The Wiper of the Week: Rick Perry

For my first real post, I'd like to introduce a series that will be called "Wiper of The Week". Now you'd think this would be a weekly occurence, but I may forget to do it! So, "Wiper of The Week" may only be posted up every couple of weeks at times, but no two wipers will be declared within a week, this much of my laziness I promise you!
Wiper of the week will be dedicated to a person who exemplifies a person who wants to wipe out reality in exchange for their own version of the truth.

This week we've got a particularly abrasive and shocking wiper: Governor of Texas, Rick Perry. Governor Perry gave a speech on the same day as the national Tax Day protests were taking place, voicing his own regret at the federal government's current policies, and specifically their economic policies of spending without any limit or regulation on themselves. To criticize the Obama administration and the Congress is certainly justified, and I have some positive feelings when it comes to the outrage expressed on April 15th, but what Rick Perry said was far beyond the pale of valid criticism. The governor, perhaps in a different mental state, talked of the independent feeling of the Texas people and how if Obama's policies continue, he would consider secession as an option to be on the table. There is no greater reason than this to vote out this radical (I hope I am right in calling him a radical, whose opinion is not echoed by many in Texas).
Texas secessionism is no matter to talk of in passing obscurities and hints, because when one speaks of "secession", they are really talking about rebellion against America and its Constitution.
The original states that seceded after Lincoln's ascendency to president in 1861 were not obeying any law, but were in direct rebellion to America. In a sense, "seceding from the Union" can be seen as an act of aggression against our constitution which binds America together through it's people, not the states. This is a very interesting argument I've always thought of, but was recently enforced by a pretty lengthy journal article on the matter authored by Timothy Sandefur.
The governor's words are not treasonous, not yet, but there is a danger in talking of such things and Mr. Perry is evading the consequences of his words and public statements. He must first ask the question, which I'm sure he did, "What are the conditions in which a rebellion against the central government is justified". My answer to this question is, when the federal government is in rebellion against the Constitution already. Such a condition has not adequately been met, and while Obama's economic plans may run against some of our founding principles, they don't violate any specific part of the Constitution. A state has no option except to perhaps reject the stimulus money, but then would run the risk of not being re-elected. The governor of South Carolina has done this and ought to be commended for it. This is an action by an individual state that can be congratulated and is completely legal.
Rick Perry needs to either completely retract his statement, or explain to the American and Texan people why he believes a secession could ever be justified. I know he is not saying they are now discussion rebellion in the Texas legislature, but to talk of secession itself may turn out to be a grave mistake for governor Rick Perry, and I would support whatever Republican or Democrat is running against him in the next state election. Wiping out reality in your mind has consequences, and perhaps he will feel those consequences when he is ejected from his mansion.