Subject: Re: a few miscellaneous highlights from yesterday & pix of tripoints
Date: Oct 30, 2005 @ 14:39
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> This is what I long waited for. How can a nation consisting of 50 or so
> states continue to exist for so long in this world of boredom!? There MUST
> be somebody standing up and declare independence! Just for fun.
>
> Wolfgang
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von aletheia kallos
> Gesendet: Samstag, 29. Oktober 2005 22:31
> An: boundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] a few miscellaneous highlights from yesterday &
> pix of tripoints
>
>
> since it was all so overwhelming
> as well as peripheral to our topic
> i wont try to tell a whole story
> tho i was among the first to arrive & last to leave
>
> basically it was just a new england town meeting to
> the max
> & somewhat euphoric in tone but not really a carnival
>
> mostly a lot of quiet serious folks but great speakers
> & some fiery ones
>
> only 4 of the roughly 200 who showed up came in 18th
> century drag
> of whom ethan allen was easily the superstar
>
> funniest moment was when he declared with great
> animation
> vermont joined the union over my dead body
>
> many non vermonters & recent arrivals present
> some from as far away as hungary hawaii etc
>
> current plan is to summon delegates from every town in
> vermont at coming town meetings
> to another statewide convention
> while raising the 50 grand needed to do opinion poll
> of the electorate
>
> within recent memory
> when the federal government overruled the locally
> chosen format
> vermont even as a state was still a republic
> of towns
>
> one rep from each town
>
> not any longer tho
>
> some say they will need & expect to get 2 thirds of
> the electorate
> while others believe as much as 3 quarters may be
> necessary
>
> a concern about federal invasion to block secession
> was parried by
> secession isnt the same thing as firing on fort sumter
>
> bumper sticker
> vermont
> most likely to secede
>
> renting the house of representatives for the day cost
> only 35 bucks
>
> & i hope you noticed that the fortuitous akwesasne
> connection brought by hugh actually provided the
> opportunity to replay an earlier visit to one of
> vermonts prospective tricountry points
> the present caus2nyqcvt in lake champlain
> which i happened to visit on the same day quite by
> chance
> & for which a class d pic from the rouses point bridge
> by jc is attached
> well centered in the water gap but practically on the
> horizon
> as can also be seen here
> http://topozone.com/map.asp?
> layer=DRG25
>
> the other
> currently caus2nhqcvt
> was perhaps best visited by dog class c in the second
> pic here
> http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=144
>
>
>
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