| tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71294122008-07-25T05:18:04.389-05:00The American Secessionist BlogEl Cidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-71039183746640687672007-10-22T05:31:00.000-05:002007-10-22T05:43:01.143-05:00Secession and Actual Democracy<div align="left"></div> <div> If one takes a moment to observe the present day size of yesterday's worldly empires, noteablely Greece, France, Great Britain & Rome it is evident that in the end, "small was beautiful'.<br /><br />If France today witnessed it's government with a 30% or less approval rating, hence it's people would call a general strike and that government would grind to a halt and be headed for ouster rather quickly. But that is an example of "a government controlled by it's people". Ironically, the USA who's founding principles set out to do even more than that, has crashed and burned, with it's leader now having only a 24% approval and it's Congress at 11%. As for it's people, they have no control of the situation, rather the situation keeps gaining more control over them.</div> <div><br> <br />American democracy now being dismantled from it's citizenry is left with only one alternative; "secession". For a "regional example", eventually the peoples of the States of let's say, "New York" and the "New England States" for instance, will find that their only hopes of securing their borders, reducing their federal budgets, cutting their property taxes and remedying their immigration, medical and socials ills, will be to secede from the Union of the United States and to form their own neighboring country. It is America's inevitable fate in the end. All it needs is the first shining example and all it's war machinery needs is to be brought under a more sane control by "a flight of funds"!<br /><br /></div> <div>(Try pondering your State for a moment along with some of it's neighbors and consider what type of "new country" you might come up with.)</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong> <br />Paul Casson<br />Minnesota, USA</strong></div>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-91202399344797974732007-10-19T07:32:00.001-05:002007-10-19T10:15:08.490-05:00American Secession Project Status<div align="left"></div>It seems appropriate at some point in the course of a project like this to step back and evaluate the progress that has been achieved. This project began in earnest on May 27, 2004. The original charter of the project is exactly the same today as it was almost three and a half years ago, that is:<br /><blockquote style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;">...to place the concept of secession in the mainstream of political thought. Our intent is to proclaim that secession is a viable and legal right and a practical solution to contemporary problems. Secondly, we desire to build a coalition of groups seeking autonomy and independence within the current United States. Mutual support for the concept of self-determination and secession will eventually benefit all groups seeking freedom.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;">How exactly has the project measured up in achieving this goal you might ask. Certainly much has been accomplished over all in terms of placing secession closer to mainstream thought and certainly coalitions have begun to form with the notion of mutual support. These are wonderful events, two national Secessionist Conventions have occurred since the formation of the ASP. It would be dishonest, and narcissistic, to believe that the ASP actually had much or anything to do with this progress. Our great allies in this struggle accomplished these feats, we owe much to <a href="http://middleburyinstitute.org/">The Middlebury Institute</a>, <a href="http://www.vtcommons.org/">The Vermont Commons</a>, <a href="http://dixienet.org/New%20Site/index.shtml">The League of The South</a> and the <a href="http://www.vermontrepublic.org/">Second Vermont Republic</a>. One cannot mention the current secession movement in America without thinking of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkpatrick_Sale">Kirkpatrick Sale,</a> he has been the most vocal advocate for secession as a legitimate and legal resource of the people and states over the last three years. There are of course many others that have championed this cause and forced the issue into the national media. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Burnell">Cory Burnell</a> was the driving force and face and voice of <a href="http://christianexodus.org/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=2">Christian Exodus</a> - this forced the issue of secession into the news media. The League of The South published the Grey Book, a manifesto for Southern Independence, and groups in Hawaii and other states expanded their membership base.