Texas Declares State Sovereignty

You mean the failed articles of confederation which caused everyone to be poor and to be the laughing stock of the world?

No not the articles of confederation.

Earn those wings brother.

You mean the petty infighting states of America? You mean reinstating slavery, Jim Crowe, and mecegination. You mean removing the protections of the constitution in regards to church and state and allowing the wholesale teaching of religion in public schools. You mean ignoring the sacrifice of our troops at Yorktown, Gettysburg, The Somme, and Normandy. You mean removing the heart from America by playing to the worst or regional biases that we allowed to split this nation once before at great cost.

Ocanada, I don't support any of that. States still would have to abide by what is outlined in the constitution, but other than that, the states should have their own sovereignty.

Those are the ideas proffered by states. Those are the "rights" you are fighting for. The right to curtail personal liberties. That is the only right you will gain.

I never said that.

Would you rather have a federal government that has the power to infringe on our rights? States would still have to abide by the constitution.

I don't support complete abolition of federal authority. The purpose of the federal government is to defend the rights to life, liberty, and property.

No I want a government that defies regional interests to work for the betterment of our nation. I want a sense of brotherhood and goodwill. I want a representative republic. I want the government we have. There isn't a base tyrany here.

It matters not what you say. You are speaking of history and denying its terrible context. You are also denying the context of many of these states lobying for sovereignty. Including Texas which is trying to place religous doctrine in science classes.

Obama's FAIR act or Bush's Federal Marriage Amendment or the Iraq War doesn't sound like tyranny to you?

I think what I meant came out the wrong way.

And for one thing, I would be against the federal government forcing us to have our education systems a certain way.

Department of Education= Epic Fail

Every state has their own anyway. why does the Federal Government need their own.

Texas could easily survive on its own if it does choose to secede.

I wish I could still believe that. I love Austin, and it has been my home for a while now, but things seem to be changing in a scary way...

Ahem. What about Brownsville? The only negative, is you'd better be pretty proficient in Spanish when you're hangin' out downtown. A couple blocks away from Mexico, too! YeeHaw!

No, America doesn't want it needs. We are either all brothers or none. This is a compact forged out of much sacrifice. We are all Americans in War and in times of crises. Now is a crises. Now is the time to be brothers. As lincoln said a house divided can not stand.

Slaves died fighting at the Alamo. They died for thier masters who were fighting to keep them enslaved. Nothing sums up Texas better than that.