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256. They'll all threaten to secede for a week

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 11:57 AM

Jul 2012

then the next shiny object will come along to distract them and they'll forget all about it.

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Which state will threaten to secede first [View all] malaise Jun 2012 OP

WE should sell Texas back to Mexico anyway....nt and-justice-for-all Jun 2012 #1

Just let my nephew and his daughters get out first malaise Jun 2012 #2

Yep, and add that $$$ against the national debt. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #6

Too bad we couldn't get out before our tax dollars went to bail out a bunch of yankee 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #230

Many of these critters, bankers and wall street, should have been RKP5637 Jul 2012 #248

If Wallstreet were in Houston 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #257

Yep, agree. A number of states get painted with a broad brush. I live RKP5637 Jul 2012 #258

Never happen. Mexico would want us to clear the guns out first. baldguy Jun 2012 #7

Mexico don't want them either nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #20

Oh man, what did Mexico do to you?? DearAbby Jun 2012 #35

lmao TeamPooka Jul 2012 #202

I agree with you Mosaic Jun 2012 #47

So we'd give the country back to people who stole it from other people? mythology Jun 2012 #70

We just need to clean up what we have at the ballot box... Meg_Griffin_1 Jun 2012 #83

if the Spaniards hadn't taken it would it still be an Aztec Empire demosincebirth Jul 2012 #192

Nobody's keeping you from leaving. NoPasaran Jun 2012 #100

If your serious, and I laughed..... NCTraveler Jul 2012 #151

why would you do that to Mexico? DBoon Jun 2012 #52

we would have to pay mexico a helluva lot to take it off our hands. rateyes Jun 2012 #62

I'm sure it's not a popular opinion here but losing Texas 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #64

You're right, it isn't a popular opinion on DU, unfortunately. kentauros Jul 2012 #183

And there's Dealy Plaza and the 6th Floor Museum. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #213

There's also "Houston", kentauros Jul 2012 #215

I think you got it. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #217

Well, if you mean that I got the point that kentauros Jul 2012 #219

President Kennedy was assasinated while being driven around Dealy Plaza. I had to much confidence lonestarnot Jul 2012 #221

No, I'm trying to demonstrate that as a fellow Liberal kentauros Jul 2012 #222

How did you reach the conclussion I was advocating throwing Texas out of the United States? Have lonestarnot Jul 2012 #236

Considering that you have jumped into the same "Hate the South" meme kentauros Jul 2012 #239

By a Louisianian who grew up in the Bronx 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #229

Are you saying you believe President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald man4allcats Jul 2012 #227

Neither. People on this thread were discussing dissolution of the U.S. and lonestarnot Jul 2012 #237

It's also apparently human nature, at least for some, man4allcats Jul 2012 #243

What about all of us good guys who live here? Will you help us relocate? Avalux Jun 2012 #71

The members that harp on this subject kentauros Jul 2012 #216

Can we keep Austin? Richard D Jun 2012 #74

Not exclusively. kentauros Jul 2012 #184

Let Texas secede and then tell Mexico we wouldn't mind if they invaded. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #102

Ha! brilliant!! nt and-justice-for-all Jul 2012 #141

Can we keep Austin and Houston? LynneSin Jul 2012 #170

Thank you, LynneSin kentauros Jul 2012 #186

Your state is just fucked because of Tom DeLay and redistricting LynneSin Jul 2012 #190

Actually, there is hope. kentauros Jul 2012 #191

State bashing is epidemic on DU and quite stupid. panader0 Jul 2012 #205

I agree about it being stupid. kentauros Jul 2012 #212

I like to bash my state, stupid or not whatever, it deserves it! lonestarnot Jul 2012 #218

ABSOLUTELY! DrDan Jul 2012 #226

May I have your profile information? kentauros Jul 2012 #185

I wish mine (Mass) would! MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #3

Interesting perspective malaise Jun 2012 #5

The red states have always been in the way and creating all of the dissension in RKP5637 Jun 2012 #11

The question is why malaise Jun 2012 #38

I think so, I really think that has a lot to do with it, especially since for eons RKP5637 Jun 2012 #42

Can you be a religious zealot and believe in critical thinking malaise Jun 2012 #48

That's the net/net of it all (I think), the "my way or the highway" dogma. RKP5637 Jun 2012 #50

Which I think is more about ROYALTY than religion. Have you seen this yet? patrice Jul 2012 #154

So true, thanks for the article, quite interesting!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #241

Thanks. I was on the verge of hunting that one up again Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #251

