[Gay State Conservative]

Count me as being part of that 25%.But I don’t want *my* state to secede...I want the red states to do so at which point I’ll move to NC,GA,TN or maybe IN.

[Bryanw92]

I’m in! We need Texas to secede and then pull the rest of the south and Midwest with it.

[Candor7]

The successionist movement in Scotland is largely leftist
and socialist in nature.

If it was an independence movement based on culture , I would be in favor, but the independence movement is actually about equal division of material benefits among the people , no real capitalist or entrepreneurial ideology.

The very strengths of Scotland , her traditions, military
and innovations are not the basis for the current separation. The basis is more of the UK pie.

I would not support Scotlands independence to put her into the hands of leftists, but a Scottish revival of culture and Scots gaelic as a basis of a conservative Scottish independence movement? That I would support as a Scottish American.

[SgtHooper]

The problem remains—the big city. Big cities everywhere are the cancers. How do you fix that after secession?

[Secret Agent Man]

i’d not mind. but i’d rather force the socialists to leave and restore what the country is supposed to be.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

What I love about this country is we don’t have walls.....you aint gotta secede, just walk the heck out! This land aint your land, this land is my land. Grant and Sherman forever!

[blackdog]

The American colonial revolution took place with only 24% of the population being in favor of independence from England. As the war was going badly, that number remained steady. Once it looked like we might win the war, the public shifted towards independence, with only a slight majority.

[NonValueAdded]

How about ejecting a few states?

[MacNaughton]

12/29/2008 – YouTube - Russian Professor Predicts the USA Disintegrates
run time = 00:03:35 minutes

WSJ - The End of the U.S.?

The Wall Street Journal published an article about Russian professor and political scientist, Igor Panarin, who 1st predicted in 1998 that the U.S. would probably disintegrate into 6 parts by JUL 2010. "There's a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur. … One could rejoice in that process ... .But if we're talking reasonably, it's not the best scenario -- for Russia." Though Russia would become more powerful on the global stage, he said, its economy would suffer because it currently depended heavily on the dollar and on trade with the U.S. He forecasted financial and demographic changes within the U.S. which would provoke a political crisis in which the wealthier states would withhold funds from the federal government. These wealthier states would effectively secede from the Union, leading to social unrest, civil war, national division, and intervention of foreign powers. The break-up would also lead to mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation.

[ProudFossil]

Count me in if the 25% are all Dims. They can go create their own utopia anywhere else.

[JSDude1]

I am one of them-afterall our nation was founded upon respect for the natural rights that God has given each one of us and the reality that a sovereign people has to give consent to whom is governing over them (and therefore ARE allowed to change political, even governments when necessary and wished for by the same people~)!~

[GeronL]

Who writes these headlines?

Does anyone really think those same 25% didn’t support it last year or the year before?

Nobody is “following” Scotland

[enduserindy]

The question I have is what percentage by state.

[octex]

fta... First, the lack of exit polling and the methodical counting of votes ensured that those watching the coverage of the independence ballot had to wait until the late hours of the evening to get a clear picture of the results.
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Off topic a bit, but I believe the damned exit polls and media predictions based on them need to be banned. The results from such actions on the East Coast precede the closing of polling stations in the other time zones and do influence the turnouts. ...jmo

[the scotsman]

‘Americans were… unimpressed. First, the lack of exit polling and the methodical counting of votes ensured that those watching the coverage of the independence ballot had to wait until the late hours of the evening to get a clear picture of the results. Who doesn’t project election outcomes these days? Second, Americans clearly know how to organize secessionist movements far better than do their Scottish brethren. ‘

Oh dear, sorry we disappointed you. Like we ******* care.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Be careful with conclusions here. The scots that wanted to break away were wild eyed liberals. Same thing here, a bunch of Starbucks patrons that think the Constirurion is outdated. You might “join” such a movement and find yourself in a hippie conclave in California. I’d like to see the Lib/Consv breakdown on the 25%.

[virgil]

I’m actually worried about Alaska. What’s to keep Russia from just walking in and taking it? Much of it is uninhabited and we have a weak president.