[libertarianben]

I have a question. What is so sacred about the American Union and for that matter any union. If the union is a great and noble thing, then wouldn't worldwide union be even better? If so then all nations should cede their sovereignty to the UN and be done with it. We all been taught the propaganda of "one nation, indivisible"as in the pledge of allegiance. Which was written by a socialist, btw.

[detsaoT]

I have a question. What is so sacred about the American Union and for that matter any union. If the union is a great and noble thing, then wouldn't worldwide union be even better? If so then all nations should cede their sovereignty to the UN and be done with it. We all been taught the propaganda of "one nation, indivisible"as in the pledge of allegiance. Which was written by a socialist, btw.

I would be perfectly content to live in an independent Virginia, myself. But you're preaching to the choir, in my case. :)

[groanup]

...if the union is a great and noble thing, then wouldn't worldwide union be even better?

Exactly. And to paraphrase Mel Gibson: The union sympathizers on this thread shower praise on their ancestors who fought a tyrant 3,000 miles away but want to shame my ancestors who, a few years later, fought a hundred tyrants 500 miles away. Go figure.