Let’s Consider United State of Washington [Secession]

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 25 September 2004 | Brad Upton

[Psycho_Bunny]

President Bush can't stop us from seceding.

I live in Seattle.

I am armed.

I have no qualms about defending my nation against enemies; foreign or domestic.

[Publius]

With an angry US Navy blockading your ports it's gonna get ugly in Seattle when the rest of the states blockades all roads into the city.

At last! A solution to our traffic problems!

[Publius]

Contact "wyattearp" and "Clemenza". I think all three of you live in the same neighborhood in Seattle. You could form an infantry squad.

[melkor]

Friend of mine is writing a web comic about the succession of texas after laura miller declares herself ruller of texas. It throws the us into a new cold war and the comic is mainly about covert ops between the nations.

[Paleo Conservative]

It's worse than that. University of Washington and Evergreen State College.

[Jack Black]

CW II Ping.

[Steel Wolf]

Your point of posting that picture, I assume, is to point out that Cascadian anti-armor tactics will be sub-par, at best?

[proudpapa]

Recent polls show Rossi and Gregoire in a dead heat.

I think this Upton guy is going to lose it when Bush, Rossi and possibly Nethercutt pull of wins here.

[Unemployed Capitalist]

Bond rating to FFFF ( I know there isn't one - the speculators would have to create one though). All of Boeing, Starbucks and Microsoft bonds and stocks fall to near zero. No cash flowing into these Capitalistic endeavours. Loss of tax base. Mass riots for State-funded Welfare. No tax base. Mass starvation. Cannibalism. Have to eat each other or eat Spotted Owls - choose each other....

[irishtenor]

Are you kidding? Boeing moved to Illinois years ago.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Try reading Robert Kiyosaki's "If You Want To Be Rich And Happy Don't Go To School".

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Careful, Kiyosaki has been shown to be something of a fraud about his life story, and mostly makes money on $5000 seminars and books telling people he got rich investing in ways that they can.

http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html

[Paleo Conservative]

Just their headquarters; not their lines for their 737, 747, 767, 777, and 7E7.

[TLI]

Rip off coffee and wine-os... nice.

Here in Texas we have Pantex.  I guess we control the entire planet. right?

[Publius]

Cannibalism.

Jeez, Capitalist, cut me a break. I live here. When I think of people "eating" each other, I have something very different in mind.

[John Lenin]

Wouldn't they have to be invited back?

No.

[kcar]

After the absence of their two Senators, and having made the rest of the country more conservative via the remaining numbers, who's to say we would just let them back in after 4 years? Probably they'd have a civil war with the East portion of the state if they secede, and the Seattle software and coffee vendors would be hard-pressed to prevail. And if they did, with all those fine apples and cherries there and unprotected by the USA, maybe China would invade and rename it Invadia. Of course, they could always ally themselves with Canada.

[rockrr]

Every time I hear this crap I think of the late sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel" It was set in the not-too-distant future and feature a barbwire perimeter around the city of Seattle.

I wouldn't object to someone doing that right about now.....

[wyattearp]

You've got reinforcements here in Belltown at the Sydney...

There's another Freeper in Belltown? Will wonders never cease!

Not sure where the Sydney is. I'm at the Ellington. Doing anything for lunch Sunday? Burgers and Beers at Two Bells Tavern? One o'clock or so?

[wyattearp]

I think this Upton guy is going to lose it when Bush, Rossi and possibly Nethercutt pull of wins here.

I think that the leftists would burn Seattle in the ensuing riots. :-)

[Boiler Plate]

John T Reed is a sorry loser who has not accomplished anything great in his life other than criticize people who have done well. JTR claims that the characters in Kiyosaki's books are fictional, but I have a good friend who knew Kiyosaki and his friend Mike when they were in HS.
Regardless of JTR's claims Kiyosaki's books are informative, instructive and inspiring and JTR has not been able to prove otherwise.