Texas Tenthers--obsessive "Tenth Amendement" nuts who want to abolish the federal government--are going to march tomorrow to push for secession. More on this below.
An organization calling itself the "Texas Nationalist Movement" plans to march on the Texas capitol tomorrow to demand "Sovereignty or Secession":
Texans will converge on Austin to deliver a petition to Restore America by Demanding our Sovereignty or we will be forced to call a vote for Secession.
"*This is straight out of the Declaration of Independence and our right to "alter or abolish" our government if it has, "after a long train of abuses" refused to protect the rights of the people.
At present, the Texas Nationalist Movement has a petition with 1 Million signatures directly calling for a vote of secession.
We are calling for an orderly process that will allow our federal government to fall back in line with the Constitution. We are reclaiming our states rights and our individual rights. [...]
We must stand up and be counted or we will find ourselves in another government. Either we restore America, we will live in a Marxist dictatorship, or we will secede and start over again*."
The organization’s petition echoes language used by other "tenther" activists who believe that everything from Social Security to Medicare to the federal highway system violates the Tenth Amendment. According to the petition, Texas officials must either "immediately move for the restoration of the complete and unadulterated Sovereignty of Texas, explicitly adhering to the 10th Amendment wording of the U.S. Constitution," or "move immediately for complete Secession from the United States of America." In light of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s recent expression of support for Texas secession, the petition could receive a friendly hearing.
One million tenthers. One million people in Texas dedicated to the absolute obliteration of our federal government. These people are serious. They aren't joking and this is not a joke. These nuts have a friend in Govenor Perry, and he might be pushed by this petition to go forward with this idiotic notion. So, I guess the next question should be...if it happens, then what? Civil War II? I don't mean to sound alarmist and ridiculous, because there is no basis in fact to be alarmist, because right now this is a "If" situation. But seriously, if this happens, what comes after? Smoke and bombs on American soil? You know this is a very strange culture we have developed in this country. We fought a war over slavery, which Europe surrendered, for the most part, in peace. The were dragged, kicking and screaming, to Social Security, which Britain kicked out Winston Churchill over--and Britain loved the man! But they kicked him out of office because they knew where their bread was buttered. The Labour Party said, "Let's create a proper welfare state where everyone is healthy and taken care of." Churchill called it "The Ghestappo" and was promply defeated in his reelection campaign. Why must we fight wars and bleed this ground red to have what most other industrialized nations have? I say if they want to try it, fine. But America ain't bluffing, Texas. So go ahead, make our day.