I am working on a number of research papers, both generic to de- evolution of nation states and specific to Cascadia(in the Pacific Northwest). I am currently ...
Hi there In reply to one of your points regarding "will anything really change" if and when our nation becomes independent, I believe that one of the major...
Hello fellow California Patriots With our nation today on the brink of defaulting on essential payments to our nurses, teachers and other state employees, and...
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Jul 1, 2003 12:33 am
First off each representative in the house represents slightly more than 600,000 people, not a million, and if all we wanted to do was increase representation...
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Jul 1, 2003 12:37 am
Ivan, I was wondering where you came to the 100 billion dollar difference figure you used. Is that the amount we pay in federal taxes minus the amount of...
A free California would also not be facing this problem with its non-Californian leadership, either. What steams me most about this issue is that it is drawn...
Leland, In all honesty I guess would have to class that information as anecdotal, unfortunately. I have been told that the deficit between our total federal...
Sorry, that "1 million people" thing was an approximation. My idea was basically to enlarge the legeslative representation per capita. There is a better...
I agree that a better ratio between representative and those they represent would definatly be a step in the right direction. But there are flaws at the heart...
This is an important point to bring up. If we simply declared our independance, formed our own government and ignored the authority of the Federal government,...
We do need to start talking about a "Road Map". If you look at my original post "First Steps" there is a link to the Registrar of Voters office outlining the...
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Jul 3, 2003 9:51 pm
Though I agree that we should question our leaders, those we agree with and those with whom we differ, I believe that ranting against corporations and calling...
Corporations have gone too far in demanding "human rights" from governments and unless we right the balance so that humans get human rights and corporations...
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Jul 3, 2003 10:03 pm
In a message dated 7/3/2003 1:22:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Though I have not heard about coercion being used to make California a state, for the moment...
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Jul 3, 2003 10:08 pm
In a message dated 7/3/2003 2:57:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... And I suggest Ayn Rand. As great as the climate of California is, we can't regress to being...
I live in San Francisco and am actually a proponent of the San Francisco secession movement (see http://freestateofsf.org/ ), since I feel it's impractical to...
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Jul 3, 2003 10:28 pm
We cannot degenerate into balkanization, just because California has internal differences does not mean it cannot unite as a nation, if we follow your argument...
I agree. Anarchy comes from an - archos which means "no rulers," i.e. no person having "power over" any other person where we all share "power with" each ...
The problem with San Fran going it's own way is that it would have such a high tax rate as to drive away businesses.. why be in SF when you can go to San Jose ...
It can happen for a small city/state/nation to prosper. Admittedly SF isn't exactly known for its incredibly smart leadership but city/state/nations like...
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Jul 4, 2003 12:48 am
SF does not produce anything, they sell things and they think of things, but no cars are made there, no food is grown there, it would be foolish to establish a...
<i>city/state/nations like Singapore</i> Yes... but Singapore prospered because of an arch-conservative dictator (Lee Kwan Yew), who diligently worked with...
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Jul 4, 2003 3:54 am
*snap *snap In a message dated 7/3/2003 8:45:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I say, let those people and companies flee. How about building a nation up from those who believe in providing value to the community, rather than just for ...
let those people and companies flee While this is a noble thought, someone, somewhere has to effeciently produce something so the people can eat. Remember...
Greetings and salutions. I just joined and thought I'd wade into the message board with a few pennies of my own. Specifically, I wanted to address something...
... You should consider what Thomas Jefferson had to say about corporate power. He believed that corporations would become the new aristocracy. Check out: ...
