Frigidus wrote:
Gotta love the deluded Confederates...they still think they could go to toe to toe with the U.S. Army, bless their hearts.
And they almost won. I recomend you read Harry Turtledove's Timeline 191 series. It showed how close they were to winning the war.
It was a different time. I'm well aware how close the first one was, but this isn't the 1800s. A state tries to secede now and they'd be taken down within the day.
Unless of course, nuclear warheads are stored within the given state...
I think that you are overconfident on this issue.
Hopefully we won't have to find out, we are stronger together.
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
Frigidus wrote:
Gotta love the deluded Confederates...they still think they could go to toe to toe with the U.S. Army, bless their hearts.
And they almost won. I recomend you read Harry Turtledove's Timeline 191 series. It showed how close they were to winning the war.
It was a different time. I'm well aware how close the first one was, but this isn't the 1800s. A state tries to secede now and they'd be taken down within the day.
Don't be so sure. Texas or California decide to up and leave, they'd pose a serious challenge. Wouldn't necessarily have to resort to Civil War, but we're talking major military and economic centers, not to mention the political power they hold.
The inflation rate in Zimbabwe just hit 4 million percent. Some people say it is only 165,000, but they are just being stupid. -Scott Adams, artist and writer of Dilbert
GabonX wrote:Unless of course, nuclear warheads are stored within the given state...
I think that you are overconfident on this issue.
Hopefully we won't have to find out, we are stronger together.
Nukes would have nothing to do with it. If the Feds were to launch a nuke on a brother state, even if was seceding, it would be a major political disaster.
The inflation rate in Zimbabwe just hit 4 million percent. Some people say it is only 165,000, but they are just being stupid. -Scott Adams, artist and writer of Dilbert
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
The inflation rate in Zimbabwe just hit 4 million percent. Some people say it is only 165,000, but they are just being stupid. -Scott Adams, artist and writer of Dilbert
I think we are still a good ways from open civil war.
Thousands and thousands of days I'd wager.
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
targetman377 wrote:yeah but obama has not fixed anything? so are you saying its better then to just sit around and do nothing.
Please explain exactly what you expected Obama to fix in his first 6 months
Do you think that Perry is helping to fix anything by just throwing his toys out of his pram and crying that he doesn't want to play, do you not suspect that he is just a posturing wanabee ?
I see him as a defender of the Constitution and my rights.
Maybe he is posturing for a 2012 election slot.
If he holds true to the principles he professes, I would vote for him.
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
