> At the risk of starting severe flame (remember the <OT> ;-)  ;-)  ), if
> we had not "annexed" Texas, perhaps Dubya would be president of Mexico
> today <g>.

No, that is not true. Texas was a republic for over ten years, thus a Nation 
on it own. We applied for and Granted the the right to join the US as a 
State. As  such were granted special consessions. These still hold to this 
day.

cheers
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Rick Sivernell
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