Rural Colorado counties pursue split from state. Sucession from the state.

[RblDiver]

I'd be game, but our Dem overlords wouldn't (and you can't form a new state in the boundaries of another without their permission too).

[Rucker61]

Anyone seen previews for that new show "The Dome"? I suggest we put one over all of Denver and Boulder and slowly vacumn out the air.

The problems with the water and vacuum solutions are:

1. It's a waste of water, unless you want to use the fracking solutions, which does include delicious irony
2. Where do you want to dump the exhaust from the vacuum? Don't know if we can filter out the Denver well enough.

[blacklabel]

F... That where do i sign up is more like it

Hell yeah. Would the USA recognize us as a newly formed state or would North Colorado have to become an independent nation?

I love it when states like Montana or Wyoming threaten to secede but I've never heard of a county or counties threatening to secede from a state.

[Wulf202]

I'd be game, but our Dem overlords wouldn't (and you can't form a new state in the boundaries of another without their permission too).

Is that the only hurdle? Are these state or fed dems we need to deal with

[mbl]

Just thinking out loud/dreaming here, but could the seceding counties "re-affiliate" with an adjoining state such as Wyoming, Utah, etc.? That way there would not be a new state, but redefined state boundaries. I would think that would allow the leveraging of the host states infrastructure, constitution, etc.

[Byte Stryke]

Sec. 226. Thirdly, I answer, that this doctrine of a power in the people of providing for their safety a-new, by a new legislative, when their legislators have acted contrary to their trust, by invading their property, is the best fence against rebellion, and the probablest means to hinder it: for rebellion being an opposition, not to persons, but authority, which is founded only in the constitutions and laws of the government; those, whoever they be, who by force break through, and by force justify their violation of them, are truly and properly rebels: for when men, by entering into society and civil-government, have excluded force, and introduced laws for the preservation of property, peace, and unity amongst themselves, those who set up force again in opposition to the laws, do rebellare, that is, bring back again the state of war, and are properly rebels: which they who are in power, (by the pretence they have to authority, the temptation of force they have in their hands, and the flattery of those about them) being likeliest to do; the properest way to prevent the evil, is to shew them the danger and injustice of it, who are under the greatest temptation to run into it. -John Locke

http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtr19.htm

[UrbanWolf]

Instead of a new state, why not make the Denver-boulder area a Disctict of Colorado. The Denver District of Colorado. Let them govern themselves and leave the rest of the state alone.

In the future, perhaps we could build a wall around it for their protection, and then fill it with water.

Same for NY, most of NY are not supporting the Safe Act, but New Yuke City aka Bloomberg-vile controls politic.

But I really like the wall idea, creating short term jobs + tax money well spend to say the least

[Sparky]

Article IV, Section 3:
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

[Dingo]

I don't know far this will go, but I'm encouraged that there are people out there outraged enough to try.

[Delfuego]

Our counties shouldn't have to succeed. Denver, Boulder, Arapahoe, Larimer, Douglas and Jefferson should be kicked out! I would rather move 50 miles and keep the name Colorado.

Plus we wouldn't be soooo square anymore....