Meanwhile, Back in the Republic of Texas

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Maybe it was meant to be a consolation prize for Governor Rick Perry, after that whole secession thing didn’t work out and all. But the Texas Legislature’s effort to establish an official flag for the Governor ran into a bit of a problem over the weekend:

The flag — with red, white and blue horizontal stripes and a star in the middle — was being proposed as the official flag for the Texas governor. Take away the star and it looks virtually identical to the flag of post-Soviet Russia.

Instead, after a bit of mocking repartee in Russian and a few one-liners about secession, House members tentatively settled on a substitute flag offered by Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford: a dark-blue background, with a white star in each corner, a Lone Star seal in the center, surrounded by olive and oak branches.

Members also tacked on: “In God We Trust.”