Comments on: Parting Company

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:10:38 +0000

Personally, I envision the federal government collapsing before a serious secession movement got off the ground. But, it’ll be interesting to see what happens in the coming years.

By: William D. Ritchie

William D. Ritchie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:17:33 +0000

I believe the writing is on the federal wall. I am convinced that it is time to part ways and leave the talking to fools like our new “comedian” senator whose entire value seems to wrapped up in his mouth.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:46:26 +0000

Indeed that question: "Which is a more peaceful solution: one group of Americans seeking to impose their vision on others or simply parting company?"
Is a question that should be asked of anyone supporting a government "program" seeking to impose it's vision of how to manage peoples life's on others.
If they cannot respect the laws(constitutional) which protect our rights, then we will have little choice but to protect hoses rights by what ever means necessary, up to and including the uses of military force to separate ourselves from their usurpation of the same rights.

They should be made to wonder if we would not be of right and duty to resist such unconstitutional imposition with military force if necessary to protect our own rights and freedoms from their usurpation.

It is said and often demonstrated in history that government power flows from the the gun, if that is true as history has repeatability shown it to be, let them fear our guns, our States as a means of balancing that power.

Liberals who clam to believe in non-violence, and fear war, particularly should be made aware of the full cost in their own personal blood and treasure that they would be forced to pay in the suppression of our rights with their own will.

They appease our enemy because they have guns and the means to put hurt on us.
Let us become a threat of the same caliber to them so that they will will appease and respect us by upholding the Constitutional limitations on federal power to usurp our rights.

Let us be a republic, that "well armed lamb" contesting the legitimacy of the power to consume it and it's rights by the majority "wolfs."

By: Davis Mauldin

Davis Mauldin — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:26:41 +0000

I love Walter Williams but I disagree with him as far as timing… “the system is BROKEN and can’t be fixed”… enough is enough… it’s time to part company. Personally being from the Southern state of Tennessee I have NOTHING in common with anyone from Oregon or Massachusetts. Why then am I expected to be governed by pinheads in Washington with “one-size-fits-all” laws!? It’s time to make the break!

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:31:10 +0000

Rants, I think you make some great points. And, more specifically, we haven’t seen any violence in response to the outright resistance from a couple dozen states over the real id act. All that’s happened is the feds keep backing off little by little.

By: RantsofaFormerLiberal

RantsofaFormerLiberal — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:47:53 +0000

Holding states by force is a very messy solution for DC. With the modern media and other non-mainstream outlets watching, I don’t think we are likely to see anything like the Civil War. At the most, I believe we would see prosecutions of state officials. Even that scenario, I think is a stretch. I’m hoping for a political shift in power for DC, and for the new leaders to remember the anger which has taken hold in the grassroots protests.

By: Trouble

Trouble — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:15:30 +0000

In response to that same question, I say we run the length of all possible legal means within the Union. Then when those fail (which they will if the People fail to understand the issue), we pack up our Several States and go home.

That would leave the Lower Government as a Government of Nothing to die on the vine without our State’s revenue.

Unfortunately it’s to be expected that if and when States begin to separate themselves from DC, DC will try to hold the States by force. Let us hope and pray that nullification will provide the solution rather than having to fall completely onto the purpose of the Second Amendment.

By: Larry Kilgore

Larry Kilgore — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:57:48 +0000

Mr. Williams ask a great question: “Which is a more peaceful solution: one group of Americans seeking to impose their vision on others or simply parting company?”