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Up to a Point: A Free Scotland Would Be a Hilarious Disaster
The Daily Beast ^ | 9-13-2014 | P. J. O’Rourke

Posted on 09/16/2014 6:34:55 AM PDT by servo1969

Edited on 09/16/2014 7:35:55 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

This coming Thursday the Scots will vote on whether to make Scotland an independent nation. And I hope they do because it will be a disaster.

I don

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TOPICS: Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alexsalmond; orourke; pjorourke; referendom; scotland; scotlandyet; uk; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 09/16/2014 6:34:56 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Scotland was independent at one time. They can do it again.


2 posted on 09/16/2014 6:39:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: servo1969

Oh my!

3 posted on 09/16/2014 6:42:16 AM PDT by McGruff (Let freedom ring)
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To: servo1969

On the other hand, Independence might force these people to grow up.


4 posted on 09/16/2014 6:42:18 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: servo1969

The first thing that should go after the vote is all the benefits funded by London. See if the Scottish Parliament will fund all of those... not a chance.


5 posted on 09/16/2014 6:42:22 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: servo1969

Bit of an unpleasant tone to the article, but that’s PJ Rourke.

I hope that Scotland and England will become good neighbors, rather than bad co-tenants.

I think the Earl of Atholl will be someone to watch when this happens - he seems to have his head screwed on. After all, he literally has his own private army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atholl_Highlanders


6 posted on 09/16/2014 6:46:13 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: Sacajaweau

They weren’t all socialists with bad habits and rotten teeth then.......


7 posted on 09/16/2014 6:50:30 AM PDT by expat2
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To: servo1969
And I hope they do because it will be a disaster.

The Scots seem to presently exist on welfare, government jobs and above all, money-printing and debt from the BOE. Salmond and the SNP are liars, whose only hope seems to be that oil will allow them to be independent, and have even more welfare. Maybe, maybe not.

Anyway, as a disinterested observer, I'd like to see them try, just to see the results. We can always learn something new.

8 posted on 09/16/2014 6:51:55 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: servo1969
The one thing the Scottish don’t have is a ridiculous dictator

But they have an aspiring applicant in the perfectly ridiculous Alex Salmond.

9 posted on 09/16/2014 6:53:31 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: servo1969

The whole “independence” movement seems to be run by 70’s Marxists, fueled by empty-headed kids, and cheered on by opportunistic loons in other countries that think they will ride a Yes train wreck to independence for wherever they live.

It’s all a big game for too many people.


10 posted on 09/16/2014 6:59:21 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Sacajaweau

Wasn’t that before the industrial revolution?


11 posted on 09/16/2014 6:59:52 AM PDT by southernmann
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To: PGR88

The problem is that how can a government of hard leftists fund all of their welfare and freebies on a substance that they consider to be evil?


12 posted on 09/16/2014 7:00:54 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Sacajaweau

They weren’t trying to be independent and socialist back then. That’s going to be quite a difference. After all, they won’t have many to steal wealth from to redistribute it.


13 posted on 09/16/2014 7:01:57 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: GeronL

Not likely or even possible...which brings us to whether this guy is correct in his analysis and socialism will bear its ugly fruit in Scotland, or they will pull together and learn that nationalism and socialism are mutually exclusive.


14 posted on 09/16/2014 7:03:37 AM PDT by gr8eman (Bill Carson...meet Arch Stanton!)
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I think an independent Scotland would nationalize the oil within weeks. lol


15 posted on 09/16/2014 7:04:43 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: agere_contra
Bit of an unpleasant tone to the article, but that’s PJ Rourke.

Pretty good writing, though. Sounds like the old '80's P.J.

16 posted on 09/16/2014 7:05:42 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: relictele

Hmmm, Ferguson is a Scottish name. Trouble is Fat Bastard has already been shot.

Well, maybe they can find another one.


17 posted on 09/16/2014 7:08:35 AM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Interesting Times

I thought it was hilarious.


18 posted on 09/16/2014 7:09:03 AM PDT by freedomlover (daniel1212; greyfoxx39; boatbums; Elsie; Colofornian; reaganaut; svcw)
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To: P-Marlowe
on the other hand, independence might force them to grow up

How long before globalist corporations get in there to take all the profits from Scotch, natural resources, and really incredible seafood?

I'd think Scotland could be an excellent country, but learning self-sufficiency just might take time they wouldn't have.

19 posted on 09/16/2014 7:09:29 AM PDT by grania
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To: Sacajaweau

He’s such a heavy-handed “humorist.” Never ever found this guy funny.


20 posted on 09/16/2014 7:09:31 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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