Long Island secession?
Texas Governor Rick Perry lit a fire when he suggested secession as the ultimate brake on DC's runaway spending. He's since tried to distance himself from his own words, but Perry's clumsy CYA dance hasn't dampened the excitement his comments sparked.
Now, that fire's lapping at the outskirts of New York City:
Secession fever is burning hotter among Republicans in the state Senate these days, leading GOP Sen. Andrew Lanza to hope that his plan for breaking Staten Island away from New York City will get a jump start.
Long Island state Sen. Kenneth LaValle and Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr., both Republicans, this week called for a task force to study the feasibility of statehood for Long Island. Suffolk County legislators, including County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki, have endorsed the idea.
And for those of you who always object that this is not "real" secession, take a moment to consider the justification for in-state secession by one of its chief sponsors:
"Secession is certainly in the water," said Lanza (R-Staten Island), who plans to introduce his secession legislation in the Senate before the Albany session concludes at the end of June. "People are waking up and seeing the bill that they have to pay. More and more, they are seeing through the nonsense, that something's not right."
Sound familiar? Yes, something's not right, and things are only getting worse. Our rulers in DC are spending us into perpetual slavery, while claiming increasingly dictatorial power over us. At the same time, they continue to import cheap, exploitable labor, unconcerned about the resulting crime and demographic upheaval. Don't like it? Tough. That's something the little people will just have to deal with.
Fortunately, we have the means to deal with it now. As the Mayor of New York observed in 1861:
"When Disunion has become a fixed and certain fact, why may not New York disrupt the bands which bind her to a venal and corrupt master..." ?
Why not indeed?
posted by Old Rebel @ Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Talk of Staten Island seceding from NEW YORK CITY to form its OWN CITY is nothing new. Staten Island is very different from the other four boroughs of NYC, and there has been talk of this for years. Also, look at the talk from the Long Island "leaders." They want to form their own state, not leave the United States
While this has little to do with the current article, I thought you might be interested in the following, if you haven't already seen it:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3918
The idea of intrastate secession is very interesting. Due to the fact that virtually every Southern state has at least one large metropolitan area made up of mainly outsiders or an entire portion of the state made up of Northern transplants, we may need to resort to that down here. Think about, if Georgia could separate from Atlanta, Georgia would have a better chance of secession from the Empire. Same thing if Tennessee could seceded from Memphis or if Missouri could secede from St. Louis. Just disown these multicultural hell holes and leave them isolated as federal enclaves in the middle of a new Southern republic.
Also, if northern Florida and southern Virginia were to break off they would also have a better chance at secession.
Anonymous,
Yes, interesting indeed. Here in North Carolina, folks often refer to the Charlotte Metro area as "The Great State of Mecklenburg."
Squabbling over highway funds for Charlotte is an old habit here, as the more rural sections resist subsidizing Charlotte's eternal quest to be the next Atlanta.
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