I cannot just sit by and watch all that was sacrificed for- lost. We did not get this state without a lot of blood shed everywhere. On all sides there were losses. Each and every person killed or lost due to nature was important to someone. They came from somewhere, and chances are they were mourned. We cannot disassociate ourselves from theses people- any of them. The Indians, Mexicans, Whites or any other race involved in the developing of Texas.
If you don't know why the Indians did not want us here and were willing to kill to get the point across you need to educate yourself on this and form your own opinion.
If you think Texas was stolen from the Mexicans you need to find out the whole story. Ask the underlying questions, why were we invited to settle here in the first place, what happened that made the Texans rise up against the Mexican Government? And was Mexico ever given money for the land of Texas? Educate yourself and form your own opinion on fact, not what you heard someone say.
When you hear someone say Texas has been constantly taken advantage of by The U.S. you need to look into the matter and form an educated opinion on the matter. This state belongs to the people who live here and claim it as home. No matter how long the residency! If you come here to become a Texan become one! If you come here with one foot still in the culture you left behind you are here for the wrong reasons and should really evaluate your situation here. You either come here as a asset or a liability. And this does not only apply to folks from other countries.
Texas was a country in it's own right before it was a state of the U.S. and there are no other states that can make that claim. We had our own currency, law enforcement, the works. Our resources are boundless. No matter if it's natural, or intellectual, we have what we need to get by. We only need to find the courage and determination of those who came before us to use them to our own advantages and stop giving them away for nothing in return. We must take a hard look at our relationship with the other states of the union and decide what is right for us. If we cannot be treated as an important part of the whole of the U.S. we may as well leave it. We can compete with any one economically.
