The South is Rising Again (Spirit of Secession is Nationwide)

OneNewsNow.com ^ | March 15, 2010 | Peter Heck

[no dems]

The South is rising again. Before I go any further, let me clarify. Sadly, too many in our country possess the superficial and ignorant perception that the only impetus behind southern secession was to perpetuate the abhorrent practice of slavery. Therefore, when they hear such a phrase, their kneejerk reaction tells them this must be about race. I assure you, it’s not.

When the North invaded the South during the 1860s, it was to deny the southern states the ultimate expression of their sovereignty – the ability to withdraw from a union they had voluntarily joined. Interestingly, secession was a right that the northern New England states had contemplated using themselves in the 1804 Hartford Convention when they felt the national government had become too oppressive.

So what does any of this have to do with our current situation? Barack Obama and his cohorts are meeting a wall of opposition not seen in well over a century. To this point, 37 states have taken up legislation to essentially resurrect the nullification doctrine and void the enforcement of the blatantly unconstitutional individual mandate should ObamaCare pass.

Yes, the spirit of the South is rising again, but this time it’s different. This time it’s all over the country.

[no dems]

37 states have taken up legislation to essentially resurrect the nullification doctrine and void the enforcement of the blatantly unconstitutional individual mandate should ObamaCare pass.

Ya gotta love it. Stuff like this keeps me from feeling hopeless and like, "What's the use to try", and from going insane.

[Kartographer]

Soon?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b3Q89FZoY0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fuser%2FTheChannelOfLiberty&feature=player_profilepage

[Kartographer]

[mlocher]

Yes, the spirit of the South is rising again, but this time it’s different. This time it’s all over the country.

Same principle -- different triggering issue (I wanted to say different stimulus, but I thought that in poor taste right now.)

[pissant]

How about working on restoring the republic and cutout the secession BS

[Salamander]

“We’re all Dixie, now” ping.

[Salamander]

Ordo ab chao....:)

[doc1019]

AMEN!

[pissant]

Is that you , Chaka??

[freekitty]

Me too and it’s about time.

[gthog61]

If some of y’all don’t like secession how about we just throw out DC and some of the commie hotbeds instead?

[bgill]

In 2009, the Chicago Machine invaded the South. Time to secede!

[jessduntno]

“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”

[pissant]

Now yer talkin. WE own this country. Time to act like it and shove our boots up some commie butt.

[Sequoyah101]

It is time. I'll repost this here having every intention of fannign the flames. This is from dougie, one of queen nancy's henchmen. The pigs of the demorats are trying to make this a decree and now a part of an orderly Constitutional process. How do we start? From: Thornell, Doug [mailto:Doug.Thornell@mail.house.gov] 
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:25 PM
 To: Thornell, Doug 
Subject: Tea Party Etiquette TO: Freshman and Sophomore House Democrats FROM: Office of the Assistant to the Speaker DATE: March 15, 2010 RE: Tea Party Etiquette As many of you have read, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 16, 2010, tens of thousands of conservative and Tea Party activists will be on the Hill as part of what they are dubbing a “Surge Against Obamacare.” Rick Scott, a multimillionaire investor and former hospital executive, is helping to lead the grassroots effort along with a number of other groups on the right like Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks. While many of you have met with outspoken activists in your districts in the past, we wanted to remind you of some of the best practices to review with your DC staff: 1. Be prepared. Activists are expected to begin arriving around 9am and they have been given instructions to wait in your office until they can have a meeting. Please have an orderly process and enough staff and interns to welcome what could be a very large number of visitors throughout the day: · Have staff and/or Member time set-aside to visit with attendees in small groups; · Ask for extra chairs or seating to be brought to your office or the hall in case there are seniors or disabled visitors that need to be accommodated; · Consider having some light snacks, H2O, and coffee available; · Ask visitors to leave all signs and banners outside the office. 2. Prioritize listening to your constituents: · Have multiple guest books/comment sheets available for all visitors to sign-in and leave comments — we recommend you have one for residents of your district, one for residents of your state (but not your district), and one for out-of-state visitors. Have a Capitol Directory and map available to direct visitors to their Member of Congress and written instructions on how to get over to the Senate side of the Hill. · There is limited rationale for your Member to meet with out-of-district constituents, especially if you already had other business or meetings previously scheduled with constituents who had planned to visit with you tomorrow on other topics. It is up to individual offices to decide if staff would like to take these meetings. 3. Listen and communicate in small groups: · As we learned in August, small groups are typically the best venue for exchanges on this complicated topic. · Many of the conservative activists are not opposing the actual provisions in the bill, but are instead reacting to a caricature of the reform bill presented by right-wing media outlets. In fact, many conservative and GOP ideas and concerns are addressed in the legislation: ü Reduces the deficit; ü Cracks down on Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse; ü Provides historic tax credit for small businesses and individuals to purchase health insurance; ü Allows consumers to shop for health insurance across state lines via multi-state compacts; ü Inaugurates medical malpractice reforms, (an area where the GOP failed to take any action when in charge of Congress for 12 years). · Also, don’t assume common myths about this bill have been debunked. Be prepared to explain that there are no death panels, that Medicare is in fact strengthened, and that reform is not a government take-over, but it is an attempt to crack down on the abusive practices of health insurance companies by providing oversight and increasing competition. · Finally, work to establish common-ground with visitors by ensuring they are aware and supportive of the important changes that will take place immediately: ü Offer tax credits to small businesses to purchase coverage; ü Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans; ü Provide immediate access to insurance for uninsured Americans who are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition through a temporary high-risk pool; ü Prohibit dropping people from coverage when they get sick in all individual plans; ü Eliminate lifetime limits and restrictive annual limits on benefits in all plans; ü Require premium rebates to enrollees from insurers with high administrative expenditures and require public disclosure of the percent of premiums applied to overhead costs; ü Ensure consumers have access to an effective internal and external appeals process to appeal new insurance plan decisions; ü Require plans to cover an enrollee’s dependent children until age 26; ü Require new plans to cover preventive services and immunizations without cost-sharing; ü Relief on the Donut Hole. If you have any questions, please let us know.

[Spktyr]

How else do you propose to get rid of all the ‘entitlements’ and the massive unelected bureaucracy which is infested by insane liberals? Neither party will get rid of them.

[Rome2000]

Screw secession, kick the marxists out this time.

[Salamander]

Chaka Khan?

[Inyo-Mono]

It can be nasty. My great-grandfathers took up arms against the tyranny of the Federal Government in 1861. As a result, their family’s homes and businesses were burned to the ground and namesake great-grandfather was taken prisoner. I also had seven ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War. They lost much. But, I am ready to follow in their path.

[no dems]

How about working on restoring the republic and cutout the secession BS

It's the spirit of Secession pissant. Read the last paragraph. 37 States have resurrected the right to nullify Obama's Health Care plan. I repeat: It's the spirit of Secession. We know that no State is going to Secede from the Union ....well.....Texas maybe.