The term “states' rights” refers to the fervent belief, especially among conservatives in the USA, that US states are granted by the US Constitution a large amount of autonomy from the US federal government. A corrolary to this is that the US federal government should have very limited powers, and that the majority of power is vested in the individual states. This type of conservatism has a large hold over the American South, thus my earlier tongue-in-cheek message about Mississippi and Alabama printing their own money with confederate flags on them. I have assumed that whoever started this thread was drawing a parallel between the (states as part of the USA) and (Greece as part of the European Union). Greece has basically told the EU to go screw itself, as it can’t make its loan repayments on time.
Come on Nick, I know this stuff and I live in a South American country. Y’all need to get out more, maybe go to a square dance or do a little cow tipping. JUST KIDDING On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > To be absolutely honest, I don’t know what The EU now faces "state's > rights". Means. Can somebody explain? > > > > N > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Alfredo > Covaleda Vélez > *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 1:04 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Greek Crisis & Philosophy > > > > > > > > 2015-07-06 11:46 GMT-05:00 Owen Densmore <[email protected]>: > > I love the No vote. The EU now faces "state's rights". > > > > > > Where I have seen this before? > > > > Just fill the blank: The __________ now faces "state's rights". > > > > > > > > > > -- Owen > > > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > When it comes to U.S. revenue vs. spending, perhaps some states in the red > (as opposed to red states!) should worry about getting cut off by > Washington? Now, New Mexico has a certain amount of visibility to > Washington, but what about Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky? One might > imagine North Dakota could turn it around with fracking tax revenue. One > can imagine that Greeks probably don’t like being treated like Kentucky. > I’m sure Kentucky is nice, and they wouldn’t like to switch to their own > currency. Or maybe they would! > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and_spending_by_state > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Robert J. > Cordingley > *Sent:* Sunday, July 05, 2015 5:06 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Greek Crisis & Philosophy > > > > As part of my continuing search for understanding how the world works and > the role of philosophy... > > 1st question: It's been pointed out in a recent Washington Post article > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/04/a-hilarious-monty-python-sketch-explains-why-greece-is-in-a-huge-crisis/> > that the fundamental problem in the current Greek crisis was epitomized in > Monty Python's the Philosopher's Football Match (Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philosophers%27_Football_Match> / > Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8>) between Greece and > Germany. Is it true? > > 2nd question, why does it seem that such a sketch works in the UK but > never in the US? > > Robert C > > -- > > Cirrillian Web Development > > Santa Fe, NM > > http://cirrillian.com > > 281-989-6272 (cell) > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > > > -- > > Agrónomo, IT, Candidato a MSc en Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente > +57 3154531383 > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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