The South never really got over the Civil War... They have been looking for things to complain about constantly...
Oddly...Federalism as Washington knows it is not a sure thing even now...
The South has been the odd man out in the union from the start... that is why Washington and Jefferson were pushed as early Presidents...to keep the South on board with the Constitution...and that only lasted until 1861...
The US has been run from New York and the East Coast from the start...and it still is...and that is why the South is still a problem... There is more to Red States and Blue States than politics... Its about wealth, power and control... America is a bi-coastal power...Atlantic and Pacific...
Fly over Country...and the deep South are not really players on a national level...and that is getting worse by the day... Hence the Tea Party....
If the current national Depression turns out to be "unsolveable"...as well it may... It is very possible that the union will break up before the end of this Century... And the South will go its separate way...as a Latin American style low wage zone attempting to compete with Asia and South America...
If the nation is in a perma-Depression... a lot of scape goats are going to be needed...and quick...
Likely there will be a move for the South to pull out of the Federal Union before the end of this Century...
It this all too Alarmist...?
Have you seen where we are and were we are going in Washington...? This thing is heading for total collapse probably within 5 years...and likely much sooner...
