From the "Be careful what you vaguely allude to in a plausibly deniable way in front of a frothing crowd that knows exactly what you're talking about and is loving every word of it" department:
Rasmussen: "75% [of Texans] Opt to Stay." But isn't the lede here that nearly one in five Texans--18 percent--do want to secede?Careful now, people. Consider the sort of nation Texas would become: bellicose, oil-rich, brutal--and with terrifying chemical and nuclear weapons stockpiles controlled by a dangerously irrational religious fanatic. By the political logic of Texas conservatives, that's a pretty good formula for U.S. military action. ("Welcome to Austin, Mr. Bremer....") Plus, Gates would certainly want it back--and he knows the geography well enough.
All I can add to this is that the political logic noted above is not exactly unique to Texas conservatives. And that I'd bet the same poll in most other states would get a similar result. It's not like we were the only ones infested with teabagger rallies this week, after all. The Crazification Factor suggests this; hell, if anything, that 18% number is on the low side. Hold still, you've got something in your eye...
UPDATE: Via Elise Hu, Rep. Jim Dunnam is trying to gin up support for HR1383, which states in part:
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of Texas reaffirms the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible National Union and in our one and indivisible State and the common heritage of both; and, be it furtherRESOLVED, That the House of Representatives expresses its complete and total disagreement with any element advocating the "secession" of Texas or any other state from our one and indivisible Union
Where's the treaty? Enquiring minds want to know.
Some are also claiming it didn't give Texas the right to "subdivide" into slave and non-slave states.
I don't know how many secessionists we have had along the way but I suspect we have had quite a few revisionists.
We won our independence from Mexico but Mexico of course just added us to the bill for the rest of the Spanish Territory. Some claim we were bought and if we hadn't agreed to annexation, we would have had to fight for our independence from the United States.
If our science books along the way are any indication, I wouldn't put too much stock in our history books.
Posted by: Baby Snooks on April 18, 2009 9:07 AMSomeone PLEASE ask Gov. Rick why he's still wearing his flag lapel pin and still posing in front of American flags if he's so ashamed to be an American.
PLEASE let's call them on their bullshit. They are either American patriots or traitors to their country. They can't have it both ways.
Posted by: Kent from Waco on April 18, 2009 11:46 AM