> def not going to happen A year ago I would have agreed wholeheartedly with this. Since then, though, a whole lot of stuff that I though could never happen ha

> def not going to happen A year ago I would have agreed wholeheartedly with this. Since then, though, a whole lot of stuff that I though could never happen has happened, and that trend is continuing. I no longer think secession of the western states is impossible. The real question is could they survive the inevitable civil war such an effort would trigger?