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    • 30 Ratings
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    Secessionist Fantasies in Bloom

    APRIL 15, 2010 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, magical thinking, mayor keith summey, tea party, civil war, slavery, south carolina monument to the ordinance of secession, articles of confederation, texas v. white, governor rick perry, emily conley, resolution of secession, minnesota republican party, dallas morning news, minneapolis star tribune, lori sturdevant, party of lincoln flirts with a house-divided resolution, article iv, article vii, states rights, sovereignty of states, minnesota politicscelebration of the confederacy, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, secession, fred morrison professor of law, michael c. dorf

    • 24 Ratings
    • 961 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Afghanistan, through the Looking Glass

    OCTOBER 12, 2010 5:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, afghanistan, free association, thinking aloud, centralization, vulnerability, founding fathers, distributed control, separation of powers, checks and balances, privacy, patriot act, states rights, original intent, tribal, tribes, vulnerability, tactics, military, shock and awe, war, afghanistan, afghanistan war, iraq, iraq war

    • 15 Ratings
    • 1680 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    "You People Have Done All the Voting You Need to Do!"

    AUGUST 28, 2012 11:59PM

    By Donegal Descendant


    Topics: voter suppression, racism, states rights, election fraud

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5140 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Fox News Way

    AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, fox news, sean hannity, propaganda, right wing, strom thurmond, dixiecrats, southern strategy, trent lott, segregation, republican party, mitch mcconnell, mainstream media, liberal bias, conservatism, liberalism, double standards, rush limbaugh, gay rights, chick-fil-a, bigotry, president obama, democratic party, bill clinton, democracy, authoritarianism, theocracy, big business, states rights, angry left, propaganda, news judgment, joseph pulitzer, conservative movement, plato, noble lie, southern conservatives, ku klux klan, civil rights act of 1964, al gore

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1098 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Texas Declares Sovereignty!!!

    APRIL 14, 2009 10:03PM

    By DJohn


    Topics: texas, sovereignty, federal government, governor perry, states rights

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1912 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Big Government, Little Government

    DECEMBER 10, 2009 5:27PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, business, corporation, hierarchy, states rights, states' rights, state's rights, big fish, little fish, mergers, acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, competition, competitiveness, trust, anti-trust, antitrust, many minds hypothesis, distributed, distribution, safeguard, checks and balances, separation of powers, federalism, federation, confederation, sovereign, multiple sovereigns, organization, power, control, governance, government, autonomy, autonomous, corporatism, corporate states rights

    • 13 Ratings
    • 861 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Dazed and Confused: Mixed Signals on Medical Marijuana

    MARCH 29, 2011 3:53AM

    By Lonnie Lazar


    Topics: open call, beta corps, medical marijuana, obama, justice, california, law, states rights, 4th amendment

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1101 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    "Tea Party" is new name for old, familiar Radical Right

    JANUARY 4, 2012 3:35PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, tea party, republican party, radical right, dan balz, iowa caucus, eric cantor, ronald reagan, joseph mccarthy, radical right, william f. buckley, jr, ron paul, christian reconstructionists, states rights, ayn rand, dixicrats

    • 2 Ratings
    • 339 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    States Rights?

    FEBRUARY 10, 2010 11:44AM

    By Kenny1948


    Topics: florida, texting, states rights, federal law, state law, americans with disabilities act, who rules

    • 4 Ratings
    • 459 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Healthcare----my rant with the conservatives!

    AUGUST 17, 2010 10:25AM

    By Kenny1948


    Topics: republicans, conservatives, the constitution, states rights, jeff kottkamp, insurance industry, healthcare reform

    • 2 Ratings
    • 410 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Unleashing My Inner Libertarian

    APRIL 10, 2010 4:17PM

    By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall


    Topics: bailout, bill of rights, constitution, corporate media, corporatism, crony capitalism, deficit, economic collapse, european union, fox news, free market, glenn beck, habeas corpus, left libertarian, local government, noam chomsky, recession, ron paul, sovereign debt, states rights, tarp, tea party, teabaggers, wall street

    • 3 Ratings
    • 601 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Can only one side survive our culture wars?

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 8:37AM

    By Laura Deurmyer


    Topics: politics, texas, civil war, guns, slavery, states rights

    • 2 Ratings
    • 481 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Why aren't voting machines the same?

    OCTOBER 24, 2008 6:46AM

    By Lisa Romero


    Topics: election, presidential election, obama, mccain, corruption, states rights, constitution

    • 2 Ratings
    • 348 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Colorado High? Not if Washington has its way…

    APRIL 26, 2012 5:49PM

    By Tom Magstadt


    Topics: economy, states rights, civil rights, drug policy, politics, open+call

    • 2 Ratings
    • 484 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Texas Governor Threatened by His Own Right Wing Nutjobs

    APRIL 2, 2010 3:42PM

    By JoeinAustin


    Topics: rick perry, governor of texas, guardians of the free republics, anti-government groups, news, politics, texas goverment, austin, obama is a socialist, tea party, states rights, texas secession, right wing nutjobs, republicans, texas

    • 1 Ratings
    • 141 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    A Note on States Rights

    NOVEMBER 2, 2012 11:31AM

    By michael potter


    Topics: liberal, conservative, thurmond, libertarians, democrats, republicans, jefferson, thomas jefferson, romney, obama, politics, open call, states rights

    • 1 Ratings
    • 337 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Mourdock's God

    OCTOBER 25, 2012 3:52PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: indiana, richard mourdock, abortion, rape, god, mike pence, rick santorum, job, lucifer, dr. phil, maury povitch, jesus, mary, immaculate conception, consent, brittney wood, alabama, tillmans corner, styx river, donald holland, donnie holland, dustin kent, sexual abuse, crime, democrats, libertarians, republicans, gop, teapublicans, mike pence, sue ellspermann, joe donnally, rupert boneham, survivor, vi simpson, states rights, women's rights, indiana right to life, the holy bible, hosea, tappuah, opinion, politics

    • 4 Ratings
    • 352 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    I'd Rather Not Leave It to the States

    AUGUST 23, 2010 2:35PM

    By Kevin Broccoli


    Topics: segregation, gay marriage, federal government, states rights

    • 0 Ratings
    • 447 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    North Dakota's State Owned Bank: Would It Work Elsewhere

    APRIL 27, 2010 1:12AM

    By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall


    Topics: wall street, unemployment, transition towns, tea party, stiglitz, states rights, ron paul, recession, north dakota, local economy, local currency, great depression, fractional reserve lending, foreclosures, federal reserve, ellen brown, economic crisis, economic collapse, dennis kucinich, cynthia mckinney, 10th amendment

    • 0 Ratings
    • 127 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Will the Supreme Court, rule in favor of bigotry?

    MARCH 26, 2013 11:55AM

    By Kenny1948


    Topics: bigotry, gay marriage, states rights

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