<br /><br />Still you ask, what exactly has the ASP done to further the cause and accomplish our charter? Our accomplishments have been small compared to our allies - this much is certain. We are not ashamed of this, in fact we rejoice that we are not a lone voice in the wilderness. We take great pride in being part of something that will ultimately, we believe, change the very nature of human liberty and government on the American continent.<br /><br />Our meager accomplishment:<br /></span><ul><li>44, 315 unique visitors to our main site - this is of course a small number of hits considering the time frame but we do receive a lot of email, much from students doing research for school. A visit to our site is often the first honest treatment of secession these young minds have ever experienced.</li><li>Published <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/index_of_secessionist_papers.htm">The Secessionist Papers</a>, a collection of 20 essays dealing with numerous aspects of secession. The list of contributors that have agreed to participate includes notable authors such as Dr. Walter Brock, Dr, Thomas E. Woods, Kirkpatrick Sale and Thomas J. DiLorenzo.<br /></li><li>Created the <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/blog_alliance.htm">States' Rights Bloggers' Alliance</a>, a coalition of 30 blogs dealing with the issue of States' Rights specifically and secession occasionally.</li><li>Published the <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/November/">Declaration of States' Rights</a>, with 235 signatures collected thus far.</li><li>Started an <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/american-secession-project">ASP Google Mail list Group</a> with 31 members, small but growing.<br /></li><li>Operated four blogs with a total of 53,342 unique visitors during the period. (visit <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/blog/scarletpimpernel.html">The League of The Scarlet Pimpernel</a> for our 'freshest' content)</li><li>Participated in two doctoral research projects concerning secession issues.</li></ul><br />What do we hope to accomplish over the next three years (and how you can help)<br /><ol><li>Gather 10,000 signatures for the Declaration of States' Rights. How? See below.<br /></li><li>Get some governmental body - state legislature or even county council - to pass a resolution supporting the Declaration of States' Rights. Why? A resolution of support would of course not make this law but it certainly would make news and it would be a step in the right direction to have a local government stand up and say that enough is enough.<br /></li><li>Breath life into this particular blog with regular updates on secession issues in America and around the world.<br /></li><li>Expand the States' Rights Bloggers' Alliance by actively engaging like minded bloggers across the blogsphere and encouraging them to join with us in this important discussion.<br /></li><li>Create Volume II of the Secessionist Papers , written and published for the common man.<br /></li></ol><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;">How do you help?<br /></span><ul><li>We need a blogger, someone familiar with the blogsphere that has the time, energy and commitment to dedicate to this blog and the <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/blog_alliance.htm">States' Rights Bloggers' Alliance</a> (or a team of bloggers). This person or people must be willing to update regularly to the blogs with fresh content and be willing and able to tactfully engage others on their blogs via comments and trackbacks. Interested? Please <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/atom.xml/mailto:southernnationalist@gmail.com">email</a>.<br /></li><li>State organizations already exist in many states, <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/declaration_of_states_rights.htm">The Declaration of States' Rights</a> is an easy tool to build consensus in states where organizations do not already exist. We need people that love their states to stand up and engage their neighbors. Encourage them to sign the declaration, encourage your county council to pass a resolution supporting the Declaration. All politics are local, stand up and act locally, realizing that others will support you by acting locally in their homes and states. Real freedom in our time will not be achieve without such overt acts.<br /></li><li>Encourage like-minded writers, academics, and even lawyers to submit new essays for Volume II of the Secessionist Papers. Our message must cover the entire spectrum of the issue, current political troubles, historical precedence as well and legal and Constitutional interpretations. A movement like this cannot move forward without such a philosophical underpinning.<br /></li><li>Bottom line ---- <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/get_involved.htm">Get Involved</a>!