On 10/23/2014 11:42 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
While speaking yesterday with Janet Mefferd about his book, “The
Secessionist States of America: The Blueprint for Creating a Traditional
Values Country…Now,� conservative columnist and former Reagan
administration aide Douglas MacKinnon called for a movement of states,
starting with South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, to establish a new
country that will adhere to the Religious Right’s political agenda. ...
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Hot damn...that means we Northerners can get on with the job of building
a progressive union of forward-looking states and the Southern
secessionists can get on with their vision of building a third-world
cluster****.





"Forward looking" means different things to different people. The same
"forward lookers" regarding some issues may also be the ones who long
for the "good old days" on others.

That's what's good about a democracy though. Individuals or groups can
propose and advocate for anything they want (within reason).