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	<title>Second Vermont Republic</title>
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	<description>Seeking Vermont Independence from the American Empire</description>
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		<title>Vermont:  The Closed Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

 
 
Mississippi 
 
 I grew up in the 1950s in what author James W. Silver correctly called Mississippi: The Closed Society. Anyone who had the courage to challenge the prevailing orthodoxy of white supremacy and state enforced racial segregation was at risk of being labeled a “nigger-lover” which could lead to ridicule, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Public Radio: The Voice of the American Empire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Hardly a week goes by in which neither Bernie Sanders, Patrick Leahy, nor Peter Welch appears on Vermont Public Radio’s noonday program known as “Vermont Edition.”  The widely listened to news interview show is replayed each evening at seven o’clock.
As the leading Vermont spokespersons for the American Empire, it is important that their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technofascist Drones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

 
 
Hardly a week goes by in which we do not learn of yet another attack by an American drone (a pilotless remote controlled aircraft) on either Afghan or Pakistani civilians.  These sinister instruments of death are controlled by well-trained, high-tech killers seated in air conditioned comfort in front of sophisticated instrument panels thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secession And The Politics Of Radical Nonviolent Confrontation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
Critics of secession in the United States often summarily dismiss it with the following reference to the Civil War.  “We’ve been there, done that, and it didn’t work out so well.”  What that myopic view overlooks is the possible relevance of five highly successful, nonviolent political movements in the second half of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UVM Student And Secessionist Runs For Statehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
When James P. Merriam became a member of the Second Vermont Republic in 2005 at the age of fifteen, he was its youngest member.  He has been actively involved in the Vermont independence movement since that time.
Born in St. Johnsbury and raised in Montpelier , James was a product of the Vermont [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Steele On Racism In America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The American Empire is arguably the      most racist and most violent empire of all-time.  It was built from land stolen from      Native Americans on the backs of African American Slaves.  We are currently engaged in a racist war     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet, Greet And March With The Vermont Independenista Candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
Over the Fourth of July weekend there will be three opportunities to meet and support the ten Vermont independence candidates who are running for office in 2010.
All of the candidates will speak at the Big Picture Theater Pond on Route 100 in Waitsfield between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, July 3rd.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Steele Responds To The Vermont League of Conservation Voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
The BP oil spill serves as a dramatic reminder that the American Empire is the most materialistic, most fossil fuel dependent, most environmentally destructive empire in history.  To quench our ravenous thirst for oil we have become the most militaristic and most violent empire of all-time with 1,000 military bases in 153 countries.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Vermont Secessionists Certified for 2010 Election</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/ten-vermont-secessionists-certified-for-2010-election#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
In what many consider to be an unprecedented historical event, ten avowed secessionists calling for Vermont to once again become an independent republic have been certified to run in the November 2, 2010 election.
Somewhat ironically, though appropriately so, the Vermont independence ticket is led by Vermont Native American gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele.  Steele, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come Meet The Vermont Independence Candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come Meet the Vermont Independence Candidates for Statewide Office
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		<title>Why Vermont Independenistas Must Confront The Israeli Mafia</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/why-vermont-independenistas-must-confront-the-israeli-mafia#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, with the full knowledge and complicity of the White House, the Israeli military machine has engaged in an illegal act of terrorism consistent with its long standing genocidal aims against the Palestinians.  This time the Israeli’s heinous crime took the form of piracy and murder on the high seas directed at an unarmed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Steele to Appear on WCAX-TV Talk Show</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/dennis-steele-to-appear-on-wcax-tv-talk-show#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
Vermont independent gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele will appear on the popular Sunday morning interview show “You Can Quote Me” at 11:00 a.m. on WCAX-TV on June 20th.  The Channel 3 News program is hosted by the highly respected television reporter Kristin Carlson.
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		<title>Garritano Certified For Vermont Lt. Governor&#8217;s Race</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/garritano-certified-for-vermont-lt-governors-race#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shelburne businessman Peter Garritano has been certified by the Secretary of State as an official candidate for Lt. Governor in the 2010 Vermont election to be held on November 2nd.  Peter obtained the 500 necessary signatures and turned them into the Secretary of State’s office on June 8th.  In announcing his candidacy, Garritano said:
“It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Steele on Vermont&#8217;s Children</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/dennis-steele-on-vermonts-children</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/dennis-steele-on-vermonts-children#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
If I were not the father of two children, I would probably not be running for governor.  Concern for their future in an empire which has lost its moral authority compels me to act.
