Posted on 09/17/2014 12:52:26 PM PDT by paladinan
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If Scotland gains independence from the United Kingdom, it will become the most socialist nation in western Europe and it will likely go the way of the PIIGS from a few years ago. That is, it will go face down into the water, stop breathing, and begin to bloat and to stink. People who pay attention will associate social programs with death of nations.
Ah, OK, so it was a sub base. thanks for setting me straight.
“Divide and thrive could be more the case with the USA, though...”
That is just another one of those Utopian ideas that has no real world validity and is no different in that respect than the Utopian fantasies of the Communists. A person needs to look no farther than California to see how poorly that idea works. The refugees from California have infiltrated Texas and are busily changing Texas as we sit here debating the problem. Also, don’t try the idea of using the borders between California and Texas to stem the flow of refugees out of California, because that idea is a non-starter the same as stopping the flow of refugees from Latin America into Texas or stopping native born Texans from straying from the orthodoxy.
If you can stop your own native born from straying into decadence, then you can also retain the benefits enjoyed by unity in country, defense, and economy.
“If we carved off the cesspools called cities, and let them govern themselves, and the rest of us govern ourselves,”
It would be easier to withhold and forfeit the powers and benefits of citizenship in cases of criminal abuse than it would be to Balkanize the nation.
“I have no doubt who would thrive and who would flounder.”
The Communists same the same thing when they talk about their Utopian ideas about sharing the wealth. They’re both impracticable and destructive of the nation and the culture.
Don’t know for sure...How much North Sea oil can Scotland claim...They might be able to float a Socialist Paradise...
for a few years anyway... ( ; )
...”and a larger Muslim population than most of the rest of England”
Here’s the Muslim population. Where do you get “larger Muslim population than the rest of England”??????
England Total Pop. 53,012,456 / Mulsim 2,660,116 - 5.0%
Scotland Total Pop. 5,295,000 / Muslim 76,737 - 1.5%
I love that phrase. Wish I had a bumper sticker.
SOCIALISM = NEO-FEUDALISM
I thought the only thing that kept Texas from leaving was that Oklahoma sucks...
(hook’em horns)
Which liberals would those be?
It's liberals who are behind the Scottish independence drive. How did you get the idea they were opposing it? Independence will bring forth another socialist country. I don't think you're paying attention here.
Pretty funny
True, but as an Englishman I dont relish the prospect at all.
Agreed - but tragically “narrowly” might not be enough.
He looks mean.........
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