Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.

Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.

California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the United States.

Activism has always been the driving force for change.

I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending child labor, women voting, etc.

If we think that we can somehow gain control of the US government, bring it under popular, enlightened progressive control, preserve a habitable climate, and rein in the dangers of nuclear and other warfare, then we should. However, if we think it's more likely that California can achieve those goals by secession, then we should go down that path. There's no question. It's an absolute moral imperative.

I'm not convinced that the people of Arizona as a nation couldn't do better to protect equal rights for all than the people of Arizona as part of the United States, which is actually not helping them much.