The Silly State of Dumphuckistan (about the Colorado secessionists)
"...It isn't rural values. It's the Niobrara. Vast gas and oil reserves untapped and awaiting development. An estimated 2 billion barrels of oil that could fund a new, rogue state. A state framework that would make any neo-con weak-kneed. Imagine the conservative utopia that could be achieved with a political lock on ideology and a treasury drowning in oil revenues. Because, you know, that works so well in the sands of the Middle East. And with Greeley as the capital of the new state, Governor Conway can rule with an iron fist."...
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http://coloradopols.com/diary/44182/the-silly-state-of-dumphuckistan#more-44182
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What, you think the Republic of Boulder will not arm themselves? You think Wyoming's navy was nuts?
I can just see them expanding little Vance Brant airport to accommodate stealth bombers.
All kinds of bad and crazy things would happen.
Denver would close Colfax Avenue.
The Left Hand Brewery would only ship locally.
You would need a passport to get in and out of Longmont.
Na. Never gonna happen.
Don't they realize that without the city of Boulder, Colorado ain't nothing but undeveloped land and prairie dogs?
