The comment threads on the Statesman website are usually full of racists, crazies, and tiresome cranks, but this secession kerfuffle has brought out a new and special breed. But don't worry, guys! A poll was taken, and a full 75 percent of Texans favor remaining in the United States. You're stuck with us for a while yet.
Maybe the other 25 percent can go live in that Ron Paul commune they were trying to get started out in West Texas. I don't know if they were ever able to agree if it was ideologically permissible to pool their cash to get a water well drilled, though.
As for me, baby, I'm out of here. Well, actually I'm staying put. But I hereby declare my body and any three-foot radius about and around wheresoever I may be standing to be the sovereign nation of Joolistan. Don't tread on me (or a three-foot radius around me) and we'll be just fine. And be warned: Any attempt to take away my breakfast tacos will be considered an Act of War under Article XXII, Sec. 245(q)(3)(L)(xii)(f-7) of the 2009 Provisional Constitution of Joolistan. If you want my Mi Madre's #0s you're going to have to pry them from my cold dead hands. HUMMM....WAIT FOR IT....WAKE UP PEOPLE AND SMELL THE LIBRETY!!!!!