The Great American Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Georgia Senate endorses radical ideaBy Jay BookmanThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThursday, April 16, 2009It wasn’t quite the firing on Fort Sumter that launched the Civil War. But on April 1, your Georgia Senate did threaten by a vote of 43-1 to secede from and even disband the United States.It was not an April Fool’s joke.In fact, Senate Resolution 632 did a lot more than merely threaten to end this country. It stated that under the Constitution, the only crimes the federal government could prosecute were treason, piracy and slavery.“Therefore, all acts of Congress which assume to create, define or punish [other] crimes … are altogether void, and of no force,” the Georgia Senate declared.In other words, in the infinite, almost unanimous wisdom of the Georgia Senate, Michael Vick is being imprisoned illegally, Bernie Madoff should serve no time for stealing $60 billion and the Unabomber must go free. In fact, the federal penitentiary in Atlanta should be emptied of its inmates.But wait, there’s more.The resolution goes on to endorse the theory that states have the right to abridge constitutional freedoms of religion, press and speech. According to the resolution, it is up to the states to decide “how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press may be abridged.” The resolution even endorses “nullification,” the legal concept that states have the power to “nullify” or ignore federal laws that they believe exceed the powers granted under the Constitution. That concept has a particularly nasty legacy. It helped precipitate the Civil War, and in the 1950s and early ’60s it was cited by Southern states claiming the right to ignore Supreme Court rulings ordering the end of segregation.Finally, the resolution states that if Congress, the president or federal courts take any action that exceeds their constitutional powers, the Constitution is rendered null and void and the United States of America is officially disbanded. As an example, the resolution specifically states that if the federal government enacts “prohibitions of type or quantity of arms or ammunition,” the country is disbanded. In other words, if Congress votes to restore the ban on sale of assault rifles, the United States is deemed to no longer exist.This, your Georgia state Senate voted 43-1 to endorse.Now, to be fair, the resolution passed because it was snuck unnoticed onto the Senate resolution calendar on the 39th day of the 40-day legislative session, when senators were trying to handle dozens of bills and scores of amendments. Most did not have an opportunity to read the six-page resolution, which in its description claimed to merely affirm “states’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles.”However, those who introduced and sponsored the measure have no such excuse. Presumably they read and understood what they asked their fellow senators to endorse. And those sponsors include some of the most prominent members of the Senate —- Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers of Woodstock, Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams, Transportation Committee Chairman Jeff Mullis of Chickamauga, and Chief Deputy Whip John Wiles of Cobb County, among others.The resolution they sponsored is part of a radical right-wing national movement —- a similar resolution was introduced in the Georgia House but not voted on. It has been introduced in legislatures all over the nation, and has passed in both chambers in Oklahoma and one in South Dakota.And while the Georgia resolution is legally meaningless and was passed without debate or even knowledge of most senators, it has had an impact. It has been hailed by, among others, those fighting the conspiracy to create a single North American country, by the Confederate States Militia, by the John Birch Society, and the League of the South, which still pines for the cause of an “independent South” and believes that “Southern society is radically different from the society impressed upon it by an alien occupier.”You have to question the judgment of those who would have any truck whatsoever with such nonsense, and who would jeopardize the reputation of the Georgia Senate to lend aid and comfort to such radical causes and fringe groups.Visit My Website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 they will take all of georgia, but atlanta, and i didnt vote for that crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 don't let the rusty screen door hit ya..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 also from what i heard from someone didnt all the states besides texas sign some treaty or something saying they would never secede from the union? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 The American Taliban strikes again Free Mike Vick and return all of his money and property now!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statick Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 These politicians are so full of **** that its not even surprising anymore.Their mouths are writing checks that their *sses can't cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpjumper Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Virginia originally stated that they would retain the right to secede from the union...that worked out well and helped lead to the civil war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami57 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Jeebus, what a bunch of morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentVanBro Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I used to defend Georgia and say we were different from the old south georgia and that times had changed...I won't be saying that anymore. Seriously, we all know what's going on here. People don't want to admit it, but Obama is in the white house and people are throwing a massive hissy fit. While there would still be protests with McCain, I highly doubt there would be any talk of secession.Although on second thought, I really hope this happens. That way all of the rational people that actually give the state some legitimacy will move out, we can clean house on all the dumb rednecks, and then we can all move back and enjoy watching our statewide test scores go through the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I used to defend Georgia and say we were different from the old south georgia and that times had changed...I won't be saying that anymore. Seriously, we all know what's going on here. People don't want to admit it, but Obama is in the white house and people are throwing a massive hissy fit. While there would still be protests with McCain, I highly doubt there would be any talk of secession.Although on second thought, I really hope this happens. That way all of the rational people that actually give the state some legitimacy will move out, we can clean house on all the dumb rednecks, and then we can all move back and enjoy watching our statewide test scores go through the roof.Ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silaslang Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 All this just because they lost the election. Please Bush pretty much ran this country into the ground for 8 years and there wasn't talk of succession. Republicans day by day just make themselves look even more pathetic by pulling crap like this, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentVanBro Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Ouch Dude you know it's true. Ask anyone who has been to UGA, Tech, State, really any big name college here in the past 10 years.Every single year there are a bunch of kids from nonameville southern georgia who got 4.0s from a joke of a school and one or two semesters later they are out because they havent ever been to a real class in their life. Meanwhile the people from the metro atlanta area show up with 3.0s from highschool and run circles around them.Georgia has a lot of dumb rednecks... I don't even think thats a radical claim, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbrooking56 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dude you know it's true. Ask anyone who has been to UGA, Tech, State, really any big name college here in the past 10 years.Every single year there are a bunch of kids from nonameville southern georgia who got 4.0s from a joke of a school and one or two semesters later they are out because they havent ever been to a real class in their life. Meanwhile the people from the metro atlanta area show up with 3.0s from highschool and run circles around them.Georgia has a lot of dumb rednecks... I don't even think thats a radical claim, either.You aren't brave enough to say why southern Georgia scores are lower. And we both know its because of race. Oh yeah, I went there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dude you know it's true. Ask anyone who has been to UGA, Tech, State, really any big name college here in the past 10 years.Every single year there are a bunch of kids from nonameville southern georgia who got 4.0s from a joke of a school and one or two semesters later they are out because they havent ever been to a real class in their life. Meanwhile the people from the metro atlanta area show up with 3.0s from highschool and run circles around them.Georgia has a lot of dumb rednecks... I don't even think thats a radical claim, either.I agree with that, but honestly inner city schools are not that great. You aren't brave enough to say why southern Georgia scores are lower. And we both know its because of race. Oh yeah, I went there.Cism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 You aren't brave enough to say why southern Georgia scores are lower. And we both know its because of race. Oh yeah, I went there.How groundbreaking and spontanious of you to mention race in a thread about a Southern state threatening succession. This topic is ALL about race. By all means have at it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbrooking56 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Yep, the same kind that says white people from the southern Georgia are less intelligent than white people from northern Georgia. Trust me, its not the white students scores that are bringing down the results. Numbers don't lie. I'm not saying one race or one area is "smarter" than the other but test scores are hard facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Beast Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Why do those people hate America so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchet1984 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 If something goes wrong, why do people always blame the rednecks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Why do those people hate America so much?The same reason I love it so much. Because it's not the same country my grandparents grew up in anymore.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentVanBro Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 You aren't brave enough to say why southern Georgia scores are lower. And we both know its because of race. Oh yeah, I went there.What race?It's honestly the redneck areas... I don't think that any race is part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchet1984 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 People of Georgia, not rednecks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbrooking56 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 What race?It's honestly the redneck areas... I don't think that any race is part of it.Please. Do yourself a favor and go look at test scores by race and then look at population density in these "redneck" areas. Your bigotry will be dispelled by actual truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Please. Do yourself a favor and go look at test scores by race and then look at population density in these "redneck" areas. Your bigotry will be dispelled by actual truth. you hate black people dont you? bunch of Cism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbrooking56 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 you hate black people dont you? bunch of Cism.Yes, that's precisely why in another post I said no race or geographical area was smarter than another. -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Yes, that's precisely why in another post I said no race or geographical area was smarter than another. -_-you brought up race in this thread. you can have hispanic, black and white rednecks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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