Testing Texas

We'd say our neighboring state is scoring quite poorly on this issue of seceding from the United States. If they do secede, it looks like times will be lean. Really lean. And lonely.

Secession-ready Texas has received most federal disaster assistance of any state.

Just weeks after declaring that Texas might secede from the union because "the federal government has become oppressive," Gov. Rick Perry (R) today asked for more federal aid when he "issued a disaster declaration" because of the swine flu. Mother Jones' Jonathan Stein found that, since the beginning of FEMA's record-keeping, Texas has actually received [...]

Tags: Texas, Federal Disaster Assistance, Rick Perry, Secede

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