West Maryland!

Conservative group wants liberation for western Maryland Fed up with taxes and Democratic dominance, they want to create 51 state “ I spoke Monday to the leader of what's called the Western Maryland Initiative. Scott Strzelczyk is his name. He doesn't like the word "secession." He's talking about something different — the formation of a new state out of five counties. The U.S. Constitution allows regions to separate with approval from the state legislature and Congress. There are similar efforts around the country. West Virginia is the last state to successfully break away from another, and that was 150 years ago. Democrats rigged the 6th Cong. district with a big chunk of liberal Montgomery County to guarantee the election last fall of John Delaney, depriving Western Maryland voters of an 11th term of representation by the 86-year-old Roscoe Bartlett of Buckey That's what Strzelczyk has in mind. He no longer wants to be part of the Maryland associated with Prince Georges County, Baltimore City and Montgomery County. Being a Republican, he's miserable. The Democrats control the Maryland General Assembly, hold all statewide offices and, he says, gerrymandered legislative and Congressional districts. The state has only one Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris. "The entire state is controlled basically by three jurisdictions," Strzelczyk said. "That's not representative government. ... We don't think this government can be fixed." The solution? Form your own state. [Full tingle] Be still my heart.  Do I think seceding has a chance of succeeding?  No.  Not unless conditions that allowed West Virginia  to leave Virginia (rebellion) occur.  But just seeing it in print makes my gentleman's area tingle.  And speaking of this preposterously oppressive State, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has got on the nerves of Md. Gov. Martin "The White Obama" O'Malley with this radio ad, that urges MD businesses to move to Texas. I love it so. ”