Posted on 12/10/2020 4:48:34 AM PST by EyesOfTX
On his radio program yesterday, Rush Limbaugh indicated his belief that our country may be trending towards secession by some states.
From the story at Mediaite:
Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Wednesday that the U.S. may be “trending toward secession.”
As Limbaugh talked about liberal cities like New York and San Francisco, he took up a question of whether “we can win the culture.”
“I actually think — and I’ve referenced this, I’ve alluded to this a couple of times because I’ve seen others allude to this — I actually think that we’re trending toward secession,” he said.
“I see more and more people asking what in the world do we have in common with the people who live in, say, New York?” Limbaugh asked.
In the segment, first flagged by Media Matters, he said, “A lot of bloggers have written extensively about how distant and separated and how much more separated our culture is becoming politically and that it can’t go on this way. There cannot be a peaceful coexistence of two completely different theories of life, theories of government, theories of how we manage our affairs. We can’t be in this dire a conflict without something giving somewhere along the way.”
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Rush is generally right, and he may well be right here. This all ties in with my piece from the past weekend titled “How Does America Recover From This? It Doesn’t.”
Past generations of Americans had plenty in common, the most obvious among those things being that we were all Americans and all but a tiny few felt an undying loyalty to this country. That love of country – taught in our schools, in our churches and promoted by the entertainment and news media industries – bound us together. We were Americans and damn proud of it.
But that has all changed in America today, specifically on the radical political leftwing, which now dominates the Democrat Party and its policy pursuits. As I discussed in that piece, our entire system of government and the viability of our constitutional Republic depends on the premise that the vast majority of those who govern us would be people of good will who love this country and are loyal to it. Sadly, that entire premise has now become extremely suspect in the Democrat Party, the party that dominates states like New York, which Rush referred to in that monologue.
Today’s Democrat Party not only tolerates having an Eric Swalwell among it, Nancy Pelosi assigns him to serve on the House Intelligence Committee, a post from which he could easily share America’s most tightly held national security secrets to his ChiCom honeypot. Today’s Democrat Party not only tolerates having a Dianne Feinstein – who employed a ChiCom spy as her chauffer for 20 years – in its midst, Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer assign her to serve as the Party’s senior member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Today’s Democrat Party not only tolerates having anti-Semitic, America hating members like AOC, Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar in its midst, it celebrates them, gives them plum committee assignments and affords them heavy influence in the Party’s agenda.
Today’s Democrat Party not only tolerates having ChiCom sellouts like Joe and Hunter Biden in its midst, it celebrates them, covers up for them and even rigs its presidential nomination for an elderly, declining lifelong circus clown as a reward.
The abject hatred of America and everything it stands far among those on the radical political left is not only glaringly evident in Congress, we can see it every day rioting in the streets and issuing heinous diatribes on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms. We are at a point in this country where one cannot wear a cap expressing a desire for this country to be great again without being physically assaulted on the streets with the full sanction of many local mayors and the entirety of the corrupt national news media. We are at a point in our country where one risks assault by admitting he or she works in the oil industry or goes to church. We are at a point in our country where major city Democrat mayors like Bill De Blasio feel free to repeatedly attack, chastise and discriminate against Jews and Christians.
What do people in Texas or Oklahoma or North Dakota or Louisiana or Alabama have in common with people in New York or California or Seattle or Portland anymore? Not much, and in very large part, not even love of country.
So, when Rush Limbaugh says he thinks we are trending towards secession, he should be taken seriously.
That is all.
“It’s winter. I say Louisiana should shut down every pipeline from the Gulf to the North; no winter heating fuel for them!!”
....but they have windmills and solar to supply all their power needs .... and with the onset of global warming they will not need as much heat /s :)
“I identify those “same group of people” as the Northeast power brokers who want to control Washington DC for their own financial and political ends.”
Yes, it is! There is a great book written several years ago called Albion’s Seed written by a professor at Brandies (http://bit.ly/2Ir3J3M). In that book, the author describes how this country was settled by groups from different parts of England. The settlement areas in this country were the northeast, PA (Quackers), Appalachia and Tidewater (VA/south).
They all brought with them their lifestyles, beliefs, and “folkways.” They often fought and disagreed with one another in England and they did the exact same when they came here.
There is nothing new under the sun.
I’d rather live in ‘America’ than what the coasts have become
Secession may be the only solution, as it appears that retaking these Urban Hellholes and forcibly removing the Leftist governments is off the table.
“That I don’t disagree with. We are definitely in a period of great differences.”
The best book I have ever read that describes this is called The Fourth Turning. It was written in 1997.
If you want a brief overview watch this interview with the authors back in 1997 on C-SPAN
https://bit.ly/374ErYK
Here is more information if you are interested.
THE BOOK ON GOODREADS
The Fourth Turning
http://bit.ly/2MUeH7a
Recent YouTube Interview
Recent Interview
https://bit.ly/3gxd6BR
No. Complicating secession is what will cause a war. If entire states reach an agreement then no war is necessary. You have it 180 degress bass ackwards.
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I like this, but we’ll have those icky blue people trying to sneak into our fabulous states from their crummy little Cuba places... like what they do now, actually.
Nullification.
In modern life, we can prevent CW2 by pushing Sanctuaries for conservative values. Liberals already set the precedent with cities and states where cops were punished for cooperating with border patrol. Create Sanctuaries for freedom of speech or more Second Amendment sanctuaries, and arrest liberal fascists who attempt to violate our rights.
In modern life, we can prevent CW2 by pushing Sanctuaries for conservative values. Liberals already set the precedent with cities and states where cops were punished for cooperating with border patrol. Create Sanctuaries for freedom of speech or more Second Amendment sanctuaries, and arrest liberal fascists who attempt to violate our rights.
Makes sense; I’ll check it out. Scratching my head over recent conversations that began, “We millennials...”
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