"States" are not talking of secession.
A handful of legislators in a small number of states are talking up ideas and ways for their states to increase their financial independence from the federal government. But none are talking about removing their state from the USA and forming a sovereign nation.
Creeg, If you are thinking about Texas, forgetaboutit. Perry is being treated as an embarrassment by the major newspapers. He has only mentioned it a few time and has no support other than some total idiots such as yourself.
I dont think rick can win the governorship again and is trying to replace Joe the plumber in GOP circles.
I dont think rick can win the governorship again and is trying to replace Joe the plumber in GOP circles.
April 16, 2009 1:21 PM
Texas Governor Floats Possibility Of Secession
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4950073.shtml
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Okay, I'll retract my earlier statement and rephrase.
"No states are talking about seceding from the USA. A few legislators and the governor of Texas have "floated the notion as being possible". And the general overall response was friendly smiles and grins at such quaint thinking."
We good now?
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When one of the existing 50 states actually has a bill calling for secession from the USA reach the floor for a vote in their state legislature, I'll be glad to revisit this point of discussion. Until then, I'm confident that any such talk is just a handful of legislators doing a favor for some of their constituents with no true intent to try and move the notion forward.
Perhaps you've a shorter memory than do I
States have raised the notion of legally weaning themselves from the federal financial tit since at least the late 1950s
In the 60s, it was mostly southern states who felt that they were being impeded upon by the SCOTUS when ordered to desegregate public schools, or ordered to remove impediments to blacks voting.
In the 80s, many states talked about how they did not want to see so many of their dollars going to huge federal military buildups.
Concerns about irresponsible federal spending subsided quite a bit during the 1990s as the Clinton administration delivered a surplus budget by the end of their term. And those concerns were resparked in Bush's second term beginning in 2004 - again centering on excessive military spending, though muted a bit by the sitting administration's insistence that this spending was needed to prevent "another attack".
At the end of the day, no state in the current 50 is going to make a legitimate attempt to secede and to declare themselves a sovereign nation.
States have raised the notion of legally weaning themselves from the federal financial tit since at least the late 1950s
In the 60s, it was mostly southern states who felt that they were being impeded upon by the SCOTUS when ordered to desegregate public schools, or ordered to remove impediments to blacks voting.
In the 80s, many states talked about how they did not want to see so many of their dollars going to huge federal military buildups.
Concerns about irresponsible federal spending subsided quite a bit during the 1990s as the Clinton administration delivered a surplus budget by the end of their term. And those concerns were resparked in Bush's second term beginning in 2004 - again centering on excessive military spending, though muted a bit by the sitting administration's insistence that this spending was needed to prevent "another attack".
At the end of the day, no state in the current 50 is going to make a legitimate attempt to secede and to declare themselves a sovereign nation.
What I guess I'm trying to say, in far too many words, is that there are likely plenty of reasons to criticize the Obama administration to date. But raising the notion that "some states are considering secession from the USA" is allowing yourself to be distracted by little more than bluster.
