Vermont to Secede

MONTPELIER, Vt. --At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers.

But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty. They want Vermont to secede from the United States -- peacefully, of course.

Disillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, a small cadre of writers and academics is plotting political strategy and planting the seeds of separatism.

They've published a "Green Mountain Manifesto" subtitled "Why and How Tiny Vermont Might Help Save America From Itself by Seceding from the Union." They hope to put the question before citizens at Town Meeting Day next March, eventually persuading the state Legislature to declare independence, returning Vermont to the status it held from 1777 to 1791.

The entire staff at Malott's Blog is in favor of this proposal. While it may be devastating to lose representatives of the stature of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Rep, Peter Welch... We believe the U.S.A. just might survive without this ultra-liberal state.

So we say, "Goodbye Vermont"... "Good luck"... "And don't let the door hit your butt on the way out."