Why go the wuss route and admit defeat? Let’s start ANOTHER war! Quick,get someone from UC Berkeley to assassinate Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jeff Foxworthy!
Clearly, sir, you have never visited Houston.
And count me among those who have no idea® what the OP is trying to say.
No.
Maybe because the English are the Saxons, (along with Angles and a few assorted Jutes). I’m sure there are Welsh people who don’t like being reigned over by any English prince, let alone Prince Charles.
On my way down I-95 the other day, my belabored radio tuner landed on a country-western station. Now, I hate CW music with a passion, but the tune was kinda catchy. I leaned back and listened to the lyrics:
If the south would a won we would a had it made.
I’d probably run for president of the southern states.
The day Elvis passed away would be our national holiday.
If the south would a won we would a had it made.
I’d make my supreme court down in Texas and we wouldn’t have no killers getting off free.
If they were proven guilty then they would swing quickly,
instead of writing’ books and smiling’ on T.V.
We’d all learn Cajun cooking’ in Louisiana
and I’d put that capital back in Alabama.
We’d put Florida on the right track, 'cause we’d take Miami back
and throw all them pushers in the slammer.
*
When Hank Williams, Jr. says “we woulda had it made”, I hafta wonder who “we” is. Part of me–the southerner in me–wanted to tap my foot and sing along. But my heart and mind wouldn’t let me, and I turned the dial with a quickness.
Too many Southerners are still living the Civil War, wavin’ rebel flags, and talkin’ bout them uppity nigras. But there are millions of “regular” folk below the Mason-Dixon line that are the salt of the earth, and the country would come to ruin without them.
My great-great granfather got shot in the foot in the Civil War. He fought for the 22nd Mississippi regiment. He wasn’t able to walk quite the same for close to 6 months and I have to admit that I am still a little ticked about it. I have his picture in my desk and I look at it every day.
While I think the OP and his ludicrously divisive argument has been thoroughly dismissed by everyone, I feel something should be said.
I think the OP has a 1930s/1940s view of the South. He is a Northerner who still thinks the Northeast is the powerhouse of the United States economy.
And while the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic area is still fairly powerful, it is a rotting empire outside of New York City. You have stagnating populations and a loss of jobs in the rust belt. You have New York’s population growth slowing to a crawl in comparison to states like Texas and Florida.
Contrast this with the South. The South is the largest geographic region in the United States (amongst the regions defined by the Census) with 100m people.
It is the fastest growing region in the United States.
It has the highest job growth.
The list goes on and on. The sunbelt has long been the new boom center of America and the old industrial North/Mid Atlantic regions are paling in comparison.
While some aspects of the South are still “behind” overall the South is a land increasing in prosperity exponentially while the North is a land that is comparatively stagnating.
I’m not sure you want the South gone just as it is moving into a period of great economic growth, especially as the North is moving (or rather being in) into a period of economic stagnation.
While the OP is needlessly confrontational I had no problem determining what it meant. KVLD is assuming that if the nation were split in 2 the North would be less conservative than the South and we could compare rightwing policies with the more moderate and liberal alternatives. She is suggesting that without the political weight of the more progressive Northern populace the South would turn into a hell hole with state-sponsored religion, social intollerance, the elimination of social programs, highly regressive taxation, deficit spending, deregulated fiscal institutions, unlimited pollution, shitty infrastructure, or some such thing. It’s an unpleasant proposition to consider but it is debateable.
I’m only paraphrasing what I heard on either the Travel Channel, or MTV. One of the two declared Atlanta the “Strip Club Capital of the USA.”
Oh, and for the gentleman that asked if I was any relation to the Chastains in Joplin, it’s a pretty safe bet I am. The Chastains are a pretty small family.
And PPS for anyone that’s ever asked: Yes, I am related to Brandi Chastain. Distant cousin, never met her.
I have no idea who this person is.
I have no problem with this.
Provided we make the South take Indiana as well.
Well, it does take real balls to pose for something like that! 
I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/nvcwmb/index.cgi?noframes;read=10933
I’ve said it many times, here and elsewhere… that war was the most terrible and divisive thing that ever happened to our country and it is (whether you believe it or not) still being felt and will for a long time to come.
beats Polycarp with a wet noodle
Some of us English don’t fancy the prospect of a future Greek-Danish-English King and Head of the Church of England who committed adultery before, dirung and after his marriage.
The approximate UK equivalent of the OP is to complain about the Roman invasion 2000 years ago. What have the Romans ever done* for us?!
*(apart from roads, aqueducts, trade etc)
Merijerk, if you really hate us so much, why don’t you just get the fuck out?
As I understand it, a recent genetic study as revealed that the majority of the (non-immigrant) English population is neither German, nor Norman, nor Anglo-Saxon, nor Celtic. Native Britons are mostly genetically descended from a pre-Celtic population. The Celts, Saxons, etc., brought their languages, religion, culture, and aristocracies, but never physically replaced the original population.
Ooh! Mods! Mods! I’m being oppressed!
I’ll be all adult and not come up with all sorts of clever permutations of your username.
Funny though that you perfecly echo the inbred redneck from South Park. “If yew don’t like it then you can geet out!”.
How appropo.
Why do I hate you so much? You just demonstrated it.
-Joe
Ooh! Mods! Mods! I’m being oppressed!
I’ll be all adult and not come up with all sorts of clever permutations of your username.
Funny though that you perfecly echo the inbred redneck from South Park. “If yew don’t like it then you can geet out!”.
How appropo.
Why do I hate you so much? You just demonstrated it.
But, if it makes your insecure little self feel a bit better, I’m working on getting the hell north as soon as I can land a job back in the land of turn signals and fully-pronouced syllables.
-Joe