My views on pre-kindergarten programs are no different from my views on public education in general.  Public education should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell To The American Empire With Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Although libertarian writer Bill Kauffman is no secessionist, he has just published the definitive book on the subject.  Bye Bye Miss American Empire is a love story about America written by a loyal American, but, unfortunately, it is a story of unrequited love.
While professing “a deep and abiding love for the United States” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only The Steele-Garritano Vermont Secession Team Can Stop The Dubie Brothers&#8217; Military Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
What is the biggest challenge facing Vermonters?  Is it Vermont Yankee, jobs, declining milk prices, energy, high taxes, or the state’s mounting deficit?  It’s none of the above.  By far the biggest challenge confronting Vermont is the American Empire itself – the largest, wealthiest, most powerful, most environmentally insensitive, most racist, most militaristic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

 
 
Vermont – that precious and beautiful land of independence
And ferociously fierce freedom-mindedness
Vermont – that great Green Mountain Republic
With freedom and unity for all its citizens
Over the years Vermonters have taken many stands
Against slavery, against nuclear arms madness
And against terrible Federal tyranny
The fiercely free people of Vermont
Stand always for what they believe in
Always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Secessionist Dennis Steele Certified for November Election, Charges Dropped</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/vermont-secessionist-dennis-steele-certified-for-november-election-charges-dropped#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
On May 10th Vermont independent candidate Dennis Steele became the first gubernatorial candidate to be certified by the Secretary of State for the November election.  Steele submitted over 625 signatures to qualify for the general election.
Then on May 13th he learned that State Attorney Tim Allen had decided not to pursue disorderly conduct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Vermont Gubernatorial Debates Are Closed To Secessionist Dennis Steele</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 22:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Since Vermont independence candidate Dennis Steele announced his candidacy for governor on January 15 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier, there have been at least a dozen debates involving the five Democratic candidates.  Lt. Governor Brian Dubie has been invited to most of these debates, but has cleverly declined so as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Freedom of Speech</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/in-defense-of-freedom-of-speech#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
I am a fifth generation Vermonter, U.S. Army veteran, small businessman, living in the Northeast Kingdom.  I own and operate two successful international Internet based businesses – Chess Maniac and Radio Free Vermont.  My wife, Amber, my two children, and I live in Kirby, Vermont.
On January 15, 2010, I officially announced my candidacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Secessionists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_new_secessionists_20100426/
Posted on Apr 26, 2010
By Chris Hedges
Acts of rebellion which promote moral and political change must  be nonviolent. And one of the most potent nonviolent alternatives in the  country, which defies the corporate state and calls for an end to  imperial wars, is the secessionist movement bubbling up in some two  dozen states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Secessionist Music from Dubnotix</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secessionist MP3
Totalitarian Democracy MP3
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		<title>The Vermont Secession Movement is Arguably the Most Radical Political Movement in the History of the United States</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-vermont-secession-movement-is-arguably-the-most-radical-political-movement-in-the-history-of-the-united-states</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Second Vermont Republic, Vermont’s flagship secessionist group, just may be the most radical political movement in the history of the United States—more radical than the Second Continental Congress (1776), the Confederate States of America (1861-1865), the Communist Party, and the plethora of anti-war and civil rights organizations which emerged in the late 1960s.
