To: SilentZ who wrote (305 ) 11/5/2004 1:08:41 AM From: wonk Read Replies (2) | Respond to Actually z, you are attacking this from the wrong angle. Or in the words of the current political environment, “you don’t have the spin right.”You’ve been complaining about the “War of Northern Aggression” for 130 years. You were right, we were wrong. States Rights are supreme. We’ll let you go. Why be saddled with New England and Rust Belt Midwest. Discard the baggage. You started independent and you can be independent again. Its your chance to conquer Mexico [or merge before the growing Hispanic population forces it on you.] You’ve got nothing in common with the rest anyway. Why would you wish to be joined with a bunch of tree-hugging liberal wackos who impose environmental nonsense and useless regulation on your life and home. Hey you’ve paid the freight for these ‘welfare queen’ red states for 150 years. Without your tax dollars, Arizona, Nevada and Utah would still be desert. The Great Plains would still be the Dust Bowl. Without the rural electrification administration, the national telecommunications finance corp, and a host of other FDR inspired New Deal programs (which you are still paying for) much of the Red States would still lack electricity, telephones, and toilets. Let them go.
