Secession...

...is a type of revolution.

A partial revolution, perhaps. It is a method of altering or abolishing the government, which Thomas Jefferson identified as a right of the people. 

Does it matter that the vehicle for implementing secession is the state? Does that make it no longer a right? Nope. In fact, it's logical. Why not use what's already in place? Why re-invent the wheel?

"Ukraine's glory has not perished, nor her freedom"

Just Do It

Leftist Hate and Intolerance

If you can stomach the hate and hypocrisy, drop by Crooks and Liars, and skim the comment thread following New Georgia License Plate Marks 150th Anniversary of Sherman's March.

As you read, remind yourself of these points in the commenting policies:

c) Will not engage in racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism or other intolerance. (Unless it is aimed at Southerners. ~cw)

d) Not post comments that are obscene, hateful, threatening or wishing acts of violence against other. (Unless they wish to kick Southerners in the 'nads. ~cw)

g) Keep all discussions civil. Everyone has a right to disagree, but do so respectfully and refrain from name calling. (Exception: Incivility to and about Southerners is permitted. ~cw)

Think Crooks and Liars might not be diligent about enforcing their "comment policies"?

'States' Rights' was an old canard used to get the poor white trash behind the rich f----s

I understand the slave holders fighting, they had a great deal going. It's the white trash peons that got conned into killing and dying for "The Cause" that amaze me with their stupidity.

f--- the confederate flag and all the traitors that love it. It's a dirty old rag, I wouldn't polish my car with it, maybe I'd collect dog s--t with it. F--- that trash. F--- that white trash. All y'all can go to hell. And as my right wing a--h--- acquaintances remind me--if you don't like the US, you need to leave. Go. Get the hell out. Your lack of work ethic is dragging the rest of us down...

Who wants the South in the Union anyway? If you useless turds want to be a part of this nation then your states should all be territories of the U.S. until you can clearly demonstrate that you are not a bunch of racist genocidal plutocrats. That means no more slack-jawed drawling idiot senators and congressmen from the South hell bent on wrecking the country. Biggest mistake this country ever made was to let you miserable wretches back in the union. Go take your lame rationalizations for torture and genocide somewhere else, troll.

I don't own a vehicle in Georgia but I'll gladly purchase a plate and celebrate my "heritage" of kicking some traitorous secessionists in the nads. $80 is a bargain for the pleasure.

Next time some flogger tries to tell you there is no hatred of Southerners today, (that we "need" to feel hated, and we're just makin' it up) send him to the link above, and and remind him such threads are not uncommon on leftwing websites.

And no, this is not a pity party. Who really thinks I care about what these obscene haters think of my region and my people? Nobody who knows me. I point it out simply to show that leftists are the true haters, which serves as a warning about who the truly dangerous people are, if they happen to get a little power...

Christine Nails It!

Christine Barr's current "A Belle's Eye View" column in the Paris Post-Intelligencer nails it, big time:

One man’s traitor is another’s hero —
that applies to South, Founding Fathers, etc.

Check it out.

Another Reason a Secession Amendment Is Not Needed

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibitied by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively , or to the people. The 10th Amendment

The powers prohibited to the states are identified in Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution. Secession is not among them.

The power to prohibit secession is not listed among the powers delegated to the United States.

Secession is therefore a power reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Couple of Updates

Aw.... I guess Al has said goodbye....

At Crossroads flog, he sez, "In my little sojourn over there I think I’ve demonstrated her mendacity, hypocrisy, and bigotry. My work is done and now time to shower. :) "

You've demonstrated no such thing, Al. You got skeered and you "up and  R-U-N-N-O-F-T," (to borrow a phrase from Wash Hogwallop in O Brother, Where Art Thou?).

Too bad he didn't shower before he got here. Anybody got any Glade? Febreze? Air Wick?

