Posted on 04/16/2009 7:52:34 PM PDT by DCBurgess58
The red state blue state model doesn’t work. Most blue states are mostly red. Here in Michigan democrats only regularly win 10 or so of our 83 counties.
Wow, this really floors me. Talk of secession?
Then again, I never ever thought we would see the Soviet Union dissolve into a number of independent countries.
Hard to imagine the United States breaking up into different countries. But, there are distinct places in this country. There are key differences socially, culturally, politically, between the more conservative traditional areas of the country and the liberal places.
Stay tuned. We may be living through history.
it’s not a model, I’m suggesting that we get a real discussion going about secession, Michigan would be more than welcome to seceed or not, that is up to the American population. I’m just saying it’s time to start talking about it
Tell me Dilbert, would you support two America’s if you could live in the the one that was not gonna go bankrupt and was true to the founding father’s vision. Not some Liberals socialism fantasy version that they’ve been shoving down our throats?
Texas seceeded from Mexico in 1836. I wonder if Geraldo thinks they were nut jobs for that? Were the Georgians nut jobs for seceeding fro the USSR?
“I mean Geraldo tonight who called Perry a nut job?”
He (and the rest of the MSM) have NO CHOICE but to try to label Perry and other people talking about secession as kooks, as that is their only chance of keeping this movement from getting legs, and getting serious. We have to expect that reaction.
But the discussion has been started, and it’s not Ron Paul or Rush Limbaugh, instead it’s the Governor of the second most populous state in the country...they cannot put the genie back in the bottle...people (defined as taxpayers) in Texas are angry and now (finally) have a way to protest that cannot be ignored by the Elites.
How would you even get something like that started? The minute you declared, you’d all the governments acronyms at your doorstep, assuming you had enough people interested enough to be considered threatening.
They have no problem being quick and decisive when it comes to things like Waco, Ruby Ridge, or that Mormon compound. How would you get through the first few weeks?
if Texas succeeds, I will definitely move there. I have NO LOVE WHATSOEVER for the government of this country, or the idiots who elected it.
You got it. We need to ensure that the splitup is along country lines and not state lines, to the extent possible. Basic reality is that no marriage this bad would last fifteen seconds and everybody knows it.
“They have no problem being quick and decisive when it comes to things like Waco, Ruby Ridge, or that Mormon compound. How would you get through the first few weeks?”
This is state of 23,000,000 people. It will not be so easy for the feds if they want to intimidate us. Their only hope would be what’s left of the military...and two thirds of those guys are from the South. The FBI, DEA, and others are real tough in small circumstances...but they are not anywhere near being an army.
Texas is succeeding where other states are failing. We Texans are talking about seceding.
But how would you go about seperating? A statewide vote?
How would you get something like that on the ballot?
It gets started when the American people start talking about it. There’s no point in forming “an organisation”. When people all over the country start talking about it. An idea gains momentum.
Step 1 would be a commission to study the concept and figure out the details.
Step 2 would be statewide vote, similar to a constitutional amendment...no big deal.
Step 3 (assuming the vote passed), would be to begin negotiations.
Step 4 (hopefully) will be a peaceful separation. Texas gets its independence as an independent country, and the remaining US gets rid of their largest red state and gets to implement the European model essentially without opposition.
I’m with you. Geraldo is an ignorant, shallow, empty man.
I wrote hannity an email and let him know how angry that
man made me tonight. I hope hannity will never let him on his show again and I personally believe he does not belong on Fox News and should be fired. I love Governor Perry!!!
Hell here in IL we wish we could just secede from the money-sucking corruption pit that is Chicago! They can have the collar counties and all their toll roads, we’ll take the cornfields and cows and do just fine.
What’ll they do, trade us movies or derivates for some sacks of flour?
Oh how witty, you spelling Nazi you...
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