roamer65
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Wed Apr-15-09 08:55 PM
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| 25. Perry's statement is meaningless without a referendum. |
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Edited on Wed Apr-15-09 08:57 PM by roamer65
Similar situation to Quebec. You've got to make the referendum clear and get it passed with 50% + 1 to even be taken seriously.
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| -Declaring your state 'sovereign', what does that mean? |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 07:17 PM |
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I think it's just posturing to appeal to the insane "States' Rights" crowd. |
That Is Quite Enough |
Apr-15-09 07:19 PM |
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That made me laugh! |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 07:28 PM |
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Succession? |
Kerrytravelers |
Apr-15-09 07:20 PM |
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That's Secession. |
FudaFuda |
Apr-15-09 10:43 PM |
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Amendment X. |
Muttocracy |
Apr-15-09 07:21 PM |
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I read that, but I'm damned if I know |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 07:30 PM |
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maybe they think it means they get to wear crowns? I'm at a loss. nt |
Muttocracy |
Apr-15-09 07:31 PM |
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It's Republicans playing to their base. |
GOPisEvil |
Apr-15-09 07:21 PM |
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Never ask a Republican to define sovereignty |
NoGOPZone |
Apr-15-09 07:23 PM |
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It's just a trifecta |
Turbineguy |
Apr-15-09 07:23 PM |
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A leading repubicn former governor comments on this very issue |
Stinky The Clown |
Apr-15-09 07:26 PM |
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Oh thanks! |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 07:32 PM |
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Thanks ... |
RoyGBiv |
Apr-15-09 07:35 PM |
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Southern states threw that word around a lot |
LuvNewcastle |
Apr-15-09 07:34 PM |
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Oh, sort of everybody wants to be the |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 07:52 PM |
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Back then it was about race. |
LuvNewcastle |
Apr-15-09 08:02 PM |
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it's hard to get 'airtime' down here in the states, you gotta come up with something freakin' crazy |
spanone |
Apr-15-09 07:40 PM |
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You're right, in principle. |
Laelth |
Apr-15-09 07:49 PM |
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Okay. |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 07:54 PM |
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It means that you think that the federal government is overstepping its bounds |
Coffee and Cake |
Apr-15-09 08:03 PM |
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Well, I'd say it also makes for chaos, |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 08:19 PM |
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States have governments, governors, and legislature. |
Coffee and Cake |
Apr-15-09 08:31 PM |
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Well no one ever seems to be. |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 09:57 PM |
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One of the main reason for state sovereignty is to give people more power |
Coffee and Cake |
Apr-15-09 11:00 PM |
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Not chaos. Part of the original constitutional plan was the tension between |
jmg257 |
Apr-15-09 09:19 PM |
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Well that doesn't seem to actually happen. |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 09:58 PM |
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I'm waiting to see Fox News interviewing the re-animated corpse of Jefferson Davis. |
salguine |
Apr-15-09 08:35 PM |
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Along with Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Adams, John Hancock, and George Mason |
Coffee and Cake |
Apr-15-09 08:41 PM |
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Did you not understand the "sovereignty association" debate in Canada? |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-15-09 08:50 PM |
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Not the same thing |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 09:59 PM |
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Perry's statement is meaningless without a referendum. |
roamer65 |
Apr-15-09 08:55 PM |
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A referendum on what? |
HeresyLives |
Apr-15-09 10:00 PM |
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It's boiler-plate histrionics; also a frame onto other matters 'sovereign'... |
bridgit |
Apr-15-09 09:21 PM |
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