The Second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Steele Arrested at Democratic Debate</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/dennis-steele-arrested-at-democratic-debate</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/dennis-steele-arrested-at-democratic-debate#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vermontrepublic.org/?p=1179</guid>
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		<title>Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Prepares the World for War Against Iran</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/nobel-peace-prize-recipient-prepares-the-world-for-war-against-iran</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/nobel-peace-prize-recipient-prepares-the-world-for-war-against-iran#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
With laser-like focus every move by the Obama White House since the passage of the Health Care Reform Act has been concentrated on preparing the American people and the rest of the world for war with Iran.  Immediately after the bill was signed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont First</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/vermont-first#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vermontrepublic.org/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 

 
What do Governor Jim Douglas, Lt. Governor Brian Dubie, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Patrick Leahy, and Congressman Peter Welch all have in common?  They pledge their allegiance to the largest, wealthiest, most powerful, most racist, most militaristic, and most violent empire of all-time.  They are the twenty-first century equivalent of the Tories who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Curse of Bigness &#8230; Or business as usual in America the vulnerable</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-curse-of-bigness-or-business-as-usual-in-america-the-vulnerable</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-curse-of-bigness-or-business-as-usual-in-america-the-vulnerable#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Christopher Ketcham

Published in the March/April  2010 issue of Orion magazine


THE NEXT TIME I HEAR a politico or banker or Detroit executive talk about  institutions “too big to fail,” I’ll direct them to the 34 percent of Americans  who are obese. Last I heard, these big Americans, themselves a kind of cultural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Slick Willie Made Me A Secessionist</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/how-slick-willie-made-me-a-secessionist</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/how-slick-willie-made-me-a-secessionist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Since I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1950s, my neoliberal critics in Vermont often attribute my secessionist views to my Mississippi upbringing.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  Until recently, Vermont neoconservatives naively accused me of just being a Bush basher who would soon fade into the woodwork during the Age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Secession Candidate Confronts the Neoliberal Five Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/vermont-secession-candidate-confronts-the-neoliberal-five-democratic-gubernatorial-candidates</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/vermont-secession-candidate-confronts-the-neoliberal-five-democratic-gubernatorial-candidates#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Twice in six weeks Vermont independence candidate Dennis Steele confronted the five Democratic gubernatorial candidates during debates held at UVM and the high school in Hyde  Park respectively.  It was the latter intervention which was particularly revealing of the moral character, or lack thereof, of the five Democrats.
Steele asked, “If you are elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Vermont Republic Strategic Alliance</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-second-vermont-republic-strategic-alliance</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-second-vermont-republic-strategic-alliance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
The Problem: The American Empire is the largest, wealthiest, most powerful, most materialistic, most racist, most militaristic, most violent empire of all-time.  It is owned, operated, and controlled by Wall Street, Corporate America, and the Israeli Lobby.  It has lost its moral authority and is unsustainable, ungovernable, and, therefore, unfixable.
Opportunities:

The Vermont Mystique. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories and Photos by Peter Miller, as published in Vermont Magazine
Breaking Away (pdf)
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		<title>Neoliberalism: Neoconservatism Without a Smirk</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/neoliberalism-neoconservatism-without-a-smirk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has become increasingly obvious that the only difference between Barack Obama and George W. Bush is that the famous Bush smirk has been replaced by the Obama smile.  The neoconservatism of Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Bill O’Reilly has given way to the neoliberalism of Bill Clinton, Timothy Geithner, Bernie Sanders, and Chris Matthews.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gods of the Empire Are Not the Gods of Vermont</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-gods-of-the-empire-are-not-the-gods-of-vermont</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-gods-of-the-empire-are-not-the-gods-of-vermont#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in nearly 150 years a credible candidate is running for governor in an American state as an unabashed secessionist.  Only this time around, the secessionist candidate hails not from a traditional red state but rather from the bluest of the blue states, namely, the Green Mountain State of Vermont.
Dennis Steele, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secessionists Need To Get Involved In Tea Parties</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/secessionists-need-to-get-involved-in-tea-parties</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/secessionists-need-to-get-involved-in-tea-parties#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by
Tom Malinich
With the popularity of Tea Parties growing around the country, the time is right to get involved as secessionists.  Vermont secessionists now have several candidates for governmental positions including governor, but our movement still is lacking the overall energy and monetary support of organizations like Tea Parties.  The righteous anger that started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Mountain Tax Haven</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-green-mountain-tax-haven</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-green-mountain-tax-haven#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://76.12.235.170/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2004 Chicago based international business economist and Vermonter David Hale called for Vermont to join the British Commonwealth and become an international tax haven once it achieves political independence from the United States.
