Texas Secessionists Are Like The Killer Who Kills A Bunch of People Before Killing Himself.

[stopbush]

It begs the question: why didn't they secede from the USA before bush and Cheney ran for pres/VP?

[sakabatou]

1. Maybe, but they president back then was white

and a Republican who LOVED rich people.

[GirolamoSavonarola]

2. This isn't a recent phenomena....

Texas secessionists have been alive and well since the Carter administration. The oil & gas collapse of 1985 did a lot to win new sympathizers, but the prosperity of the mid-90's and terror attacks of 9/11 cooled off the movement considerably. The former because Texans were once again prosperous and the latter because any attack on native soil galvanizes patriotism.

This economic depression is providing fresh fuel for the secessionist movement. If unemployment continues to rise we should expect that this kind of rhetoric will grow.

When I attended college in Minneapolis I had a friend who worked as a collections agent and he spent 8 hours a day hassling people by phone to pay overdue bills. I asked him how often he was threatened by the people he was calling. Without a pause he replied, "Ya know, the only people who ever threaten me are from Texas." The Republic of Texas was born out of violence against Mexico, it was among the first to join the Confederacy in violent opposition to the Union, and its young men provide the most recruits of any state for military service. Violent crime plagues Texas cities just as bad as Illinois and California. Violence is a part of Texas' DNA.

I relate that story to demonstrate that Texans (at least the red ones) are predisposed to violence. The state's economy and housing market have fared surprisingly well compared to the majority of other states. This has given the secessionists further reason to believe that they would be better off on their own. And think about it...they would indemnify themselves from US debt.