<br /></li></ul><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><br /></span>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-66593088512114588732007-10-18T10:40:00.000-05:002007-10-20T10:42:20.978-05:00MySpace Page<div align="left"></div>If major corporations can do it so can ASP. We have a new MySpace page- <a href="http://www.myspace.com/american_secession_proj">Visit us</a> and "be our friend"El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-70742834185137608622007-10-14T00:46:00.000-05:002007-10-14T00:47:15.282-05:00CHATTANOOGA DECLARATION<div align="left"></div>Read <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/chattanooga_declaration.htm">The Chattanooga Declaration here</a> and be sure to sign the <a href="http://www.secessionist.us/declaration_of_states_rights.htm">Declaration of States' Rights</a>.El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1165073332076000822006-12-02T10:25:00.000-05:002006-12-02T10:56:13.996-05:00Partition in ScotlandFrom the <a href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/scotland/comment/0,,1959456,00.html">Guardian</a><br /><div align="left"></div><p>I would not lose any sleep if the Scots voted to repeal the 1707 act. Independence need not end the United Kingdom: Scotland and England shared a monarch before 1707, as Britain and Canada do today. Separation need be no more radical than the partial autonomy of a dozen European countries from their neighbours. Borders were not sealed or passports cancelled under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. If eastern Europe can handle partition, so can Britain.</p><p>The phased withdrawal of the subvention would be traumatic, but it would do Scotland nothing but good to learn that public money does not grow on English trees. If economic history teaches anything, it is that huge inflows of aid rot an economy, while "unearned" wealth, as from oil, is usually wasted. The phased end of the subsidy would be thoroughly good for Scotland, not bad.</p><p>Partition is the new politics, despite being the hobgoblin of centralism. It is through partition that Ireland is booming, Slovakia reviving and the Baltic states prospering. The British government is in favour of it for everyone else, even forcing it on the former Yugoslavia and Iraq/Kurdistan. This year it welcomed Montenegro to Europe's community. By what hypocrisy do Westminster grandees ridicule Scotland's ambition?</p><p>Big federal states were fine when governments were small and unobtrusive. Today's governments are elephantine and unresponsive to local sentiment. That is why Spain, France and Italy have all opted for constitutional devolution in the past two decades, fending off separatist pressure. Anti-federalism is why European public opinion revolted against Brussels last year, and why there is no more talk of a Scandinavian union. As for size being crucial to viability, this is corporatist rubbish. If Denmark is viable, why not Scotland?</p><p>All such considerations must anyway bow before self-determination. If the Scots want to repeal the 1707 act (as some Britons want to repeal the European Union's treaties), the British cannot deny it. The story of the past quarter-century is that states enjoy no legitimacy without the consent of their territorial minorities. Britain went to war for this principle in Kosovo.</p>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1163064539933022132006-11-09T04:28:00.000-05:002006-12-02T11:27:23.380-05:00The Burlington Declaration<div align="left"></div><span id="role_document" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" > <div><span style="font-size:130%;">FIRST-EVER NORTH AMERICAN SECESSIONIST CONVENTION A SUCCESS MEETING BRINGS MORE THAN 40 SECESSIONISTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO BURLINGTON, VERMONT</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">November 8, 2006</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />The first North American Secessionist Convention was held in Vermont last week-end [November 3-5, 2006] and attracted more than three dozen people from groups actively working for secession from the United States.<br /><br />The gathering, sponsored by the Middlebury Institute (http://www.middleburyinstitute.net - "for the study of separatism, secession, and self-determination"), drew 43 people, with delegatesfrom 16 secessionist organizations in 18 states, including Hawaii, Alaska, Cascadia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, andNew Hampshire.<br /><br />The convention issued a document outlining its basic points of agreement at the end of the meeting. The Burlington Declaration stated: <br /><br />We, the participants in the First North American Secessionist Convention, though representing many different and diverse groups and constituencies, agree on the following principles as representing the truths of natural law and historical experience:<br /><br />1. Any political entity has the right to separate itself from a larger body of which it is a part and peaceably to establish its independence as a free and legitimate state in the eyes of the world.<br /><br />2. Governments are instituted among peoples, deriving their just powers from the consent of their citizens, and whenever any form of government becomes destructive of the legitimate goals of life, liberty, prosperity, and self-determination, it is the right of the people in democratic fashion to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.