re: #126 Charles

Charles, you could be right. However, the only people that view mainstream conservatives as kooks are the usual suspects. They will always think that and little in the way of how we behave will change it. Talk of secession (and as I made clear, I don’t believe it will happen and I am not ready to give up on the USA) is kooky, IMO, when things are going well with the union. We, in Texas, were a bit delayed in feeling the effects of the recession. It hit us like tornado though in September. The signs of it were apparent back in early ‘08 when I was amongst a plethora of architects who were let go. So we are feeling the pain that many of you were feeling much earlier, now. So when Texans see their country on the road to destruction because of the horrid, socialistic policies of Washington, we take notice. We strive on individuality and socialism liite is not able to be emulsified into this. Obama, IMO, still has three issues to go until we reach a tipping point. Cap and trade, amnesty for illegals and gun control; the first two I know he is going to push; the gun control issue is something I don’t think he would ever try. I personally think that the amnesty deal will upset the cart the most of all.

Charles, we are 80 some odd days into his administration and people are hinting at Texas seceding? That is what is troubling about this whole thing. And I am giving you the benefit that Perry was hinting at it. I personally, as well as many more Texans, don’t believe that.

We still have 3 years and 9 months, at least, left of this administration and if Obama continues with the aggressive social-lite agenda, we will have serious debate about secession and it will not be seen as kooky at all.

I think it would be interesting if you did a LGF poll regarding a possible secession. The questions could be along the lines of: If Texas were to secede, would you support it? If there was a way to break it down by states, you would see that there are probably more people out of Texas who support it and not for nefarious reasons. They would support through living vicariously through Texas’ actual power to negotiate and slow down the, either, perceived or real threat to our country and out of the frustration of the direction it is going. In the end, the government is the people and we decide our direction. Just because Obama won the election and got 56% of the vote does not give him a mandate to radically push us into a different form of government. There are still 44% of us and we are guaranteed to be represented too.