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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:17 PM Original message |
Declaring your state 'sovereign', what does that mean? |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's just posturing to appeal to the insane "States' Rights" crowd. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. That made me laugh! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Succession? |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. That's Secession. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Amendment X. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I read that, but I'm damned if I know |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. maybe they think it means they get to wear crowns? I'm at a loss. nt |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's Republicans playing to their base. |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Never ask a Republican to define sovereignty |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's just a trifecta |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. A leading repubicn former governor comments on this very issue |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Oh thanks! |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Thanks ... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Southern states threw that word around a lot |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh, sort of everybody wants to be the |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Back then it was about race. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. it's hard to get 'airtime' down here in the states, you gotta come up with something freakin' crazy |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. You're right, in principle. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Okay. |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. It means that you think that the federal government is overstepping its bounds |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, I'd say it also makes for chaos, |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. States have governments, governors, and legislature. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Well no one ever seems to be. |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. One of the main reason for state sovereignty is to give people more power |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Not chaos. Part of the original constitutional plan was the tension between |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Well that doesn't seem to actually happen. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm waiting to see Fox News interviewing the re-animated corpse of Jefferson Davis. |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Along with Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Adams, John Hancock, and George Mason |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. Did you not understand the "sovereignty association" debate in Canada? |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Not the same thing |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Perry's statement is meaningless without a referendum. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. A referendum on what? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's boiler-plate histrionics; also a frame onto other matters 'sovereign'... |
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