Secession: Has it become a reasonable idea?

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Re: Re: Secession: Has it become a reasonable idea?

Originally posted by Giancarlo


I just want to start laughing at you.. but why waste the effort of laughing. The United States is one nation. You commies make up .0000005% of the population so please spare us this nonsense. Go move to Cuba.

Yeah, and yet 57 million people voted for Kerry... somehow the numbers don't add up.

The relevant comment was that the Red states would have to give that back to the North to be fair. You see, none of that stuff is actually in the North. So either way, the Red States get most of it.

How do you figure? Look at the GDP, most of the stuff is in the south, but who do you think paid for it all? The Mississippi Delta? No.... the North did. The South would have to give everything back proportionately, or else it would become an international pariah.

And as far as your comment about everyone in the army being from the South, you're completely wrong. While alot come from the south, to say they all do is simply falacious. The armed forces is pretty evenly split between all the regions of the United States, based on their respective populations.

[Giancarlo]

Re: Re: Re: Secession: Has it become a reasonable idea?

Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn


Yeah, and yet 57 million people voted for Kerry... somehow the numbers don't add up.

You aren't too bright are you? 57 million people aren't communists. I bet the great overwhelming majority of those people don't want the US to break apart. Hahah. There is only a very, very small fraction of a percent that want this (the really stupid ones).

[Theben]

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[Shi Huangdi]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Secession: Has it become a reasonable idea?

Originally posted by Giancarlo


You aren't too bright are you? 57 million people aren't communists. I bet the great overwhelming majority of those people don't want the US to break apart. Hahah. There is only a very, very small fraction of a percent that want this (the really stupid ones).

Right, those 57 million people who voted for Kerry are not anti-American or secessionist. They had a differing view of who would be better for leading the country, but that doesn't mean that they hate the people who disagreed or that they want a seperate country.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
You bumped a 7 week old thread to say something inane like that?

It's not inane. If you look at the votes by counties, the Democratic leaning parts of the South are overwhemlingly Black. I suppose you could consider it inane from the point of view that it was more of a duuuuuh comment.

[Patroklos]

And as far as your comment about everyone in the army being from the South, you're completely wrong. While alot come from the south, to say they all do is simply falacious. The armed forces is pretty evenly split between all the regions of the United States, based on their respective populations.

Not only are is that not true, and what I originally asserted is, but even those who are from blue states haven't lived there for quite some time. Most don't move back. And in any event for all intents and purposes all are loyal to their sworn government.

How do you figure? Look at the GDP, most of the stuff is in the south, but who do you think paid for it all? The Mississippi Delta? No.... the North did. The South would have to give everything back proportionately, or else it would become an international pariah.

A rebellious region secedes without being in physical possession of anything. They are not the internationally recognized government. The original government owns ALL government property. If anything YOU would be giving back the small portion of property you do have.

Like I said, you are not being kicked out, but leaving of your own accord. We wouldn't have to give you anything. Unless of course you want to fight for it and that would be a very bad day for you.

And again, the military swears an oath to the current government and president. You would be hard pressed to find any significant military asset that would be at your disposal.

[mrmitchell]

It's not inane. If you look at the votes by counties, the Democratic leaning parts of the South are overwhemlingly Black. I suppose you could consider it inane from the point of view that it was more of a duuuuuh comment.

Yeah, and there's Democratic parts of the South that are overwhelmingly white too. (That's probably even more inane.)

But, in Arkansas, 94% of blacks voted for Kerry. A number like that is just plain shameful for Bush, but it's an unfortunate situation to me as a Democrat: either people are voting because of the color of their skin or there are far more economically disadvantaged blacks than those that are well-off (I can understand an economic gap.) In both situations America still has a long way to go with race issues.

[Patroklos]

In both situations America still has a long way to go with race issues.

Or Democrats are particularly good at race baiting, which is far more likely.

[Muad'Dib]

Theben,

As a Magic Card player that was excellent. How'd you do that??? Do you work for Wizards???

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Heresson
If You posted a docent thread I could stick with I wouldn't have to search for older ones.

I went to the new Indian museum last week. They have this real stupid touch screen system instead of descriptive plaques(sp?). POTM ended up helping some adults with the touch screen - I told her shed make a good docent.

At last, a docent thread.

[Heresson]

I've apologised for mistake already...

[lord of the mark]

yeah, but a thread about docents would be an improvement over the rest of the thread.

[DRoseDARs]

[Ned]

It would be interesting if we could have a mass migration of liberals one way and conservatives another so that we could part ways easily. It would be interesting to see how the folks in Hollywood divided. Many rich, elitist actors would move to the Liberal States of America, while many of the working stiffs, the Wal-Mart shoppers, would move to the Old Glory States. Such is today's liberalism.

BTW, there is a great scene in the new moving about Howard Hughes. He visits Kate Hepburns parents at one point, an elitist mansion in the East, where they proudly announce that they are "socialists" and constantly pepper Hughes about whether he supports Roosevelt. When he tries to talk about planes, they interrupt him and say things like "We have had enough talk about planes." Gradually, Hughes has enough and says to Kate's mother that they are socialists because they "have money." Everyone is shocked. He then repeats it and walks out.

Todays liberals are f*cking elitists just like Hepburn's parents.

[DRoseDARs]

How sad, buying into Pill-Popper's claptrap. Repeat something often enough and they'll believe anything...