<br /><br />3. Any government formed by and dependent upon a constitution to regulate its actions and affairs has certain legitimate powers delegated to it, but any powers not so delegated are reserved to the people of that state and their democratically chosen political bodies.<br /><br />4. Nations once independent should engage in peace, commerce, good will, and honest friendship with all nations, and observe good faith, justice, and harmony toward all, but establish entangling relationships with none, nor engage in colonial dominance, political or economic, over any.<br /><br />5. Direct democracy, with one vote for each and every citizen (as the polity shall designate citizenship), has proven to be a desirable form of governance among people, but it can operate with justice and equality only when at a small enough scale that each person may be known to every other person; when representative forms of government are undertaken, they should likewise best be established at a scale small enough so that each representative can be informed of the opinions and beliefs of the general run of the people in the constituency or community which that person is chosen to represent.<br /><br />It is within this body of principles that we ask all governments to operate and it is by them that we ourselves, individually and the organizations we represent, intend to be guided.<br /><br />Burlington, Vermont <br />November 4, 2006<br /></span></div></span>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1162618266229899322006-11-04T00:27:00.000-05:002006-11-04T00:31:06.240-05:00Scots Want Independence From Britian<div align="left"></div><a href="http://leagueofthesouth.net/rebellion/index.php/site/poll_majority_in_scotland_want_independence_from_britain/#When:13:31:03Z">Mike Tuggle</a> discusses a recent poll that indicates that a majority of <a href="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/national/national.php?story=223385">Scots desire independence from Britian</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>Peoples who have in the past been forced into submission and denied their right of self-determination are increasiingly re-asserting their identity and fundamental right to preserve their culture. </blockquote>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1162137639015984432006-10-29T11:00:00.000-05:002006-10-29T11:00:39.026-05:00<div align="left"></div><p><a href="http://www.middleburyinstitute.net/CONVENTION.html">North American Secessionist Convention</a></p> <p>Kirkpatrick Sale, Founder of the <a href="http://middleburyinstitute.net/">Middlebury Institute</a>, wrote an excellent article in Counter Punch discussing the <a href="http://counterpunch.org/sale10052006.html">upcoming Secessionist Convention and Secession in general</a>. (link via <a href="http://dominionpaper.ca/weblog/2006/10/secession_from_empire.html">Dru</a>)</p> <p>Carol Moore discusses the convention <a href="http://carolmoorereport.blogspot.com/2006/10/secession-convention-in-vermont-nov-4.html">here</a>.</p> <p>Lara DeLuz argues for <a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347614.shtml">Cascadian secession</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>One thing you can do to support this effort is sign the <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/November/">Declaration of States' Rights</a> petition. Not all secessionist agree that the concept of nation-states has any role in modern secession talk (primarily libertarian theorist) however a significant number of others do believe states have a role and retain sovereignty. </p> <p>Regardless of which side of that philosophical fence you find yourself on one thing is clear - the nation-state does exist and our home states are agents of our will. A resurgence in states' rights would be a key step toward achieving a more decentralized form of government and would very possibly open the door to peaceful secession. Once that is accomplished those that advocate a nation-state model or the libertarian community based model can figure out how and if decentralization should continue in their home.</p> <p>The American Secession Project plans to present the petition with signatures to the Middlebury Institute prior to the convention - as a measure of support for the cause, our small contribution.</p> <p>Pass the word around, sign the petition, there are still a few days remaining.