I thought I was kidding, but did I actually define the Ideal Teabag State?

In a reply in this thread about Texas declaring sovereignty
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8343842&mesg_id=8343842

I somewhat satirically said that the State of Texas was welcome to secede and then they could------

*Mandate gun ownership for everyone over the age of seven
*Ban abortion and all forms of birth control
*Ban gay marriage and homosexuality in general
*Bring back stoning
*Mandate prayer in school every hour on the hour
*Ban stem cell research
*Build a gigantic wall around state with barbed wire/guard towers.(They think it's to keep others out - it's really to protect the rest of us from them)
*Have their growth industries be prisons and Little House on the Prairie dress factories
*Control radio and television and limit the content to QVC, Matlock reruns and superchurch broadcasts
*Have absolutely no government control, oversight or regulation of any private entity, utility, product or service
*Privatize all public assets and services (they will really enjoy paying $8 a gallon for drinking water to some Cheney subsidiary)
*Close libraries since only need 2 books anyway - The Bible and the Purpose Driven Life
*Issue their own currency, the "Bushel" which will be pegged to the value of manure on world markets
*Mandatory showings of "Red Dawn" monthly in all town halls throughout the state
*Reduce taxes to $1.50 a year per citizen over 18. (Primarily used for Red Dawn licensing fees)
*State food - Beefy Beef Nuggets in Beef sauce

But now I ask you, if you polled the Tea Baggers today, doesn't what I describe actually work as a blueprint for their political goals?

Oh, I left out a few things like rolling back women's rights and civil rights in general, mandating greater per capita carbon footprints, and putting torture videos on Pay-per-view, but in general I think I actually covered the official or unofficial positions of most of their major spokespeople.

Agree, disagree?

Can you imagine the Austin Airlift?

but this "*Issue their own currency, the "Bushel" which will be pegged to the value of manure on world markets" is fucking hilarious :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

until a space can be cleared in the Buffalo Commons.

OMG! I totally forgot that the Glen Beck relocation camps are already set up for them! Do they know that he already bought up all the food franchises and that everyone has to buy a copy of The Christmas Sweater before they can gain entry?