[steel_resolve]

My dream would be for Bush to send in the National Guard and arrest Nickels on charges of sedition and treason...ahh well, one can dream...

[Vigilanteman]

My dream would be for Seattle to join Canada and take their worthless governor and senators with them.

[bill1952]

Frustrated by the state and federal gridlock on solving Seattle's transportation problems...

??? - Heres' a thought: - How about Seattle solving Seattle's transportation problems?

[Libertina]

LOL I was thinking secession might be a fine idea! Any chance of Seattle just detaching itself and floating over to join San Francisco? It would give us more usable waterfront ;)

[coloradan]

MY dream would be to have the federal government stick to what it was supposed to Constitutionally do, and have people know this, such that any and every problem isn’t perceived to be a shortcoming of the federal government.

[gridlock]

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out...

[sionnsar]

Say WA? Evergreen State ping

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[muawiyah]

This puke is free to secede any time he wishes. Bye bye!

[wny]

take Berkley and SF with you.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

He meant secede from the State of WA, not the nation.

[pnh102]

My dream would be for Bush to send in the National Guard and arrest Nickels on charges of sedition and treason...

Why? If a liberal city detaches itself from an otherwise conservative state, then that is more liberals who no longer have a voice in government and thus, have no power to screw the rest of us.

[elkfersupper]

I would be in favor of secession if we could empty out the city and run it as an icon to economic and personal freedom.

Alas........it can't be done.

[navyguy]

Here's a photo of the 7 ton statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle. He's all dressed up with a red star for Christmas (... and no, I'm not joking about that...)

[Brilliant]

Not a bad idea. One less blue state.

[djf]

Does this mean that the couple of billions of dollars of gas tax (that they sold to us to help fix the transportation problems STATEWIDE) ain’t gonna get sucked up and all spent on the vampyreduct? Or the 520 bridge?

I’m ALL FOR IT!!

[rockrr]

Isn’t this just like a ‘rat bass-turd. His lunatic party is firmly in control of Seattle, King County, and Washington state (not to speak of US Congress!) and he STILL wants to take his ball and go home because he ain’t getting his way!

Welcome to Washington. Once you recognize that the patients are in charge of the asylum it gets (barely) tolerable ;’}

[AlphaOneAlpha]

As far as I am concerned, the state of Washington can go....and take Oregon and California with it. They are not, nor have they been American ideals states for a long time.

[Robwin]

As one who lives on the East Side, Mayor, I am all for your idea. All I ask is that you extend the secession boundary southward so that it includes Portland. Then adios to all you dweeby Libs.

[orebuck07]

MY dream would be for the Sonics to stay in Seattle.

[RobinOfKingston]

... , Mayor Greg Nickels suggested secession ...

Awww. Poor baby. Gweggy's undies got bunched up.

[BlazingArizona]

Frustrated by the state and federal gridlock on solving Seattle's transportation problems, Mayor Greg Nickels suggested secession at a Thursday luncheon.

Would this allow the City of Seattle to keep slaves instead of having to raise taxes?