</p>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1160951994142754562006-10-15T17:38:00.000-05:002006-10-15T17:39:54.143-05:00Secession in South Carolina must be peaceful<div align="left"><a href="http://www.christianexodus.org/">Christian Exodus</a> occasionally hears from respondents that secession from the Union is "insane." Well, Independence from the other States in the union is only "insane" when coupled with an assumption that it would be violently attained. This is of course the very first conclusion uninformed Americans make when they hear the word "secession". A State declaring independence today would be entirely different than in 1776, because a global public relations campaign would need to succeed. Let's look at how it'd play out: if South Carolinians voted for independence at the ballot box, the case would then have to be made in international discourse that our vote is just as sovereign as any other people's vote, and a demand would be made that Washington and the United Nations recognize that fact. Should they recognize it, the vote would stand. Should they deny recognition and send in troops to disband our government then the world would witness Washington's tyranny and we would suffer the trouble of occupation, but at the very next opportunity we should vote for independence again, and again, and again, continually demanding freedom and notifying the world that the "land of the free" aint so free. Until eventually the other States of the involuntary union cannot stomach their own hypocrisy and finally acquiesce and let "freedom ring." That's the peaceful path to independence if ever required. No weapon would ever be used except the ballot box.</div><div align="left"><br />South Carolina could never forcefully demand independence with military use - that <strong>would</strong> be "insane."</div>Cory Burnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958095056082126065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1160907398363267762006-10-15T05:15:00.000-05:002006-10-29T11:03:53.103-05:00Candidate for California Governor Supports Secession<div align="left"></div>For Elisha Shapiro, it’s the answer to all of California’s problems. Shapiro, 52, is running as a write-in candidate for governor under the Nihilist Party. And contrary to popular knowledge, he does believe in at least one thing very strongly: secession. As in, secession from the union.El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1160839838582801262006-10-14T10:29:00.000-05:002006-10-14T10:30:38.596-05:00Secession For Hawaiians<div align="left"></div><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">Senator Akaka's bill basically sets up a scenario that would allow Hawaii, or at least portions of it, to secede from the American union. Now I know some might start to fret over this idea, but let's think about this for a minute. What was the Declaration of Independence but a document justifying the right of secession of the separate American colonies from the British Empire? In truth, didn't the states, acting individually, secede from the Articles of Confederation, and over a period of several years accede to the union under the U.S. Constitution? (Not many think about this, but it's true.) What about this being "the land of the free?" The founders insisted on protecting the right of property, because they believed that if a person didn't have the right to own property, and to be secure in their ownership of that property, they weren't truly free. With that in mind, wouldn't the native Hawaiians have a right to take their property and "leave the party" if they weren't "having fun" any more? <a href="http://www.evervigilant.net/adams/adams091505.html">Read all of Jeff Adams piece</a><br /></span>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1160810419262214352006-10-14T02:16:00.000-05:002006-10-14T02:20:19.276-05:00California Secessionist Blog<div align="left"></div><a href="http://free-california.blogspot.com/">California Secession Blog</a>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1160574525084307112006-10-11T08:45:00.000-05:002006-10-11T08:48:45.100-05:00Partition in Iraq<div align="left"></div>Good commentary from <a href="http://leagueofthesouth.net/rebellion/index.php/site/partition_the_way_out_of_iraq/">Mike Tuggle</a>:<br /><blockquote>Iraq IS a multicultural nation, which is why the Neocons have resisted partition for so long, just as the US resisted partition as a solution in that unfortunate multicultural experiment in the Balkans called Bosnia—even to this day, UN troops are the only thing preventing a resumption of inter-ethnic conflict.</blockquote>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1160281362664454622006-10-07T23:14:00.000-05:002006-10-07T23:22:42.676-05:00Three Autonomous Regions in Iraq?<div align="left"></div><span class="date"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2393750,00.html">The Sunday Times</a><br /><br /></span><blockquote>An independent commission set up by Congress with the approval of President George W Bush may recommend carving up Iraq into three highly autonomous regions, according to well informed sources.</blockquote><br /><br />Amazing, smart folks have said for three years that this is the only viable solution - just now the clowns in charge are beginning to consider this option.<br /><br />Well if regional autonomy is found to be good for Iraq why not here in the US too?