I think it's more likely that we can make positive changes happen on environment and military issues if states begin to secede. I don't think it's question of personal lifestyle preference or some sort of parochial identification with your state. I think it's an absolute moral demand that something be done to create a government with some power that can be controlled by the residents of its territory. That was supposedly the idea in creating the United States, but it doesn't exist now and we have to make it exist even if it's piece by piece, part of the United States at a time.
Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened every African-Ameri… - David Swanson
Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened every African-Ameri…
- David Swanson
Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers. - David Swanson
Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.
The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States, not the profiteers. - David Swanson
The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States, not the profiteers.
No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery. - David Swanson
No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery.
The United States has been becoming worse year after year after year for decades, and it's guaranteed to continue down that path if we don't change s… - David Swanson
The United States has been becoming worse year after year after year for decades, and it's guaranteed to continue down that path if we don't change s…
Activism has always been the driving force for change. - David Swanson
Activism has always been the driving force for change.
Climate change is so unimaginable that most Americans deny it's happening. - David Swanson
Climate change is so unimaginable that most Americans deny it's happening.
California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the … - David Swanson
California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the …
I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, end… - David Swanson
I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, end…
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