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raystone
02-26-2009, 08:12 AM
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newbitech
02-26-2009, 08:21 AM
if its not my state, then I would expect my state to be next. So no, I wouldn't move to a new country.

ihsv
02-26-2009, 08:22 AM
It would depend on the state, and the reasons for the succession.

constituent
02-26-2009, 08:25 AM
Texas is home.

ClayTrainor
02-26-2009, 08:33 AM
would a seceded state allow immigrants from Canada?

smithtg
02-26-2009, 08:39 AM
Texas is home.

texas has the best chance to stand alone as a nation. Its own grid, plenty of business, cheap homes, and alot of bubbas to take care of the border

It wouldnt be hard to move customs 800 miles north

and Ron Paul could run for president and deport Rick Perry, Kay Bailey and John Cornyn.

Alex Jones lives in Austin, he could end up in the cabinet right? lol

And as a bonus we get "W", and "HW" as residents.

Stary Hickory
02-26-2009, 02:41 PM
Yes if the state was a free one.

mport1
02-26-2009, 02:43 PM
Yes if the state was a free one.

Yeah, I'd move to it for freedom. Why wouldn't I?

UtahApocalypse
02-26-2009, 02:44 PM
Depends a lot on what they will follow. For instance; if Utah were to secede and become "Deseret" and be only about Mormons; I would have to move out then. If a state did this and was truly going to follow the founding principles of the nation.... you bet I would

Kludge
02-26-2009, 02:47 PM
Who controls it? Reactionaries or leaders?

gls
02-26-2009, 02:51 PM
The best hope is probably with the Alaskan Independence Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Independence_Party).



As of June 2006 the party had 13,542 registered members, making it the state's third largest; the Republicans had 111,526 members and the Democrats had 66,218.[6]


Unfortunately, according to the "law", the U.S. Constitution doesn't mean what it used to...



In 2006, members of the AIP collected the one hundred signatures needed to place on the fall ballot an initiative calling for Alaska to secede from the union or, if that was found not to be legally possible, directing the state to work to make secession legal. However, in the case of Kohlhaas v. State (11/17/2006) sp-6072, 147 P3d 714, the State Supreme Court ruled any attempt at secession to be unconstitutional and the initiative was not approved to appear on the fall ballot.[8]

JoshLowry
02-26-2009, 02:54 PM
If a state does secede who gets all the "federally owned land?"

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/map-owns_the_west.jpg

mediahasyou
02-26-2009, 02:56 PM
depends on the amount of liberty.

tommyzDad
02-26-2009, 02:56 PM
I'm not even going to hold my breadth on Virginia's legislature drafting resolutions similar to NH's and the other 20 or states, much less seceding.

mediahasyou
02-26-2009, 02:58 PM
If a state does secede who gets all the "federally owned land?"

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/map-owns_the_west.jpg

This controversy contributed to the start of the last civil war and it will start the next one.

werdd
02-26-2009, 03:41 PM
If a state seceded, i would work my hardest to get my state to follow suit :O.

If a state like alabama seceded, i could see texas following suit.

constituent
02-26-2009, 03:48 PM
texas has the best chance to stand alone as a nation. Its own grid, plenty of business, cheap homes, and alot of bubbas to take care of the border

I'm assuming that by border you're referring to the Red River, no?



And as a bonus we get "W", and "HW" as residents.

sarcasm, right?

RedLightning
02-26-2009, 03:50 PM
It depends, too many variables to just answer yes or no.

Natalie
02-26-2009, 03:51 PM
Hopefully Texas would be the state to secede, and I could just stay here ;)

ChaosControl
02-26-2009, 03:59 PM
Depends if it is a free state or it is only seceding to be yet another totalitarian dictatorship.

constituent
02-26-2009, 04:08 PM
Depends if it is a free state or it is only seceding to be yet another totalitarian dictatorship.

Texas would definitely be a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by one law doubling as the new national motto,

"hey you, mind your own god damned bid'ness."

idiom
02-26-2009, 04:25 PM
I can rule out New Hampshire.

There's a slaughter waiting to happen.

Alaska might get away with it, what with the entire US army being broken and scattered.

For most other states, I would move to the state and join the fight.

gls
02-26-2009, 04:35 PM
I can rule out New Hampshire.

There's a slaughter waiting to happen.

Alaska might get away with it, what with the entire US army being broken and scattered.

For most other states, I would move to the state and join the fight.

Why would New Hampshire be worse off than any other [continental] state?

surf
02-26-2009, 04:52 PM
the Kingdom of Hawaii - hell yeah - i'm all over that one

edit: of course chaos brings up some good points

nate895
02-26-2009, 04:53 PM
Why would New Hampshire be worse off than any other [continental] state?

You can drive across it in 45 minutes. All New England States besides Maine have that problem.

gls
02-26-2009, 04:56 PM
You can drive across it in 45 minutes. All New England States besides Maine have that problem.

I suppose. However, if the Feds were determined to stop an "insurrection" (and they would be) I doubt the size of the state would make much of a difference.

nate895
02-26-2009, 05:02 PM
I suppose. However, if the Feds were determined to stop an "insurrection" (and they would be) I doubt the size of the state would make much of a difference.

A larger state allows time to organize a defense.

qh4dotcom
02-26-2009, 07:11 PM
You would have to resign your US citizenship and keep paying taxes for the next 10 years for the IRS to disappear from your life if you moved to a secession state.

daviddee
02-26-2009, 08:51 PM
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02-26-2009, 09:02 PM
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tpreitzel
02-27-2009, 02:28 AM
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Yes, but my response is conditional. If I didn't really care for the place, I'd probably dedicate a decade of my life to help reestablish state constitutional liberty before leaving to greener pastures, i.e. another state more agreeable to me will likely have seceded as well by the end of a decade...