Southern Exposure

The history of the South is rich, but this matters little to those who are
quick to pick at the scab of slavery, eager to disparage an entire region
of our nation which only wants the deep cost they paid to be remembered
and  respected, no less than all Americans receive for their sacrifices.

Slavery may have been the issue that drove Southern states to form the
Confederacy, but the true cause was state rights.

Even today, neither the Congress or Federal agencies seems to know
the limits of their intrusion in matters best handled by the states.

Suppose the dozen or so states now filing law suits challenging the
constitutionality of the recently passed health care bill chose a different
course of action, establishing their own confederacy. What would be
said of these states?

At what point can the states say "No" to the dictates and demands of
a Federal government which produces nothing yet has  license to take
an unlimited amount of individual wealth, using the laws legislated by
the very people elected to represent the states?

The American people have no idea where the "border" exists that the
Federal government cannot legally cross, as it is constantly moved
deeper and deeper into areas not previously under the purview of a
national governing body.

The South will continued to be the "whipping boy" whenever critics of
our nation want to advance their own initiatives. It too bad many of
them are American citizens.