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It’s Time For The United States To Divorce Before Things Get Dangerous
The Federalist ^ | April 10, 2018 | Jesse Kelly

Posted on 04/10/2018 9:00:07 AM PDT by fwdude

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To: No.6

That map shows that when population density increases, intellectual capability and morality decrease. Notice that almost all of the blue areas are those big, overpopulated cities.


101 posted on 04/10/2018 10:11:37 AM PDT by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: Pelham
Both. Lincoln lifted it from 12:22 Matthew

Matthew 12:22 "Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw."

If Lincoln said he lifted his "house divided" line from Matthew 22 then he was an infidel. Fortunately he was neither.

102 posted on 04/10/2018 10:14:13 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: fwdude; All
Repeal the ill-conceived 17th Amendment. Doing so will effectively secede all the states from the unconstitutionally big federal government.

The 16th Amendment can disappear too.

103 posted on 04/10/2018 10:14:22 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: skinndogNN

They have me surrounded, that makes things more simple.


104 posted on 04/10/2018 10:14:40 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: DoodleDawg

Don’t forget Indiana and Ohio. IN is reliably Right while Ohio is mostly right.


105 posted on 04/10/2018 10:16:09 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Simon Green

That would require one hell of a wall...


106 posted on 04/10/2018 10:17:42 AM PDT by maddog55
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To: DoodleDawg

Montana keeps electing a Demonic-rat governor and has one ‘rat senator. How conservative is that?


107 posted on 04/10/2018 10:17:54 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: Jim Noble

Really, just loosen the bleeder screws.
Shhheeeesh


108 posted on 04/10/2018 10:19:46 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Rockin' like a HurriQane)
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To: Simon Green

That line in Illinois needs to move half the State north. Roughly south of I-80 across Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

L


109 posted on 04/10/2018 10:20:04 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon

It will only happen peacefully if conservatives project unwavering power with their demands. If they do, the left will slouch down and scurry away. If not, we have violence on our hands.


110 posted on 04/10/2018 10:21:27 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: TallahasseeConservative

Can I move to Ocala first?


111 posted on 04/10/2018 10:21:56 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Rockin' like a HurriQane)
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To: MNJohnnie

Your plan sounds like the book “The Nine Nations of North America”. Fun book.


112 posted on 04/10/2018 10:29:34 AM PDT by fatez (Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
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To: fwdude

Sure, as long as all the lefties have to move out of New York City and Boston.


113 posted on 04/10/2018 10:33:51 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: fwdude

Well that ends that before it even begins. Other than our president I have no faith in our system or the people who exploit our freedoms calling themselves our “representatives.”

This has been a very revealing two years. I used to defend the Bush family against any criticism until their collective mask dropped and they were exposed as quite vile and nasty people.

I used to respect and admire Trey Gowdy, Mitt Romney and Jeff Sessions, how wrong can one person be and miss their lack of character?

I used to think that America and our American government was noble. It is depressing how naïve I am.

Day after day every thing that I held dear having to do with my country has been destroyed.


114 posted on 04/10/2018 10:38:37 AM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: fwdude

There are some major problems with the U.S. as it currently stands:

1: The 17th Amendment eradicated participation of the states in the Federal government. States themselves could work out their problems through their “ambassadors” in the U.S. Senate, and there was an added chance of stopping bad legislation passed by a misinformed majority in the House. Such an arrangement is needed more than ever, given the conflicts between, say, Kalifornia and other border states, re: immigration, National Guard on the border, etc.

2: A Supreme Court ruling called Reynods v. Sims enforced proportional representation in all state legislative houses. That is, every state legislative house had to have roughly the same number of people in each of its districts. This forever ended other arrangements, such as eqaul representation by county in a state Senate, for example. In states where libs and/or GOP-e rule, therefore, the majoritarian composition of all legislative houses means there is an unacceptable concentration of power for the dominant political faction. Therefore, you see all these movements in parts of states such as California and Maryland to secede from the remainders of these states.

3: Filibuster abuse is rampant in the U.S. Senate. Thanks to the two-track rule, it now effectively takes a 60-vote supermajority to pass most legislation. The Senate has become a bottleneck for the majority party. If we want sanity restored to the U.S. Senate, the two-track rule should be eliminated.

4: Weak GOP and strong, Marxist-dominated Democrats. Both need reform: more strong conservatives in the GOP and Marxists booted out of the Democrat party. Progressivism must be eliminated from both parties.


115 posted on 04/10/2018 10:39:39 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: sphinx
The states are as internally divided as the nation

I agree. In the state of Washington, where I reside, the eastern part of the state is far more conservative (they are agricultural) than the western part of the state. The demographics also make it difficult for a Republican to get elected in the western part of the state. Three counties in western Washington (King, Pierce, Snohomish), all around the Puget Sound, are densely populated and very progressive. They simply outnumber the rest of the state.

I think Oregon has a similar problem with a more conservative agricultural portion of the state in the eastern part of the state, versus the progressive/liberal part in the western part of the state.

116 posted on 04/10/2018 10:43:42 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: No.6
I do not know how many Counties there are, but visually, it makes the notion of ‘The United Counties Of America’ look a lot more sensible than what we have now.

One County 1 Congressional Representative, and repeal the 17th.

117 posted on 04/10/2018 10:47:05 AM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
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To: cgbg

NYC produces virtually nothing of value. People would flee that City State in short order.


118 posted on 04/10/2018 10:48:50 AM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
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To: T-Bird45

Cutting the brake lines. Hmmm... is that recommended BEFORE or AFTER the divorce?


119 posted on 04/10/2018 10:52:07 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: meyer

Most folks around here wouldn’t go near big cities.

What is interesting (and sad) is that big cities can be wonderful places—if people of strong moral character live there.

I can dream, right? :-(


120 posted on 04/10/2018 10:52:51 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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