And I was soooo looking forward to finding out where Susan said I do their heavy hitting, as he claimed. But the fact is, she did NOT say I do their heavy hitting. She said, and I quote, "I leave the heavy hitting to Ms. Connie."  Not "our" (the VaFlaggers) heavy hitting. Not "my" (Susan's) heavy hitting. THE heavy hitting -- the same heavy hitting I'd been doing since before the VaFlaggers were formed.

And I was really, really, really looking forward to his identifying all those VaFlagger events Matt Heimbach attended.

The fact is, folks, he turned tail and ran because he CANNOT provide the proof for either of these statements. Either he was mistaken, or he was lying.  And  you can't prove lies.  I think his turning tail and running tells us which.

Simpson's lies about me continue.... 

He sez, "In a most amusing moment, Connie Chastain confuses the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution." 

Ah, no, I don't. I clearly identified which document I was talking about, but maybe his animosity has dulled his discernment, so I'll 'splain it.

The reason a Constitutional amendment for secession is not needed is because there are certain rights that transcend the Constitution, and the one pertinent to the discussion is found in the Declaration of Independence. It is the right of the people, endowed  by the Creator, to alter or abolish (which would include secession) their government when it becomes destructive of their rights. Rights endowed by the Creator trump those secured by the Constitution, so people have the right to secession whether there's a Constitutional amendment or not.

I'm sure Simpson know this. He lied because he is so deeply addicted to denigration.

Kinda pathetic, actually, that a man in such a lofty position lowers himself to falsehood, bullying and maligning people who have done him no harm.

AL...? Oh, Al...?

Where are you, Al?  There are some questions you haven't responded to yet. Where'd you go? Al? Al?


You said,  "Susan Hathaway says you do their heavy hitting." You said, "I saw where she said it."

Where did you see it? How about linking to it? Also, that's not an exact quote. I. Want. Her. Exact. Quote. And a link to it. Tanks.

After checking into it a little more, the Flagger events (i.e., events sponsored by the VaFlaggers) that I admit Matt Heimbach attended is ... None, zero, zilch, nada. How many do you know of? I don't mean events sponsored by others that the VaFlaggers attended (the attendance at which the VaFlaggers had no control over) -- some of which Heimbach also attended. I mean VaFlagger events. Please identify them for us, by date and location. Tanks.

Shuddering Revulsion and Anger Overflowing With Rage (Smirk)

So at some civil war symposium, they voted on the person of the year.

Sez Kevin Levin, "No doubt, many will shudder in revulsion after hearing of such an honor. For a select group their anger will overflow with rage when they learn that the title was bestowed on Sherman ... "

I can't decide whether that's purple prose, or yaller journalism. Or both. Yes, yes, I know it's a joke to think of Levin's flog (or any other flog) as journalism, but you get my drift....

Frankly, I think it's appropriate, in a couple of ways. Now that the  ex-Museum of the  Confederacy has become the Museum of Trashing and Bashing the Confederacy, what better Man of the Year could their be? I mean, who's gonna top Cump next year? There IS nobody.

And not only is he the best choice for Man of the Year for some symposium or other. He embodies the killing/murdering bully state the USA has become -- sending its young men around the world to kill and be killed; the country where citizens can't tell cops from soldiers anymore; where cops shoot pets as a matter of course; where the "war on drugs" and the "war on terror" have become wars on American civilians, which would no doubt please Sherman to no end ...

The country has gone crazy, and he's the very image of the criminally insane. I mean, look at him. Have you ever seen a picture of him where he DIDN'T look like he belonged on a psych ward?

Yep. Not only is Sherm an appropriate choice for whatever's happening at the MOTBC -- he could  take the place of the eagle as THE symbol of the USA...

(Shuddering revulsion; anger overflowing with rage... gotta use these in my next romance novel!)

White Flag?

They think we're looney tunes. (Smirk.) We're not. But that would be better than being lyin' floggers. And it's gonna be soooo much fun to watch 'em eat crow.