Subject: Re: Morkulien joint admin area<br/>
Date: Dec 04, 2001 @ 04:22<br/>
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2136174959">glad to finally get the truth about the conch republic  which tho a favorite of mine  does now appear to bite the dust as a real ghost of a political entity  unlike the other members of this revised short list of the great american nonunited states<br/>
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1 independent state of delaware<br/>
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2 indian stream republic<br/>
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3 republic of texas<br/>
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4 republic of california<br/>
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5 independent south carolina & confederate states<br/>
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6 kingdom of hawaii<br/>
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7 kingdom of samoa<br/>
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8 the 557 official indian tribes<br/>
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or are there any others also real enough to consider here<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Ray Milefsky&quot; &lt;mrrayj@p...&gt; wrote:<br/>
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&gt; Is Morokulien smaller than the Conch Republic (Key West, Florida), which<br/>
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&gt; issues its own passport as well (I got one last year)?  They seceded from<br/>
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&gt; the Union because the Drug Enforcement Agency had set up roadblocks in 1981<br/>
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&gt; (I think) on the Ocean Highway checking all people coming in and out, and<br/>
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&gt; severely disrupting the tourist trade (the main source of income).<br/>
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&gt; Consequently, a US naval officer allowed the &#39;revolutionaries&#39; to board a<br/>
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&gt; stationed vessel for a few minutes and have a glass of rum, while other<br/>
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&gt; &#39;revolutionaries&#39; batted the local police (quite consentingly) with batards<br/>
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&gt; of stale Cuban bread.  The elected Secretary General (PO Box 6583, Key West,<br/>
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&gt; FL (Conch Republic) 33041 has actually had US passport officials dutifully<br/>
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&gt; stamp his CR Diplomatic Passport.  So much for the dissemination of<br/>
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&gt; Geographic Knowledge in the United States&#39; Government!<br/>
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&gt; Ray<br/>
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&gt;   -----Original Message-----<br/>
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&gt;   From: Peter Smaardijk [mailto:smaardijk@y...]<br/>
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&gt;   Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 4:55 PM<br/>
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&gt;   To: BoundaryPoint@y...<br/>
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&gt;   Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Morkulien joint admin area<br/>
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&gt;   Maybe superfluous (you already may know it, the url is easy..), but<br/>
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&gt;   Morokulien can be reached at www.morokulien.com .<br/>
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&gt;   Interesting is the following:<br/>
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&gt;   &quot;To become a citizen of Morokulien, you need a passport!<br/>
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&gt;   You can buy your own passport, which proves membership of the world&#39;s<br/>
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&gt;   smallest country, at Morokulien Information Centre.&quot;<br/>
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&gt;   A touristic gimmick, to be sure, but nevertheless very telling.<br/>
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&gt;   Peter S.<br/>
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