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And her address to the Alaska Independence Party. They claim that she was an AIP member, before she became mayor.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 05:13:05 PM EST
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Just out of interest, what is the difference between the AIP who wish to secede from the USA and those who fly the confederate flag, who celebrate those who seceeded previously and evidently still venerate values that are legally anti-american ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 05:28:02 PM EST
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Re: Not about a girl (none / 1)

Well, one could have good reasons not to want to be part of the U.S without being a pro-slavery racist. In practice, though, there always does seem to be a significant overlap between the two.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 05:31:05 PM EST
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Re: Not about a girl (none / 1)

There's always the Vermont independentists...

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 05:05:40 AM EST
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Re: Not about a girl (none / 1)

The ones who fly the Confederate flag at least know that the fight is over. The South is part of the Union. The AIP still hopes to secede.

Again, Palin is insane. The evidence is mounting.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 05:50:01 PM EST
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Re: Not about a girl (4.00 / 2)

Again, Palin is insane. The evidence is mounting.

God, I love this place! LOL!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 06:37:09 PM EST
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Re: Not about a girl (none / 1)

The Alaska Independence Party has put a link to her address on its front page - right above a link to the Pravda article about them (I wonder why Pravda is so interested...)

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 02:28:44 AM EST
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