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Chuck, I'll just end my part of this communication with a famous quote for you to consider.

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln -16th US President.

In that case Chuck, I don't need to provide a history lesson above and beyond your Junior High research. You obviously know the "founding father of Texas", Stephen F Austin, was born in Virginia, raised in Missouri and lived in Arkansas prior to managing the colonization of Texas. You must also be well versed on the history of Sam Houston from Virginia of Irish decent and spent a number of years in Tennessee as a politician. Perhaps if both of these if neither of these fine statesman chose not to settle in Texas, Texas may still very well be under Mexican control.

G26ster, you are exactly on point.

Perhaps Texans wanting that wall may be better served to learn of their own state history before attempting to keep other "settlers" from entering the state.

I was born and raised in Illinois. I left in 1983 when I joined the AF and have only returned to visit. When I retired from the CA ANG, I immediately moved out of CA and came to Texas. I happen to know a lot of good conservative folks that have moved from Ca to Tx for many reasons. While I don't take insult to the comments, I would caution posters not to pass judgement for businesses and citizens moving out of CA or any other liberal state, to the great state of Texas. In fact, Texas shouldn't be real concerned about liberals wanting to move here at all. Most on the left coast have a complete disdain for Texas political, social and economic preferences, not to mention the former Presidents and governors.

I consider myself a transplanted Texan and absolutely love living in this state - with the exception [abbreviated profanity deleted] the humidty.