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Old news? I found out about the Second Vermont Republic not long after I arrived in California 10 years ago...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 16th, 2010 at 07:42:31 AM EST
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I am notoriously slow.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Jan 16th, 2010 at 07:46:35 AM EST
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Reminds me of The Free State of Jefferson of which I first became aware in the '90s from a sign on private property made of painted rocks on a hill side visible from I-5.


As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jan 16th, 2010 at 08:02:07 PM EST
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