Texas: Defining Anti-Americanism

So Rick Perry wants to secede from the Union. I wonder if he's aware as to how that worked out last time. But to the bigger issue; isn't wanting to break away from the Union Anti-American? Isn't that the definition of Anti-American? I say let Texas secede for a year. Build a wall around it, rip out everything that's federally tinged, and let them be Texans. "Don't mess with Texas"; OK pardner, just as long as you don't mess with our Union and your oath of office. Thank God for people like Senator Rodney Ellis.

From Statesman.com:

“There are some issues that simply should not be legitimated in any way, shape or form, and secession is one of them,” he said. “By not rejecting out of hand the possibility of secession, Governor Perry is taking a step down a very dangerous and divisive path encouraged by the fringe of Texas politics.

“In the last week, we’ve seen an extremely troubling escalation of rhetoric. Talking about state’s rights, the oppressive hand of the federal government and secession brings up some pretty bad memories in this state. It was not all that long ago that those were the exact words used by those who opposed desegregation and the civil rights movement. The top elected official in the second largest state with our history simply cannot be so loose with his comments. He’s not a radio or cable TV talk show host.

“The timing and focus of this talk doesn’t make much sense. Since 2001, the Texas budget has increased by 62 percent. The budget we are now working on includes $65 billion from the federal government. We didn’t hear about the oppressive hand of the federal government when we asked for hurricane and wildfire relief and, we didn’t hear these complaints when we took money for transportation and education and health care. We didn’t hear about it for eight years of exploding federal budget deficits, so why now?

“I understand that the governor has a difficult political race on his hands, but that is no excuse to whip up this type of frenzy among people who are already worried about keeping their job or a roof over their heads.”