Does anyone know if there has ever been talk of Virginia - West Virginia unification? Or among the Carolinas? Just curious, especially concerning Va-WV; I've...
I was born and raised in West Virginia. There has always been a little bit of resentment toward Virginia in the state, even though there isn't much ground for...
Chris Thanks for the reply. I suspected that there has always been some kind of division between "mountain" Virginia (what became West Virginia) and the rest...
... I also gather, from my time spent in both states, that Virginians are perceived by West Virginians as being aloof or arrogant. Kind of like how Alabama...
Saw this on another list MISSOULA - A group of activists is pushing for a ballot measure in the upcoming State of Montana that says if George W. Bush is re- ...
... I haven't observed this. But I did live in the Northern Panhandle and was much closer to Ohio and Pennsylvania. The rivalry between Auburn and Alabama is...
... It's hard to put West Virginia in any region really. ... I know Eastern Pennsylvanians who have never been to Pittsburgh. Some Western Pennsylvanians have...
... You say that like its a bad thing. ... I was just making a sports analogy. Since WV is not in the SEC, I would not expect them to take football seriously....
I'm not sure what to make of this. I've heard this advanced previously as a "threat" by the US to isolate the so-called "Sunni Triangle" by breaking up Iraq....
... If I were in charge I'd hold a series of plebiscites asking each province whether or not to federate with their neighbors; but I can see how Washington,...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3561138.stm Georgia wants Russian troops out Russian troops have a peacekeeping role in South Ossetia Georgia's parliament...
The Abkhazia and South Ossetia situations are difficult. Neither side is in the clear right or wrong. South Ossetia wants to join Russia, and a large number...
Sounds like a classic problem of irredentism, including the juxtapositional geography of ethnic groups so characteristic of regions on the periphery of empires...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3566460.stm Bomb kills many at Indian parade A bomb has exploded at an Independence Day march in the north-eastern Indian...
[Or both? --JPS] http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp081504.shtml CHECHNYA: PUPPET STATE OR FAILED STATE? Nabi Abdullaev: 8/15/04 A...
Looking back on the history of secession movements, do any tactics, strategies, actions, or circumstances come to mind as especially must-have, or to be...
Thanks for the article, Scott. This issue is really becoming serious. I doubt either side could win an all-out war. Russia's military lacks morale and has...
The one thing I can think of in terms of seceding from empires is getting international sympathy and indirectly weaken the mother state. Also, the friend of my...
I have recently created a yahoo groups site called Save Pacifica or SavePac. I am looking for interested persons to join that would like to see the secession...
Hi, I'm an Oregonian who would like to wish you well on your return to Arizona. By the way, I started a Pacifica Secession Yahoo Group: Alaska, Yukon, British...
[It's interesting that all the Kashmiris mentioned are secessionists fighting for an independent Jammu and Kashmir, not the irredentists seeking to attach...
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2004/09/01/indonesian_officers_convictions_tossed/ Indonesian officers' convictions tossed By Alan Sipress,...
Published Friday September 3, 2004 Analysts say most likely Iraq outcome is a breakup THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LONDON - Iraq will be lucky if it manages to avoid...
[Pretty good analysis, IMO. --JPS] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3589277&thesection=news&thesubsection=dialogue Jim Headley: Chechnya's...
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