EPIC FAIL

[forsyth]

I've been trying to avoid blogging about politics lately, since I haven't had the time, and I'm trying to focus on school to get where I can help make actual fixes to problems.

But then sometimes something so ludicrous, so mind-boggling, so downright stupid happens, that I can't.

First, Texas governor Rick Perry said "We think it’s time to draw the line in the sand and tell Washington that no longer are we going to accept their oppressive hand in the state of Texas. That’s what this press conference, that’s what these Texans are standing up for." in a press conference, shortly after appearing at a "tea party" where outraged reactionaries were protesting having their taxes cut. And at that appearance, "Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!" ..."There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."

Yes, he's talking about seceding from the United States. Again. But hey, it's he's a Texas Republican, they've always been a little crazy, right?

It's not just Texas. Georgia, my current home state, passed a "sovereignty resolution" essentially affirming Georgia's right to ignore any federal laws they don't like.

Seriously.

No, seriously, and other politicians have been talking about it too. The governor in Oklahoma vetoed one.

Seriously. I could not make this shit up. I've joked about the "Confederate Party", but now they're talking secession. Because of... the stimulus? Or because they're not in control of government? Or... Hell, I don't know. I know some reasonable people who're Republicans, but large portions of the party have gone stark raving bonkers.

The same party that tarred anybody who disagreed with them as "anti-American" or "unpatriotic" is now talking about seceding from the United States because they lost an election. Seriously.

The Civil War is over. The South lost.

GET OVER IT.

Comments

[frustratedpilot]

There are even people in Georgia talking about going to war with the state of Tennessee for that portion of land south of the Tennessee river and north of the current G/T state line. Due to Atlanta running its water resources dry and that.

Does that mean we'll see a Georgian terrorist campaign? Redneck suicide bombers?

Being a Damyank I have no real objection to more dead Rednecks. So long as I'm living in a place with no strategic interests to them.

[amazingadrian.livejournal.com]

I think that another Civil War or secession attempt without widespread war is a definite possibility if things continue to deteriorate in the United States. To be talking about such things now though, is premature in the extreme. Even with the shaky economy, the Union is still holding together, and I'm pretty sure that resources are not scarce enough yet that we have to fight over them. Party lines where very divisive during the Bush reign, and we're still seeing some of that now, with people who are still scared to death of Obama. But I don't think that division is strong enough yet to warrant another attempt at splitting into a different government.