[So Cal Rocket]

Hmmm... that gives me an idea...

Can the citizens of Orange County California secede from the State of California and become part of New Hampshire, too?

[2banana]

Funny how people who vote for socialism don't want anything to do with it...

[1Old Pro]

I hope they're successful. If so, I'm going to push for my upstate NY town to secede from NY and join Florida where there are no state taxes.

[fsorbello]

I thought Dr. Death, I mean Dean, had created a socialist utopia up there in Vermont???? How could anybody be upset with being over-taxed if it's for the good of the nation-state?

Boy, people just keep biting that hand that's feeding them.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Welcome aboard as long as they leave the domestic partnerships behind.

[Congressman Billybob]

There is a provision in the US Constitution that deaks with this issue. No state can have its boundaries changed without giving its consent to that. Incidentally, there are many states whose boundaries changed yearly, with no fuss and bother.

All states whose boudaries are defined by the "center line" of a specific river, such as the Mississippi, were subject to movements of the course of the river. Until the 20th century, this was common. And no specific approval of the legislature was required, since the line was fdefined by the river. (Beginning in the 20th century, the Army Corps of Engineers has gotton control of this situation, and it now seldom arises.)

Congressman Billybob

Click here, then click the blue CFR button, to join the anti-CFR effort (or visit the "Hugh & Series, Critical & Pulled by JimRob" thread). Please do it now.

[Republican Red]

I would highly doubt that the Vermont legislature will allow this plan to come to fruition.

I am in Fulton County Georgia, home of Atlanta. My fellow citizens in the northern suburbs simply want to form a new county, Milton, and get out of Fulton. We too are tired of paying for Atlanta with no return. I think it would be easier to secede into New Hampshire than get a new county. Years of fighting and we are still at square one.

These politicians know a good cash cow when they see it and will never give it up.

[OESY]

Who can blame them, especially now that Mad Howard is back in Vermont? Seceding is easier than moving out of state.

But, if this succeeds, watch the Massachusetts towns line up at New Hampshire's door. As they say, nothing succeeds like succession. (My uncle tried it on Marthas Vineyard.)

[GOPcapitalist]

Secession ping!

[Right Wing Professor]

But...but now they won't be able to have same sex domestic partnerships!

[The Raven]

Whoa - the folks at Killington are severely out of touch.

Somebody needs to explain to them the legislatures are old hat.

They simply need to get a sympathetic judge and it's done. Why in the world would anyone want to abide by the current laws of the land?

OOOOhhh -- wait a minute....I see it now.....the judges in Vermount are LIBERALS....and they wouldn't be on their side!!! Sorry.

[The Mayor]

I heard this a couple months ago and couldn't find the story anywhere. Glad it's finally out!

[Agnes Heep]

They can always secede with their feet.