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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:48 PM Original message |
Secession Plan Is Floated for New York City From State |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. This has been talked about |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Won't that strand Nassau and Suffolk? |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. If we go down this road, others will follow |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. More states, more primaries, more delegates, uhhh no thanks. |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Better representation |
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XboxWarrior (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ok...... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Staten Island tried to secede from NYC in the late '90s |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The panhandle of Florida tried to get this on a ballot back in the 80's. |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. upstate |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. A better idea, dissolve the federal gov't |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Someone might want to read what the Constitution has to say about that. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That pretty much kills it. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The Florida panhandle tried to get around that by joining Alabama. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Two words: |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. It will never happen. Permission from the NYS Legislature is required, |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. campaign poster |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh, does *that* take me back. I'm an old Bronx gal. |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Would they get 2 senators? |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. What would they call it? New York II? n/t |
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