Yyyeeee Hhhaaa! "... absolute _____________ relativists..." THIS!!! is the wheel upon which patrice Jul 2012 #255

Wow. I wasn't even aware of that "absolute relativist" oxymoron until you spotted it. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #260

I'm familiar with it from teaching highschool students. patrice Jul 2012 #261

War and Christianity demwing Jun 2012 #94

Yes the Civil War still lives malaise Jul 2012 #123

Where? Fawke Em Jul 2012 #142

Don't bother with facts. former9thward Jul 2012 #152

Touch� cordelia Jul 2012 #167

Well I live in Florida, and I see the evidence all the time demwing Jul 2012 #182

+1000 JDPriestly Jul 2012 #180

There are a number of other reasons kenfrequed Jul 2012 #153

Good point re the plantation approach to agriculture malaise Jul 2012 #173

They tried once. GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #136

Holding back wages, for sure. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #231

Effectively, we're propping them up year after year. MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #12

Everything stated is true. Dawson Leery Jun 2012 #14

There are many of us in Red States who are trying to change the status quo. unapatriciated Jun 2012 #58

Come up to New England MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #86

Lived in Maine for a short time years ago it was beautiful. unapatriciated Jul 2012 #130

I Feel for You Iggy Jul 2012 #253

"and now you have cholera" NuttyFluffers Jun 2012 #91

"Blue states pay more than we receive, red states take more than they pay." kentauros Jul 2012 #214

Yes, the division is not good, but do you at least understand the frustration? Bettie Jul 2012 #232

I understand that you may know a little bit about state-bashing, kentauros Jul 2012 #238

This message was self-deleted by its author dionysus Jun 2012 #24

well, that's one of the most foolish things i've seen you post, and that's saying something. dionysus Jun 2012 #25

Would you care to elaborate? MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #84

if any states were to theoretically leave the union, i'd prefer it not be a dionysus Jun 2012 #105

Well, thanks for the complement, but MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #109

As a Minnesotan, I hear you. It's crazy-making and every time I hear a red-state governor complain, Brickbat Jun 2012 #51

I'm in Wisconsin Worried senior Jun 2012 #56

We should create a confederation of progressive states MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #90

We'd have been better off winning the War of 1812 and then letting the South secede FarCenter Jun 2012 #60

My great X10 grandfather helped settle this country. Fawke Em Jul 2012 #143

Convict Labor During the Colonial Period FarCenter Jul 2012 #174

Oh... didn't know that the whole South was VA and MD Fawke Em Jul 2012 #211

Forced Emigration: Historic Remedy for British Criminal Activity FarCenter Jul 2012 #235

Im right there with you Marrah_G Jun 2012 #98

This is one of the most intelligent posts I have ever read on this forum. RagAss Jun 2012 #112

Thanks for evening up my score MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #124

Seems Texas always leads the herd for secession threats. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #4

I think it would be South Carolina, just like before. SharonAnn Jun 2012 #18

You and I agree. Nt DevonRex Jun 2012 #26

Yep, could be. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #54

It always starts in South Carolina exboyfil Jul 2012 #204

The state of sanity has already seceded. Kablooie Jun 2012 #8

Hehehe! freshwest Jun 2012 #57

Profound malaise Jul 2012 #121

Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, take your pick of any of the South quinnox Jun 2012 #9

Wow, that's pretty brutal. One might think that you are trying to stir up some rhett o rick Jun 2012 #43

nope quinnox Jun 2012 #46

All my life of many years the South has been F'ed up and still RKP5637 Jun 2012 #53

Thanks for using a broad brush, but waronxmas Jun 2012 #65

Good points malaise Jun 2012 #69

Oh no... waronxmas Jun 2012 #77

Nice response but let's throw this in the mix malaise Jul 2012 #135

Thanks malaise Jul 2012 #225

Now you have to write a speculative novel based on this premise eilen Jul 2012 #265

I agree 100% I'm sick of hearing snobby fucks Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #113

THANK YOU! Fawke Em Jul 2012 #145

Amen. Paladin Jul 2012 #162

S&L Crisis..... nt. eilen Jul 2012 #266

Remember when all those Southern bankers and stock brokers 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #68

How about all those "homeowners" in CA, AZ, NV, and FL that took out mortgages they couldn't afford FarCenter Jun 2012 #76

I can only speak for CA rufus dog Jun 2012 #87

A lot of the pushing was by CA mortgage companies FarCenter Jun 2012 #118

Funny how that kind of talk would be "blaming the victim" 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #137

