Do you think Kansas should secede from the union? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on November 13, 2012

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“ No. This is ridiculous. Can Lawrence secede from Kansas?”

— Wendy Shoemaker, career counselor, Lawrence

“ No. It won’t even get them out of it (the Union). What are they going to do when there’s a natural disaster?”

— Adam Hazelwood, small-business owner, Lawrence

“ No, you just don’t give up when the going gets tough.”

— Rachelle Colombo, activist, Topeka

“ No, absolutely not. I think it’s ridiculous.”

— Sue Shea, Phoenix Gallery manager, Lawrence

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RoeDapple 6 months, 1 week ago

I think I may secede from the Republican party.

I'm at a pick up game of baseball, top of the fourth, the umpire makes bad calls all along. Or I simply don't want to play anymore, I grab my ball and mitt, to go home. Someone grabs a bat tells me I have to stay. And 600,000 people die.

Amendment 10

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

DRsmith 6 months, 1 week ago

I like Wendy's idea. You have my vote. Perhaps if Lawrence seceded your votes would actually count for something.

Andini 6 months, 1 week ago

On second thought yes but only if we build a fence to keep Missourians out.

LarryNative 6 months, 1 week ago

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Agnostick 6 months, 1 week ago

In the meantime...

rockchalker52 6 months, 1 week ago

This site was overloaded a bit ago & I thought 'Oh noes, LJWorld has seceded from the internet!'

I'm interested in hearing about Spacehog's platform. Is there a PAC?

RoeDapple 6 months, 1 week ago

No perimeter alarms for the last three days. Code blue.

geekin_topekan 6 months, 1 week ago

How would all those Republican farmers/ranchers collect on their 15.4 Billion in subsidies? 32 percent of Kansas farms DO NOT collect farm subsidies so would that mean that 68 percent of farms are subsidized with American tax payers dollars?

Secede and we will have to live on squirrels, Morals and drink Kaw water.

geekin_topekan 6 months, 1 week ago

Morels, our morals are in line with CHrist.

Carry on.

bevy 6 months, 1 week ago

you know, if you'd just said "babes" you could have kept that B thing going.

Eddie_Haskell 6 months, 1 week ago

I am the only known living link to Spacehog. I have no idea what this is about, but I'll look into it and see what he thinks. That last time I saw him he was getting arrested at IHOP again, shirtless and covered in butter.

Eddie_Haskell 6 months, 1 week ago

Hey Somedude, what's so civil about war, anyway?

somedude20 6 months, 1 week ago

I'll take "What is romancing the Civil War widows" for twenty, Alex

by somedude20

oldbaldguy 6 months, 1 week ago

maybe Canada will take the opportunity to invade once everyone has seceded?

verity 6 months, 1 week ago

Why? What would they want down here? Oh, finish the pipeline I guess.

gphawk89 6 months, 1 week ago

If Kansas actually did secede, I suppose K-10 would have to become a designated transit route between Lawrence and the Kansas border, kind of like the West Berlin / West Germany setup. I wonder if Kansas would require transit visas?

Eddie_Haskell 6 months, 1 week ago

On the lighter side, I got invited to a cfnm party last night. I was expecting something like a tupperware party. Wrong. I was the only guy there. These mean ladies made me take off all of my clothes while they sat there qawking and laughing at me. It was humiliating. I really enjoyed myself.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 months, 1 week ago

Is there really any difference between "Breaking Bad" and "Breaking Dawn"?

beatrice 6 months, 1 week ago

Yes, and it can join other states to become the nation of Nebansasoklexasarkaloumissotenngeorgabama. Only coveat is, you have to take on Florida as a territory.

Eddie_Haskell 6 months, 1 week ago

thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

JackMcKee 6 months, 1 week ago

This is what happens when you gut public education. Embarrassing.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 months, 1 week ago

During the American Revolution, the active forces in the field against the King's tyranny never amounted to more than 3% of the colonists. They were in turn actively supported by perhaps 10% of the population. In addition to these revolutionaries were perhaps another 20% who favored their cause but did little or nothing to support it. Another one-third of the population sided with the King (by the end of the war there were actually more Americans fighting FOR the King than there were in the field against him) and the final third took no side, blew with the wind and took what came.

riverdrifter 6 months, 1 week ago

A friend of mine is a Conch. He told me one time "I have to go to Florida tomorrow with the other half to go to a wedding."

jafs 6 months, 1 week ago

In theory, if our union of states is voluntary, then a state should be able to leave that union if it wants to do so.

The problems are all practical ones.

rereed12 6 months, 1 week ago

Not  only In theory, nothing in the US Constitution forbids it, see Amendment 10.

rtpayton 6 months, 1 week ago

From Russia with love, Lawrence will welcome the band Pussy Riot as we become the new penal colony.

Pywacket 6 months, 1 week ago

Don't forget Ms Canada--if she still visits now and then.

somedude20 6 months, 1 week ago

I seceded from the union of marriage!!!

gccs14r 6 months, 1 week ago

How about we ecourage the secessionists to move to Trump Island, where they can worship the windy one as their King. They can burn their long-form birth certificates for heat.

Trumbull 6 months, 1 week ago

Why is everyone in an uproar? I want Kansas to succeed.

Agnostick 6 months, 1 week ago

Put six or seven trolls on this little spit of land @ Lake Perry, maybe? The Nicholas Danger Commune of Nine-Fingered Technology and Internet Commerce.

I like it!!

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 months, 1 week ago

Technically Nick Danger only has seven fingers...

oldbaldguy 6 months, 1 week ago

Kansas on the way to Mississipi via Arkansas.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 months, 1 week ago

Blue, Have you seen "Tomorrow When the War Began" - Australia's Red Dawn?

RoeDapple 6 months, 1 week ago

R_I . . . yes. twice.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 months, 1 week ago

Hmmmm....they don't have guns in Australia. Fighting the invaders with boomerangs and big knives? - Blue

Actually they can have firearms, but are unjustly restricted by their government. Rimfire bolt action rifles and shotguns that are not pump or semi-automatic are OK, if you live in a rural area, then you can show a need for having a center fire bolt action or lever action rifle.

The film is from a YA series of books, the books are a staple in English classes.

hitme 6 months, 1 week ago

Missouri is the France of North America (sans the wine, beaches, beautiful architecture, history, & landscape) We should call it an even trade for Puerto Rico. Then we put a barbed wire fence around the entire area and we have a place to dispose of our nuclear/other waste.