Twenty percent of Texans agree that Texas should secede, but now Oklahoma?
Monday, Oklahoma's house bypassed the governor's veto, with a vote of 73 to 22, to approve a bill by Charles Key increasing Oklahoma's sovereignty.
What does this bill do and what is its purpose?
Listen to Air America's Montel Williams try to get to the heart of the story
Oklahoma took the first step towards independence from the United States when the state House of Representatives approved House Concurrent Resolution 1028 (HCR 1028), which grants Oklahoma sovereignty. The resolution was authored by Republican Representative Charles Key. We all laughed when Republican Governor Rick Perry said he wanted to see Texas secede, but now we have a second state that actually may do it. Montel was joined by Representative Key to find out more.
Of course the bill is designed not to interrupt any funds that Oklahoma might receive (because they receive more than they pay in taxes), but is designed to put Congress back in line.
Key denies that this is a secessionary movement, but Montel points out that on the heels of Texas' secession polls the timing of this leads others to believe that this bill is designed for secession. The government should 'cease and desist mandates beyond its control.'
Montel:
You dont want to pull out of the union, you just want the union to pull out of you.
Key:
I want the words of the Constitution to mean what they say and say what they mean.
Montel presses for answers on exactly what rep Key is wanting, but the answer is "We follow the Constitution."
Montel reminds Key of the Preamble to the Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
and asks specifically what the government is doing in Oklahoma that it needs to stop doing.
Montel points out that Oklahoma paid 19B to Washington in taxes and received 28B in funds. Key counters by saying that we either follow the Constitution or we do not.
Montel:
What in the Consitution is the federal government doing that they should not be doing?
Key:
Rights came from a creator not from governement.
Montel:
What is in Oklahoma that government needs to get out of?
Key:
Education. They have no right to be involved in education.
Montel points out the value of education and other things like road building, but:
Key:
If we keep going down this path, there are no rules, anything goes. We are bankrupting the country and each individual.
Montel challenged him on his facts and Key, flustered, said:
Key:
I wont have the ability to have the future, the possibility of freeedom, the ability to own property.
Montel points out the if the Constitution is so great, then he [Montel] would count as 3/5 of a person. He counters that people in Oklahoma are receiving welfare and social security and need the help of the government.
Key changes the subject and goes into a rant against discrimination (I guess he forgot he was talking to Montel) on how we are all being discriminated against.
wow.
Crossposted at Americas Class War