[Scott from the Left Coast]

Recreational tinfoiling can be fun.

Sure can. I've always said the ideal job was being a writer for National Enquirer. You can just make up whatever you want, the wilder the better, and let rip. Good times.

Since you're a kindred spirit, perhaps we should get together and form a new right wing National Enquirer type rag -- we can get some venture money (what the hell are they doing with it in these crazy days anyway) from some of these [soon to be not so] high rollers.

And if you get Idaho and Montana, we can probably slice off eastern Oregon and Washington, and with just a little foray we can probably acquire a corridor to a port on Puget Sound -- for our friends in the Navy, you know.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I dunno, seems like the demographics battle has been lost somewhat overwhelmingly in Washington and Oregon, so my guess is any dissension would be effectively contained by their governors. So first, portions of those states would have to seceed from that state, by the time that's done the train has left the station. Better shot at adding Alberta, but BC is probably too left(Vancouver-centric). Don't know about the Yukon and NW Territories, so I'll assume no. But Alaska would certainly be on board. Seems like some alliance(payoff) with Mexico would be needed to establish a Pacific port(Tijuana, or Gulf of California south of Arizona).

So I guess ya'll have to migrate, or wait until the economic success of the republic is luring enough to mount a campaign to regain your statehouse.

Kinda like playing Risk without the armies.