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Connery: Scots independence close
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| 24 February 2008
Posted on 02/24/2008 7:08:31 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:12:27 PM PST
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: jdm; kronos77; Atlantic Bridge; AmericanInTokyo; fieldmarshaldj; ExTexasRedhead; Bokababe; ...
It would be an extraordinary development if it happened.
Given Great Britain’s support for Kosovo’s independence from Serbia, it would have a hard time complaining if Scotland decided to succeed from it.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:12:34 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Clintonfatigued
within the EU umbrella, how big a deal is this? If the SNP can get hold of all the tax revenues that went to westminster before, are they even competent enough to run things internally that were handled nationally previously?
To: Clintonfatigued
FREEDOM!
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:13:39 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(11+7+15=3 Heismans)
To: Clintonfatigued
Let us hope they succeed in seceding.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:14:44 PM PST
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:19:50 PM PST
by
Dysart
To: Dysart
Robert Bruce was THE man!
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:21:36 PM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: Clintonfatigued
And Quebec from Canada, and any number of Tribes and States from the US, and so on and so on..
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:22:04 PM PST
by
JSDude1
(http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56306 "MoveON McCain" To find McCain's Sorros)
To: JSDude1
Why would the tribes secede? As it stands right now they get all the benefits of the US, but are “sovereign nations”.
To: Clintonfatigued
Do countries that secede from others also let go of the financial aid/welfare/subsidies coming from the ‘mother’ country that dominates them?
To: Lizavetta
Sometimes, ethnic and cultural ties are stronger than economic ones.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:27:18 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Clintonfatigued
I was amazed that Scotland was so liberal and if they secede, England will lurch to the right as a result.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:28:26 PM PST
by
MattinNJ
("Conservatives" will stay home in November and hand the socialists the election. Unbelievable.)
To: Dysart
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:29:23 PM PST
by
mware
(Americans in arm chairs doing the job that the media refuses to do.)
To: Clintonfatigued
I’m one-quarter Scot (grandfather born there and a WW1 enlisted vet of the British Army who did the singlemost dangerous grunt-work imaginable — following 140 years after my Hessian ancestor did similarly perilous work by Revolutionary war standards for them), and I’ll admit to having a thrill about getting the English boot off of Scotland, but this may be the case of being careful what you wish for. England may be the ones getting the better deal in the bargain having the heavily welfare-dependent Scotland cut loose.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:29:33 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: Clintonfatigued
To: Lizavetta
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:31:15 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Old Mountain man
Heh heh.
If at first you don’t secede, try, and try again.
To: Clintonfatigued
Scotland and Ireland may wind up as the last bastions of Christianity in the British Isles.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:33:36 PM PST
by
reg45
To: fieldmarshaldj
“England may be the ones getting the better deal in the bargain having the heavily welfare-dependent Scotland cut loose.”
Good point. However, perhaps not being under British rule could have a psychological effect on the welfare recipients (or at least many of them), bringing their mindsets a sense of purpose they didn’t have. This could shake those people from their dependency and resignation.
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posted on
02/24/2008 7:34:23 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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