I expect quite a few of us in the Northeast would be happy to join with Canada. It might be problematic that DC went blue :-)
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote: > <http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=5652> > > HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE: The National Conservative Weekly Since 1944 > > Declaration of Expulsion: A Modest Proposal > It's Time to Reconfigure the United States > > by Mike Thompson > Posted Nov 3, 2004 > [From the author: This is an essay I've been working on for the past > several weeks, updated moments ago with what appears to be Bush's final > number of victory states (31) once the nonsense of provisional votes in > Ohio is overcome. > > As an admitted "modest proposal" (a la Swift's satiric story of the same > name), it is nevertheless serious in pointing out the cancer that continues > to threaten our body politic.] > > Branded unconstitutional by President Abraham Lincoln, the South's > secession from the American Union ultimately sparked "The Civil War" (a > name that was rejected by Southerners, who correctly called it "The War > Between the States," for the South never sought to 1] seize the central > government or 2] rule the other side, two requisites for a civil war). > > No state may leave the Union without the other states' approval, according > to Lincoln's doctrine--an assertion that ignores the Declaration of > Independence, which was the vital basis for all 13 American colonies' > unilateral secession from the British Union eight decades earlier. > Lincoln's grotesque legal argument also disregards a state's inherent right > of secession which many scholars believe is found in the Ninth and Tenth > Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. > > Meantime, America has become just as divided as it was a century and a > half ago, when it writhed in Brother-vs.-Brother War. Instead of wedge > issues like slavery, federal subsidies for regional business, and high > tariffs, society today is sundered by profound, insoluble Culture War > conflicts (such as abortion and gay marriage), and debate about our role > abroad (shall we remain the world's leader, or become an unprincipled chump > for the cabal of globalist sybarites who play endless word-games inside the > United Nations and European Union sanctuaries?). > > For many decades, conservative citizens and like-minded political leaders > (starting with President Calvin Coolidge) have been denigrated by the > vilest of lies and characterizations from hordes of liberals who now won't > even admit that they are liberals--because the word connotes such moral > stink and political silliness. As a class, liberals no longer are merely > the vigorous opponents of the Right; they are spiteful enemies of > civilization's core decency and traditions. > > Defamation, never envisioned by our Founding Fathers as being protected by > the First Amendment, flourishes and passes today for acceptable political > discourse. Movies, magazines, newspapers, radio/TV programs, plays, > concerts, public schools, colleges, and most other public vehicles openly > traffic in slander and libel. Hollywood salivated over the idea of placing > another golden Oscar into Michael Moore'sfat hands, for his Fahrenheit 9/11 > jeremiad, the most bogus, deceitful film documentary since Herr Hitler and > Herr Goebbels gave propaganda a bad name. > > When they tire of showering conservative victims with ideological mud, > liberals promote the only other subjects with which they feel > conversationally comfortable: Obscenity and sexual perversion. It's as if > the genes of liberals have rendered them immune to all forms of filth. > > As a final insult, liberal lawyers and judges have become locusts of the > Left, conspiring to destroy democracy itself by excreting statutes and > courtroom tactics that fertilize electoral fraud and sprout fields of > vandals who will cast undeserved and copious ballots on Election Day. > > The truth is, America is not just broken--it is becoming irreparable. If > you believe that recent years of uncivil behavior are burdensome, imagine > the likelihood of a future in which all bizarre acts are the norm, and a > government-booted foot stands permanently on your face. > > That is why the unthinkable must become thinkable. If the so-called "Red > States" (those that voted for George W. Bush) cannot be respected or at > least tolerated by the "Blue States" (those that voted for Al Gore and John > Kerry), then the most disparate of them must live apart--not by secession > of the former (a majority), but by expulsion of the latter. Here is how to > do it. > > Having been amended only 17 times since 10 vital amendments (the Bill of > Rights) were added at the republic's inception, the U.S. Constitution is > not easily changed, primarily because so many states (75%, now 38 of 50) > must agree. Yet, there are 38 states today that may be inclined to adopt, > let us call it, a "Declaration of Expulsion," that is, a specific > constitutional amendment to kick out the systemically troublesome states > and those trending rapidly toward anti-American, if not outright > subversive, behavior. The 12 states that must go: California, Illinois, New > York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode > Island, Connecticut, Maryland, and