2008 Woodie Awards
A Vermont secession is only natural
Matthew M. Robare, Collegian columnist
Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: Editorial / Opinion
I've had it. I'm just sick and tired of it, and so should every thinking person. War crimes are committed against her people practically daily and the world raises no outcry. An illegal military occupation has been underway for decades and no one speaks of it. A beautiful land is pillaged and ravaged regularly with no let-up. It must end.
The occupation of the Vermont Republic has gone on for 200 years and must end now. Ever since "joining" the Union, Vermont has borne the brunt of everything as part of the occupation.
Why else do more Vermonters per capita die in Washington's wars then any other people? It's like a careful genocide. Vermont is continually subjected to the most outrageous ridicule and unwarranted assaults on her honor.
One time Sean Hannity filmed a special segment for his show in Vermont, just to make fun of us Vermonters. Let's just say that the letter to the editor I wrote about helped me get this job as a Collegian columnist.
When Vermonters are allowed to act freely, they have inevitably acted on the side of liberty and justice. The Vermont Republic was the first nation in this hemisphere to outlaw slavery and Vermont's representatives in Congress always opposed the "peculiar institution."
Vermonters wisely opposed the fascist New Deal and any attempts made by the Works Progress Administration to steal land were often met by irate men with guns - and they were damn good shots. Vermont has some of the weakest gun control laws in the Union and the least gun deaths per capita.
But that was when Vermont still had home rule. Over the last 30 years, no native-born Vermonter has been elected governor. For me this is the most onerous sign of the occupation; we do not even have the illusion of self-governance.
The current governor, Jim Douglas, is from Springfield; Howard Dean was from Long Island; Richard Snelling was from Pennsylvania; and Madeline Kunin (a UMass alum, I may mention) was born in Zurich. Yes, Zurich. As in Switzerland; Thomas P. Salmon was from Cleveland, Ohio. Deane C. Davis, serving from 1969 to 1973, was the last Vermonter to be governor.
The occupation of the Vermont Republic has gone on for 200 years and must end now. Ever since "joining" the Union, Vermont has borne the brunt of everything as part of the occupation.
Why else do more Vermonters per capita die in Washington's wars then any other people? It's like a careful genocide. Vermont is continually subjected to the most outrageous ridicule and unwarranted assaults on her honor.
One time Sean Hannity filmed a special segment for his show in Vermont, just to make fun of us Vermonters. Let's just say that the letter to the editor I wrote about helped me get this job as a Collegian columnist.
When Vermonters are allowed to act freely, they have inevitably acted on the side of liberty and justice. The Vermont Republic was the first nation in this hemisphere to outlaw slavery and Vermont's representatives in Congress always opposed the "peculiar institution."
Vermonters wisely opposed the fascist New Deal and any attempts made by the Works Progress Administration to steal land were often met by irate men with guns - and they were damn good shots. Vermont has some of the weakest gun control laws in the Union and the least gun deaths per capita.
But that was when Vermont still had home rule. Over the last 30 years, no native-born Vermonter has been elected governor. For me this is the most onerous sign of the occupation; we do not even have the illusion of self-governance.
The current governor, Jim Douglas, is from Springfield; Howard Dean was from Long Island; Richard Snelling was from Pennsylvania; and Madeline Kunin (a UMass alum, I may mention) was born in Zurich. Yes, Zurich. As in Switzerland; Thomas P. Salmon was from Cleveland, Ohio. Deane C. Davis, serving from 1969 to 1973, was the last Vermonter to be governor.
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Just
posted 5/09/08 @ 3:27 AM EST
...weird
Chris Coughlin
posted 5/09/08 @ 8:29 AM EST
You can't think that the imbeciles in Montpelier would provide Vermont with better government than the imbeciles and cowards in Washington. The quiche gobbling, white wine swilling nitwits in both the legislature and congress rarely know that water runs down hill. (Continued…)
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