apparently a large number of votes are cast based on whichever side of the issue is leading when voters vote. Therefore, to get the most impact from our vote, we are now voting first. We will re-evaluate our original vote at midnight prior to the current vote. As always, we are open to suggestions on how we should vote on this Resolution to most accurately reflect opinion of the populace. Comments are welcome from all nations, both WA Members as well as those who are not. Please make your voice heard on the current issue either on this message board or on our offsite message board. But, by all means, please vote on the WA Page!
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.
All WA Member nations please vote. Please make your opinions known in Texas by 11:00pm Wednesday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00pm Texas Time on Thursday the 31st. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 928 Votes AGAINST: 2205
Big Tex
PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!
**** New WA Resolution Notification *****
There is currently a new Security Council 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:
"Repeal "Condemn NAZI EUROPE"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Category: Repeal Resolution: SC#37 Proposed by: The Dourian Embassy
Description: WA Security Council Resolution #37: Condemn NAZI EUROPE shall be struck"...
<see page=sc for full text>
Oh boy yet another new Repeal! The invader march to clear the WA of any slurs to their "good" name continues. You may remember earlier this month when the crappy "Condemn The Black Riders" was repealed. Now the invaders do not want their name permanently etched on the region of Nazi Europe. We can't seem to imagine why since they seem to like to see their name scrawled on every other region of The World. We don't think there should be a time limit on how long invaders should be punished. As a reminder, the issue here is the REPEAL of the existing law. A vote AGAINST this Resolution means you are in favor of the existing law and do not want it repealed. A vote FOR this Resolution means you want the law off the books. NewTexas will go on record as AGAINST on this Resolution. 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.
The Texas response rate was down on the last SC vote -- Commend Sciongrad -- which was defeated after gaining only 30.93% of the vote. As a reminder, all we are looking for is a simple 10% of Texans to say one way or another. We are a force for change in the WA. Every vote counts! There were 4 publicly-expressed opinions on the last Resolution with the final Texas tally running 0 FOR and 3 AGAINST and 1 ABSTAIN and 0 UNDECIDED. Texans were almost unanimous.
Note: NewTexas has already voted on this Resolution in advance of publicly-expressed opinions. We did this at the urging of many leaders in the World Assembly. As we have been saying for years, Texas is a force in the WA. Many feel that Texas can influence the overall vote if it votes first. There is an observed "lemming effect" that occurs during voting. Apparently a large number of votes are cast based on whichever side of the issue is leading when voters vote. Therefore, to get the most impact from our vote, we are now voting first. We will re-evaluate our original vote at midnight prior to the current vote. As always, we are open to suggestions on how we should vote on this Resolution to most accurately reflect opinion of the populace. Comments are welcome from all nations, both WA Members as well as those who are not. Please make your voice heard on the current issue either on this message board or on our offsite message board. But, by all means, please vote on the WA Page!
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.
All WA Member nations please vote. Please make your opinions known in Texas by 11:00pm Friday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00pm Texas Time on Saturday the 2nd. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 1053 Votes AGAINST: 361
Big Tex
PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!
Taco Casa, a TX staple since 1972. NEVER diss the taco! ;)
Taco Cabana, another Texas staple since 1978! Mmm, tacos!
Fuzzy's Tacos in Fort Worth!
What about Taco Villa?
Sadly enough here in Aggieland we have all though's except Taco Villa
(Eyes tear up)
Having a party here and your all invited
wooohoooo
I'll bring burritos since theirs currently a severe taco drought going on here in Gig aggies. :)
This so unacceptable, a failed win attempt due to high heels Hippie of an athlete
and Congratulate Hotrodia for The Gold Medal
Mini Me, of Team NewTexas in the Cross Regional Games, is honored to have won a Bronze Medal with his partner Mr. Sparkles P. Pony in Steeplechase! Congrats to fellow Texan Hotrodia for winning the Gold Medal!
***** Texas Birthday Reminder *****
Happy Birthday to former Texas Vice President Dewey of Timdauwalter! Yay Dewey! 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! Dewey is one of the oldest Texans, having arrived 08/27/2003. Not too many with longer citizenship than him (looks at Ltlaliens, Rorchach & Furry Felines). We have discovered his secret - he has a beach named after him! Happy Birthday Dewey Buddy!
**** 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:
"Cyber Security Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
Category: International Security Strength: Mild Proposed by: Friday Freshman
Description: RECOGNIZING that in today's world, cyberterrorism is"...
