The separatist grumblingsin the United States, which looks a lot more like political sour grapes and knee-jerk, cutting-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face talk radio cannon fodder than a bona fide political movement, could do well to look around the world where Separtist dreams have at least a snowball's chance you know where in passing: places, like Spain, Canada, The UK... and even there it's not looking bloody likely.
Take Spain, for example. They have much more of a gripe with the Spanish Government than, say, Texas does in the US. The Catalan region pays out WAY more than they get in from the federal government, whereas Texas just about breaks even. More to the point, the Catalans have their own language, whereas in the US much of the US would like to pretend that Texans speak a different language, but Texans are more likely to claim they speak "American" than "Texan." That doesn't help the separatist cause much. But sit back and watch the wacky hijinks ensue if a movement to declare "Texan" a language ever unfolds. It will be almost as wacky as a movement to get Texas to secede (while the capital, Austin, wages a counter-movement to remain part of the US- I couldn't make this up if I tried, people).
Voters in Spain's Catalan region punish leader who called for independence referendum
http://news.yahoo.com/voters-spains-catalan-region-punish-leader-called-independence-073013214.html
Take Spain, for example. They have much more of a gripe with the Spanish Government than, say, Texas does in the US. The Catalan region pays out WAY more than they get in from the federal government, whereas Texas just about breaks even. More to the point, the Catalans have their own language, whereas in the US much of the US would like to pretend that Texans speak a different language, but Texans are more likely to claim they speak "American" than "Texan." That doesn't help the separatist cause much. But sit back and watch the wacky hijinks ensue if a movement to declare "Texan" a language ever unfolds. It will be almost as wacky as a movement to get Texas to secede (while the capital, Austin, wages a counter-movement to remain part of the US- I couldn't make this up if I tried, people).
Voters in Spain's Catalan region punish leader who called for independence referendum
http://news.yahoo.com/voters-spains-catalan-region-punish-leader-called-independence-073013214.html
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