Georgia - Dumber Than Texas

The General Assembly of Georgia recently passed Senate Resolution 632 in support of the state sovereignty movement, by a vote of 43-1; an act Atlanta writer Jay Bookman characterized as accidentally threatening the state’s ties to the United States.

“In fact, Senate Resolution 632 did a lot more than merely threaten to end this country,” he wrote. “It stated that under the Constitution, the only crimes the federal government could prosecute were treason, piracy and slavery.

“’Therefore, all acts of Congress which assume to create, define or punish [other] crimes … are altogether void, and of no force,’ the Georgia Senate declared.”

“Finally, the resolution states that if Congress, the president or federal courts take any action that exceeds their constitutional powers, the Constitution is rendered null and void and the United States of America is officially disbanded. …

“Now, to be fair, the resolution passed because it was snuck unnoticed onto the Senate resolution calendar on the 39th day of the 40-day legislative session, when senators were trying to handle dozens of bills and scores of amendments. Most did not have an opportunity to read the six-page resolution, which in its description claimed to merely affirm ’states’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles.”

  Raw Story

”To be fair?” You know, this is just the end of that spectrum that goes from stupid shit to bad shit that can happen when legislators don’t read the bills in front of them. And that is altogether too common – in fact, it appears to be the rule rather than the exception. If they don't have time to read something in a bill, then the whole adding crap to bills needs to be changed to always permit time.

But wait, that’s not all.

Asked, “Would you approve or disapprove of Georgia leaving the United States?” 32 percent of Georgia Republicans said they would approve.

And I doubt if the rest of the country would be any less happy to lose Georgia than they would to lose Texas. When our idiot governor suggested we might want to secede, only 18 percent of Texans thought that’d be a good idea.

I wonder why they included slavery amongst the things the federal government could prosecute.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.