End the Occupation!!!! ... of Vermont ...

[welshTerrier2]

Before you know it, we'll be hearing about how Mohammed Atta held a secret meeting with agents of the Vermont State government in downtown Montpelier. There will be stories surfacing about how one of Bin Laden's top deputies received medical treatment in Brattelboro Memorial Hospital. There will be allegations that the Green Mountain Boys are a global terrorist cell. And good old Bernie Sanders has been linked to a plot to blow up JFK Airport.

My state borders Vermont. I'm getting a passport to go there as soon as they become their own country. We'd be losing two progressive Senators if this thing actually passes. Does anyone know if it really has a chance? Does anyone know whether the Federal government can block a state's secession by law? It probably will never happen but it's interesting to know about nevertheless ...

source: http://newdealnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/evening-national-and-world-news-for.html

Vermont Wants Out of U.S.

A group in Vermont is working hard at creating a movement for the state to secede from the United States. T-Shirts declaring, "US Out of Vt.!" are selling almost fast as they can be produced.

Disillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, hope to put the question before citizens in March. Eventually, they want to persuade state lawmakers to declare independence, returning Vermont to the status it held from 1777 to 1791.



The drive for Vermont to secede appears to have plenty of supporters. Vermont has a history of being decidedly progressive, outlawed slavery before any other and is currently represented by the nation's only socialist federal Senator.

"The argument for secession is that the U.S. has become an empire that is essentially ungovernable — it's too big, it's too corrupt and it no longer serves the needs of its citizens," said Rob Williams, editor of Vermont Commons, a quarterly newspaper dedicated to secession.

"We have electoral fraud, rampant corporate corruption, a culture of militarism and war," Williams said. "If you care about democracy and self-governance and any kind of representative system, the only constitutional way to preserve what's left of the Republic is to peaceably take apart the empire."

[ISUGRADIA]

1. Uh, this ain't gonna happen

Polls put support at @10%. And that is people answering based on a hypothetical.

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2. Regarding the feds, see Civil War 1861-1865

and the aftermath.