Few Vermonters realize that four of the ten richest nations in the world as measured by per capita income are tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could Free Vermont Lead the World Back to the Gold Standard?</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/could-free-vermont-lead-the-world-back-to-the-gold-standard</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/could-free-vermont-lead-the-world-back-to-the-gold-standard#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://76.12.235.170/?p=1001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Vermont becomes a free and independent republic, financial integrity and sustainability will be among its highest priorities.  Since it will be free of the Federal Reserve Bank, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. Government fiat money printing press, Vermont will be free to choose its own form of currency.  At least initially, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine Free Vermont, The Switzerland of North America</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/imagine-free-vermont-the-switzerland-of-north-america</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/imagine-free-vermont-the-switzerland-of-north-america#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Vermont were to secede from the Union and become an independent nation-state, how could it possibly survive as a separate republic?  How would it function?  Are there any examples of smaller, sustainable nation-states which might serve as a role model for a state like Vermont, should it decide to leave the Union? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Parties and State Sovereignty Resolutions:  Much Ado About Nothing</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/tea-parties-and-state-sovereignty-resolutions-much-ado-about-nothing</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/tea-parties-and-state-sovereignty-resolutions-much-ado-about-nothing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is awash with Tea Parties, Tenth Amendment resolutions and other state sovereignty resolutions all aimed at reining in the federal government which is thought by many to be running amok.  Egged on by right wing talk show hosts such as Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity, states rights advocates are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Loss of Moral Authority in Vermont</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-loss-of-moral-authority-in-vermont</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-loss-of-moral-authority-in-vermont#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://76.12.235.170/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any Vermonter who supports Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Patrick Leahy, or Peter Welch is personally morally responsible, and should be held accountable, for the death and destruction inflicted by the U.S. Government upon the Afghans and Iraqis and upon the Palestinians through our proxy Israel.
Imagine…Free Vermont
Thomas H. Naylor
February 1, 2010
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		<title>The Hypocrisy of Politically Correct Vermont Neoliberals</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-hypocrisy-of-politically-correct-vermont-neoliberals#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Seven Days political columnist Shay Totten came dangerously close to accusing me of racism and anti-Semitism.  His assertions were based entirely on guilt by association.  What he didn’t tell his readers was how much time he spent with me back in the late 1990s when he was the editor of an obscure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time.com:  The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/time-com-the-secessionist-campaign-for-the-republic-of-vermont#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.time.com/nation/article
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		<title>Independent Music and Independent Vermont Go Hand in Hand</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/independent-music-and-independent-vermont-go-hand-in-hand</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/independent-music-and-independent-vermont-go-hand-in-hand#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.7dvt.com/2010free-last
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		<title>Announcing Independence Candidates Videos</title>
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		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/announcing-independence-candidates-videos#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
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		<title>Dennis Steele Announces Campaign Manager</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/dennis-steele-announces-campaign-manager</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To assist him in his bid for the Governor’s Office, Dennis Steele has appointed Matthew Cropp of Burlington, VT as his campaign manager.  Mr. Cropp graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Vermont in 2007 with a degree in Psychology and History, and has spent the last few years working in a group-home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garritano Runs for Lt. Governor on Secession Platform</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/garritano-runs-for-lt-governor-on-secession-platform</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/garritano-runs-for-lt-governor-on-secession-platform#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.shelburnenews.com
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		<title>Senator Sanders Waffles Again on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/senator-sanders-waffles-again-on-afghanistan</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/senator-sanders-waffles-again-on-afghanistan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Sanders
Vermont
United States Senate
Washington, DC  20510-4504
January 11, 2010
Dear Dr. Naylor,
Thank you for contacting me about the difficult and tragic situation in Afghanistan.  This is an issue which weighs very heavily on the minds of Vermonters, and I appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns.
In 2001, the United States went into Afghanistan to capture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Secessionists Unveil Candidates</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/vermont-secessionists-unveil-candidates</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/vermont-secessionists-unveil-candidates#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[www.wptz.com/politics/22247782/detail.html
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		<title>Endorsements of Dennis Steele for Governor of Vermont</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/endorsements-of-dennis-steele-for-governor-of-vermont</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/endorsements-of-dennis-steele-for-governor-of-vermont#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Nationalist Movement President
Friends in Vermont,
While it may seem unusual that a Texan would address you concerning a political race in your state, I assure you that this is one of those moments where Texans are watching closely.
