Vermont (hardly) leading a movement toward secession

Good thing there is some common sense shown against this argument...be it at the end. "

The argument for secession is that the U.S. has become an empire that is essentially ungovernable -- it's too big, it's too corrupt and it no longer serves the needs of its citizens," said Rob Williams, editor of Vermont Commons, a quarterly newspaper dedicated to secession.

Actually, Mr. Williams, the U.S. seems to serve every need of every citizen these days, not to mention non-citizens. If there is something you want that you can't find, I'm sure your socialist Senator would listen to your concerns, and then create a social program to appease you.

"Congress and the executive branch are being run by the multinationals. We have electoral fraud, rampant corporate corruption, a culture of militarism and war. If you care about democracy and self-governance and any kind of representative system, the only constitutional way to preserve what's left of the Republic is to peaceably take apart the empire."

If that's how you feel, we'll happily take your voting rights away.