Coming from Quebec, I am a somewhat "expert" on secession, having studied it from a constitutional as well as political viewpoint.
One of the first articles mentioned various states such as Oregon and Washington joining Canada. Well, it has been suggested before that those two states join B.C. and Alberta (and possibly others) into a state called "Cascadia". Curiously, there is a school of thought -- led by none other than Ben Stein of "Win Ben Stein's money" fame -- that the attempt at secession by the South in the 1860s was entirely legit. I believe that the jist of it is that the residual power in the constitution -- that's the power that says that anything not explicitly given to the federal government goes to the states -- would go to the states because there is no mention of who has power over secession in the constitution. So... --- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041109-122753-5113r.htm > > http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/01/25/secession/index.ht ml?pn=4 > > http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo103.html > > http://www.californiasecession.org/ > > http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041213/sale > > http://www.confederateamericanpride.com/case4secession.html > > http://www.theihs.org/libertyguide/article.php/729.html > > > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/3/17568/04317 > > http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/ 0198293844/toc.html > > http://www.alternet.org/story/14531 > 10 Most Bitchin' Reasons California Becoming Its Own Country Would Be > So Cool > > * Four words: Vice President Nancy Pelosi. > > * State and local legislatures already extremely comfortable > setting foreign policy. > > * Our own armed services. Eastwood, Schwarzenegger, Stallone or > Willis in charge? > > * Opening weekend foreign distribution movie figures go way up. > > * You want a war. I got a war for you. We invade Florida for > orange juice supremacy. Then take on Wisconsin for that whole cheese > deal. Then France. For the wine? No, for the hell of it. Because now > it's in our blood. > > * Our own intelligence agency. Imagine the allure of an assignment > to one of our undercover cells in Reno. > > * Can extradite and convict Enron CEO, Ken Lay, at our own war > crimes tribunal. > > * We charge a fee on every foreigner trying out as a contestant on > "Wheel of Fortune." Call it a stupid tax. > > * Bechtel (a California based concern) builds a Great Wall right > down the middle of Lake Tahoe. Screw the corner. Straight line. North > to south. > > * We outlaw Fox News as a foreign propaganda tool. > > http://www.slate.com/id/2109317/ > > http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc716100.html > > http://www.agwright.com/blog/archives/000993.html > > http://www.mises.org/story/1204 > > http://www.sobran.com/columns/2004/041123.shtml > > http://www.petitiononline.com/casec/petition.htm > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4695553 > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
