Every State a Free State (Live Free or Die)

Bernie Quigley acknowledges how hard it is to lead the way in any endeavor:

When the Libertarians moved to Littleton bringing with them the idea of states rights and an independent spirit, the only other coherent voices on the continent making a credible claim for the same rights were The League of the South and the Parti Quebecois in Quebec Province, both of which sought independence through non-violent and democratic means. Now there are perhaps more than a dozen such groups, like the Free California movement and the Republic of Cascadia. And some have fancy web sites and fancy lawyers. Most of these new groups are in the so-called blue states. But 36 red states following New Hampshire’s cue have initiated state sovereignty legislation in the past three months.

He explains why others, including many in northern States, have noticed the League's efforts, and have undertaken their own journeys toward self-determination and autonomy:

The Constitution, like marriage, should open you up and awaken you, not shut you down and cripple you. ... you are a citizen of a real place (you are the place) - a state with formidable mountains and great beauty and character and with its own way of earth, water, wind and bears in the woods and clear nights in winter and its own soul and traditions and its own personality - in federalism you are the agent of a concept; a buyer within an economic policy, within an abstraction. In federalism you do not live in a place. You live in an economic zone.

Exactly. We are prodded, nagged, and bullied into believing that homo economicus is the ideal, if not the only permissible role-model, for all resident aliens of the Globalist States of America -- and yes, we are all supposed to be resident aliens now, lest we be accused of harboring loyalty to kin and place.

But some of us are going to take that stand anyhow. And our numbers are growing.