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mercfan3
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Posted: 11/14/12 12:45 pm ::: |
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luvDhoops wrote: |
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Howee wrote: |
More lessons for the Republicans: Your constituency is big bunch of Crybabies: when they don't get their way, they wanna run away. Fix that, wouldjya? |
IKR, We lived through 8 years of Bush and didn't abandon the country. |
Lots of people threatened to, just like these people are threatening to do something that they will never actually do. |
Again, I don't remember it reaching this number of states nor collecting this number of signatures. So, how did those compare to the 30 states and Texas and Alabama and I'm sure more by now already with the 25,000+ signatures that we have now? |
Look, if Texas and Alabama want to leave...Let 'em. They can take Kentucky with them.
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Howee
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sambista
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Posted: 11/14/12 5:36 pm ::: |
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my random thought this morning, as it's announced that texas has 100,000 signatures: let's say that hell freezes over and texas secedes. the great republic of texas now carries on just as it pleases. then the republic gets hit by (gods forbid) a calamity, maybe a natural disaster. guess who comes to the republic's aid? the great, benevolent united altered states, which can't turn a blind eye to its neighbors. the republic has its cake and eats it, too.
as much as people cry out against the big hand of government, when tragedy occurs, the cry often becomes, "where is the government?! we need help!" we've been hearing that a lot very recently.
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pilight
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Posted: 11/14/12 5:39 pm ::: |
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my random thought this morning, as it's announced that texas has 100,000 signatures: let's say that hell freezes over and texas secedes. the great republic of texas now carries on just as it pleases. then the republic gets hit by (gods forbid) a calamity, maybe a natural disaster. guess who comes to the republic's aid? the great, benevolent united altered states, which can't turn a blind eye to its neighbors. the republic has its cake and eats it, too.
as much as people cry out against the big hand of government, when tragedy occurs, the cry often becomes, "where is the government?! we need help!" we've been hearing that a lot very recently. |
They weren't allowed to secede in 1861 and they're not going to be allowed to secede now.
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justintyme
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Posted: 11/14/12 5:50 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
sambista wrote: |
my random thought this morning, as it's announced that texas has 100,000 signatures: let's say that hell freezes over and texas secedes. the great republic of texas now carries on just as it pleases. then the republic gets hit by (gods forbid) a calamity, maybe a natural disaster. guess who comes to the republic's aid? the great, benevolent united altered states, which can't turn a blind eye to its neighbors. the republic has its cake and eats it, too.
as much as people cry out against the big hand of government, when tragedy occurs, the cry often becomes, "where is the government?! we need help!" we've been hearing that a lot very recently. |
They weren't allowed to secede in 1861 and they're not going to be allowed to secede now. |
They could always revolt. Of course, according to the Supreme Court revolution is only legal/constitutional if it succeeds. If it fails then the revolution is considered illegal and all appointments/decisions are considered illegitimate and subject to penalty under US law. If a revolution does succeed all actions are considered lawful (as long as they don't violate international law, commit war crimes, etc.).
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luvDhoops
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Posted: 11/14/12 6:15 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
luvDhoops wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
hyperetic wrote: |
Howee wrote: |
More lessons for the Republicans: Your constituency is big bunch of Crybabies: when they don't get their way, they wanna run away. Fix that, wouldjya? |
IKR, We lived through 8 years of Bush and didn't abandon the country. |
Lots of people threatened to, just like these people are threatening to do something that they will never actually do. |
Again, I don't remember it reaching this number of states nor collecting this number of signatures. So, how did those compare to the 30 states and Texas and Alabama and I'm sure more by now already with the 25,000+ signatures that we have now? |
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/08/national/08depart.html?8hpib
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just after Mr. Bush's victory on Nov. 2, the Canadian government's immigration Web site reported an increase in inquiries from the United States to about 115,000 a day from 20,000 |
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Ok, now can you point out either the data for what I actually asked for or compare the data you provided with Canadian entries today?
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pilight
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Posted: 11/14/12 7:17 pm ::: |
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justintyme wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
sambista wrote: |
my random thought this morning, as it's announced that texas has 100,000 signatures: let's say that hell freezes over and texas secedes. the great republic of texas now carries on just as it pleases. then the republic gets hit by (gods forbid) a calamity, maybe a natural disaster. guess who comes to the republic's aid? the great, benevolent united altered states, which can't turn a blind eye to its neighbors. the republic has its cake and eats it, too.
as much as people cry out against the big hand of government, when tragedy occurs, the cry often becomes, "where is the government?! we need help!" we've been hearing that a lot very recently. |
They weren't allowed to secede in 1861 and they're not going to be allowed to secede now. |
They could always revolt. Of course, according to the Supreme Court revolution is only legal/constitutional if it succeeds. If it fails then the revolution is considered illegal and all appointments/decisions are considered illegitimate and subject to penalty under US law. If a revolution does succeed all actions are considered lawful (as long as they don't violate international law, commit war crimes, etc.). |
They reached the same conclusion that Benjamin Franklin did about the US revolution. It is always legal in the first person, "our revolution". It is only in the third person, "their revolution", that it becomes treason.
