A League Of Their Own

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

In an unlikely partnership, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions are sitting down to talk. Tired of foreign wars and what they consider right-wing courts, the Middlebury Institute wants liberal states like Vermont to be able to secede peacefully. That sounds just fine to the League of the South, a conservative group that refuses to give up on southern independence.

"We believe that an independent South, or Hawaii, Alaska, or Vermont would be better able to serve the interest of everybody, regardless of race or ethnicity," said Michael Hill, president of the League of the South.

The two groups are co-hosting a two day Secessionist Convention in Chattanooga starting today. Why am I not surprised the secessionists are free on a weekday? No word yet in whose apartment it will be held in, but that should not effect the opening night banquet at Subway.

Even though the two groups differ on some of their goals, they agree they are lunatics who want to be autonomous republics outside the aegis of the United States. So, is Vermont going to capitalize on their maple syrup and cheddar business in a bid for sovereignty, and is there enough for them to offer up to get an army to defend themselves? I hear Connecticut has been making some aggressive overtones.