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To: carranza2 who wrote (222451)	10/4/2007 2:07:39 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Respond to of 794357

<it would not surprise me if a secession referendum would gather appx. 25-30% of the "yea" vote.> As soon as the billions and billions of aid drys up they will vote for secession and Ray Schoolbus Nagin.

To: carranza2 who wrote (222451)	10/4/2007 2:28:16 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 794357

Agree, especially with the notion that the Union is dissoluble Dissoluble by concensus, note. There are only provisions for States entering the Union, not leaving it. The United States can only end by concensus of all the people through Congress or a Constitutional Convention, IMO. Anything less is just rebellion. But is oppression required in order to assert the right to be governed by consent? We are bound to abide by the rules of the social compact until the government enters into a state of war with us, ala the state of nature. Until then we have no right to take the law into our own hands. Any other answer invites anarchy. it would not surprise me if a secession referendum would gather appx. 25-30% of the "yea" vote It wouldn't surprise me if a referendum to grant Mercedes to every man, woman and child would get an even higher vote. People are generally short-sighted and sometimes downright dumb.