Realizing that I'm about two weeks behind on this story (this ain't The Statesman, ok?), I'd like to take this opportunity to remind Rick Perry (he reads this, you know) that we have plenty of infamous Texans who have embarrassed us, and we don't need our fearless leader to do the same. Texas is already the home of diapered astronaut Lisa Nowak, Jessica Simpson, face-carving liar Ashley Todd, and of course, George W. Bush (sort of). Must our governor humilitate us as well? Kay Bailey Hutchison, you're looking pretty good right now.
No, Governor Perry, we cannot secede from the union, for a number of reasons--the least of which is not that it was not actually part of our agreement when joining the United States. Nice of our governor to know that. (I've written about some of these types before, here and here.)
I could go on, but instead I'll point you to the best op-ed I've read in a long time, by Gail Collins of the New York Times. (Oh, just sign up and read it already, it's free.)
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It's disgusting how these current Republican "conservatives" (reactionaries, actually) all seem to constantly want their cake and eat it, too. They want a completely unbridled "free enterprise" system which only means total control for the filthy rich and corporations. Yet the minute the federal government starts acting on behalf of ordinary people, the Republicans scream and cry and want to secede. But, of course, they're quick to thrust their hands out for subsidies for greedy oil companies, and federal money for hurricane relief and swine flu vaccines and so forth. What a double standard. Perry, get the hell out and leave the rest of us sane, progressive people alone. We've had way too much of your bullcrap!
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