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2.) Texas clearly has the legal right to secede (see a recent WSJ article on the topic), and

3.) Geraldine Ferraro is a wonderful example of how the Northeastern Liberals are amazingly ignorant of the rest of the country.

Just consider the state of Texas: 1.) several of the best high schools in the nation, 2.) The University of Texas at Austin (world class), 3.) Rice University (world class), 4.) NASA, 5.) Oil 6.) numerous military bases, and 7.) corporate headquarters for over 70 of the Fortune 500 in the Plano area alone. This list does not include the massive number of top quality sports teams all over the state of Texas.

Texas does not have the movie industry nor much of the Mainstream Media. Some of us, however, consider that a plus.

Then there's Florida: NASA, several major universities, great beaches, and great entertainment. How about North Carolina? I guess Duke, UNC, and the "research triangle" don't matter to Ms. Ferraro nor the world class golf. How about sparsely populated Arizona? Two Pac-10 universities, great astronomy, several major military bases, great golf courses, and the beauty of the Grand Canyon. New Mexico? Great skiing and Los Alamos.

p>Like most Liberals, they think NYC and its media and financial centers constitute the center of the universe. Arrogant fools. br> -- Robin Brenner, Ph.D. br> Dallas, Texas /p>

Read the comments of Geraldine Ferraro concerning the Blue States seceding from the "Union" and how bad those of us in the Red States would have it.

p>As is typical, these Liberals have no clue! I am from Oklahoma and we would welcome such a move. The Blues can discover just how much energy costs in a free market. These metro areas will find out that everything comes to a halt when we have the energy resources and the infrastructure in place to provide it. The price would be more than they could bear and it would completely cripple them. Of course, we would enjoy doing it, too!!! br> -- Steve Bump

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