Splittin'

I've been negligent by failing to post about Texas Governor Rick Perry and his off-hand comment about his state seceding from The Union. Gail Collins has a wonderful column on the subject today, and I recommend you read it. But Gail is up there in New York land and seems to have completely ignored one slight little item. We Alabamans seem to remember a lot more than the Times folks about that whole secession thing...been there, done that. The United States tore itself apart at extraordinary cost in blood an money almost 150 years ago to decide the secession issue (among other matters, like slavery). Governor Perry needs to have his head examined for even mentioning it. The major Civil War battles were fought far from Texas. Perhaps if there had been a "Sherman's March to the Gulf", he'd be a bit more cautious with his demagoguery.