Residents of the community of South Seaside Park, located near Berkeley, California are now talking secession. It seems that with 120% increase in property taxes and no 120% increase in services, they have had enough. It amazes me how many people change their tune on secession when issues impact them directly. People know that secession is the answer to many problems. I also find it amazing how some of our fellow Texans are the ones who paint secession as a bad thing.

Although modern PC historians seek to rewrite the whole secession and Republic of Texas chapters in our history, Texas managed to protect its borders, had international relations and a better economy on its own. Even when we were with the Southern States, Confederate Money during the worst days of the war was less inflated than the dollar of today’s American Empire. When you compare how many Confederate dollars it took to purchase an ounce of gold. You hear histories about how it was worthless, but consider this:

It took $500 confederate dollars to purchase an ounce of gold in 1865. Consider that in 2007 USD it is was $651.00 for an ounce of gold. Consider that today, it takes over $1200 US dollars to purchase an ounce of gold. So, when people tell you that the Confederate Dollar was worthless, compared to today’s Yankee dollar, it was pretty sound money. Considering the $1200 per ounce price of gold now should wake us up to how money has been devalued and how those historians who said the Confederate dollars were worthless led many people astray.

Heck, I’ve got a $100 dollar Confederate bond, which in today’s economy works out to about $230 US dollars. Hmmm…perhaps we need to quit reading PC authors and read some real history.

Liberty for Texas and the South!

J Murrah

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