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Renew Deal

(83,241 posts) Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:12 AM Jun 2016

Would you like your state to leave the Union? [View all]

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	Yes, we're out of here
	3 (12%)
	No, we're staying
	19 (76%)
	Not Sure
	0 (0%)
	Other
	3 (12%)
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Would you like your state to leave the Union? [View all] Renew Deal Jun 2016 OP

No but I would like a State of like minded people to leave... peace13 Jun 2016 #1

As long as Canada absorbs Michigan. n/t demmiblue Jun 2016 #2

Ditto. roamer65 Jun 2016 #7

As long as Michigan absorbs Canada is what you really mean? Kaleva Jun 2016 #17

Ontario is and still would be the powerhouse province of Canada. roamer65 Jun 2016 #40

Yes, CA should start right now ghostsinthemachine Jun 2016 #3

Careful I got a hide last nite for bringing up the Texit. AngryAmish Jun 2016 #4

That doesn't make sense Renew Deal Jun 2016 #10

I'd prefer that California leave the US taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #5

We had this discussion 150 years ago. When the "leave" group lost Round One, struggle4progress Jun 2016 #6

Yes. If Canada would adopt us and make us Baja Britich Columbia. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2016 #8

No, but I'd sure like it if some other states would! choie Jun 2016 #9

+1 baldguy Jun 2016 #15

I would prefer to stay, but I live in Texas and I see lots of cry baby Jun 2016 #11

Where in Texas do you live? kentauros Jun 2016 #20

Palestine. East Texas...smaller towns, more rural, way more right wing cry baby Jun 2016 #24

I know of the small towns and East Texas. kentauros Jun 2016 #26

One nation, indivisible... jamese777 Jun 2016 #12

Other: I won't advocate for Washington's secession, but I won't stand in the way Aristus Jun 2016 #13

What about the bright red eastern halves of your states? kentauros Jun 2016 #19

Fuck 'em. Aristus Jun 2016 #21

So, in other words, kentauros Jun 2016 #22

Nah. Who needs walls? Aristus Jun 2016 #23

Okay, so it's more like the eastern two-thirds to three-quarters then. kentauros Jun 2016 #25

The Cascades already do that, a nice natural wall all the way down to North CA! countryjake Jun 2016 #27

Sure, kentauros Jun 2016 #34

A Big One in the Cascadia Faultzone, we wouldn't need no stinkin' countryjake Jun 2016 #37

Of course...then we could charge admission to visit Florida.... Lochloosa Jun 2016 #14

No. LWolf Jun 2016 #16

As a native Texan, I say we should remain in the Union kentauros Jun 2016 #18

. RandySF Jun 2016 #28

No but I would like for Texas to leave especially since they are always threatening. EV_Ares Jun 2016 #29

Hmmm... bonemachine Jun 2016 #30

No. Mississippi wouldn't last ten minutes without the rest of the country Glorfindel Jun 2016 #31

I thought Georgia is pretty poor, too. adigal Jun 2016 #42

Georgia has the 10th largest economy in the country npk Jun 2016 #44

Well, they don't use it in their dog shelters, they heartstick to save $$$$ nt adigal Jun 2016 #45

Can't argue that. n/t npk Jun 2016 #46

Yes, but let me get out of it, first. GoCubsGo Jun 2016 #32

What? Puglover Jun 2016 #33

*my* state? Absolutely not. Some other states, maybe Orangepeel Jun 2016 #35

Only if Minnesota becomes part of Canada nadine_mn Jun 2016 #36

. Rex Jun 2016 #38

First: California's about to pass up England in world economy as it is tirebiter Jun 2016 #39

If I lived in Vermont, I'd like to join Canada adigal Jun 2016 #41

I have states I'd like to nominate. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #43