Secession? You've got to be kidding

It was dangerously irresponsible for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaking to a crowd of tax protesters, to suggest his state might want to consider secession from the United States, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. Doesn't he know there are folks on the fringe who just might take him seriously? Those of us who do not live on that fringe can only mourn this new reality in which ideology supersedes country. [Or, maybe it's just beyond your comprehension, Lenny?]