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Conservative group wants liberation for western Maryland
baltimoresun.com ^
| 9/10/2013
| Dan Rodricks
Posted on 09/12/2013 6:18:55 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
It’s where I’m from, and I’d gladly live there again should this come to pass.
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:25:51 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: RoosterRedux
and so it begins.
may take 100 years.
but it has begun.
To: RoosterRedux
Really the same thing is true even in liberal bastions like New York, Illinois and California. Huge swaths of conservative rural areas are held under the jackboot of a couple huge urban areas.
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:28:41 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: apillar
Very few places where Dems win rural areas — pretty much the only exceptions I can think of are Massachusetts, Vermont, the Iron Range of Minnesota, South Texas, the Navajo Reservation, New Hampshire and Maine kind-of and the black belt of the deep south.
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:45:52 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: RoosterRedux
This is about the 3rd case of splitting off from a state.
It's an interesting idea and I can't say I disagree with them. If your in a stinking liberal state, you'll never get representation, conservatives are “disenfranchised” in many states.
If you look at the California election may of 2012, you would see that the major cities choose Obama to be president, not the rural parts. That state is indeed blue except where the concentrations of the dependency class reside.
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:48:20 AM PDT
by
Farnsworth
("The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no)
To: RoosterRedux
Strzelczyk's group believes the people of Western Maryland are fed up with Democratic dominance and they want Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick and Carroll counties to break away and form a new state, perhaps called West Maryland. Why not just join West Virginia?
The activists are right though: Prince Georges County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City rule the state.
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:49:39 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:50:54 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: RoosterRedux
“The entire state is controlled basically by three jurisdictions,” Strzelczyk said.
*********
Very true. They dominate state politics by virtue of their densely populated areas and extreme gerrymandering. They run all over the rest of the state and have no interest in “inclusiveness”, a principle liberals love to espouse.
Nearly everyone we know is leaving the state. And that even includes some liberals!
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:51:57 AM PDT
by
Starboard
To: Rummyfan
Prince Georges County
********
They can’t even rule themselves. The county is a financial mess and crime is totally out of control.
To: Alter Kaker
Very few places where Dems win rural areas pretty much the only exceptions I can think of are Massachusetts, Vermont, the Iron Range of Minnesota, South Texas, the Navajo Reservation, New Hampshire and Maine kind-of and the black belt of the deep south. You can add to that list Imperial County, Calif., which has been "blue" for many years, thanks to so many compadres.
To: Starboard
I left maryland (aka THE Freak state) last year after a 30 year stint of "living" there. The state is hopelessly LIB/DIM/RINO. Hopelessly. Leave...that is the only option. Let maryland fester in its LIB/DIM/RINO delusions. Once you have escaped, your life will improve dramatically.
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posted on
09/12/2013 6:58:39 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: RoosterRedux
I don’t know if a lot of people realize this, but if you cut out Baltimore county, Montgomery county, and PG county, Maryland is a red state. The Eastern shore of Maryland also bears little resemblance to the Balt-DC beltway mindset and if there were any chance of a Western Maryland state, Eastern Maryland wouldn’t be far behind. It would be funny to see Martin O’malley run for president in 2016 against that backdrop.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:09:54 AM PDT
by
jz638
To: RoosterRedux
There's precedent with West Virgnia. East Tennessee tried to split (from the Confederacy) as well at one time.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:10:46 AM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
To: jz638
I think that is true about most states...cut out the major metro areas (and possibly the university towns) and what you are left with are solid common sense conservatives.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:21:49 AM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: RoosterRedux
This is happening everywhere. Huge cities controlling whole states. It even has important effects in the Federal gov’t as those same cities basically control the Senate. This is a major reason why direct popular election of Senators is a bad idea; it disenfranchises suburban and rural citizens to the benefit of Chicago, Baltimore, Denver, etc.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:23:04 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
To: RoosterRedux
I live in St. Mary’s County and we have had a bellyful of Democrats. Problem is we are being moved in on by the refugees from SE Washington DC who have moved down from PG to Charles County and are invading our Northern boundaries.
We tried hard to unload Steny Hoyer, but his black constituency in Prince Georges and Charles Counties beat us.
Looks like this year for Governor we will have a choice between two black candidates. Charles Lollar, Republican and Brown—O’Malley’s steppinfetchit puppet-—Democrat.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:30:48 AM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: hal ogen
The Democrat People’s Republic of Maryland. (DPRM)
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:31:47 AM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Vlad the Impaler proposed no path to citizenhip. Consider that.)
To: Starboard
Prince Georges County ******** They cant even rule themselves. The county is a financial mess and crime is totally out of control.
And Charles County to the south is being invaded from the north. I used to live there 10 years ago and thought about returning there to live, but saw how bad things have gotten and decided to move to Virginia.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:48:48 AM PDT
by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
To: RoosterRedux; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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posted on
09/13/2013 12:54:43 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Major brain damage at UMES, but no property damage!)
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