But Arizona isn't in the South n/t malaise Jul 2012 #138

Arizona is very much part of the GOP "Southern Strategy" FarCenter Jul 2012 #176

goodness... it's as if some are innocent and naive enough to actually believe that LanternWaste Jul 2012 #144

Colorful? cordelia Jul 2012 #165

This is a wholly unscientific observation of mine, but kentauros Jul 2012 #188

This message was self-deleted by its author Island Blue Jun 2012 #79

As someone from AZ who got out, I hope you ponder this. rufus dog Jun 2012 #81

Lots of good people in Texas angel823 Jun 2012 #92

Hear hear. ancianita Jul 2012 #129

Thank you, fellow Houstonian! kentauros Jul 2012 #242

I used to believe exactly as you do. But then yesterday I read a very eloquent post coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #164

Louisianna and Florida... NYC_SKP Jun 2012 #10

Kansas is in that list too. Un-American governors. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #13

Hey, I'm from Kansas! and to keep consistent with the rest of this thread, aka-chmeee Jul 2012 #233

Kansas always amazes me. Many of the people in KS are quite nice, but RKP5637 Jul 2012 #247

I think it is congenital, aka-chmeee Jul 2012 #252

Bobby Jindal sounds like he has AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #29

That's why I started the thread malaise Jun 2012 #39

Washington State was part of the lawsuit, btw. Fawke Em Jul 2012 #147

If McCrory wins the Gov race in November, North Carolina will probably... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2012 #15

Louisiana n/t revolution breeze Jun 2012 #16

My moneys on Kansas n/t Teamster Jeff Jun 2012 #17

I was thinking that, but decided that a BORDER state is more likely, e.g. all the guns flowing thru patrice Jul 2012 #157

posse comitatus. patrice Jul 2012 #158

Put me in for Arizona Kalidurga Jun 2012 #19

Southern Arizona already has a secessionist movement. OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2012 #63

This is somewhat workable rufus dog Jun 2012 #82

South Carolina, of course. Never wanted to leave England DevonRex Jun 2012 #21

This time call their bluff. MoonRiver Jun 2012 #22

If I were a betting person nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #23

Arizona would immediately be a third-world backwater and they know it XemaSab Jun 2012 #34

Yes but they would able to compete with China for low wage jobs. The Repukes rhett o rick Jun 2012 #44

I'd say one of Texas, Arizona, Louisiana or malaise Jun 2012 #45

The authoritarians are near Grand Rapids in the southwest part of the state. amandabeech Jul 2012 #140

Vermont. bluedigger Jun 2012 #27

Nope. Not a chance. cali Jun 2012 #36

My vote. 7 separatists in the legislature, and tsuki Jun 2012 #114

Courtesy of the SE Texas Tea Party: XemaSab Jun 2012 #28

clever graphic northoftheborder Jun 2012 #97

Doesn't Texas threaten to secede a couple times a year? (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #30

Just get the list of states who sued the government over ACA, and pick one jmowreader Jun 2012 #31

How about NJ? mainstreetonce Jun 2012 #32

He would make a huge king malaise Jun 2012 #41

New Jersey: 'Deliverance on Snow Mobiles,' to quote coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #168

ROFL malaise Jul 2012 #172

Snowmobiles in NJ? FarCenter Jul 2012 #193

It was a long-running joke about the Paterson character's coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #195

This message was self-deleted by its author mainstreetonce Jun 2012 #33

Start with AK, then TX, then FL southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #37

Let them secede just make make the response unequivocal for treason this time. gordianot Jun 2012 #40

yes, with the punishment delivered Texas-style, post-haste. silvershadow Jul 2012 #128

you sound like republicans johnsolaris Jun 2012 #49

The GOP horde already is happening a little in CA; Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #59

And in San Diego... Paka Jun 2012 #72

I will have to quality where he comes from in San Diego nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #75

First welcome to DU nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #66

Excellent (1st) post jaysunb Jun 2012 #99

1 + Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #115

Begging your pardon, seriously! patrice Jul 2012 #159

I agree. Good post. emmadoggy Jul 2012 #262

A: None. B: Why? n/t cherokeeprogressive Jun 2012 #55

+100 n/t zappaman Jun 2012 #116

Thirteen states weren't enough............some Historic NY Jun 2012 #61

It was the Manifest Destiny of America to become a transcontinental empire FarCenter Jul 2012 #177

Secession is one of those things Republicans know they can use to rile up the base. randome Jun 2012 #67

go ahead secede. We have a lot more combat vets these days to fight another war. pasto76 Jun 2012 #73

you sound like you don't have a home of your own Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #111

