"republican lawmakers in nearly a dozen states are...introducing measures that hinge on 'nullification'. thomas jefferson's late 18th century doctrine that purported to give states the ultimate say in constitutional matters."
associated press 1-26-2011
wait a minute...who won the civil war anyway? the jeffersonian ideal of a republic of townships has been dead and buried since madison and the second generation of american political operatives ran the old man out of whoretown in 1809 with the ascension of james "his littleness" ( thank you bill maclay) madison to the presidency...the proponents of hamiltonian government by special interest fought a fierce battle with the slaveholding true believers of jeffersoinan ideals but the rail splitter put an end to their intransigence in 1865 and the second republic was born...so what's happend to the party of lincoln? how times change as the newfangled face of politics forces those who purport to hold old abe in high esteem to take a dump on his principles and become that pariah of american politics..."state's righters"...true the empire is in bad shape...visibly weakened and somewhat divided, dispite the cross-aisle hand-holding that went on yesterday...and it may seem to be the time for the secessionist yearnings of a broad spectrum of special interests to say "fuck it" to the whole constitutional experiment...but the feds are heartless bastards who don't deal with that sort of rejection very well...someone will eventually educate the apostate republicans to the reality of the granite facade that lincoln left behind
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