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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:22 AM Original message |
WaPo OpEd: The Once and Future Republic of Vermont (Great piece) |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wish my state would do the same. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think of myself as a Vermonter |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. To paraphrase John Kennedy: We are all Vermonters now. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. ich bin ein Vermonter |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Oooh, I like that! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I can relate |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Tea? Yes thanks. We'll meet you down at the harbor for a cuppa. (NT) |
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CarbonDate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Cute story, but.... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No doubt about that, |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Wonder if Americans would kill other Americans if a US civil war happened now? |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I'm afraid they'd do it in a heartbeat. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Sadly you are correct. They would do it. And there is already a psychological civil war. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Supreme Court decided this issue in 1869. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No. Frank Bryan |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If it can be done peacefully, I support you guys 1000 percent. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 06:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, even if we don't secede |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. If enough states joined the movement, who would prevent it? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I don't see any other state |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Too bad. Wish we could annex to Canada. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not a joke - There's been a secession movement in VT for a long time |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Did England give the American colonies permission to revolt? |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. I would like to see |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. How about all of New England and NY |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I think it will happen eventually. |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Interesting article. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 07:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, it's a great article |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. That's it. I'm moving to Vermont. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Take me with you-- |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. As long as you can stand the cold, you'd like it. (NT) |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. Proves a point |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I think you mean secession |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. "maybe State's Rights was a big issue, afterall" |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. VT-ers tossed Minutemen out & revealed them for the fools they are!!1 |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. hmm - could Vermont comfortably hold the |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. LOL! |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't know about the practicalities of something like this, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I don't think Vermont has to worry about Chinese warships |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Ha! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. If a Chinese ship sailed up to the King Street Ferry Dock, ... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. LOL, Tesha n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. If that should happen, Vermont will have a huge population surge. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Nah |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. If they don't send troops in and you (Vermont) succeed |
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