Posted on 11/16/2004 9:39:23 AM PST by llevrok
If it takes a majority of states to accept a state into the Union, couldn't a state or states be voted out by a like majority? Just a thought.
but then who would pump my gas?
Gee thanx.
For reasons that I'll never understand Lincoln decided that issue.
In the mean time let those Blue states keep paying the high taxes they voted for and the Red state will keep on keeping more than their share!
All this "red state" and "blue state" talk is getting old, along with being innaccurate. The so-called "blue states" of California and New York, for example, are mostly "red" (if one looks at the map showing the individual counties). Secondly, the "colors" change in every election (sometimes drastically), so talking as if state allegiances are set in stone is just plain ignorant.
Maybe we should throw out Blue Counties instead of states?
That'd be great, but unfortuneatly I live in a blue county, so could we wait until 2008 do throw the blue counties away? (My county is fairly even, and in 2008 with the Hillabeast running we'll be solidly red...) :-)
Can you re-arrange those stars into a "W"?
Maybe throw out the blue city-states but keep the surrounding red counties. :)
LOL, it'll take that long to organize anyway! :o)
Take another look at the county-by-county map. There need to be reservations for the blue counties.
It doesn't have a chance, however I figure drafting a bill for a Constitutional Amendment to drop the blue states/counties will re-enforce the election's message - as well as getting moving vans headed to the Great White North
I'm in the same boat as you are. Since we have the majority, we could probably get it down to the precinct level if necessary. Where I live in the suburbs Bush easily got 60% of the vote.
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Make the concentrations of deep blue in the urban centers sovereign entities, like Lichtenstein.
Or like occupied Germany
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Or I end up in a blue state.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - San Diego was RED!
On first thought, it would sound nice, but I think the idea has some problems.
1. The famous slippery slope. So some states don't decide with the majority, and they get voted out. What happens when a Democrat is elected Pesident, or has control of Congress. Do we throw out Red States?
2. Except for that brief period when some Southern states pretended to not be a part of the Union, the issue hasn't seriosly been raised. When the Confederacy lost, so did the idea that you could lead the Union.
3. The idea of the Republic in which we live in is that there are winners and loosers. If you take the argument to its logical conclusion, then you could expel counties that didn't vote in line with the state, or even citizens that didn't vote with the majority.
4. As a result, you end up with a one party, ever devolving government.
5. In an election, people win, people loose. The good thing about the United States, is that there will be a next election.
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