Steve Benen over at the Washington Monthly has an interesting piece today about some remarks that Glenn Beck has been making. Beck is apparently of a mind that the founding fathers would support state secession if the federal government were committing suicide, whatever that means.

Now, I happen to agree that we should not follow our leaders like lemmings. But I also happen to be fond, perhaps to a fault, of sound reasoning.

Exhibit A:

We should speak out, hypothetically, when our leaders do silly things like use false intelligence to start a war that costs billions of dollars and millions of lives.

Conclusion: Sound reasoning.

Exhibit B:

We should hold a protest that compares itself to the Boston Tea Party and talk as much as possible about armed revolution when a tiny fraction of the population is being asked to pay a lower tax rate than they did under their Uber-Hero Ronald Regan.

Conclusion: Coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs.

So, if it turns out that the folks who live in Red States are serious about this whole secession thing, I sincerely hope that this time, we let them go. They take more federal money than blue states. They have lower-performing schools. And, their elected leaders are, generally, jackasses.

Good riddance.

P.S. With our newly sane immigration policy, any refugees wishing to apply for political asylum in our condensed United States would be welcome. And Austin, Texas gets a special dispensation to remain a member in good standing. Kind of like West Berlin. Oh, and Bill O’Reilly is so getting deported.