Texas Bullion Depository

[Reub]

There is new legislation in Texas to create a state sovereign depository of private gold, protected from the federal government. Here is the video:

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/video/why-texa ... 30599.html

[melveyr]

I feel like Texas is basically its own country. It will be cool to see how this pans out.

[Reub]

If this goes through, I believe there would be a tremendous amount of interest worldwide. I know that I might even make a visit there!

[notsheigetz]

I think I read somewhere that the State legislature in Texas only meets once every other year because they believe that a standing legislature is a threat to liberty.

Sounds like my kind of folks.

[MediumTex]

Texas is far from perfect, but I like it here.  It's a nice place to live.  There is a healthy suspicion of government and a good business climate.  However, it's not as good a place to be poor as some other parts of the country, and it does get HOT in the summer.

There aren't as many interesting people here as you would think.  I've always been surprised at how much more interesting my conversations are with people who are not from Texas.

West Texas is a vast space.  It's one of the most remote places you can get to in the U.S. that is within a day's drive from a major city.

[notsheigetz]

West Texas is a vast space.  It's one of the most remote places you can get to in the U.S. that is within a day's drive from a major city.

And one of the best places to get real Mexican food your are likely to find in the U.S.A.

[MediumTex]

Big Bend National Park is great too.  You can really get away from the crowds out there.

I thought that Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men captured a lot of the mood and look of life in west Texas.

I grew up out there so it's always been a special place for me.  If you go out there, though, all you hear from the people is how boring it is.

[AdamA]

West Texas is a vast space.  It's one of the most remote places you can get to in the U.S. that is within a day's drive from a major city.

I can vouch for that.  I live in El Paso.

[Bob]

West Texas is a vast space.  It's one of the most remote places you can get to in the U.S. that is within a day's drive from a major city.

I can vouch for that.  I live in El Paso.

True - but you have Cattleman's Steakhouse in Fabens, TX, just southeast of El Paso.  Arguably one of the best steakhouses in the entire country.  I have eaten there many times since 1978.  I was stationed at Fort Bliss several times in my military career.  I always thought, overall,  El Paso was a pretty decent place to live.  BTW, I now live in San Antonio.  The most boring drive in the country is between San Antonio and El Paso on I-10.  At least the speed limit is 80 mph and everyone goes 90 mph - so at least you can make decent time between the two cities.

[MediumTex]

West Texas is a vast space.  It's one of the most remote places you can get to in the U.S. that is within a day's drive from a major city.

I can vouch for that.  I live in El Paso.

True - but you have Cattleman's Steakhouse in Fabens, TX, just southeast of El Paso.  Arguably one of the best steakhouses in the entire country.  I have eaten there many times since 1978.  I was stationed at Fort Bliss several times in my military career.  I always thought, overall,  El Paso was a pretty decent place to live.  BTW, I now live in San Antonio.  The most boring drive in the country is between San Antonio and El Paso on I-10.  At least the speed limit is 80 mph and everyone goes 90 mph - so at least you can make decent time between the two cities.

It gets really dark at night out there.

Quiet too.

[AgAuMoney]

The most boring drive in the country is between San Antonio and El Paso on I-10.  At least the speed limit is 80 mph and everyone goes 90 mph - so at least you can make decent time between the two cities.

It gets really dark at night out there.

Quiet too.

Except you can hear the noise of vehicles on I-10 from MILES away on a cool summer night.

The dark is nice.  And it has to be my imagination, but the stars seem less overwhelming than when up at 9000ft.

[Reub]

West Texas seems to be a great place for the "Texas Fort Knox", doesn't it?

[AgAuMoney]

West Texas seems to be a great place for the "Texas Fort Knox", doesn't it?

I dunno, maybe the parts furthest from the coast.  There is something to be said for middle of the country...  But Texas has to deal with what it has.

[MachineGhost]

See moda, all that Southern, state's rights, anti-Yankee mentality came to something useful after all!