It’s Time to Remove Some States from the Union

My choice would be the Deep South, Florida, Texas and maybe a handful of others

B Kean
Politically Speaking

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To the good people of these states, I apologize. I don’t doubt there is a lot of beauty and great barbecue that we Americans will miss out on. Perhaps after a probation period, and if you still want to be part of us, we can readmit towns and counties that meet certain criteria.

Something has to give, though, because we just can’t keep letting the nuttiness and destruction taking place to continue. It’s knocking the rest of us off course and very distracting.

There is just way too much lunacy going on in those states that we, the relatively sane and always loyal to the red, white and blue, should be expected to tolerate. Remember, many of the states on my list once took up arms against our our nation. If you are saying, “yeah, but that was like 160 years ago,” then you are right. It was a long time ago but bitterness of having been vanquished, nevertheless, still remains in the regional DNA for many. It is springform pan that holds their collective cake in its place.

Since the rant is on, let me also take aim at the odd names that always seem to be surfacing among southern politicians. Asa, Tate, John Bel, Mo and quite often we see the last name becoming the…

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B Kean
Politically Speaking

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