{"id":13482,"date":"2021-02-10T19:56:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=13482"},"modified":"2021-02-10T19:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:56:05","slug":"exit-excitement-is-your-state-a-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/exit-excitement-is-your-state-a-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Exit Excitement &#8211; Is Your State a Candidate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first heard about the concept of Texas seceding from the United States it seemed far-fetched.\u00a0 But lately, considering the insanity the Left has inflicted on us, it doesn&#8217;t seem all that unreasonable.\u00a0 And hearing that other states are actually in discussions with the Texit folks it occurred to me that maybe I was behind the curve on what&#8217;s out there in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>But since I haven&#8217;t been consulted by the folks actually involved in these discussions I thought it might be fun to open up the speculation to the wider world.\u00a0 Each of you know more about your state than I could.\u00a0 Take an educated guess and let&#8217;s see if your fellow citizens agree with you.\u00a0 Now obviously states like NY and MA and CA aren&#8217;t going anywhere.\u00a0 In fact they&#8217;re the reason other folks are thinking of leaving.\u00a0 But how about AL or FL or WY.\u00a0 Granted, we&#8217;re talking about very conditional situations.\u00a0 For instance OK and LA would feel pretty safe tagging along with their neighbor TX.\u00a0 But just for the sake of argument, suppose each of the other states had a situation where they would be contiguous with a seceding entity.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s say the vertical column from ND down to TX coordinated an exit.\u00a0 Would there be any states that would just flat out say no, no matter what conditions could be met?\u00a0 If every southern state from NC all the way around to LA also was given that situation would any pass on the offer?\u00a0 How about the western states, AZ, UT, ID,MT and WY?\u00a0 If we could hook them up with the northern tier would they bite?\u00a0 And just to make it really easy, what if it wasn&#8217;t a complete secession from the USA but instead what if all the red states declared that as a coalition they were going to agree to nullify any federal laws that they all agreed were unconstitutional?\u00a0 Now that almost seems normal and sensible.\u00a0 Almost like all the hippie states deciding that pot is legal no matter what the federal law is.\u00a0 It&#8217;s starting to sound kind of inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>I admit this is nutty but it&#8217;s intoxicating trying to guess just how many states would really love to escape from the madness of the coasts.\u00a0 Maybe it could happen.\u00a0 Anyway, there it is.\u00a0 Is your state one that under the right circumstance would revolt against the madness or would it stay put, no matter how bad it gets?\u00a0 You give your opinion.\u00a0 The results might be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Electoral-College-Map-2016-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9164\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Electoral-College-Map-2016-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Electoral-College-Map-2016-3.png 546w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Electoral-College-Map-2016-3-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-10\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_10\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_10_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"31d5d3261e\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do You Think That Your State Would Consider Leaving the Union<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-10-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-59\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"59\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-59\">AL - 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Wouldn't<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-95\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"95\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-95\">ME - Would<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-96\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"96\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-96\">ME - Wouldn't<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-97\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"97\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-97\">MD - Would<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-98\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"98\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-98\">MD - Wouldn't<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-99\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"99\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-99\">MA - Would<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-100\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"100\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-100\">MA - Wouldn't<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-101\" name=\"poll_10\" value=\"101\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-101\">MI - 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