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Secession from the United States of Unconscious Insanity

choggie (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:24:19 -0700

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I had originally intended this blogpost to be some idyllic proposal for the State of Texas' jumping off the roller-coaster of the obviously distorted, manipulated, and abused world economy, before we reach the next loop-de-loop-I have lived in a few western States, Cali, Oregon, Colorado, and in those days of escape from the Malaysian summers and my own bullshit thought the pastures greener where the weather was, well, not Houston in the summer-All things relative to perception, I have now decided that if and when the shit hits the fan, Texas is a fine place to disappear into, though nothing beats the untouched expanses of British Columbia or Alaska.

What to do about making some changes for the good of all mankind, and not simply being satisfied with switching on the survival circuit and letting the all-time loser, steal the handle.. A hearty advocate of independence, freedom from opression physically, mentally, and spiritually, I have always embraced the idea of being able to bail on this little experiment called the USA, should the shit get stacked so high that the stink becomes part of the natural breeze.

Well kids, open the front door of your insulated minds, and look around-not only should you, "Throw Away Your TV"..you need to be marching down to the station and doing what any good military coop commander does, when they want to get their message out and keep it real-Burn the motherfucker down-and control the only one still on air!

Here's a bit of an excerpt form one man's take on Texas History, relative to secession.

Many assert (without necessarily advocating the act) that Texas can secede from the Union. Based on the fact that the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit secession, some would interpret any state’s status as part of the United States as being voluntary. Supporting this view is language in the original Texas Constitution of 1836, which was repeated in the post-Reconstruction Texas Constutiton of 1876, declaring that, “(The people) have at all times the inalienable right to alter their government in such manner as they might think proper.”

A U.S. Supreme Court decision rendered in 1869 seems to obviate these persistent claims to sovereignty. Commenting on its 5-3 decision on Texas v. White, Chief Justice Salmon Chase stated that the Union is “composed of indestructable states,” and established on behalf of the high court of the land that secession is illegal.

Exactly how the division of the Lone Star State into smaller states is tied to the issue of secession may be lost to the vagaries of history, or perhaps, vagaries of logic. It is, however, only the stuff of legend, as the state’s annexation treaty did not include any provision to secede.

As much as the author, a Texan, loves and honors the United States, it is much too distressing to concede in print that Texas cannot, after all, lawfully secede. As Patrick Henry may have said were he a Texan, “Give me liberty or give me vagaries.”

Since "legally" we can't really check-out w/o some real difficulty, I propose a radically saner approach-Mob has always ruled for small durations, hell, go to a fotball match and watch a lot of hind-brainers going apeshit, fans and cops included-The powers behind the puppets have many useful dopes, who for the sake of power, position, and prominence (ego), have sold the entire world a bill of goods, and they are really wanting to call their iinvestment in empire in, at all our expense-here's what choggie would do, to save one beautiful, self-contained and self-sufficient land mass with the handle:

-Bedamn the acceptable process and proceedure-tell Washington, to kiss our ass.

-With her people as her standard, create a currency only good in the new Country (name competition with prizes)

-Build that wall, more like a gate, maybe throw some voltage in there for grins, between Mexico and the texas Border-Set up Brownsville as the neuvo Ellis island, and begin the process of making Texicans. Make em educated, and make em speak the language

-Call all debt, public and private, paid in full, and tell the rest of the planet to get their shit together, oh and, "Fuck You, we don't owe you shit."

-We need a military-abscond with all personnel, hardware, and real estate, associated with the babses here already for starters.

-enter into a union with our neighbors to the south, hell, let them eventually become one with us, start by letting Mexico manufacture everythig we now get from China-Make every Walmart a shrine to the unholy nature of mammon-of-the-past, (turn them into basketball courts er summpthin')

-I could go on forever, but you get the gyst?? Turn at least one country into a model for the next paradigm-The alternative is what we are all experiencing now....a long, slow, walk to hell, with a few assholes running the show.

