Well I'm back people, and I'm sure you are all devastated over the Broncos' loss Sunday.  But, back to California, they don't have the balls to do it.

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 (CNSNews.com) - California could cut taxes, fully fund education and balance its budget by seceding from the United States, a newly organized group says.

The Committee to Explore California Secession, also known as Move On California, says it hopes to bring people together to consider the merits of an autonomous and independent California.

Those benefits would be both financial and political: "For every dollar Californians give to the federal government we see only 78-cents come back," the group's website says. It also expresses concern about "the diminishing voice of Californians in national politics" and "national trends that are tipping the balance in the direction of the religious conservative agenda."

[Contrary to what Move On California claims, California Republicans now chair six U.S. House committees, giving California more congressional clout than any other state, Fox News reported.]

Jeff Morrissette, the founder of Move On California, says the secession buzz began shortly after the November 2004 re-election of President Bush. But, he says, politicians from both parties object to subsidizing other states at a time "when those California tax dollars could be better spent at home to shore up our own fiscal problems."

According to Morrissette, if Californians could control the $40 billion that goes to pork barrel spending projects in other states every year, they could give state taxpayers a $20-billion tax cut and still have enough money to fully fund California spending priorities, specifically education, and balance the budget at the same time.

Morrissette says momentum is building for the California secession movement. "While secession may be a long-shot," he says, "it will succeed in bringing awareness to many of the grievances California has politically, socially and fiscally."

"Californians are getting pushed around and it's time we pushed back," he said.

Now I know there are a lot of people out there who will just say stupid things like this, but how many will form their own organization to carry it out? 

Is it even legal to plot secession?  Eh, it would be entertaining to say the least.

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 Let me just reiterate what I’ve stated elsewhere. This isn’t about starting a civil war. We are talking about peaceful secession and the creation of an independent California. Time will judge if a majority of Californians agree that independence is the best way. If and when that happens it is our desire that cooler heads prevail and a diplomatic, peaceful, political resolution comes about.

Maybe Mr. Morrissette is a little rusty in the history department, but last time somebody tried a peaceful secession and the creation of an independent nation, hundreds of thousands of people died. 

You should read the rest of that first article, it's pretty funny.  I want to see Californians try to secede, especially with Arnold as governor.  That would be awesome.  Especially watching the liberal pacifists faced with the choice of fighting for their "independence" or remaining true to their nonviolent nature.