Posted on 02/20/2009 10:40:37 AM PST by Hythloday
The Castaways address one question every week submitted by their readers. This week, they address the concept of states' rights and how it has virtually disappeared from any dialogue about government. The latest violence perpetrated against the ability of states to govern themselves, in the form of the movement toward a socialistic economy, may be the final nail in the coffin...
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The final nail in THAT coffin was actually LBJ’s “Great Society”.
The largest nail was Abraham Lincoln’s war.
I grew up in TX. I now live in CA. But I have begun thinking of myself as a Texan more and more.
The 40 year project by the socialist elitist who live in the NE US & California(Yankees for lack of a better word) to Balkanise the country is about to come to full fruition......
In 1861, not all southerners were secessionists, not all northerners wanted to invade the south and enforce Federalism however - all that matters once IT STARTS and the lines are drawn, is geography. Geopgraphy will be everything. The most important thing at that point is which side of the fence you are on my FRiends. Northern Conservatives and Southern Liberals will be a thing of the past.
I don't want this , just the way it is playng out, clear as a bell.
The fuze will be lit by this, when people in flyover country start to realize, collectivly, that they don't have to go along with the socialists/stalinists, and that there is another way-fightning a new Civil War.
Well, I’m still a Virginian (for what that’s worth now that we have a democrat gov. and dems for BOTH senators), but I was referring more to how things FUNCTION; not so much how I and other Constitution-loving, true patriots view things.
PS - I LOVE your tag-line!!
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Well put. I realize that I refer to our country as America more often than the United States or U.S. My english teachers would have a heart attack knowing that I am using an adjective as a noun.
The United Socialist State People’s Republic is..
I wouldn’t give up hope just yet. There are an awful lot of patriots left, believe it or not, and there is plenty of buyer’s remorse setting in.
Even my liberal coworkers have been silent lately.
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