{"id":1157,"date":"2012-08-30T06:50:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:33:46","slug":"something-that-completely-blows-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2012\/08\/30\/something-that-completely-blows-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Something that completely Blows my mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had no idea that there were still separatist movements in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah I&#8217;ve joked about it, but I figured that ship had sailed a long time ago. I know that Kentucky still calls itself a commonwealth and that potentially could lead to Kentucky being part of a succession from the US.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But who&#8217;d have thought of an instant that anyone would consider this with any seriousness?<\/p>\n<p>And yet&#8230; Here is a list of states that have parties in support of breaking away from the US. (<em>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_active_separatist_movements_in_North_America\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"rellink relarticle mainarticle\" style=\"font-style: italic;padding-left: 1.6em;margin-bottom: 0.5em\">Main article:&nbsp;<a title=\"Secession in the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secession_in_the_United_States\">Secession in the United States<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"rellink boilerplate seealso\" style=\"font-style: italic;padding-left: 1.6em;margin-bottom: 0.5em\">See also:&nbsp;<a title=\"List of U.S. state partition proposals\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._state_partition_proposals\">List of U.S. state partition proposals<\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Flag_of_Alaska.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e6\/Flag_of_Alaska.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png\" alt=\"Flag of Alaska.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Alaska\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska\">Alaska<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Political party<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Alaskan Independence Party\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaskan_Independence_Party\">Alaskan Independence Party<\/a><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_active_separatist_movements_in_North_America#cite_note-1\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Flag_of_Hawaii.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ef\/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png\" alt=\"Flag of Hawaii.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"11\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Hawaii\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii\">Hawaii<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pressure group(s)<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Hawaiian sovereignty movement\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement\">Hawaiian sovereignty movement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pine_Ridge_Flag.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/77\/Pine_Ridge_Flag.svg\/22px-Pine_Ridge_Flag.svg.png\" alt=\"Pine Ridge Flag.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"11\" \/><\/a><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lakota Sioux\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakota_Sioux\">Lakota Sioux<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pressure group(s)<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lakotah Oyate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakotah_Oyate\">Lakotah Oyate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Proposed state<\/strong>: Republic of Lakotah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/28\/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png\" alt=\"Flag of Puerto Rico.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Puerto Rico\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Rico\">Puerto Rico<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>Secessionist movements<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Political party<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Puerto Rican Independence Party\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Rican_Independence_Party\">Puerto Rican Independence Party<\/a>&nbsp;(PIP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure group<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Puerto Rican Nationalist Party\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Rican_Nationalist_Party\">Puerto Rican Nationalist Party<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movimiento_Independentista_Nacional_Hostosiano\">Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano<\/a>&nbsp;(MINH),&nbsp;<a title=\"Socialist Front\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Front\">Socialist Front<\/a>&nbsp;(FS),<a title=\"Puerto Rican independence movement\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Rican_independence_movement\">Puerto Rican independence movement<\/a>&nbsp;(MPI)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Militant organization<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Boricua Popular Army\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boricua_Popular_Army\">Boricua Popular Army<\/a>&nbsp;(Macheteros)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Autonomist movements<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Political party<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_Democratic_Party_of_Puerto_Rico\">Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico<\/a>&nbsp;(PPD)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure group<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Movimiento Uni&oacute;n Soberanista\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movimiento_Uni%C3%B3n_Soberanista\">Movimiento Uni&oacute;n Soberanista<\/a>&nbsp;(MUS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Confederate_National_Flag_since_Mar_4_1865.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Confederate_National_Flag_since_Mar_4_1865.svg\/22px-Confederate_National_Flag_since_Mar_4_1865.svg.png\" alt=\"Confederate National Flag since Mar 4 1865.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Southern United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_United_States\">The South<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pressure group(s)<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"League of the South\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_the_South\">League of the South<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Proposed state<\/strong>: Confederate States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>See also<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Neo-confederate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neo-confederate\">Neo-confederate<\/a>&nbsp;movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Flag_of_Texas.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f7\/Flag_of_Texas.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png\" alt=\"Flag of Texas.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Texas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas\">Texas<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proposed state<\/strong>: Republic of Texas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure group(s)<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Republic of Texas (group)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Texas_(group)\">Republic of Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>See<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Texas Secession Movement\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_Secession_Movement\">Texas Secession Movement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Militant organization<\/strong>:The Republic of Texas Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Flag_of_Vermont_Republic.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/af\/Flag_of_Vermont_Republic.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Vermont_Republic.svg.png\" alt=\"Flag of Vermont Republic.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Vermont\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vermont\">Vermont<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proposed state<\/strong>: Green Mountain Republic of Vermont<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure group(s)<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Second Vermont Republic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Vermont_Republic\">Second Vermont Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Flag_of_Cascadia.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Flag_of_Cascadia.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Cascadia.svg.png\" alt=\"Flag of Cascadia.svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"13\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Washington (U.S. state)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_(U.S._state)\">Washington<\/a>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<a title=\"Oregon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oregon\">Oregon<\/a>&nbsp;+ the province of&nbsp;<a title=\"British Columbia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Columbia\">British Columbia<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proposed state<\/strong>: Cascadia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure group<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a title=\"Cascadia (independence movement)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cascadia_(independence_movement)\">Cascadian Independence Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who would have thought?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had no idea that there were still separatist movements in the US. Yeah I&#8217;ve joked about it, but I figured that ship had sailed a long time ago. I know that Kentucky still calls itself a commonwealth and that potentially could lead to Kentucky being part of a succession from the US.&nbsp; But who&#8217;d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2012\/08\/30\/something-that-completely-blows-my-mind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Something that completely Blows my mind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,19,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-things-that-make-you-say-hum","category-weird-shit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}