Comments on: Let the erring sisters go in peace, but make them take New Jersey! http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/10/31/11/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stephen Morris http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/10/31/11/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Stephen Morris Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:19:43 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=11#comment-5 I attended this conference, part out of curiosity, part because I am doing a feature story for the Vermont Sunday Magazine on the disparate groups that are rallying around the concept of "freedom." Frankly, I'm having difficulty coming up with a coherent piece. I would describe this as a gathering of old coots and young coots. They seem to have in common a delight in poking a pointed stick in the eye of the establishment, but I have a hard time getting past all their anti-American rhetoric. This door swings both ways, and if it's so bad living here, there are other options. There's a town in Vermont (Killington) that has voted to secede, wanting to join New Hampshire. Of course, they will need to build a 40 miles bridge over Vermont soil, but aside from that, no problem. I attended this conference, part out of curiosity, part because I am doing a feature story for the Vermont Sunday Magazine on the disparate groups that are rallying around the concept of “freedom.” Frankly, I’m having difficulty coming up with a coherent piece.

I would describe this as a gathering of old coots and young coots. They seem to have in common a delight in poking a pointed stick in the eye of the establishment, but I have a hard time getting past all their anti-American rhetoric. This door swings both ways, and if it’s so bad living here, there are other options.

There’s a town in Vermont (Killington) that has voted to secede, wanting to join New Hampshire. Of course, they will need to build a 40 miles bridge over Vermont soil, but aside from that, no problem.

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