Daily Douchebaggery

During the recent 'tea-parties,' Texas' governor became America's newest petulant child, threatening to take his toys and run away, because he doesn't want to eat the broccoli on the dinner table. His tossing out of the secession card came off as nothing more than a publicity stunt, since he identifies with his people's problems just about as much as your average American identifies with a starving Congolese child. His whining has been falling of deaf ears, as a report shows that only 18% of Texans would vote to secede, and 75% would not.
I was curious how Hannity and O'Rielly are taking this, are those in favor of secession patriots or un-American? And my worst fears were proved true. Even Beck is on the "America Last" bandwagon, fervently supporting this cry for attention.
Texas seceded once back in 1861, throwing their hat in with the Southern states and flying the rebel flag, while contributing little to the war, and was the last one to fully surrender. Texas has always had a toe over the line of the 'Republic' idea, it carries the Lone Star name and proclaims even in it's tourism ads, "It's like a whole other country."
Why certain Texans fear the federal government so much is as strange as it is unnecessary, a state government can be just as corrupt, if not more so. Look at Illinois. What this douche did was nothing more than cater the fear-riddled, conspiratorial fringe of his constituency. Being this big of a douchebag is just as unnecessary.