I've been reading that Montana plans on seceding from the Union if SCOTUS rules that the Second Amendment protects a collective, rather than individual right. The whole idea sounds like it came from the Militia of Montana, which is a pretty pathetic thought. Is Brad Johnson, Montana's secretary of state,such a political whore that he is willing to pander to a group of crazies? Anyway, that is the problem with elected officials in this country is that they are too willing to listen to the loudest constituents rather than the sanest.
On the other hand, the United States is a failed state and has been since the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence. I have a longer post on why the independence movement was a bad idea, but that's for a later date. This type of thing is one of the symptoms and they have been happening since Daniel Shays's little uprising. Nay, since the first idiot started screaming for independence on trumped up grounds. Since then, crazies have tried to break from the Union on all levels of scale based on the same silly arguments as the early "patriots".
Fortunately, we are seeing the culmination of my observation that the United States is the richest third world country. Infrastructure is collapsing, the economy is heading toward the shitter, the price of fuel is rising, and so on. Because the "leaders" are more interested in popularity than addressing the issues, the price of fuel will be a real problem for this country.
I see protesters wanting "fair gas prices". To them, that probably means the low prices that the US is used to, rather than the prices the rest of the world pays. It would be funny if the politicians gave the protesters the latter and petrol went to US$10 a gallon! Definitely a tax to pay for repairing and upkeep of the infrastructure. The problem is that the private automobile has been subsidised by low fuel prices and parking. Not to mention that the tax barely covers repairs to the crumbling highways.
Now, what really brought down the Soviet Union wasn't anything the US did with the possible exception of aiding the mujahadeen in Afghanistan, which was a bad move. Some mujahadeen later going on to form al-Queda or aid Islamic fundamentalist movements. Funny if by trying to bring down the Sovs, the Septics cause their own demise! But, the point is that what really brought down the Sovs was that foreign banks were bankrolling the state.
Now, the world economy is truly global, which most septics don't grasp. Meaning even if your job hasn't left the country, your real boss may be from overseas. I am not sure what the foreign investment level is in the states, but it's pretty stinking high. And the largest foreign investors in the US are:
THE BRITISH!
So, the US has never really been independent from England, but it has not had the benefits of its ties to Britain since they are economic rather than political. In fact, the relationship between the US and Britain has been purely economic since day one. The unfortunate thing is that we lack British administration and laws, in particular those regarding firearms, since the ninnies decided to make the break.
Anyway, Bye Bye Montana! I wish this pathetic nation a swift demise and swifter return to the breast of Mother England.
I sort of imagine this demise to be like the Battle of Mogadishu where the Malaysian and Pakistani troops come to our rescue.