<br /><br /><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e824d1d7-ad91-46ec-8910-4ecd69aa1cff" contenteditable="false" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Iraq" rel="tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/autonomy" rel="tag">autonomy</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/secession" rel="tag">secession</a></span></div>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1159882519278559842006-10-03T08:35:00.000-05:002006-10-03T08:35:19.360-05:00Iraqi Kurds raise secession threat over oil"ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish regional government raised the threat of secession on Wednesday if the Baghdad government did not drop its claims to a say in the development of oil resources in their northern districts."El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1159597054192343582006-09-30T01:16:00.000-05:002006-09-30T01:17:34.206-05:00ToolsNew <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAmericanSecessionistBlog">feed</a>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1159535205824159442006-09-29T08:06:00.000-05:002006-09-29T08:06:46.430-05:00More folks getting the word out<a href="http://leagueofthesouth.net/rebellion/index.php/site/modern_day_secessionists_will_hold_a_conference_on_leaving_the_union/">Rebellion</a>: "Modern-Day Secessionists Will Hold a Conference on Leaving the Union"El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1159442852760470712006-09-28T06:27:00.000-05:002006-09-28T06:50:37.193-05:00The New York Sun<a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/40456?page_no=1">September 27, 2oo6</a>: "Here come the new Green Mountain Boys. The Middlebury Institute, a think tank devoted to the study of separatism, secession, and self-determination, is planning the First North American Secessionist Convention in Burlington, Vt."El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1159185516290439722006-09-25T06:58:00.000-05:002006-09-25T06:58:36.666-05:00Secession -- a Revolutionary Idea"<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-secede24sep24,0,1327170.story?coll=la-home-headlines">WINDSOR, Vt</a>. - This is prime country-fair season, when villages roll out moon-sized pumpkins, maple-flavored everything and, here at Heritage Days, a manifesto on why Vermont should secede from the United States."El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1158840257085815312006-09-21T07:03:00.000-05:002006-09-21T07:04:17.106-05:00Just the Facts<a href="http://www.pacinlaw.org/pdf/sup/Congressional_Record_14th_Amend_1967.pdf">The 14th Amendment revealed</a>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1158837985899492272006-09-21T06:26:00.000-05:002006-09-21T06:28:29.873-05:00Tariffs = Bad Policy<a href="http://jgold03.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_jgold03_archive.html#115878054178431998">UT Diary</a><br /><blockquote>"We pay our military to fight Islamofacism, and we pay the Middle East to<br />fund terrorism. How we can stop terrorism and dictatorships: stop buying oil."</blockquote><br /><br />This is in response to an OP/ED by Thomas Friedman. He makes a good argument that libertarians and paleoconservatives understand - tariffs are a BAD thing.El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1158837134073055722006-09-21T06:12:00.000-05:002006-09-21T06:12:14.290-05:00We Agree<a href="http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/09/20/some-new-englanders-talk-secession/">Hammer of Truth</a><br /><blockquote>"Who knows? Maybe when my children are grown up and posting articles on<br />their own blogs, secession will be a major issue and a realistic possibility.<br />Maybe not, but we can hope."<br /></blockquote>El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1157417551504270502006-09-04T19:52:00.000-05:002006-09-04T19:52:31.623-05:00Bosnian Serb Leader Advocates Independence<a href="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/roundups/article_1197942.php/News_Roundup">News Roundup</a>: "BELGRADE, Serbia, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A Bosnian Serb leader Monday said the secession of Serb-run Bosnia from Bosnia-Herzegovina is inevitable in the long term."El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1157374380934309772006-09-04T07:53:00.000-05:002006-09-04T07:53:02.533-05:00Kurds wave secession threat in Iraq flag row"ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The leader of Iraq's ethnic Kurds brandished the threat of secession on Sunday as a row with the Baghdad government over the flying of the Iraqi national flag exposed an increasingly bitter rift."El Cidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129412.post-1154850604055420902006-08-06T02:50:00.000-05:002006-08-06T02:50:04.100-05:00Pro-secession Blog"If the right of secession be denied... and the denial enforced the sword of coercion the nature of the polity is charged and freedom is at the end. It is no longer governement by consent, but a governement of force. Conquest is substituted for compact and the dream of liberty is over.<br />-Albert Taylor Bledson "<br /><br />Kudos to a young lass from GA with the right stuff.El Cidnoreply@blogger.com |
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