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"...leave the discussion here to those of us who will stick with facts.

What facts? Like the fact that states pay tarrifs?

What a hoot -that- was.

Don't worry; I'm leaving soon. It's almost time for the Phil Fulmer Show and the Tennessee-Miami replay.

And on my birthday too!

Walt

Wlat:
Calm down now, don't get so excited! If a state seceded, the tariffs of the U.S. government would not be in effect, so there would be no tariffs to collect, now would there? So logically speaking, the independent and sovereign nation-state would not be in violation of any tariff acts; they would have no outstanding tariff-related obligations to the U.S. government. In other words, "laws on the books regarding the collection of tarrifs that were not being carried out" (from your Reply No. 269, which started this discussion) would become a moot point. Therefore, your little obsession with the Militia Act would have to go unfulfilled, and the collectors could leave the port city and go back home if they were from the North, or maybe get a similar job with the Republic of South Carolina, the Commonwealth of Virginia, etc., if they were of that independent and sovereign nation-state.

I'm sorry if I over-estimated your intelligence and capacity for reading. However, whenever I post longer replies filled with factual analysis (and not unsupportable opinion or red herring arguments) you seem to be unable to digest them and respond critically with a similar fact-based reply. I've tried shortening my responses to you in order to help you but I'm not sure if that is working, as evidenced by your previous reply. I'll try to come up with another method. Now, I have a feeling you have another obsession you're going to indulge, so if you wake up in a semi-coherent state tomorrow, you may want to read replies to you and think about them (I know that's asking a lot of you) before you start your hootin' and hollerin'. Don't get too wlatted today - a man of your age can't take too much of that stuff... ;>)

Happy birthday, Wlat,
Sincerely,
Herny Eel II