re: #20 EastSider

I think, if this trend continues, you could see a prominent enough figure just come out and openly push for rejection of the US government as a legitimate operation. And that person may gain a legitimate following and cause some serious damage.

On its face that sounds absolutely absurd, but people have been flirting with that idea for a year.

It is not absurd to say that since it is already happening. The folks in SC and Texas make many allusions to it. All that talk of 10th Amendment from Perry is a great example.

I actually can not discount a second civil war on the basis of a combination of religious grounds, race baiting and an old economic system trying to stay entrenched.

Hmmm… just like the first one.