You know what never fails to make me laugh?

Dumbass conservatives who don't have a sense of history.

Today, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a resolution that declared the state as being "sovereign" (warn: autosound). This is the second time in as many weeks they've done this, actually - the first time the Governor vetoed it.

The resolution states pretty much that Oklahoma gets to do what it wants. But, you know. They don't have to return any federal funds.

(That's not how it works, guys. You want federal money, you submit to the authority of the federal government. I'm not too happy about the size of it myself these days but that's how it works in a democratic republic.)

Oklahoma isn't alone in this crazy. Several other states have done similar things:

Georgia pretty much said they believed that the US Government was on the verge of nullifying the US Constitution if any more laws are passed that could be considered "infringements on the right to keep and bear arms".

South Dakota and Oklahoma both passed similar resolutions.

This is all getting pretty much unnoticed due to Texas governor Perry saying that he was contemplating seceding from the Union. He says it's legal and above board, that Texas reserved the right to secede if they wanted when they joined the US of A.

(He is, of course, wrong. It's totally illegal for states to leave the Union - and it's option to secede was revoked after the Civil War. You might think that someone who is supposed to know the legal stuff about thier state would know that. But hey, when has reality ever gotten the way of a sound byte?)

I don't understand secessionist logic. These are people who claim to be the ultimate patriots and are talking about leaving the union. How is this hypocrisy not brilliantly visible to them?

But further, what happened to all of the "anyone who doesn't support the president is a traitor" rhetoric? I know that I, personally, was told I was being treasonous several times when the Republicans had power. I mean, what changed in the country that made them do such a radical flip-flop of opinion?

Oh, yeah. They became a minority, regional party.

As near as I can tell it's "All for one and one for all as long as it's all for us". That seems to be the mantra.

Here's a reality check to all this secessionist and sovereign talk:

You are not sovereign, no matter how much you wish otherwise.

You are not going to secede.

Hint: We already fought a fucking war over this issue. You lost. And I guaran-fucking-tee you that any president since Lincoln would rather send tanks rolling down the streets of Houston and arrest everyone in the legislature for treason than allow for another Civil War.

It's just not going to fucking happen.