Secession: Nothing New Under the Sun
Sept 18, 2013 9:26:47 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Sept 18, 2013 9:26:47 GMT -5
Ecclesiastes 1:9
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
Secession while a legitimate decision that can and should be made by people when they feel that their interests are no longer served by remaining part of a union cannot and will not be allowed. If any of these entities attempts to secede the entire weight of the dot.gov and all who support the status quo will come down on them for they cannot affoprd to have Pandora's Box opened and have secession seen as a legitimate act.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-secession-20130918,0,7137813.column
Md. secessionists: Have you considered West Virginia?
Led by 49-year-old Carroll County resident Scott Strzelczyk, some residents from Maryland's five westernmost counties want to secede from the Old Line State and start their own, fifty-first state.
Here's an alternative suggestion for the folks who've aligned themselves with the Western Maryland Initiative: Just move to West Virginia. It would be a simpler solution for everyone involved.
For starters, Maryland-haters wouldn't need to orchestrate and execute secession; all they'd have to do is pack their stuff and drive no more than two hours to reach the state line. Nor would they need to worry about the logistics of forming a new state, including how to constitutionalize their government, how and from whom to collect revenues, or how to gain admission to the Union.
www.willitsnews.com/ci_24117878/secession-fever-rises-calif-ore-border
Secession fever rises on Calif.-Ore. border
YREKA (AP) - Since the 1850s Gold Rush, some folks in the rugged hills and valleys of Northern California and Southern Oregon have felt they would be better off if they could break away and form their own state.
That old secessionist feeling is rising again in counties along the Oregon-California border, triggered by a belief that those in the urban halls of power in both states ignored the needs and desires of those in the rural areas.
This month, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of a resolution from a local grassroots organization to make a new start and form a State of Jefferson.
Other nearby counties are considering similar actions.
www.carbonated.tv/news/maryland-california-colorado-secession-movement
Maryland, California, Colorado Secession Movements Are Not The Answer
In recent weeks, there are talks in certain parts of the country of secession. Not the kind of secession that triggered the American Civil War (known in some places as the War Between The States), but somewhat more minor disputes of batches of small counties looking to secede from their state. In the two most significant cases of western Maryland through the Western Maryland Initiative and far northern California, as well as another case in northern Colorado, the cause for concern is not any particular topic, but a laundry list of partisan complaints. Simply because the hackles being raised are blatantly siding with one party in politics, however, shows that these efforts to create their own little states are built more on selfishness than actual grievances.
There are three areas where attempts at seceding are happening. The first one announced occurred in Siskiyou County, a far northern county in California bordering Oregon. The conservative Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a declaration of its intent to break off and form the state of Jefferson, named after proto-socialist President Thomas Jefferson. Following this, eight counties in northern Colorado began planning for secession jointly, with initiatives to secede facing voters in six of those counties in November. Now, social media is chattering over five counties forming the "Western Maryland Initiative," made up of local residents who wish to form their own state. (There is also the matter of Texas becoming their own nation, but that is Texas, so, yeah)
All three of these secession movements have two things in common, sadly: They are all representing rural parts of their states, and they bend towards more conservative views. Many of their complaints stem primarily from Republican/right-wing talk radio talking points, the kinds of talking points that sound important but probably do not directly affect the people saying them. Issues such as gun control, energy use, and supposedly increased taxes make up the bulk of their complaints. In the case of western Maryland, gerrymandering, the process of redistricting to gain seats for one party, is also a dominant issue, which is far more legitimate.
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
Secession while a legitimate decision that can and should be made by people when they feel that their interests are no longer served by remaining part of a union cannot and will not be allowed. If any of these entities attempts to secede the entire weight of the dot.gov and all who support the status quo will come down on them for they cannot affoprd to have Pandora's Box opened and have secession seen as a legitimate act.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-secession-20130918,0,7137813.column
Md. secessionists: Have you considered West Virginia?
Led by 49-year-old Carroll County resident Scott Strzelczyk, some residents from Maryland's five westernmost counties want to secede from the Old Line State and start their own, fifty-first state.
Here's an alternative suggestion for the folks who've aligned themselves with the Western Maryland Initiative: Just move to West Virginia. It would be a simpler solution for everyone involved.
For starters, Maryland-haters wouldn't need to orchestrate and execute secession; all they'd have to do is pack their stuff and drive no more than two hours to reach the state line. Nor would they need to worry about the logistics of forming a new state, including how to constitutionalize their government, how and from whom to collect revenues, or how to gain admission to the Union.
www.willitsnews.com/ci_24117878/secession-fever-rises-calif-ore-border
Secession fever rises on Calif.-Ore. border
YREKA (AP) - Since the 1850s Gold Rush, some folks in the rugged hills and valleys of Northern California and Southern Oregon have felt they would be better off if they could break away and form their own state.
That old secessionist feeling is rising again in counties along the Oregon-California border, triggered by a belief that those in the urban halls of power in both states ignored the needs and desires of those in the rural areas.
This month, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of a resolution from a local grassroots organization to make a new start and form a State of Jefferson.
Other nearby counties are considering similar actions.
www.carbonated.tv/news/maryland-california-colorado-secession-movement
Maryland, California, Colorado Secession Movements Are Not The Answer
In recent weeks, there are talks in certain parts of the country of secession. Not the kind of secession that triggered the American Civil War (known in some places as the War Between The States), but somewhat more minor disputes of batches of small counties looking to secede from their state. In the two most significant cases of western Maryland through the Western Maryland Initiative and far northern California, as well as another case in northern Colorado, the cause for concern is not any particular topic, but a laundry list of partisan complaints. Simply because the hackles being raised are blatantly siding with one party in politics, however, shows that these efforts to create their own little states are built more on selfishness than actual grievances.
There are three areas where attempts at seceding are happening. The first one announced occurred in Siskiyou County, a far northern county in California bordering Oregon. The conservative Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a declaration of its intent to break off and form the state of Jefferson, named after proto-socialist President Thomas Jefferson. Following this, eight counties in northern Colorado began planning for secession jointly, with initiatives to secede facing voters in six of those counties in November. Now, social media is chattering over five counties forming the "Western Maryland Initiative," made up of local residents who wish to form their own state. (There is also the matter of Texas becoming their own nation, but that is Texas, so, yeah)
All three of these secession movements have two things in common, sadly: They are all representing rural parts of their states, and they bend towards more conservative views. Many of their complaints stem primarily from Republican/right-wing talk radio talking points, the kinds of talking points that sound important but probably do not directly affect the people saying them. Issues such as gun control, energy use, and supposedly increased taxes make up the bulk of their complaints. In the case of western Maryland, gerrymandering, the process of redistricting to gain seats for one party, is also a dominant issue, which is far more legitimate.