McClatchy - "Secession movement goes beyond Texas" - What happened to America First?

[TomCADem]

The irony and hypocrisy of the right wing never ceases to amazes me.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/politics/story/76435.html

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When Gov. Rick Perry suggested that some Texans might want to secede from the Union because they are fed up with the federal government, the remarks drew nationwide news coverage and became fodder for late-night comedians.

But to Texas separatists like Miller and Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Kilgore of Mansfield, secession is no laughing matter. Nor is it exclusive to the nation's second-largest state.

Fanned by angry contempt for Washington, secession movements have sprouted up in perhaps more than a dozen states in recent years. In Vermont, retired economics professor Thomas Naylor leads the Second Vermont Republic, a self-styled citizens network dedicated to extracting the sparsely populated New England state from "the American Empire."

And on the other side of the continent, Northwestern separatists envision a "Republic of Cascadia" carved out of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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[BlooInBloo]

1. "Republic of Cascadia" - HAHAAHAHAAAA! Guys, go to the south - at least you have a chance there.

[bridgit]

2. Wonderful, well there goes my little Benedictine retreat along the McKenzie tweaked out cranks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1C2SFrwdq0

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Is this why Wassilly Sarah's husband quit his job? to work on

I'll aska's own efforts to leave the union?

[old mark]

4. How much support do these folks have in Washington - I don't see them

being very popular in Seattle, at least....and I'm sure Canada might object as well, possibly even Oregon.I doubt there are really enough of them to fill all that space anyway.
Try Cuba.

mark

[pampango]

5. "What happened to America First?" - It went progressive?

"Buy American" - Gotta watch out for those Canadian, Mexican and Asian products, you know.
"Hire American" - Hire someone who might be "illegal" and you won't just have Lou and Rush on your case.

Maybe it's that some (not all, of course) progressives are "America First" when it comes to money and economics, while conservatives use "America First" with respect to wars ("we're bigger and stronger than you") and sports (like the Olympics - we're number 1).