States' Rights?

Vermont residents vote on pulling US troops out of Iraq

"Vermont voters went to the polls Tuesday to overwhelmingly support a referendum to bring US troops home from Iraq, according to preliminary returns. The resolution urges President George W. Bush to bring US troops home from Iraq and also asks local lawmakers to review the Vermont National Guard's involvement in the war."

Go, Vermont! Imagine if more states began voting against the war! Voting to bring their reservists home!

What if the states shown on this map, or these maps, were allowed to particiapate in a democratic, accountable, paper-ballot vote... and they voted against the war!

...and the right-wing states' rights crowd would scream that it's unpatriotic to defy their big government federal mandate... there would be "rumors on the internets" about Vermont becoming a terrorist stronghold... ma ple syr up boycotts... coded messages hidden in the Vermont Country Store catalog... AARP members living together in log ca bins... and Lincoln Logs would become "Liberty Lumber"!