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Tally24
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StevenHW
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Posted: 11/14/12 8:38 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
justintyme wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
sambista wrote: |
my random thought this morning, as it's announced that texas has 100,000 signatures: let's say that hell freezes over and texas secedes. the great republic of texas now carries on just as it pleases. then the republic gets hit by (gods forbid) a calamity, maybe a natural disaster. guess who comes to the republic's aid? the great, benevolent united altered states, which can't turn a blind eye to its neighbors. the republic has its cake and eats it, too.
as much as people cry out against the big hand of government, when tragedy occurs, the cry often becomes, "where is the government?! we need help!" we've been hearing that a lot very recently. |
They weren't allowed to secede in 1861 and they're not going to be allowed to secede now. |
They could always revolt. Of course, according to the Supreme Court revolution is only legal/constitutional if it succeeds. If it fails then the revolution is considered illegal and all appointments/decisions are considered illegitimate and subject to penalty under US law. If a revolution does succeed all actions are considered lawful (as long as they don't violate international law, commit war crimes, etc.). |
They reached the same conclusion that Benjamin Franklin did about the US revolution. It is always legal in the first person, "our revolution". It is only in the third person, "their revolution", that it becomes treason. |
IIRC, it was Benjamin Franklin who also once said, "We all must hang together...or hang separately."
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Nerd2
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Posted: 11/15/12 6:16 am ::: |
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So I looked at a number of the signatures and in over 200 of them in my sample size only 35 were actually IDed as being from the state. An equal number did not identify their location and the rest of them were from different states. Sounds more like disgruntled troublemakers than the will of the people who would actually be affected.
And the guy who created this used it as his soap box:
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Ohio's inherent economic strength, along with its substantial natural resources and access to sea lanes via the Great Lakes, are the suitable underpinnings to secure to our citizens the rights and freedoms as |
Sea lanes? Sure. As long as you negotiate passage treaties with the US.
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Peacefully grant the city of Austin Texas to withdraw from the state of Texas & remain part of the United States. |
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Allow the city of El Paso to secede from the state of Texas. El Paso is tired of being a second class city within Texas. |
That one may even be legal - have one city move from one state to another.
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hyperetic
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ChicagoAnnie
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pilight
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Posted: 11/19/12 10:01 am ::: |
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What did people think of secession when Bush was presdident...
http://middleburyinstitute.org/zogbysecessionpoll2008.html
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Politically, liberal thinkers were much more likely to favor the right to secession for states and regions, as 32% of mainline liberals agreed with the concept. Among the very liberal the support was only slightly less enthusiastic 28% said they favored such a right. Meanwhile, just 17% of mainline conservatives thought it should exist as an option for states or regions of the nation. |
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pilight
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Posted: 11/09/16 7:07 pm ::: |
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‘Calexit’: Californians want to exit the U.S. after Trump’s presidential win
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/calexit-californians-exit-trump-win-article-1.2866382
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"Calexit" has been trending on social media — reminiscent of the Brexit movement to leave the European Union — and some protesters are planning to assemble on the capitol steps in Sacramento on Wednesday.
The group leading the gathering is "Yes California," a campaign which aims to put a referendum on the 2018 ballot to exit the nation. |
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 11/09/16 7:15 pm ::: |
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Apparently the organizers skipped grade school the day they discussed how the United States fought a civil war to establish the principle that states had no right or ability to secede from the union.
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myt
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pilight
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Posted: 11/09/16 8:29 pm ::: |
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Apparently the organizers skipped grade school the day they discussed how the United States fought a civil war to establish the principle that states had no right or ability to secede from the union. |
If they can beat the rest of the country in a revolution, then they get to secede.
Once you've reached the point of secession, you're no longer willing to be bound by the rules of the parent country. That's kinda the point of doing it.
The American colonies didn't have the right to declare independence from Britain, but they did it anyway.
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myt
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pilight
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Posted: 06/21/22 6:56 am ::: |
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Texas Could Vote to Secede From U.S. in 2023 as GOP Pushes for Referendum
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-secede-us-2023-gop-pushes-referendum-1717254
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"If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede," the late Justice Antonin Scalia once wrote. |
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