[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The secession ordinance was adopted April 17, citing the specific reservation of the right of secession that the State hade made, in writing

Crossing your fingers behind your back when you sign a contract does not relieve you of the obligations of that contract.

The interesting words in the Virginia Ordinance of Secession are:

This ordinance shall take effect and be an act of this day, when ratified by a majority of the voter of the people of this State cast at a poll to be taken thereon on the fourth Thursday in May next, in pursuance of a schedule hereafter to be enacted.

In other words, "We're going to do this right now and let the people vote on it to make it official in a month or so, after it's a done deal."

[Who is John Galt?]

Crossing your fingers behind your back when you sign a contract does not relieve you of the obligations of that contract.

Stating reservations, in writing, "when you sign a contract," does...