Since the Civil War, it’s [secession of states] been sort of a dead issue, but he [Governor Rick Perry of Texas] brought it up. It stirred the media and believe me, it really stirred some of the liberal media where they started really screaming about what is going on here. “This is un-American”, I heard one individual say, “This is treasonous to even talk about it.”

Well, they don’t know their history very well because if they think about it, it’s an American tradition. It’s very American to talk about secession. That’s how we came into being. Thirteen colonies seceded from the British and established a new country, so secession is very much an American principle.
– Ron Paul

All due respect to Mr. Paul, but it’s simply not possible for a state to want to remove themselves from the United States of America and consider that intention in any way pro-America. He’s not the only one I have heard saying that secession isn’t un-American or could even be seen as patriotic. It’s completely ludicrous to think one can want to not be a part of an entity yet still be supportive of said entity. If a state were to secede from the Union, its citizens would no longer be Americans, and what is more un-American than willfully giving up your American citizenship?

Quite frankly, I am growing tired of all the ongoing babble, outrage, and general laughing and pointing about Rick Perry’s remarks on secession. Look … our governor may be an idiot, but the majority of us here in Texas know full well that we would be no better off as our own country and would never in a million years support such a crazy notion. We may joke about it. We may even brag about once having been our own country. But … most of us are very happy to be Americans.

Of course there is a small minority of morons who seem to think if we weren’t a member of the United States, we wouldn’t be paying so much in taxes, and life would be just peachy if we went our own way. Of course, these people have apparently not stopped to think about where all the money would be coming from to pay for roads, schools, and other public services funded by the federal tax dollars we pay. I’ll tell you where the money would come from: the taxes –most likely higher taxes– we’d have to pay to our new country’s government, or Texas could just not pay any taxes to anyone and become a third world country overnight.

If this Texas secession insanity were to ever get to the point where it was seriously being considered, rest assured, I would be protesting until I got arrested for it, and it’s something I would even go to armed conflict to fight. I happen to like living in Texas, I don’t plan on moving any time soon (especially not being forced out because my state wants to stop being American), and I also happen to like being an American with all the rights, privileges, and benefits it affords me (usually). I’m pretty sure it won’t ever get to that point though, because as I said, the majority of Texans think the minority that thinks succession is a great idea are all on crack or in need of serious therapy (and history classes).

Please forgive us for having an idiot for a governor. I swear, we are trying to do something about it.