SECESSION

The secessionists remind me of every adolescent who think they know more than their parents.  Most usually, the runaways run back home with the shamed face at having to ask for parental help or, if they stay away, they endure tremendous hardships trying to survive alone. G. Pascal Zachar has written some interesting thoughts on the subject.  Click here.

If we believe the adage "in numbers there is strength', then states might have a problem.  If a state is attacked, and we theorize that Mexicans may decide to firth to get Texas back if they stand alone, would we fight the Mexicans for Texas?  If Texas suffered natural disasters such as hurricane damage, tornadoes, or whatever, would out US disaster relief be there for them? Of all the states seeking to split for the US as a union, Texas probably has more of an income that might allow it to stand alone under ordinary circumstances.  Have any of those 120,000 people signing the petition to secede really examined all the costs or are they like the disgruntled spouse who can only say a divorce will give them 'peace'.  Since there are 26 million people in Texas, is the 120,000 like Louis Gohmer and Newt Gingrich who think that the way to keep our children safe in schools is to arm the teachers with attack weapons.

What i found amusing after the November election and Obama's win, was that my Democrat friends threatened to leave the country if Romney was elected.  Interestingly, the Republics threatened  secession.  Like the child who leaves the game by taking his ball (the only one) and goes home.  Given the states that are threatening to secede, one must assume the sore losers of the Civil War are trying it again.