Commentary by Uncle Mike
When Davy Crockett proclaimed, “You may all go to hell. I will go to Texas!”, I don’t think even he could predict the current events happening in the Lone Star state. There is historical precedence for independence in Texas. An attitude that is pervasive and unmistakable.
Texas has a history of pushing back against the US Federal government. Texas Monthly Magazine wrote a great article on a short history of Texas vs. the Federal Government you can read here: Texas Versus the Feds – Texas Monthly . Suffice to say, there is a pattern of pushback to Federal Government oversight that continues today.
Currently the biggest news centers on the State of Texas resuming border wall building on its own. Link: Texas to ‘build the wall’ on its own, says Republican governor (yahoo.com). Governor Greg Abbott has stated the State will complete the wall to protect itself from illegal immigration that is creating havoc and creating a tremendous burden on border security officials. The demonstrated lack of competence, diplomatic waffling and inability to protect border has led the state to take security matters into their own hands, without Federal assistance.
Texas doesn’t just fight with the Federal Government. It fights with itself! Another point of contention can be observed watching how the democratic representatives of the Texas State government walked out to prevent debate on what they call a “restrictive voting bill”. Link here: Texas Democrats stage walkout to stop debate on restrictive voting bill, delaying final passage (msn.com). The republican led representatives failed to get the measure voted on. Governor Abbott will call a special session of the Texas Legislature to resume on a bill which is designed to hold the Texas voting process to a standard that will prevent cheating. This is essentially what the democrats walked out on, using the excuse the republican’s do not want BIPOC’s to vote. This is an argument the Texas legislature must debate and come to an agreement on without Federal intervention.
Is Texas about to take on a bigger fight? It has recently come to light that there is a Chinese Billionaire, Sun Guangxin, a former Chinese military General (Founder of the Guanghui Energy Company) that might want to be a cowboy. The former general is one of the wealthiest citizens in communist China. According to Forbes, his net worth was $1.9 billion as of July 2020. He is also one of the largest landowners in China’s Xinjiang province. Not wanting to limit his land grab to just China, the General is now a landowner in Texas. His company has purchased nine ranches in Val Verde County, Texas. Link here: Chinese Wind Farm in Texas Raises Eyebrows (foreignpolicy.com)
The General has purchased over 180,000 acres of Texas ranch land near the runway of Laughlin AFB, near Del Rio, TX, for the expressed purpose of making a ‘wind farm’. Laughlin is the US’s largest pilot training base for the Air Force.
One other significant fact. The location of the proposed ‘wind farm’ is being questioned. The location of the purchase is not in a significant wind corridor in Texas. In northern Texas, the Panhandle region is where the wind blows best for collection of wind energy.
This raises another question. What other land purchases (along the border?) have been made by Chinese Communists?
Texas understands the significance of the purchase. Steps are being taken to keep Communists Chinese out. A bill is in the works to ban future selling to the Chinese Communist. Link here: Ban CCP Land Ownership In The USA: A New Bill From Texas | ZeroHedge.
The people of the great state of Texas aren’t just a bunch of 20th Century Cowboy hicks. The state has a vast, globally cognizant demographic, conservative minded people with an attitude that deplores vacillation (def: the inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision). Texans are people of action. They are taking steps to preserve the standard of living that maintains their fierce independent streak.
Perhaps we need to see more states step up like Texas.
Uncle Mike
