Vermonters Want to Secede. Let 'em

A secessionist movement is building in Vermont. It might be a good thing:

The winds of secession are blowing in the Green Mountain State.

Vermont was once an independent republic, and it can be one again. We think the time to make that happen is now. Over the past 50 years, the U.S. government has grown too big, too corrupt and too aggressive toward the world, toward its own citizens and toward local democratic institutions. It has abandoned the democratic vision of its founders and eroded Americans' fundamental freedoms.

Vermont did not join the Union to become part of an empire.

Some of us therefore seek permission to leave.

Let's not forget that Vermont is the state that has given us Sen. Pat "Leaky" Leahy, Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, and Sen. "Jumpin'" Jim Jeffords who left the GOP in 2001 and handed control of the Senate to Tom Daschle. If they want to leave, let 'em. It's no loss to the rest of us.