As A Californian... I Understand Scotland's Desire For Independence... :evilgrin:

[frazzled]

4. So you're a states-rightsie kind of guy

Although I am somewhat neutral on this question, since I have no skin in the game,* I'm finding it a little odd the amount of cheering going on for what some here have called the "moral" right of secession, especially when the question is brought closer to home.

It's particularly odd because it comes right as we all are watching The Roosevelts, our supposed progressive heroes. What both Roosevelts are most remembered for is ushering in the age of a strong central government as against the notion of states rights. It is what progressivism was built on.

So go figure. I do think that many people don't have coherent political philosophies, but rather rag-tag, seat-of-the-pants, short-term, one-thing-at-a-time reactions. It's quite curious ... but it isn't progressive.

*I kept saying, and actually thinking, that I have no skin in this Scottish game thing. But actually I do! I just remembered today that around 5 years ago, I bought a bottle of Laphroig, and when I got home and opened the box, there was a tag around the bottle neck. I opened and read it, and it said that if I went to this web site and input the special number on my tag, I would gain possession of my ONE-SQUARE-FOOT of bona-fide peat bog on the land of the Laphroig Distillery, which I would own. Intrigued, I went, signed in, claimed my piece, and was even able to see (and talk to) the people who owned adjacent one-foot plots around me. I can go to visit my square foot, and they even sent me a "deed" to it in the mail! I am a landowner in Scotland!