Tx history reminds us they were dead broke when they

Posted: Nov 13, 2012

So much for all that rugged spirit of independence. US history informs us that unilateral secession is unconstitutional without the consent of the remaining states except as a byproduct of revolution. The last time that notion took a test run, it was a costly, abysmal failure. Tx does have the option of seceding from itself via subdivision into smaller states that remain in the union. None of the above options pass muster with Governor Perry now that he is harboring fantasies of a second presidential run in 2016, and us Texans know very well that what Governor Perry wants, Governor Perry gets, which poses a more formidable obstacle for the petition loons who fail to do the math. At this point, those 84,000 represent 0.0039% of their 25,674,681 fellow Texans, who are ready to rumble at the last roundup at the OK corral. Bring it.;