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[Ya-ta Boy]

[mole]

[mises]

Ya-ta, you'll love this:

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/05/04/090504taco_talk_hertzberg

Here's the audio version of the above article (very well done):

http://downloads.newyorker.com/mp3/comment/090504_comment_secessionism.mp3

[Ya-ta Boy]

That was cute. I especially liked this: "The Federated States, meanwhile, could get on with the business of protecting the sanctity of marriage, mandating organized prayer sessions and the teaching of creationism in schools, and giving the theory that eliminating taxes increases government revenues a fair test. Although Texas and the other likely F.S. states already conduct some eighty-six per cent of executions, their death rows remain clogged with thousands of prisoners kept alive by meddling judges. These would be rapidly cleared out, providing more prison space for abortion providers."

The thought occurs to me that since only about 1/4 of Texans favor secession, that we go ahead and divide the state into two, making a new state out of the western 1/4 and herd the secessionists out around El Paso and wave goodbye to them.

[mises]

The author makes a good point that without Texas, the Republicans are further out to sea. If I were a Republican, Gov Perry would be very high on my shit-list.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Texas has a good history of producing liberals--LBJ, Ann (GBush was born with a silver foot in his mouth) Richards, Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower... Either on this thread or somewhere else there's an article about how Texas' demography is changing and that within a few years Texas liberals will be competitive again.

[mises]

Bill Moyers is another.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Good call. Add Linda Ellerby to the list, too.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Texas Republicans are not alone. Here are some stats from Georgia:

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 4/27-29. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines)

Do you think Georgia would be better off as an independent nation or as part of the United States of America?

US: 68
Independent nation: 27

Democrats: US 88, Ind 8
Republicans: US 52, Ind 43
Independents: US 61, Ind 33

Would you approve or disapprove of Georgia leaving the United States?

Approve: 18
Disapprove: 76

Democrats: Approve 5, Disapprove 89
Republicans: Approve 32, Disapprove 63
Independents: Approve 14, Disapprove 79

http://www.dailykos.com/

To be fair, as someone mentioned somewhere, some of the 'yes' answerers may well be misunderstanding the key word 'secede' as 'succeed'.

[mole]