UPDATE! Texas Gov. mentions "Secession" at Austin tea party

[SlowwHand]

That's kind of how I feel about people who don't read.

[DaShi]

Where did you explain it?

[SlowwHand]

I see. I should go read again so that you don't have to read at all. Uh...no.

[DaShi]

I've read it and can't find it. I'm asking for help. Please.

It's only been said elebinty times, how hard could it be to find?

[DaShi]

Oh Sloww. I'm not making fun of you, if you think this is related to your comment in the teabagging thread. I want to know what it is you're getting at behind the hostility.

[SlowwHand]

Damn. I don't have hostility. I thought you knew that. I'm full of crap.

[DaShi]

Damn, I was hoping that wouldn't distract you.

[SlowwHand]

Once I put my mind to it, I'm pretty undistractable.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

I thought that you're supposed to pander to majorities?

In Texas, 31% Say State Has Right to Secede From U.S., But 75% Opt To Stay

[Dinner]

It's all a bunch of political pandering. The Republicans have proposed no coherent solutions to our problems, all they can do is criticize the Democrats' plans. So Republicans are hopping on the bandwagon with these stupid "tea parties" to rail against government spending...despite the fact that the Republicans doubled the national debt and led the country from a $200bn surplus to deficit spending of $500bn.

This all boils down to

1.) Republican politicians needing some kind of political platform/message to help them get reelected
2.) Republicans sore about losing the presidential election
3.) Nut jobs ("Get yer kids out of college, they're being brainwashed! Burn the books!") and bigots ("Obama's a Muslim! He's black! He's the Antichrist! Socialism!")

I understand the half wit governor is likely to lose the primaries so he's flailing about trying to find an issue to convince people to vote for him.

[SlowwHand]

If I was in a broke state run by Arnold, I think I might keep my lips zipped a little bit.

[chequita guevara]

Usually I can follow your point to a degree, but you took a hard turn on that one and lost me completely.

South Florida doesn't get cold very often.

[chequita guevara]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Texas#Right_to_secede

A popular urban legend has grown stating that Texas has a special right to secede from The Union. A thorough reading of all documents for annexation shows that no provision is made for Texas to secede from the United States. [6] Texas has the same rights granted to it as any other state, but also the right to form from its territory 4 states in addition to "Texas", essentially creating 5 states. [7] Furthermore, in its 1868 decision in Texas v. White, the United States Supreme Court ruled that secession of Texas from the United States was illegal. The court wrote, "The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."

[Felch]

Didn't the Supreme Court also rule in the mid 19th century that black people are only sort of people? Something about a Dred Scott vs. Sandford?

Seriously, **** the SCOTUS and everything they stand for.

[Ramo]

They also forced state governments like Texas to treat black people equally. One of the key desegregation cases was actually over the UT law school (Sweatt v. Painter).