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View Poll Results: Would you support the South seceding from the Union?
Yes, strongly support 88 33.08%
Yes, support 30 11.28%
Don't care either way 33 12.41%
No, oppose 17 6.39%
No, strongly oppose 98 36.84%
Voters: 266. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-31-2010, 11:17 AM
 
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Since we are not part of the United States in your opinion, please don't come to visit. Stay away from New Orleans, Disney World, Cape Canaveral, Atlanta, the Smoky Mountains, Hilton Head Island, Savannah, Mardi Gras, Dallas, Branson, Williamsburg, Duke, Vanderbilt, Tulane, and the list could go on indefinitely. Imagine an America without these places. Even though you wish we would leave, I would guess that the rest of the country would give you up rather than the places I mentioned. Maybe you should find somewhere to live where most of the people are intolerant of others. Then, maybe you won't be angry anymore.
You didn't mention anything I would miss. What does Dallas have to offer? Or Atlanta? Branson is just another squeaky clean, wholesome bible oriented place. For all the Northerners that miss all the bible crap can always vist (or live) with the wacko groups in Idaho. Southern colleges are basically there to provide thrilling sports action and win championships. Keep all your guns, bibles, churches with snakes, double-wides, and people who have a 5th grade level of English.
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Old 01-31-2010, 11:35 AM
 
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I sure wish you Southerners would see the advantages of having your own country.
Here are some:
-you could have Baptist churches part of your government.
-you can make school prayer mandatory.
-you can write laws to prosecute people that are promiscuous and/or gay.
-you can abolish groups like the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and have the members arrested. You can do the same for muslims and atheists.
-you can give 50% of your country's GDP to Israel.
-you can convert everyone to christianity or give them 30 days to git outta yore country.
Think of all the these things that Southerners have wanted for so long, but Northerners have opposed. In your own country you wouldn't have any of these obstacles.
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Old 01-31-2010, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Hernando, FL
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I sure wish you Southerners would see the advantages of having your own country.
Here are some:
-you could have Baptist churches part of your government.
-you can make school prayer mandatory.
-you can write laws to prosecute people that are promiscuous and/or gay.
-you can abolish groups like the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and have the members arrested. You can do the same for muslims and atheists.
-you can give 50% of your country's GDP to Israel.
-you can convert everyone to christianity or give them 30 days to git outta yore country.
Think of all the these things that Southerners have wanted for so long, but Northerners have opposed. In your own country you wouldn't have any of these obstacles.
Well you forgot the most important advantage. Us Southerners would actually get to keep our tax dollars instead of handing it out to the lazy, ignorant, dependent Yankees like GM, Chrysler, and AIG. The North couldn't survive on their own in 1865 and they still can't without a handout.

The South shouldn't secede, they should just simply sell the North to Canada, go mooch off of them for awhile.
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Old 01-31-2010, 11:59 AM
 
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You didn't mention anything I would miss. What does Dallas have to offer? Or Atlanta? Branson is just another squeaky clean, wholesome bible oriented place. For all the Northerners that miss all the bible crap can always vist (or live) with the wacko groups in Idaho. Southern colleges are basically there to provide thrilling sports action and win championships. Keep all your guns, bibles, churches with snakes, double-wides, and people who have a 5th grade level of English.
Have you visited the South extensively? Somehow I doubt it. Even our people with a "5th grade level of English" know to capitalize the Bible. Whether you believe in it or not, it is the title of a book. If you notice, I also underlined it because once again that is what you do to the title of a book.
As far as calling a town squeaky clean, would you rather have crime and dirt? How ridiculous! The colleges I mentioned are not known for sports, but rather they are known for academics. Have you ever heard of them? Once again maybe you should check your own education and life experience before putting someone else's down.
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Old 01-31-2010, 12:00 PM
 
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Well you forgot the most important advantage. Us Southerners would actually get to keep our tax dollars instead of handing it out to the lazy, ignorant, dependent Yankees like GM, Chrysler, and AIG. The North couldn't survive on their own in 1865 and they still can't without a handout.

The South shouldn't secede, they should just simply sell the North to Canada, go mooch off of them for awhile.
Excellent idea! But don't worry about the North.
Anyway, Southerners will have more money. How many more cases of Bud Light would that be? Maybe you can even afford better seats at NASCAR races.
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Old 01-31-2010, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Southeast Arizona
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Excellent idea! But don't worry about the North.
Anyway, Southerners will have more money. How many more cases of Bud Light would that be? Maybe you can even afford better seats at NASCAR races.
You're just throwing around ignorant stereotypes. And besides that this current economy is killing NASCAR right now, if the south parted ways we might see it go back to North Wilksboro and the more roots centric tracks of NASCAR's past. Not bad actually. But then it would have to be IASCAR (International Association of Stock Car Auto Racing).
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Old 01-31-2010, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Hernando, FL
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Excellent idea! But don't worry about the North.
Anyway, Southerners will have more money. How many more cases of Bud Light would that be? Maybe you can even afford better seats at NASCAR races.
Bud Light? Southern Comfort or Jack Daniels is more like it and yeah I could use the extra money to go see the races at Chicago, Pocono, Indy, or Loudon, NH.
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Old 01-31-2010, 12:23 PM
 
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Excellent idea! But don't worry about the North.
Anyway, Southerners will have more money. How many more cases of Bud Light would that be? Maybe you can even afford better seats at NASCAR races.
Now there's a mature and worthwhile opinion!
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Old 01-31-2010, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Bradenton, Florida
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I sure wish you Southerners would see the advantages of having your own country.
Here are some:
-you could have Baptist churches part of your government.
-you can make school prayer mandatory.
-you can write laws to prosecute people that are promiscuous and/or gay.
-you can abolish groups like the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and have the members arrested. You can do the same for muslims and atheists.
-you can give 50% of your country's GDP to Israel.
-you can convert everyone to christianity or give them 30 days to git outta yore country.
Think of all the these things that Southerners have wanted for so long, but Northerners have opposed. In your own country you wouldn't have any of these obstacles.
There are churches in EVERY state, not just the South. The Catholic church, for instance, has large dioceses in Chicago and New York--are they "the South"?
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Old 01-31-2010, 05:14 PM
 
Location: Bradenton, Florida
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Excellent idea! But don't worry about the North.
Anyway, Southerners will have more money. How many more cases of Bud Light would that be? Maybe you can even afford better seats at NASCAR races.
Do you know that North Carolina is a banking center for the nation?
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