Our states, although vastly different in size and population, share one important characteristic – our independent spirit.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence Network</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/independence-network</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/independence-network#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SVR - Historical Documents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Second Vermont Republic  – Think Tank and Citizens’ Network
Website  www.VermontRepublic.org
Telephone 	802-425-4133
Address 	P.O. Box 544
Charlotte, VT  05445
Radio Free Vermont – Vermont Music
Website   www.RadioFreeVermont.org
E-Mail		RadioFreeVermont@gmail.com
Telephone 	802-748-3475
Address 	P.O. Box 28
E. St. Johnsbury, VT  05838
Middlebury Institute  – National and International Outreach
Website  www.MiddleburyInstitute.org
E-Mail  Director@MiddleburyInstitute.org
Alaskan Independence Party
Website  www.akip.org
E-Mail  chair@akip.org
Texas Nationalist Movement
Website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKibben, 350.org, Copenhagen, or Bust</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/mckibben-350-org-copenhagen-or-bust</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/mckibben-350-org-copenhagen-or-bust#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Climate change may very well be the most complex socio-economic, political, scientific problem ever confronted by the inhabitants of the planet earth.  But it will not be solved by hundreds or even thousands of teeny-boppers and college kids shouting pithy expressions like “350.org.”  Nor is it any more likely to be solved by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Supporting Dennis Steele for Vermont Governor in 2010</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/why-im-supporting-dennis-steele-for-vermont-governor-in-2010</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/why-im-supporting-dennis-steele-for-vermont-governor-in-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Matthew Cropp 
All of the candidates for Vermont Governor who still buy into “politics as usual,” whether they are Democrats or Republicans, are running on the same platform: “If I’m elected Governor, I’ll be the smoothest and most effective administrator of Federal money.” Because, in this day and age, that’s what’s expected of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and the Just War Myth</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/obama-and-the-just-war-myth</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/obama-and-the-just-war-myth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Radical nonviolence can undermine power and authority by withdrawing the approval, moral support, and cooperation of those who have been dealt an injustice.  It derives its strength from the energy buildup and very real power of powerlessness.
Not unlike virtually every other political leader throughout history who has ever led his nation into war, President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Vermont Independence Campaign Candidates</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/meet-the-vermont-independence-campaign-candidates-2</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/meet-the-vermont-independence-campaign-candidates-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DENNIS P. STEELE
Dennis Steele is a fifth generation Vermonter and Northeast Kingdom businessman who recently launched the highly successful Internet radio station, Radio Free Vermont.  Organized to promote Vermont music and Vermont musicians, Radio Free Vermont now has listeners in over 130 countries worldwide.
In 2003 Dennis started what has become a very popular chess-playing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unbearable Likeness of Being Part of an Empire</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-unbearable-likeness-of-being-part-of-an-empire</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-unbearable-likeness-of-being-part-of-an-empire#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I moved to Vermont in 1993 I thought Vermont was the most radical state in the Union in terms of its commitment to human solidarity, sustainability, direct democracy, egalitarianism, political independence, and nonviolence.  Seventeen years later, I’m not so sure.  Politically speaking, Vermont has become more and more like every other state—a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Conference &#8211; Vermont Secessionists Enter Statewide Race</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/press-conference-vermont-secessionists-enter-statewide-race</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/press-conference-vermont-secessionists-enter-statewide-race#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 15, 2010
Capitol Plaza Hotel
Montpelier, VT
The gods of the Empire are not the gods of Vermont.
For the first time in over 150 years, secession, political independence from the United States of America, will be front and center in a statewide New England political campaign.  On Friday, January 15, 2010, Vermont Independence Day, a slate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebellion</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/rebellion</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/rebellion#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although it may be possible to isolate oneself from the world of technofascism and find solace through one’s creations, one’s personal relationships, one’s spirituality, and one’s experience with pain, suffering, and eventually death, so what?  How meaningful is it to retreat to a small farm, a village, an island, or a commune, doing our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Emperor Barack Obama Issues Global Call to Arms at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/american-emperor-barack-obama-issues-global-call-to-arms-at-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/american-emperor-barack-obama-issues-global-call-to-arms-at-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an act of almost unprecedented irony, the first African American President of the United States, Barack Obama, delivered what may have been the most imperialistic speech ever given by a U.S. president in Oslo on 10 December 2010 upon receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama’s peace prize speech, in fact, had little to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Have Lost Our Soul</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/we-have-lost-our-soul</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/we-have-lost-our-soul#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Economist Paul Craig Roberts recently wrote that “the United States is an immoral country, with an immoral people and an immoral government.”  Continuing he added that, “Americans no longer have a moral conscience.  They have gone over to the Dark Side.”
