I'm a member of a movement that calls for secession of California from the United States of America. Our ideas involve non-violent means, such as those that took place during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine or the Velvet Revolution which brought democracy to Czechoslovakia. Our reasons are very wide, ranging from the fact that America's economy is going down the tubes, to the fact that popular sovereignty is a guaranteed right in the constitution, or at least until the American Civil War, at least.
California pays the most taxes out of any state to a Federal Government that has been corrupted for eight years, and threatens to be corrupted by another eight. California is more liberal than most of the other states, except for those on the East coast. It's very irritating that our lives are influenced highly by something going on a thousand miles away, especially if McCain or one of the other Republicans win and bring in a right-winged age of annoyance once again.
It's a fact that George W. Bush was not popularly elected. The US population of over 300 Million prevents anything other than the electoral college system, which is honestly rather unfair. California has a population of around 36,457,549, and in my opinion there would be less risks with a popular vote based election system. The website I subscribe to is Californians for Independents, but I plan on perhaps one day founding my own organization, who's name I have not decided on, but something like Californian Social Capitalist Party (read my blog).
I noticed that secession is great for everybody except the nation that's losing a chunk of territory. For example, Kosovo is recognized by several countries except Serbia and Russia. Rarely does a nation split away from another on good terms.
California pays the most taxes out of any state to a Federal Government that has been corrupted for eight years, and threatens to be corrupted by another eight. California is more liberal than most of the other states, except for those on the East coast. It's very irritating that our lives are influenced highly by something going on a thousand miles away, especially if McCain or one of the other Republicans win and bring in a right-winged age of annoyance once again.
It's a fact that George W. Bush was not popularly elected. The US population of over 300 Million prevents anything other than the electoral college system, which is honestly rather unfair. California has a population of around 36,457,549, and in my opinion there would be less risks with a popular vote based election system. The website I subscribe to is Californians for Independents, but I plan on perhaps one day founding my own organization, who's name I have not decided on, but something like Californian Social Capitalist Party (read my blog).
I noticed that secession is great for everybody except the nation that's losing a chunk of territory. For example, Kosovo is recognized by several countries except Serbia and Russia. Rarely does a nation split away from another on good terms.