- choggie

Top 10 things I hate about youtube

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:21:04 -0700

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In no particular order:

1. The ability to disable comments exists

2. The ability to disable embedding exists

3. The ability to disable ratings exists

4. The ability to disable video replies exists

5. The ability to pre-emptively censor messages from anyone not on your friends list exists

6. Morons without the most basic understanding of grammar or spelling write most of the comments

7. "Most viewed" rankings and lack of sifting mechanism rewards videos that lie about their content in the title

8. Legal videos get removed for no good reason (e.g., the entire XenuTV account was deleted)

9. Crappy softcore-porn videos, and other shit posing as softcore porn with 1 frame of it in the right position to be thumbnailed, dominate the top video list. It's not even good softcore porn.

10. Shitty videos made unrehearsed without a script that consist of at least 75% "um".

- jwray

The best political week of the year for Democrats so far?

NetRunner (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/NetRunner) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:11:19 -0700

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I'd like to nominate the week of May 11th, as being one of the best weeks of political news this year.

Allow me to summarize the events:

California Supreme court overturns ban on gay marriage
An Iraq war supplemental budget was voted down in the House because of Republican stupidity
During the debate about the above bill, a Democrat stands up to baseless smears from a Republican, showing that there are Democrats in congress with spine!
Travis Childers defeats Greg Davis in a complete, backbreaking, upset win
Bush attacks Obama in a speech before the Israeli senate, rallying essentially the entire Democratic party to his defense, including Hillary Clinton. Bonus: Biden calls it bullshit on live TV.
John Edwards endorses Barack Obama, erasing all memory of the WV primary
Chris Matthews acts like a real journalist
McCain gives a farcical speech about his dream for 2013
Olbermann gives one of his better special comments.
More than 20 delegates have announced support for Obama, and talk of Clinton pledged delegates changing sides emerges
Talk of John Conyers putting out an arrest warrant for Karl Rove for inherent contempt
Oh, and the utter humiliation of Bill O'Reilly
We even got Polar Bears on the Endangered Species list (don't ask me why that became a partisan fight, though)

It's been a great week so far, and there's still another couple days to go!

- NetRunner

The World According To Americans

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:25:19 -0700

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So guys... can anyone suggest a good WORLD social studies curriculum for my homeschool?

- swampgirl

My Brand New Daughter, (And The Reason I've been away)

arsenault185 (http://arsenault185.videosift.com) — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:57:45 -0700

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You may (probably not) have noticed my absence around here for the past 1.5-2 months. Well all through march I was doing field exercise and what not, then all of April, I went back to the States for the birth of my daughter. So without further ado, if any of you care to see her, or just like cute babies, here she is. Kayla Renee Arsenault, 8lbs 15oz.

- arsenault185

37 Signals on "Creating a Culture"

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:23:25 -0700

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This short little post hits me in my "aha!" nerve. I think that culture is something that has evolved in the right way around here. I know what he means about the "paint" of artificial culture created in many start-up type sites.

- dag

Any Sift medical experts or medical insurance experts out there?

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:31:35 -0700

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I recently went to the emergency room at a local private hospital in my area. I had been in a mountain biking accident, where I went end over end, and took a mean one to my face. Today a relative of mine took the initiative to contact the hospital regarding the cost of my visit. They were told that my ct scan (of my head) alone would cost over $12,000 (I have not received the bill yet). As Im not insured I knew I would have to pay more than those with insurance. If there are any sifters out there with any info for me regarding the cost of a ct scan or any other bits of info that could help me, I would of course appreciate it. Im just getting started searching for info, but I thought sift members know just about everything. So, I stopped here first.

- eric3579

The Simpsons, create your own Avatar

youdiejoe (http://youdiejoe.videosift.com) — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:50:17 -0700

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This is true fun, putting yourself into the Simpsons universe! I did this back when the film was released in theaters, but now they have added some extra content as well as the ability to print out a custom DVD cover with your avatar.

- youdiejoe

Things Younger than McCain

winkler1 (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/winkler1) — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:18:40 -0700

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http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com

Alaska - the freaking state - is younger than John McCain.
And, for that matter, so is Hawaii. McCain is older than two of the fifty states.

- winkler1

"Somewhere Out There" sock puppets... best. lipsync.evar.

youdiejoe (http://youdiejoe.videosift.com) — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:56:39 -0700

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I sifted this video, and it looks like it's going to get thrown in the personal queue as it hasn't gotten any veiws. I have watched 4 or 5 times today and it still cracks me up.

- youdiejoe