Maybe my home state of Montana, but LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #78

None cordelia Jun 2012 #80

Rhode Island Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #85

Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule lunasun Jun 2012 #95

And what would this state do for currency? Pretorius Jun 2012 #88

is the dollar a tradeable currency? Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #108

Interesting - One general underlying them in a lot of responses come from Blue Staters rufus dog Jun 2012 #89

I believe you have a good point nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #96

I sincerely doubt even Conservatives are naive enough to follow a doofus like Perry into battle. randome Jun 2012 #101

Interesting response malaise Jul 2012 #122

Seeing that the Blue States have to support the Dead Wood Red States KatChatter Jul 2012 #132

Actually... kenfrequed Jul 2012 #163

Speak for yourself KatChatter Jul 2012 #224

Arizona nt arely staircase Jun 2012 #93

South Carolina, just like the last time. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #103

Naw. Our governor is too busy fighting ethics charges. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #120

Hawaii Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #104

The question is flawed. Inkfreak Jun 2012 #106

Thank you! kentauros Jul 2012 #194

I'm surprised the House hasn't voted on it. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #107

Which one doesn't need federal disaster relief? aquart Jun 2012 #110

The military budget is a huge subsidy to the South FarCenter Jun 2012 #117

California & Oregon the next time the republicans are let into power, They'll drag Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #119

I want Canada to adopt Washington and call it Baja British Columbia. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #125

Add Oregon and you've got a deal quinnox Jul 2012 #126

Why don't we just start our own modest country? Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #244

But will you stop your moose jokes, eh? :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #169

Texas, but we used to be a Republic. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #127

New Hampshire perhaps Marooned Jul 2012 #131

We need the other states to function Mopar151 Jul 2012 #178

Arizona. GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #133

Georgia. They didn't want to part of the union in the first place. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2012 #134

It's best for the country if they go Ter Jul 2012 #139

I certainly hope that LanternWaste Jul 2012 #146

Hawaii taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #148

However, you might miss them kentauros Jul 2012 #245

I'm a traditionalist. Gotta be South Carolina. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2012 #149

+ 1 no_hypocrisy Jul 2012 #155

If it ever happened again, my money would be on Mississippi or West Virginia..... AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #150

FitzWalkerStan. They can leave the rest of the state to us. postulater Jul 2012 #156

The Blue states should secede Shankapotomus Jul 2012 #160

Arizona or South Carolina, again. sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #161

Rescue the Texas liberals and cut it loose. JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #166

What if Texas was split in half. There are alot of liberals in Texas LynneSin Jul 2012 #171

Works for me! JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #175

texas is like rest of country johnsolaris Jul 2012 #181

Well then Molly Ivins was full of it. JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #250

So You're Trying To Use Molly Ivins To Shit-Can Texas? Paladin Jul 2012 #254

No, to counter anonymous post on internet JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #263

Detroit has plenty of room..... eilen Jul 2012 #267

I say we give Michigan back to the Native Americans, first, kentauros Jul 2012 #189

Works for me, I apply for asylum. JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #249

Silly question. The answer is no one is being arrested for treason. onenote Jul 2012 #179

Actions speak louder then words Rex Jul 2012 #187

Bullshit excuse for south bashing... cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #196

Not true malaise Jul 2012 #197

It may not have been your intention, but you know as well as I do cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #198

Thank you! kentauros Jul 2012 #220

I'd like to add my thanks, too. cordelia Jul 2012 #228

The Middle East War (aka WW3) will happen first. roamer65 Jul 2012 #199

I'm sorry, but...... AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #240

give the right wing media more time... but yeah, their agenda is AGAINST our country fascisthunter Jul 2012 #200

Keep the states. Let the teabaggers like Rick Perry, Jan Brewer, and the muntrv Jul 2012 #201

There ya go! kentauros Jul 2012 #246

Vermont, but more because of the NoGOPZone Jul 2012 #203

I'll go with Alaska. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #206

+1 treestar Jul 2012 #234

Whichever state is first, odds are they'll inadvertently threaten to "succeed" DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2012 #207

Texas. It will always be Texas. Taverner Jul 2012 #208

If any states do secede, we need to ensure we don't repeat the mistake maxrandb Jul 2012 #209

I'd prefer to see the major cities become states in their own right Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #210

Indiana Son of Gob Jul 2012 #223

They'll all threaten to secede for a week Arkana Jul 2012 #256

No state will threaten to secede get the red out Jul 2012 #259

LOL malaise Jul 2012 #264