Flatlander BDS in Vermont

| December 29, 2007

I lived in Saint Albans, Vermont for three years while I taught ROTC at the University of Vermont in Burlington. I actually thought about retiring there at one point. There were more cows than people, and the people were friendly and helpful. They were very civic minded (probably because the winter weather restricted travel most of the year-making us more dependent on our neighbors) and they took pride in their Town Meetings – it was a State holiday and it’s where most towns got their real political business done. Jim Jeffords was a real Republican then – his office sent me a letter while I was in the first war against Hussein. The only elected official to do so. Vermont was the perfect place to raise a family.

What changed my mind, however, was the invasion of “flatlanders” from New York City. They started out settling in Burlington and they elected Bernie Sanders (a New York City flatlander) to mayor. Since 30% of the state lived in Chittenden County, they began to elect flatlanders to the legislature – and governor (Howard Dean is another New York City flatlander). I remember when they had a real Vermonter Republican governor and we got rebates on our state taxes every year. I remember that if you wanted your picture on your driver’s license, you had to go to the State Capitol because the DMV only had one camera.

The State legislature was part-time and only paid $7000/year in wages – state politicians had to have a second job in the State in order to survive – which means they had to be regular joes part of the year and live with their legislation. That’s ended with the flatlander invasion, too.

Michele Malkin reports that the flatlanders have brought Bush Derangement Syndrome to Vermont, too;

Frustrated by the failure of the Dem leadership to carry through with impeachment, some Bush-haters in Brattleboro, Vermont want to subject President Bush and VP Cheney to arrest if they set foot in their town. Consider it sort of a do-it-yourself impeachment alternative:

This movement in Vermont has been going on for more than a year. And the main instigator?

[John] Nirenberg, a hearty New York City native and current resident of Brattelboro, Vermont….

Another New York City flatlander transplant.

This supposed warrant, is all based on HuffPo/Kos/DU talking points – all of which are intellectually vacant;

Whereas George W. Bush has:

1. Misled the nation about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction;
2. Misled the nation about ties between Iraq and al-Qaeda;
3. Used these falsehoods to lead our nation into war unsupported by international law;
4. Not told the truth about American policy with respect to the use of torture; and
5. Has directed the government to engage in domestic spying, in direct contravention of U.S. law.

Therefore, the voters of the town of Newfane ask that our representative to the U.S. House of Representatives file articles of impeachment to remove him from office.

The Barre/Montpelier Times Argus highlights a glimmer of hope for sanity in Vermont;

But support for it is far from universal, even in Vermont, where the state Senate voted earlier this year to impeach the president, anti-war rallies are regular occurrences and “Impeach Bush” bumper stickers are as common as snowshoes in February.

“I would not be supportive of it,” said Stephen Steidle, a member of the town’s Selectboard. “It’s well outside of our ability. From my perspective, the Brattleboro Selectboard needs to focus on the town and the things that need to be done here.”

Blutto at Jawa Report calls it treason;

Without the will and wherewithal (and luck, or, perhaps, a beneficent Providence) to enforce the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers would have gone down in history as traitors to the Crown.

Kurt’s little hissy fit is simply treason, without any noble purpose.

Wyatt Earp at First In blames it on an maple syrup overdose. West Virginia Rebel on Right-thinking on the Left Coast wrote;

Maybe Bush should visit the state. But he should speak to the state’s governor through Condi Rice, since apparently Vermont thinks it’s another country.

When I lived there a decade and a half ago, Vermonters were suspicious of New Yorkers – it seems they had good reason.

Category: Antiwar crowd, Politics

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Used to go to Lake Sylvia where a friend’s family had a house and property that had been in the family for a few generations. I was considered a visitor staying with the new family.