The Republic of Texas

by on July 29, 2020 at 12:01 am
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Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base housed numerous Army, Air Force, and Marine units, as well as a contingent of the Texas State Guard, when the Second Great Depression arrived. They ranged from normal troops, military police, artillery, cybernetic warfare, drone recon, and fighter and transport aircraft. The venerable C-130s and F-16s were the most numerous manned aircraft on base, but the Marine Corps Cowboys flew the newer F-35s. The joint base trained all of their units to work together, making them one of the best-integrated forces in Texas, even if their training levels were lower than line units. They were a reserve base, their troops spending most of their lives working for a living and only getting together for training and refreshing one weekend a month. But that was enough for them to know each other well, so when Texas decided to move against the Mexican drug cartels, Fort Worth JRB was able to send a combined force that could fight on any battlefield they expected to face.

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The Republic of Texas

by on July 28, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex burned during the Second Great Depression, and only the timely intervention of Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base’s Marine elements saved much of it from complete destruction. But this intervention was not without consequences. The federal government ordered them to stand down, and when the base disregarded those orders, the feds conducted a swift court martial of the base commanders. They soon added every officer they could prove ignored their orders to the courts martial, and even sent a federal oversight team to take control of the base on the ground. The base escorted the oversight team off base and raised the Texas flag above the American flag at the same time. That ended any question of Fort Worth JRB’s loyalties.

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Free At Last

by on July 27, 2020 at 12:01 am
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Free At Last.

A decade ago, Obamacare took away my 100 dollar a month healthcare plan, before generously giving me the option of a 700 dollar a month plan that had less compensation than my old plan. I could not afford the new cost, and so I was forced to do without any healthcare plan at all.

It was then that my appendix exploded. Mayo Clinic saved my life, but there was a cost. Well over ten thousand dollars in cost. Over twenty, actually, but they wrote some of it off. I have paid payments on the rest ever since.

Today is the last day. Today I pay the last payment on that debt. Today is a good day to be alive.

Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty, I am free at last…

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The Republic of Texas

by on July 26, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex burned during the Second Great Depression Riots. The mayors supported the “peaceful protestors” until the Tarrant County Posse grew large enough to oppose them by recruiting the Marines of Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base and the various police officers resigning from their positions throughout the Metroplex. It was a long and difficult road, and the Metroplex mayors fought the sheriff at every opportunity. The posse eventually marched the mayors in Tarrant County out of their town halls and into the jailhouse after running popular referendums that recalled every single one of them. They had no authority in Dallas, but their cities recovered under county management. Tarrant became a beacon of opportunity in Texas, and soon eclipsed Dallas and Harris in economic power, cultural activity, and even population as the various wars brought in refugees looking for a better life. Tarrant rebuilt itself into one of the vital hearts that powered the Republic of Texas throughout the rest of the century and into the next, and is now the single richest and most powerful county in the entire Republic. All roads lead to Tarrant County.

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The Republic of Texas

by on July 25, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The Metroplex police suffered under a severe leadership crisis during the Second Great Depression. The mayors ordered them to stand down when the riots burned down entire neighborhoods. The rioters and looters threatened their families, and often tracked down their homes and burned them down. Police morale was at an all-time low. It suffered another hit after the Tarrant County Sheriff drafted the Marines of Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base into his posse. The Metroplex mayors proclaimed them terrorists for their indiscriminate slaughter of “peaceful protesters who had traveled of their own free will to protest the callous murder of other peaceful protesters,” and they demanded the police march onto the base and arrest every last one of them. The police were not stupid. The vast majority resigned within a day of the order, and quickly moved their families into the neighborhoods surrounding the military base. Then they volunteered to join the posse, and the Tarrant County Sheriff accepted them with a smile. That is how Tarrant County built the posse they still claim is the most powerful posse in American history.

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