EDITORIAL: SECESSION, SEDITION OR JUST PLAIN SILLINESS?

 

Why on earth would any State want to secede from The United States of America?  The mere suggestion of secession by any U.S. State or territory in a country already amped-up by the real prospect of destructive terrorists threats in the wake of 911 is no less than an overt act of sedition punishable by law!  That this administration has dealt with the mere suggestion of secession by its own citizens demonstrates the utmost temperance, a hallmark so very representative of the calm and thoughtful Barack Obama in stark contrast to the “Shoot-Em-Up Cowboy” mentality of his predecessor George W. Bush.  In the third Presidential Debate Romney exhibited latent traits of war-mongering and other barbarisms demonstrative of what would surely reveal itself as a “Strike Now Evade Or Circumvent Accountability Later” philosophy.  But the juiced-out production the republican party has attempted to brainwash The American People with since Ronald Reagan took the White House has played out, the credits have rolled by, the screen is blank, the house lights have come on and the curtain has now closed… the audience has left the theater and is now walking out into the real light of day. The only thing that stands in the way of The American people and the recapture of the American way of life are the very politicians they have elected to protect their rights, jobs and freedoms.  Heretofore these politicians have squandered precious time with inane partisan allegiances and biases that have nothing to do with the better and larger interest of Americans as a whole. 

 

If congress really had the interests of the American people at heart they would go to the capitol and refuse to leave the chambers of congress until they had worked out a bipartisan plan to return jobs, security and economic prosperity to America!  But the whole thing has become “Just A Job” to them, they wake up, piss off billions of dollars taxpayers money and time playing insider games that never result in a payout of benefits for millions of Americans who are jobless, homeless and hopeless and then go home like thousands of other commuters to do the same stupid thing over and over and over again.  Likewise, instead of posting ridiculous petitions for secession, something that just is not ever going to happen, these Americans who are so unhappy with the their country should focus on the real issues at hand; The inability of congress to set petty differences aside and galvanize itself in the true spirit of Americanism to solve the great problems facing our country as it enters the twenty-first century…  How do you explain to a father and mother who are have lost their jobs and are about to lose their house and stability that you are going to resurrect an anachronistic and obsolete technique called the filibuster to waste time in  congress instead of doing what intelligent, principled men in congress should do, discuss and negotiate in those precious hours that stand between a rapidly sinking ship and a plan of action that might save vessel and crew!

 

My first reaction to the absurdity of these secession petitions was simply to ignore them; better to focus on issues of dire urgency and immediacy than to waste valuable time and energy on spoiled, selfish individuals who would distract the American consciousness away from the real issues of the day.  Every minute wasted on this idiocy means time taken away from real issues such as providing food and shelter for the displaced.  Can you imagine what would happen if these misguided souls focused their energy on petitioning congress to develop legislature that would give incentives to companies who kept their manufacturing operations on U.S. soil?  Can you imagine what could happen if these disgruntled Americans used their energy to petition congress to develop incentives to protect U.S. property and assets from foreign investors while we rebuild our economy from the ground up?

 

I eavesdropped on someone’s commentary on the recent petitions for secession the other day as they offered a succinct solution, “Well let them secede”!  I wanted to follow-up with an admonition but following the august example of my president, Mr. Obama I restrained myself from immediate unpolished commentary deciding to put further thought into the matter before publishing my personal opinion… It is my understanding that a state may not, in fact secede and that the very act of secession inclusive of any degree of its process would be considered “Sedition” or treason, an act punishable by law!  In the mid nineteenth century The Confederate Movement was put down by the Union Army the criminal perpetrators absolved of their crimes against The United States Government in lieu of the Abolition of Slavery for all time pursuant to the 13^th Amendment and the peaceful restoration of those criminal, treasonous States to the Union.  For further commentary on The Confederate Movement go to the article “RETHINKING THE RELEVANCE AND LEGACY OF THE CONFEDERATE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA”  at this link:  http://forthebrothas.blogspot.com/2012/04/rethinking-relevance-and-legacy-of.html.   

 

One night whilst biking on the mall, this night in particular to photograph the new WWII Memorial I was stunned by a poignant caption carved deep into the stone and it read, “Freedom Is Not Free”!  That statement moved me so that it has stayed in my consciousness ever since.  The framers of The American Constitution, the Authors of The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, The Emancipation Proclamation, The Civil Rights Act shared the common vision that Americans should act as a unified front not as a broken, disheveled, undignified confusion of rabble!  Americans do not betray their country, they do not threaten it with secession when they feel they have not got their way, we are not children quitting the game when because we feel insecure or simply because we have lost a round.  We are Americans, strong and resilient and possessed with a tenacious sense of fraternity we have the unique ability to love those with whom we differ philosophically because we understand the holistic equation, we see the bigger picture, we are the bigger person!

 

FIN

Written By David Vollin

 

 

References: Click on the link below to view the referenced dument in its entirety.

1.        The Civil Rights Act:  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/ 

2.       The Emancipation Proclamation:  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/ 

3.       The Gettysburg Address:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address 

4.       The U.S. Constitution:  http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm 

5.       The Declaration of Independence:  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html