Last week I thought I must be having some kind of weird flashback to 1860, when the crazy people started talking about not wanting to be part of the United States.
Much to my astonishment, there really was a presumably sober adult talking about secession. This person was none other than Rick Perry, current governor of Texas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5xTxcFA398
I can't help but wonder if he is fully knowledgeable about what happened the last time Texas seceded from the United States. Four year civil war. About a million deaths. Decimated economy.
I've heard people try to explain away his nutty remarks, including him. But the fact remains that he mentioned secession as a real alternative, only three months after a new president has been inaugurated. Does anyone else see any irony between the 1860 secession because of the issue of slavery, and the current secession talk arising so soon after the election of the first African American president?
Nah, me neither. This secession is all about taxes. Just like the first one was all about states' rights.
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