Delaware. Only the remaining 38 states > would retain the name, "United States of America." The 12 expelled mobs > could call themselves the "Dirty Dozen," or individually keep their > identity and go their separate ways, probably straight to Hell. > > A difficult-to-pass constitutional amendment, however, is not necessary. > There is an equally lawful route that mercifully would be both easier and > faster. Inasmuch as Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution specifies > that "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union," it is > reasonable that the same congressional majority may expel a state from the > Union. Is there, after all, any human organization in existence (including > a family or law firm) that may not disown, disinherit, ostracize, alienate > or expel diabolical members? Whether the nation is purged of these 12 > states via the Constitution or statute, the process of elimination must > begin now, for the need of societal detoxification has waxed so > overwhelmingly clear. > > Examine the "Mostly Mainstream 38" and "Fringe 12." Of the 50 states, Bush > won 30 in the 2000 presidential election against Gore, and 31 in 2004 > against Kerry. More dramatic is the huge disparity among counties. Of 3,112 > counties nationwide, Bush in 2000, for example, won 2,434, a crushing 78% > majority. (In the counties composing "Bush USA" live approximately 150 > million persons; in the 678 of "Gore/Kerry USA," 140 million.) Gore/Kerry > denizens are concentrated in the metropolises of the East and West Coasts > and those big cities on the Great Lakes or Mississippi River. Other > significant pockets of ultraliberal extremists may be found in > intellectually incestuous college towns and pro-big-government state > capitals, along the estranged and overwhelmed Mexican border, and in > Dixie's welfare-addicted Cotton Belt. > > The demographics revealed by the two most recent presidential elections > are radically different and have resulted in "Two Americas" (but not the > simplistic "Two Americas" [one rich, one poor] envisioned by > Kerry'sMarxist-tongued running mate, John Edwards): > * BUSH USA is predominantly white; devoutly Christian (mostly > Protestant); openly, vigorously heterosexual; an open land of single-family > homes and ranches; economically sound (except for a few farms), but not > drunk with cyberworld business development, and mainly English-speaking, > with a predilection for respectfully uttering "yes, ma'am" and "yes, sir." > > > > * GORE/KERRY USA is ethnically diverse; multi-religious, > irreligious or nastily antireligious; more sexually liberated (if not in > actual practice, certainly in attitude); awash with condo canyons and other > high-end real estate bordered by sprawling, squalid public housing or > neglected private homes, decidedly short of middle-class neighborhoods; > both high tech and oddly primitive in its commerce; very artsy, and > Babelesque, with abnormally loud speakers. > Bush USA also is far safer, its murder rate being about 16% of the > homicidal binge that plagues Gore/Kerry USA--2.1 per 100,000 residents, > compared with 13.2 per 100,000 (from a study by Professor Joseph Olson, > Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota). > > A downsized, post-expulsion United States still would be geographically > big enough (and personally generous enough) to welcome millions of > authentic refugees from the ousted former states, real Americans who crave > lower taxes, smaller government, safer neighborhoods, more secure borders, > greater moral leadership, and all the other aspects of a markedly better > society-- one that spawns harmony, not cacophony; excellence, not > dependence; justice, not histrionics; education, not brainwashing; > enterprise, not welfare, and Godliness, not devilishness. As for the dozen > ex-American states, they could always petition the UN and EU for foreign > aid. Moreover, with any good luck (or bon chance), socialist Canada would > annex our jettisoned territory, eh? > > > Still Relevant After All These Years > > Language of the 1776 Declaration of Independence that rings true today for > expulsion: > > When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to > dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another . . . > > > Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the > consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes > destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to > abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such > principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem > most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness . . . > > > Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not > be changed for light and transient causes . . . but when a long train of > abuses . . . evinces a design to reduce them [the people] under absolute > Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such > Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. > > Language of Barry Goldwater, 1964 Republican presidential nominee that > also rings true: > > > Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off > the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea. > > > ---------- > > > Copyright � 2004 HUMAN EVENTS. 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