Saturday, February 12, 2011  Just Secede Already  If you hate
the other 49 states to the point where you are willing to adopt
your own currency, just leave already and let the rest of us get
on with our lives, South Carolina.   "If folks lose faith in the
dollar, we need to have some kind of backup," Bright told the
Spartanburg Herald-Journal on Friday.  Bright's proposed
legislation states that "many widely recognized experts predict
the inevitable destruction of the Federal Reserve System's
currency through hyperinflation in the foreseeable future; and
... South Carolina can avoid or at least mitigate many of the
economic, social, and political shocks to be expected to arise
from hyperinflation, depression, or other economic calamity
related to the breakdown of the Federal Reserve System only
through the timely adoption of an alternative sound currency
that the state's government and citizens may employ without
delay in the event of the destruction of the Federal Reserve
System's currency. The legislation c