[Elle Bee]

you know they actually went to Congress after the Mariel Boat lift from Cuba and seceded from the USA, declaired war and surrendered.

The complaint was a customs stop inside the US on US HWY 1

each year the Conch Republic declairs war again and the US Coast Guard 'defeats' their navy with water cannons

[My2Cents]

That's funny. :-) Remember the Peter Sellers movie in the '60s, "The Mouse the Roared"? The plot was there was this Lichtenstein-like nation in Europe, the Dutchy of Grand Fenwick, and they decided on a plan to declare war on the US, lose, and be recipients of all sorts of foreign aid from the US after the "war." The problem was, they ended up defeating the US. (Or at least that's how I understand the plot going...There was a sequel: "The Mouse on the Moon," about the Dutchy's space program.)

[SuziQ]

each year the Conch Republic declairs war again and the US Coast Guard 'defeats' their navy with water cannons

LOL!I got a Conch Republic t-shirt when we were down there in Jan. of 2001. Nice place, but I wouldn't make a special trip back. Typical liberal enclave; we've got ours, don't anybody come in here and bother us!

And there are some VERY poor areas just off tony Duval St. There were roosters and chickens walking all over the place!