We are currently engaged in three highly visible immoral wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebél Against the Empire</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/rebel-against-the-empire</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/rebel-against-the-empire#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What are the people of Germany doing?  Sleeping.  Their sleep is filled with nightmares and anxiety, but they are sleeping.  We have awaited their awakening for so long, yet they continue to remain stolid, stubborn, and silent as to the crimes committed in their names, as if the entire world and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vermont Village Green:  Alternative to Empire</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-vermont-village-green-alternative-to-empire</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-vermont-village-green-alternative-to-empire#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1.  The Empire.  Void of moral authority, unsustainable, ungovernable, and unfixable. 
2.  Political Independence.  Downsize, decentralize, demilitarize, democratize, and dissolve.
3.  Human Scale.  Small is beautiful. Human scale trumps the politics of money, power, size, speed, greed, and fear of terrorism.
4.  Sustainability.  Simplify.  Make molehills out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Once and Future Vermont Republic&#8217;s New Silver Token</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/announcing-the-once-and-future-vermont-republics-new-silver-token</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/announcing-the-once-and-future-vermont-republics-new-silver-token#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What might the medium of exchange of a free and independent Vermont look like?  Just like the recently minted Second Vermont Republic’s Scott Nearing 50 Clover Silver Token.
Who in the world was Scott Nearing?  Scott and Helen Nearing were political activists who lived in Jamaica, Vermont between 1932 and 1952 and embraced a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstructing the Decision to Secede</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/deconstructing-the-decision-to-secede-2</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/deconstructing-the-decision-to-secede-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a 2008 Zogby Poll 73 percent of Americans do not believe a state has the right to secede from the Union.  A 2009 Rasmussen Poll found that 31 percent of Texans believe Texas does have such a right.  Although eighteen percent of Texans actually favor secession, only 11.5 percent of Vermonters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory Board</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/advisory-board-2</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/advisory-board-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clarence “Ku” Ching – Hawaiian independence movement political activist.
Carolyn Chute – Award-winning Maine novelist, political activist, and author of the best-seller The Beans of Egypt, Maine.
Dexter Clark – Gold miner, founding member and Vice Chair, Alaskan Independence Party.
Lynette Clark – Gold miner, founding member and Chair, Alaskan Independence Party.
Professor Thomas J. DiLorenzo – Professor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secession Movement Spreads Well Beyond Texas</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/secession-movement-spreads-well-beyond-texas</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/secession-movement-spreads-well-beyond-texas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009
&#60;strong&#62;Star-Telegram&#60;/strong&#62;
Fort Worth, TX
By DAVE MONTGOMERY
dmontgomery@star-telegram.com
AUSTIN — As head of the Texas Nationalist Movement, Daniel Miller of Nederland believes it’s time for the Lone Star State to sever its bond with the United States and return to the days when Texas was an independent republic.
&#8220;Independence. In our lifetime,&#8221; Miller’s organization proclaims on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep in the Heart of Texas</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deep in the heart of Texas, in Nederland, Texas to be exact, lies the headquarters of the fastest growing, most serious secession movement in the United States since the end of the Civil War in 1865 – The Texas Nationalist Movement.  Although TNM traces its origins back to 1995, it was catapulted onto the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Two Faces of the Vermont Independence Movement</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-two-faces-of-the-vermont-independence-movement</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-two-faces-of-the-vermont-independence-movement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since its inception in 2003 the Second Vermont Republic has been calling for the peaceable return of Vermont to its rightful status as an independent republic and for the peaceable dissolution of the American Empire.  Over time two quite different paradigms have evolved as to how Vermont independence might be achieved.  One is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SVR Supporting Membership</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/svr-supporting-membership</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/svr-supporting-membership#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Support the work of the Second Vermont Republic by becoming a supporting member.  The following levels of membership are available:
Scott &#38; Helen Nearing Community   $1,000
Green Mountain Club     $500
Vermont Patriot     $100
Student    $20
Send your check to:
Second Vermont Republic
P.O. Box 544
Charlotte, VT  05445
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		<title>The American Left:  Rebel Without A Cause</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-american-left-rebel-without-a-cause</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/the-american-left-rebel-without-a-cause#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after voting for Richard Nixon in 1960, I was won over to the political left by a combination of John F. Kennedy, a Tulane University economics professor who was a German Social Democrat, and an 85-year-old New Orleans attorney, who was a socialist and looked like Colonel Sanders.  In 1964 I was elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come to Vermont, Help Us Secede, and Escape the Empire</title>
		<link>http://vermontrepublic.org/come-to-vermont-help-us-secede-and-escape-the-empire</link>
		<comments>http://vermontrepublic.org/come-to-vermont-help-us-secede-and-escape-the-empire#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you tired of having your chain jerked by the likes of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama?  Have you grown weary of multi-trillion-dollar government bailouts, stimulus packages, and deficits?  Are you disgusted by the fact that our government is owned, operated, and controlled by Wall Street and Corporate America?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Government Is No Longer Mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arguably Vermont is the most radical state in the Union in terms of its commitment to human solidarity, individual freedom, sustainability, direct democracy, egalitarianism, communitarianism, political independence, and nonviolence; and it’s been that way for a long time. 
