Nice Start, Louisiana

If this story is to be believed, a group of Louisiana citizens has petitioned the Obama administration to depart the United States.  I applaud them for thinking outside the box, and after all, why shouldn't they be able to leave if Puerto Rico is trying to join?  But they're still doing it wrong by meekly asking for permission.  That presupposes that the administration has a right to deny permission, which it does not.  The constitutional compact is already breached to the core, thus it is no longer binding and we may all go our merry way.  If someone tries to stop you, exercise your right of self-defense, just as the people who founded this country did.

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Congratulations to these Texans who are also refusing to treat the Union as a suicide pact.  Let us hope they grow a little more spine as well.