Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Saturday, April 18, 2009

So Texas Wants to Secede?

As Erik noted here, Texas has previously seceded from two nations. Both times, Texas seceded because Texans were determined to own slaves.

Both times, Texas fought in the defense of the right of rich people to own slaves. (I'll bet that they don't mention that at the Alamo.)

Now, the moronic governor of Texas (there is some redundancy in that) wants to secede to defend the right of rich people not to pay more than a minimal tax rate. And just like the previous two times, you'll find people who will never benefit from those policies lining up to fight in defense of them.

Erik also noted that because of the Civil War and Reconstruction, in which Texas agreed to rejoin the Union, the terms by which Texas originally joined the Union were nullified.

(H/T)

5 comments:

SkinnyDennis said...

You have to understand that the Average Joe republican bases his politics on the belief that they are going to win the lottery any second now. Explains a lot about lining up beside their rich-but-tax-me-not brothers.

Mule Breath said...

"the moronic governor of Texas (there is some redundancy in that)"Little bit out of line with that one. See this link:

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/other/ann_richards.html

Comrade Misfit said...

I see your Ann Richards and raise you a George W. Bush.

Mule Breath said...

Not even close. You can't trump a Queen with a deuce.

Give us a little time and we may be able to toss in a Kinky. He ain't no Ann... but he ain't bad.

Yogi said...

Go read Molly Ivans.