Vermont’s radicalism goes back at least to 15 January 1777, when it became an independent republic.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Can We Do About the American Empire?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years the United States of America has evolved into the largest, wealthiest, most powerful, most materialistic, most racist, most militaristic, most violent empire of all times.  The question is, “What can be done about it, if anything?”  We shall examine six possible responses to the American Empire:
1.  Denial
2.  Acquiescence
3. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Is America Going To End? Who&#8217;s most likely to secede? By Josh Levin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slate.com article by Josh Levin August 5th, 2009
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		<title>There Is No National Fix for the American Health Care System</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claims that the American health care system is broken are by no means exaggerated.  We have by far the most expensive health care delivery system in the world.  We spend over $2 trillion annually on health care or an average of over $6,300 per person.  Spiraling increases in the cost of health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Spectrum Dominance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
F. William Engdahl, Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order.  Baton Rouge, LA: Third Millennium Press, 2009, 256 pages, $24.95.
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If you believe that the term “American Empire” refers only to our nation’s illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and our unconditional support for Israeli terrorism against the Palestinians, then you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press:  In Vermont, Nascent Secession Movement Gains Traction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 3, 2007
MONTPELIER, Vt. – At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black “US Out of Vt.!” T-Shirts are among the hottest sellers.  But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty.  They want Vermont to secede from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bye, Bye, Miss American Empire&#8221; by Bill Kaufman, appearing in Orion magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bye, Bye, Miss American Empire
Or, the sweet smell of secession
by Bill Kauffman
Published in the July/August 2007 issue of Orion magazine
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/issue/300
In the wake of George W. Bush’s re-election in 2004, frustrated liberals talked secession back to within hailing distance of the margins of national debate—a place it had not occupied since 1861. With their praise of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Devoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Antoine Robitaille
Le Devoir
POLITIQUE, lundi 6 juin 2005, p. A4
Des indépendantistes vermontois dans les montagnes russes du PQ
Robitaille, Antoine
Il n&#8217;y a pas que les participants au congrès qui ont été sonnés par la démission de Bernard Landry, samedi soir. Ce fut le cas d&#8217;observateurs étrangers présents au congrès, dont deux membres d&#8217;un groupe prÃ´nant
l&#8217;indépendance du [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salon.com: Long Live Secession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Long Live Secession&#8221;
By Christopher Ketcham
Jan. 20, 2005 &#124; The idea of an American right of secession &#8212; a state&#8217;s right to abandon the union &#8212; today invites a veritable cyclone of scorn and bafflement. Secessionism, you will be told, is immoral, treasonous, seditious, the failed machination of slave-holding Southerners whose nutty dream died in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The American Conservative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 19, 2005 Issue
Copyright © 2005 The American Conservative
Free Vermont
Green Mountain boys ponder secession.
By Bill Kauffman
Organizers billed the Vermont Independence Convention of Oct. 28 as “the first statewide convention on secession in the United States since North Carolina voted to secede from the Union on May 20, 1861.” North Carolina, the final state to join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Times: A Vision of a Nation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Naylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETER APPLEBOME
Published: October 18, 2007
OUR TOWNS
A Vision of a Nation No Longer in the U.S.
Joyce Dopkeen/The New York Times
Kirkpatrick Sale is at home in Cold Spring, N.Y. He is the director of the Middlebury Institute, dedicated to secessionist issues. 
If any New Yorker were to become the theoretician for a new secessionist movement, it figured [...]]]></description>
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