Secession Movement Sweeping Maryland & Colorado

mrconservative.com ^ | 23 Nov 13 | Ben Walters

[DoodleDawg]

Didn’t the Colorado effort fizzle because fewer than half the counties that held the referendum voted for the split?

[Sicon]

Behold the ongoing Balkanization of America.

United we stand, divided we fall. All going to the left's plan, though I have a hard time faulting anyone for wanting to split off and create a new government that will, hopefully, just leave everyone alone to live their lives, and not force them to support those who refuse to support themselves.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’ve got family in Easton, I’ll see if they can snag me one of those bumper stickers!

[DTogo]

If at first you secede, try try again!

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Maybe by the time he is out of office, 0bama will have his 57 states!

[WKUHilltopper]

Not sure what this will do. Unless they’re talking about being independent nations, they’ll be just another state for a predatory federal government to have its way with.

[tacticalogic]

It’s just their way of showing Obama what the underside of the bus looks like.

[FreeReign]

While I agree that parts of states have the right to secede and become new states I think from a pragmatic perspective they would be better off simply becoming parts of different states. For example I wonder if the recent vote in Colorado would have gone differently if the question were “shall county X seek to be annexed by Wyoming” rather than to seek separate statehood. While getting Colorado and Wyoming to agree to that would be challenging, it would be less challenging than getting Congress to agree to another state.

Exactly right and why wouldn't Wyoming take parts of NW Colorado?

[pallis]

People are desperate to get away from the nanny fascist in big government. The control freaks are suffocating America.

[RKBA Democrat]

I think the bigger issue would be getting CO to agree to losing the counties in question.

[TomGuy]

Not sure separation is a viable answer.

Yes, it will help for a while, but eventually, the same liberal mindsets they are separating from will encroach on them again.

If the separation mode becomes prevalent, a century from now, city-states will be controlled by libs and fly-over country will be controlled by more conservative types. Most of the political power structure resides, even now, in the cities, not in fly-over country.

It would seem that the more conservative types are giving up more than they would be gaining. ‘We can’t beat you in the elections, so we’ll just leave.’ The trouble is, especially if those who leave manage to create wealth, libs will find ways to get their share — if not on the state levels, then by way of the Federal level.

[Venturer]

I only wish my county(ST. Mary’s) could join the secession, but we have too many Gimmedats I between us.

[onedoug]

“No taxation without representation!”

[napscoordinator]

I thought that Colorado voted this down in November election. I live in Maryland and hope this happens, but can’t see how they survive financially (the new state).

[Carry_Okie]

Far northern California too.

[Carry_Okie]

I'd rather they just enlarged DC to its true effective size.

Make those idiots live with what they've created.

[icwhatudo]

Baltimore City, not county. West side could go though.

[Verginius Rufus]

11% of the population of Maryland would be about the same as the population of the entire state in 1850. It won’t happen because the state government won’t give up the tax revenues it gets from those counties.

[elder5]

Would love to see King Co. and Seattle leave Washington State.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

This strife brought to you by Reynolds v. Sims, the Supreme Court decision that enabled populous, liberal urban and suburban areas to get a stranglehold on both houses of numerous state legislatures.

Thanks, Reynolds v. Sims!

Maryland "Freak State" PING!