“Today, Texas State Sen. Rodney Ellis (D) rightly condemned his state’s very fringe Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) for his unconstitutional and outrageously dishonest rant about Texas secession:”
He mentioned the Constitution, does that make this dufus a right wing extremist? Or is that designation reserved for conservatives.
BTW, every Texan I know agrees with the Gov.
I never get tired of posting this. This is the First Article of the Texas Constitution:
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PREAMBLE.
Humbly invoking the blessing of Almighty God, the people of the State of Texas do ordain and establish this Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
Bill of Rights. That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare:
SECTION 1. Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government unimpaired to all the States.
SEC. 2. All political power is inherent in the people and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican form of government, and, subject to this limitation only, they have at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think expedient.
Link And if you go on reading the rest, I think you would agree that most of our states in the USA could learn a heck of a lot from Texas.