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2014-09-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Scottish Referendum: Scotland Votes 'No' To Independence

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-19 08:13|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Instapundit "NO TO BECOMING VENEZUELA WITH A WORSE CLIMATE"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-19 08:34|| 2014-09-19 08:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully this will not discourage Alabama.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-19 10:06|| 2014-09-19 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 I was thinking along the lines of the East and West Coast states seeking independence.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-19 10:37|| 2014-09-19 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 It might have been good for the Scots to break away from the culture of dependence on the English welfare state. But, uh, it would appear those who are dependent didn't think so. I don't much care either way as long as I can still get my Laphroaig.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-09-19 11:27|| 2014-09-19 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 My understanding is that the pro-independence folks loved the welfare state and thought England wasn't giving out enough.

Posted by davemac25 2014-09-19 14:24|| 2014-09-19 14:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Some folks probably remember that the union came about peacefully, not by conquest, so all the Braveheart flagwaving isn't really relevant.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-09-19 14:36|| 2014-09-19 14:36|| Front Page Top

#7 The union came about when the scots went bust.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-09-19 15:42|| 2014-09-19 15:42|| Front Page Top

#8 The Scots with something under their kilts all left for America generations ago. UK can look forward to the leftovers banging their begging bowls for at least another decade.

Posted by regular joe 2014-09-19 16:01|| 2014-09-19 16:01|| Front Page Top

#9 I could be wrong but I understood the union came around when the scotish monarchy filled a vacancy on the English throne. The handouts came later

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-09-19 18:10|| 2014-09-19 18:10|| Front Page Top

#10 rjscharz, that is also my understanding. Queen Elizabeth I had no children and no heirs so when she died that was the end of the Tudor dynasty. The Scottish King was invited to take the English throne thereby uniting the two countries and ending a lot of bloody wars between them. But then Cromwell took over the English throne and there was more fighting which the Scots lost.

I think a lot of the Scots who emigrated to the US were a lot like the Irish in that they emigrated because they were starving. Beautiful scenery from the pictures I've seen but not the greatest farmland and apart from the recent discovery of oil in the North Sea, not much in the way of natural resources.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-09-19 19:17|| 2014-09-19 19:17|| Front Page Top

#11 From over at Small Dead Animals:
What, the Scots have their own country? I was under the impression they were just English hillbillies.

Posted by SteveS 2014-09-19 20:02|| 2014-09-19 20:02|| Front Page Top

#12 RUSSIA is complaining - Vlad wants his MilBase.

No base in Scotland or Guam/CNMI-WESTPAC.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-09-19 20:04|| 2014-09-19 20:04|| Front Page Top

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