Posted on 04/30/2013 7:00:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Lets face iton nearly every important issue, from gun control to immigration to gay marriage, red states are holding America back. Lee Siegel on why the South should get the hell out of the union.
Lets not be fooled by all the bipartisan rhetoric that has been streaming out of the GOP since Romneys self-destruction. Hundreds of thousands of petitioners in a handful of red states still want to secede? Well, dont let the door hit you on the way out.
A solid block of Southern states continues to refuse to expand Medicaid, thus squashing one of the linchpins of the presidents health-care reform. The South will likely be the last and most stubborn battleground in the fight for gay marriage. Gun control? The more the two sides seem to get cozier with each other, the faster gun-control legislation gets watered downand more and more red states are passing laws making it legal to carry a concealed weapon. As for immigration, the red states seem to be relaxing their anti-immigrant fervor, but nothing approaching new legislation is even on the horizon.
The sad truth is that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness can only be achieved at this point if the nation is split in half. Far from being fanciful or fanatical, the proponents of secession have a stronger grasp of political reality than just about anyone else. In fact, there are serious reasons why the North itself should take the lead in a secessionist movement.
Just think what America would look like without its mostly Southern states. (We could retain America: they could call themselves Smith & Wesson or Coca-Cola or something like that.) Universal health care. No guns. Strong unions. A humane minimum wage....
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Must be just me.
About 12 hours after the EBT cards are "sequestered".
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