Just @#$&ing move!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Frustrated by liberal policies, some Oregon residents petitioned to leave the state – by moving the border with Idaho westward. 

The movement secured initial approval from two counties and aims to get enough signatures to put the proposal on ballots in November, according to the group called Greater Idaho.

If the group succeeds, voters in southeast Oregon may see a question on whether their county should become part of Idaho by redrawing the border.

“Rural counties have become increasingly outraged by laws coming out of the Oregon Legislature that threaten our livelihoods, our industries, our wallet, our gun rights, and our values,” Mike McCarter, one of the chief petitioners, said in a news release. “We tried voting those legislators out, but rural Oregon is outnumbered and our voices are now ignored. This is our last resort.”


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/17/oregon-idaho-border-petition-secede/4789936002/

[Initech]

1. I'm glad that gun nuts are running scared.

But threatening to secede is no way to go about doing business.

[dchill]

2. A very moving story!

[TwilightZone]

3. Not sure Idaho wants them, either.

Pretty sure Boise doesn't.

[Wounded Bear]

4. IDK, cheap assed, rural gun-nuts sounds right up Idaho's alley...

[gratuitous]

5. Poor little snowflakes!

I suppose making ridiculous unconstitutional proposals is easier than, I don't know, advocating for policies that are more popular with more people? Wusses.

[Basic LA]

6. Makes sense according to a new book out...

...American Nations by Colin Woodward, which maps out the 11 rival regions and how they historically developed culturally, with little regard to actual state lines. A great read so far.

[tikka]

7. This seems like the perfect time to use the phrase "Love it or leave it"

A little irony for the RWNJ

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Ha!

[maxsolomon]

9. Outrageous Laws like

"Stop raping Federal Lands without regard for regulations".

Welfare Ranchers need to give it up. We're not obligated to subsidize their hobbies.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. Simple to do - just get ahold of one of Chump's Sharpies!

Borders, Schmorders...everything can be fixed with a Sharpie.

[pwb]

11. Maybe try becoming normal to fit in more?

Or don't let the door hit you.

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. This sounds like more of the "Aryan Ethnostate" nonsense

That white supremacists have been salivating over for years;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territorial_Imperative

They even have a flag!




These people need to be reminded that we went to war to wipe out this kind of bullshit thinking.

Clearly it is time for another wiping.

[Ron Green]

13. This is About Cheap Gasoline.

Dem lawmakers in Salem are trying to do a weak cap-and-trade measure (even weaker than the one Republicans left the State to protest last year), and Oregon Repubs have selected this issue on which to make their stand. They figure they can own the libs and keep their cheap fossil fuels at the same time.

[ploppy]

14. Bunch Whiners!

They are usually complaining about something that hurts their feelings. Got a robocall from Timber Unity at work today - wish it would have been a person on the other end of the line so I could have told them to stick it.

[VOX]

15. Secession from the U.S. or just a fatter Idaho state?

The article is unclear. I’m guessing they just want a bigger state.

Isn’t this the same movement that tried to make Idaho (and parts of surrounding states) into the 51st state awhile back?