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‘California is a nation, not a state’: A fringe movement wants a break from the U.S.
WaPo ^ | February 18, 2017 | Katie Zezima

Posted on 02/18/2017 5:26:41 PM PST by Boomer

“I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of an independent California,” Geoff Lewis said as he stood in a glass-walled conference room adorned with California’s grizzly-bear flag and a sign reading “California is a nation, not a state.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; secede
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Maybe we should just let San Francisco secede. No way can America allow the state to but just getting rid of that cesspool might be worth it.
1 posted on 02/18/2017 5:26:41 PM PST by Boomer
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To: Boomer

Then, GTFO!


2 posted on 02/18/2017 5:29:18 PM PST by caver (Trump: Home of the Winner)
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To: Boomer

CA is as broke as Venezuela if you count their debt load from the state’s retirement system.


3 posted on 02/18/2017 5:30:20 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Boomer

No...we want the Leftists and the Mexicans to declare secession.

Then we can have a war against them with the rest of the country and the Federal government behind us.

Best part is we get to Reconstruct them at the end, just like the original Republicans - the Radical Republicans - did to the South!

Great fun. All sorts of retribution and revenge.

Hey, they’re the ones always yelling that a State has no right to secede.

Let’s have the fight. We know who wins.


4 posted on 02/18/2017 5:30:26 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Boomer

Take Los Angeles with you.


5 posted on 02/18/2017 5:30:35 PM PST by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: Boomer

Will they promise to take the NYTimes and WaPost with them?


6 posted on 02/18/2017 5:30:38 PM PST by madprof98
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To: Boomer

Great. Then they will have no problem paying for their own infrastructure improvements.


7 posted on 02/18/2017 5:30:40 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: Boomer

Like Kosovo.

Like the Matt Bracken book.


8 posted on 02/18/2017 5:32:56 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Boomer

It’s funny how for years a similar movement in Texas was lampooned, and routinely harassed by the law, but I can only imagine that WaPo totally avoided any snarky language or swipes at these guys.


9 posted on 02/18/2017 5:33:14 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Boomer

Go..leave.


10 posted on 02/18/2017 5:34:03 PM PST by ColdOne (( miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Mozilla

I’d like to keep the Dodgers.


11 posted on 02/18/2017 5:34:10 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: Boomer

Many counties in California won’t leave. Millions won’t give up their welfare, SS, disability, federal government jobs, etc.


12 posted on 02/18/2017 5:34:43 PM PST by realcleanguy
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This is the most wanted in LA....Enough said. Anyone who looks at this and still agrees with an open border needs their head examined. And I keep posting this on Freep and nobody ever comments on it..What am I missing?

http://www.lapdonline.org/all_most_wanted


13 posted on 02/18/2017 5:35:25 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon)
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To: Boomer

Fine with me. As long as Moonbeam will agree to pay for “the wall” along the California border on the western bank of the Colorado River. This will be a great way to refill Lake Meade.


14 posted on 02/18/2017 5:35:43 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: Boomer
I also agree California is a nation..

AN ABOMINATION!

15 posted on 02/18/2017 5:36:19 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (im)
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To: caver
yes, please exit...calexit....do it ...DO IT!!!!!!

we'll miss you but you'll miss us even more.....

16 posted on 02/18/2017 5:36:49 PM PST by cherry
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To: ColdOne

Arrest Jerry Moondog Brown. Lets drain the swamp in Sacramento. NOW !!


17 posted on 02/18/2017 5:37:52 PM PST by hapnHal (**)
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Absolutely.And take Illinois,Massachusetts,Maryland and a few others with ya.

No,not New York....NYC is too important.

18 posted on 02/18/2017 5:38:14 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Boomer

Baloney.

It’s a county in Oregon.


19 posted on 02/18/2017 5:40:28 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Boomer
Let me introduce these wanna-be traitors to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

Congress has set death as the maximum punishment for Treason. Anyone who assist in California attempting to secede should be convicted of Treason and then put before a firing squad.

20 posted on 02/18/2017 5:41:40 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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