Counting down

For anyone that may read this, my apologies upfront in that this post is not about current events in the worldly sense but rather a more personal post...venting for my own sake... :-)
I am finally (almost) at the terminus of my adventures in the military-industrial complex... The closer I get to my freedom, the more I find myself agitated that it can't come soon enough! I walk around the base, confident in my knowledge and awareness of who I am, and I view my fellows in arms with suspicion, alarm, and pity. I shouldn't project my aversions to my service onto them, but it is difficult to not view them as sheep, lined up for an eventual slaughter...and the tenuous reality is that should I be set up for the same slaughter prior to my liberation from this "chicken-shit outfit", what could I do to avoid the looks of pity of others? Not much. My actions are constrained...so close to freedom and yet the proximity is a maddening reminder of my bindings!!!
Nevermind that...I very much look forward to the near day that I (and my family) are free of these trappings and able to stretch our legs and smell the air of freedom of choice and action. I have no illusions that it will be easy or the land of milk and honey, but the mere thought that there is a forge against which we can test our mettle heartens me to the prospect of truly living...of facing life with all of its possibilities and, God willing, succeeding.
We are going to be Free Staters in new Hampshire. Whether we will live as Anarcho-Capitalists, Agorists, Voluntaryists, or mere mundanes remains a mystery...what is not a mystery is that the page is yet unwritten...and thank God for that! :-)

The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont

The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont

Looks like some left-libertarian folks in Vermont are intent on taking the gloves off and proclaiming their intent/desire to secede from the Union. More power to the Green Staters...

Unfortunately, I don't think that they will find the necessary amount of popular and legislative support within their state. Vermont's neighbor, New Hampshire may arrive at that point sooner provided the Free State Project folks have some success in obtaining the required concentrations of like-thinking people. Wyoming may as well.

That said, I don't think that secession is the first thing these folks ought to be striving for... They may find more accommodation in pursuing staunch 10th, 2nd, 4th, and 1st amendment state legislation as well as standing strongly for interposition and nullification of federal laws and unwanted encroachment. If these efforts do not work, then eventually the way to secession may be cleared.

Finally, I should state that I do not support secession as a preferred initial means of dealing with an overbearing and encroaching federal government. However, provided a logical, moral, and ethical progression of steps has been taken to assert the will of the people of the state, and it has been to no avail, then the state ought to be free to secede from its union with the United States. After all,lest anyone forget, each state came to the Union on behalf of the will of its people...so should they be free to leave the union....