tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post617742609077170549..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: The USA just took a step towards secession this weekendBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-87044634244628320172014-04-14T21:29:43.244-04:002014-04-14T21:29:43.244-04:00Well said Alma.
Eric: pretty theoretical territor...Well said Alma.<br /><br />Eric: pretty theoretical territory. Theoretical enough that I'm respectfully disinterested in the discussion. I don't mean disrespect, the topic just seems so "out there" that it isn't catching my fancy. <br /><br />I just want folks to be cautious about tough talk associated with initiating violence. We're already branded violent reactionaries. Why make the demonization easy for them?Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-10526797763732052262014-04-14T18:17:41.853-04:002014-04-14T18:17:41.853-04:00Goober: OK, so how about if a supermajority of sta...Goober: OK, so how about if a supermajority of states pick up their marbles and walk away from DC? If, e.g., 38 states leave, do they get to take the name and the Constitution with them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-33988767906850430812014-04-14T18:08:11.630-04:002014-04-14T18:08:11.630-04:00No, Mr. Bundy is no saint. He's probably (I...No, Mr. Bundy is no saint. He's probably (I'm giving the benefit of doubt here) well behind on grazing lease payments for reasons the courts won't uphold. BUT the BLM screwed up big time, H. Reid's fingerprints don't help, and enough people have gotten fed up with the federal government that it doesn't take a saint to bring out the neighbors, just a man who says what a lot of people feel and does what a lot of people want to do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028617823245305343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-20234475889208417652014-04-14T17:11:51.033-04:002014-04-14T17:11:51.033-04:00Eric - one requires walking away. The other requi...Eric - one requires walking away. The other requires forcing someone out against their will. <br /><br />If things got bad enough, I would stand for one, but will always be against the other. <br /><br />Initiation of violence instantly makes you the party in the wrong. Disagreement over political policy got us here. Violence won't get us out. History has shown that nothing will be gained by committing an entire generation of young men to slaughter because of political disagreement. So let's not start it, okay? Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-8078982571269580942014-04-14T16:39:01.483-04:002014-04-14T16:39:01.483-04:00I digested this thing and posted about it at my pl...I digested this thing and posted about it at my place. <br /><br />Long story short, I know why we're rooting against the feds, here, but let's be somewhat careful about making this rancher our poster boy - he isn't exactly a saint in this circumstance, either. Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-7601559279778568582014-04-14T14:41:13.844-04:002014-04-14T14:41:13.844-04:00How about reverse secession? Instead of some coll...How about reverse secession? Instead of some collection of states breaking off, we expel DC from the Union? (And maybe a few states, too, but please wait until I'm out of California.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-36274505721768274522014-04-14T11:14:20.599-04:002014-04-14T11:14:20.599-04:00Goober, it probably refers to this:
http://www.po...Goober, it probably refers to this:<br /><br />http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/04/standoff-at-bundy-ranch-ends-with-photo-of-the-year-so-far.phpBorepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-86881958287639058382014-04-14T11:02:51.886-04:002014-04-14T11:02:51.886-04:00Does anyone have a link to the beginning of the st...Does anyone have a link to the beginning of the story? All I can find is some veiled nuance about Harry Reid, the Chinese, and grazing cattle on BLM land without a permit. <br /><br />What the hell happened here? Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-13815022681578841752014-04-14T08:34:30.509-04:002014-04-14T08:34:30.509-04:00We have to keep pushing. If the Park service pull...We have to keep pushing. If the Park service pulls its bs again, we need to fight back. If blm pulls its bs again, we need to fight back. ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.com