N.M. Will Secede to New Nation, Prof. Says

Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America / Albuquerque Tribune ^ | 02/17/00 | Frank Zoretich

[VadeRetro]

If New Mexico seceded, would anybody notice?

Yeah, there'd be this irritating customs post on I-40 as you go west across the TX panhandle. Can't be allowed.

[andy58-in-nh]

Hasta la vista,Amigos!

(Now can I get my SSI/welfare/food stamp money back?)

[expatpat]

Maybe now people will finally see the dangers of illegal immigration.

All they had to do was ask the American Indians what happens if you allow unbridled immigration!

[martin_fierro]

> not sayin' nuffin' <

[chronotrigger]

I would advocate most states secede from the union right now if they could.

Really? So if the south decided to secede again, you would support it? That's nearly 1/3 of the country.

[ApplegateRanch]

Yes, but what if they do it anyway in 50 years? What do we do? Bomb them, take them over, nuke'm, ethnic cleansing? None of those options seem too acceptable to me.

Squeamish, are we?

[ladyjane]

If New Mexico seceded, would anybody notice?

Yes, when they hit us up for aid.

[chronotrigger]

All they had to do was ask the American Indians what happens if you allow unbridled immigration!

Excellent point, I hadn't thought of that.

[LN2Campy]

what? secede and lose all those USA benies?? never happen.

anyway, what the hell is a "professor of chicano studies"??

Can you major in that?? Let's see: "Coil Spring Lowering 101"; "Making Sucking Sounds / Rude Gestures to Passing Women 301"; "Essentials of Cock Fighting"...

[itsinthebag]

On the front page of today's issue of the Washington Times, the headline says that the Hispanic and Asian populations are on the rise, and that the white population is declining. It's expected that Hispanics and Asians will be a majority by 2050.

[chronotrigger]

Squeamish, are we?

Nope, just want to exhaust all options first.

[Travis McGee]

Ping

[billbears]

Quandry. Should states be allowed to leave? Yes. Without a doubt. Should states be allowed to leave when illegal invaders set up shop within a state and then focus on the political scene of the state to effect secession? Of course one could argue if the national government was doing its job in the first place the second instance wouldn't be allowed to happen....

[TankerKC]

Is Mexico already and independent Hispanic homeland?

Good point. So what is the difference between Mexico and Del Norte? Well, Del Norte is currently part of the US. It enjoys all the benefits, but when it becomes "independent" it will be JUST LIKE MEXICO. Then they will want Wyoming & South Dakota!

[metacognative]

Yeah, we'd have the non-idiots trying to escape to America!
You know; real worker non-socialists.

[hunter112]

A sensible border policy (military on the border) would accomplish this.

Regime change in Mexico would accomplish it, too. Throw out the greedy corrupt politicians and police, and make it possible for the ingenuity and drive that gets Mexicans here to bear fruit for their labors in their own country. We wouldn't need a border patrol if Mexicans didn't want to leave Mexico.

Sometimes containment is the answer, as in the Cold War. Other times, it requires a more robust approach, as with Iraq (and Japan, in the not too distant past). I can't really see us trying to do anything about this until after we've got the Middle East stabilized, though.

[humblegunner]

Truxillo predicts the creation of a Republic of the North, calling its birth within the next 80 years "an inevitability." He says the country would include all of the present U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, plus southern Colorado.

Truxillo, 47, has said the new country should be brought into being "by any means necessary."

Bring it on.
I think la raza might be in for a history lesson.

[Protagoras]

So if the south decided to secede again, you would support it? That's nearly 1/3 of the country.

Sure, what difference does it make how many states finally realize that the federal government is extra-constitutional? Would it be OK if it was just Delaware or something?

If they did it right I'd move there. If they just replaced one tyrannical government with another, it would be all for nothing.

[chronotrigger]

Regime change in Mexico would accomplish it, too

Regime change...I wonder if the U.N. would approve : )

[Fee]

When the Federal Government withholds funding for schools, welfare, social security, defense, highways, water, power and etc, what will Norta Republic use to finance their government? This is why Puerto Rico refuses to declare independence, despite the fact its citizens felt the US annexed them after the Spanish American War and refused to leave. They do not want statehood and opt to be a US commonwealth.