<see page=ga for full text>
Ok, sadly enough the repeals are gone for the moment. It their place, we have this pathetic little piece of legislation that urges us, as a government, to "educate the public as to the dangers of the internet". Great, can you see the PSAs now with Mr. Mackey saying "Internet bad, M'kay? World Assembly Good, M'kay... M'kay?!?". The author went to the trouble to mention "non-state actor"s, but did not exempt them from anything. So any government cyber warfare would be illegal. This is a bad one. NewTexas will go on record as AGAINST on this Resolution. 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.
The Texas response rate was up on the last GA vote -- Repeal "National Economic Freedoms" -- which was defeated after gaining only 23.35% of the vote. As a reminder, all we are looking for is a simple 10% of Texans to say one way or another. We are a force for change in the WA. Every vote counts! There were 7 publicly-expressed opinions on the last Resolution with the final Texas tally running 3 FOR and 4 AGAINST and 1 ABSTAIN and 0 UNDECIDED. Texans were pretty split on that one.
Note: NewTexas has already voted on this Resolution in advance of publicly-expressed opinions. We did this at the urging of many leaders in the World Assembly. As we have been saying for years, Texas is a force in the WA. Many feel that Texas can influence the overall vote if it votes first. There is an observed "lemming effect" that occurs during voting. Apparently a large number of votes are cast based on whichever side of the issue is leading when voters vote. Therefore, to get the most impact from our vote, we are now voting first. We will re-evaluate our original vote at midnight prior to the current vote. As always, we are open to suggestions on how we should vote on this Resolution to most accurately reflect opinion of the populace. Comments are welcome from all nations, both WA Members as well as those who are not. Please make your voice heard on the current issue either on this message board or on our offsite message board. But, by all means, please vote on the WA Page!
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.
All WA Member nations please vote. Please make your opinions known in Texas by 11:00pm Monday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00am Texas Time on Tuesday the 5th. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 958 Votes AGAINST: 2878
Big Tex
PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!
YipYipYippee! Today's Saturday Breakfast is brought to you by The Big Tex Happy Taco Stands of NewTexas and is the humble Potato & Egg Taco! This pleasantly mild taco is made with homemade flour tortillas filled with delightful Yukon Gold potatoes, cubed and lightly browned in farm-fresh Texas creamery butter with just a hint of onion and hearty, rich, yellow, pillow-y, Grade A scrambled eggs! A whole egg in every taco!® Today's Salsa Bar includes staples like Pico de Gallo, mild traditional red salsa, tart and tangy green salsa, pickled jalapeños, limes and cilantro. The specials today include an expertly-prepared fire-roasted red salsa, delicately flecked with little charred bits and the extravagantly hot and sweet mango habanero chunky salsa only to be tried by the exceptionally brave. It is Free Cheese Saturday, so be sure and ask for some mild, cheesy, Longhorn Jack on your taco today! Remember, breakfast tacos served any time at The Big Tex Happy Taco Stands! The Juice Bar is open with all the standard juices - Orange, Grapefruit, Apple and Tomato. The funky one today is Peach Bubblegum Sludge. Try "The Suicide" - we dare you! If fresh fruit is not your bag, we will be stirring up Tang on request. 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. Texas coffee doesn't get much better. Come on down and start your day right Texas. You know you want to!®
***** Texas Election Reminder *****
In Texas Election News, Second Trimester 2014 Texas Elections Nominations Week are winding down. Speech & Campaign Week starts Sunday, August 3, 2014 at High Noon Texas Time (GMT -6). So you only have about 1¼ days if you have any Texans to nominate for the Texas Government Cabinet and Texas Representative Council positions. We have a good slate of candidates, but you can never be too light on nominations. So, get out there and nominate your friend, your neighbor or even your enemy!
If you would like to make some Constitutional Amendments or Repeals to offer and or would like to propose new Articles, then you have until August 10, 2014! Or, if you just have questions on how this works, there is a link to the forum at the top of this page! Just to be clear: http://invisionfree.invalid.com/forums/Texas/index.php?showforum=257 Threads are up and ready! Let's go Texas!
***** Texas Chat Reminder *****
The Texas Weekly Chat Session will be Saturday (TODAY) at High Noon Texas Time (CDT) ***Saturday*** in the Chat Forum on the offsite forum. If you are already registered, just show up! (Reason #42 to register). This is a great opportunity for nations 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. Texas Chat, 500 weeks and running! For the math-challenged, that is over 9¾ years! Check it out! Good stuff!
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