No one is seceding. --- but plenty want to Its quite silly --- to many it's necessary
rather than seceding, I would propose a complete overhaul of the US government. There are plenty of real, unhyphenated Americans who will do a better job. On Nov 14, 4:22 pm, GregfromBoston <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats all hip man. > > And doesn't contradict anything I said. > > No one is seceding. Its quite silly > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:53:24 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote: > > Now didn't that work out well? > > --- > > that was then and proof positive that the US government will kill you > > and steal your assets. > > > In his 1801 First Inaugural Address one of the first things Thomas > > Jefferson did was to support the right of secession. "If there be any > > among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican > > form," the author of the Declaration of Independence said, "let them > > stand undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of > > opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." > > > Jefferson and James Madison were the authors of the Virginia and > > Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 which held that "where powers were > > assumed by the national government which had not been granted by the > > states, nullification is the rightful remedy," and that every state > > has a right to "nullify of its own authority all assumptions of power > > by others. . ." Nullification of unconstitutional federal actions was > > a means of effectively seceding. > > > On Nov 14, 2:45 pm, GregfromBoston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "We, the people of the State of South Carolina in convention assembled, > > do > > > declare and ordain< > >http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/secessioncrisis/601220.html#>... > > > that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, > > > under the name of 'the United States of America,' is hereby dissolved," > > - > > > December 20, 1860 > > > > Now didn't that work out well? -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
