" Texas threatens to arrest international monitors sent to watch US election: A handful of international election monitors have touched down in the US to swing by polling places next month when voters cast ballots for the president, but officials in the state of Texas have issued them a warning: youâre not welcome. State Attorney General Greg Abbott has sent a scathing letter to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, threatening to arrest any of the election auditors that have been dispatched to America to ensure that voters wonât be disenfranchised, discriminated against or intimidated when they take to the polls on November 6. [...] " http://rt.com/usa/news/texas-osce-election-abbott-231/ Oh boy, that's like in a banana republic...
Texas is a banana republic? Very enlightened policies actually.. loser pays policies with regard to lawsuits, best state for business, etc... if that's a banana republic then peel me one...