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February 27th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
A few comments as I sit inside a warm house while it drops to -35 outside. . .
– Scalia is awesome. In one short paragraph he discounts the legality of secession better than any 200 page dissertation ever could.
– Obama won’t endorse British sovereignty over the Falklands. . .another slap in the face of our strongest European friend. Sad, but does this shock anyone?
– Obama will, however, support Hawaiian sovereignty over US lands. Again, is this a surprise to anyone?
– If Obama’s Hawaiian birthplace is located on Native Hawaiian land, and they obtain sovereign rights, what does that do to the Birther debate? Oh, nevermind.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Other than it being illegal, I wouldn’t mind Vermont seceding. We’d have 2 fewer Democrat(ish) senators, one less Democrat congressman, and we’d only lose about $3 in GDP!
Of course, the fun would end on April 15th, when the feds would start arresting Vermonters for not paying their taxes…
February 27th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
That new Vermont flag is the ugliest flag I’ve ever seen. For that alone they should be expelled. However, the vast problems of tiny Vermont all derive from the residents, not the land. They can leave the country anytime they want, but the land belongs to the good old U.S. of A. We can resettle it with a few Republicans and pick up a Congressional seat and 2 Senate seats.
February 27th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
What ever happened to the principle of self determination…?
February 27th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
To what end, Josiah? Ok, so VT seceeds through self determination. Now, five years into the life of the Second Republic, Burlington decides it’s tired of supporting the new nation’s southern communities. Should it then be allowed to seceed and form the Burlington Republic? What if after they break away from VT, voters from the south side of Burlington decide that Northern Burlington spends too much money? Should they then break away and form the Southern Burlington Republic? Taken to the extreme, each house becomes it’s own sovereign nation and we have complete anarchy.
Self determination is a fine concept on paper, but in the real world, that’s all it usually is: a concept.
February 28th, 2010 at 3:23 am
President signs Patriot Act provision extension
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/84079-obama-signs-patriot-act-extension
February 28th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Chilean quake toll jumps to 708
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8542122.stm
February 28th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
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As for Scalia and secession… The only thing the civil war did (besides kill many thousands of Americans) was prove that sometimes “might” triumphs over “right”. The Constitution is nothing more that a (very important) contract between the several states. The South felt that the contract had been violated and thus they were released from any adherence to it. Furthermore (and this was very strongly supported in the New England states) there was a strong belief in the right of the states to govern themselves and in the right of the people to dissolve a government that no longer functions constructively.
As far as I am concerned, the same principals which our founding fathers cited as grounds for dissolving their relationship with the king in Britain are no less valid today as they were in the 18th century.
Asking Scalia if a state can leave the union is going to get you the same answer as asking the king if the american colonies can leave the empire.