This is an interesting strategy, and a growing idea. We talked about this a bit at my book club last night. We all agreed that the state legislatures wouldn't approve it, but what if the counties did it anyway? We all agreed troops would be sent. Then the questions becomes will those troops fire on citizens.

You'll find more and more enclaves publicly voicing such sentiments. You'll really find it in TX, especially in the more rural areas where self reliance and independence are more prevalent than in urban centers. You can always tell a Texan. You just cain't tell'im much.

I like the idea. I was thinking of West Virginia. In 1863 it split from Virginia. As I remember it West Virginia was mostly farmland and Virginia was wealthier and supported slavery. Could an arguement be made that another civil war is taking place in this country?

Thomas Jefferson imagined a republic in which states, cities, and even neighborhoods might experiment with radically different rules and ways of doing things. I wish we had the idea today. I wish we could let them have their guns and no marijuana and let other parts have the opposite. People don't have to go to north CO. I don't want to go there, and they probably don't want me.

In my dreams they would disband most of the standing army and adults would come together for a few weeks out of the year for defense training with people of all walks of life. People all over would have to get along for the common defense but then go home and not have to agree on things or do things together unless they want to.

A phone app could tell you which parts of WI allow unlimited drunk driving, which parts of Georgia require proof of marriage to stay in a hotel together, and which parts of CA require an up-to-date emissions-offset sticker. If the nutjobs' way of doing things attracts capital and jobs, great. If not, it's up them to try something different if jobs are something they care about.