Of course, my snarky post of last night was aimed exclusively… at what an utterly suicidal move, from an economic and self-defense standpoint, it would be… if Texas were to take Hinderaker’s advice — and quit.

I did not address the legal merits of the approach, as there… are none.

And that is why, quite a bit more seriously, it would be foolish to think Mexico or California or Colorado or Illinois and New York would continue to have cordial trade relations with any new “nation” called Texas. And the fed’s removal of $30 billion in cash aid, plus the ending of perhaps $100 billion in “in-kind” aid (defense, air traffic control, roads and bridge and waterway/port connections and so on)… would mean the people of Texas would need to adopt punishing new income taxes, and real estate taxes… and sales taxes… just to keep the awful level of services they now endure — much more, if the Texans want to improve them.

But perhaps because John’s drew a righteous rebuke from most of his commenters, Scott needed to re-assert that Mr. Lincoln long ago settled this question. Leaving the Union, is and would be… itself… an act of war against the United States of America.

Lovely, boys… just lovely. None of you can be taken seriously any longer.

Each of you has lost your tiny lil’ minds.

Out