Florida Threatens To Secede, America Goes Back To Sleep
Yes, Florida is actually trying to split into two, with one half (presumably the one with Disney World) remaining a part of our glorious nation and the other (Universal Studios) sinking into the sea where it belongs.
And readers, I implore you: if you live in Florida, SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. Then move to a less shitty state. I hear Wyomings got room.
Lets face facts. Florida is the wang of the United States for a reason: its a magnet for disease, usually smells bad, and at times (Spring Break, Mardis Gras, any other Girls Gone Wild-related calender event) its filled with wriggling white creatures who are just passing through.
Well, I say enough. Florida, don't let Cuba hit you on the ass on your way out.
And believe me, I dont take hate lightly; until now the only things Ive hated are the chips and salsa at Mexican restaurants in Europe, dogs who act like they want it and then are all yip yip yip when its time to get down to business, and Judd Apatow (Grr! I hate him so much! Grr!). So when I say I hate Florida, I say it as someone whos never gone near the hellhole and never will.
But Michael, you ask in your effeminate voices, why so angry?
Shut up, I answer, and then I ride away on my Harley.
But okay, just to humor you.
First off, if the liberal media I subscribe to is to be believed, you fuckers and your goddamned butterfly ballots stuck us with an idiot President and an expensive, highly fatal war in the Middle East, rather than just a boring, inoffensive President who invented the Internet. By my calculations, that means you owe us 500 billion dollars (and counting), the execution of Jeb Bush, and a public apology.
Secondly, they want to teach their ugly, incestuous kids Intelligent Design. Intelligent Design is about as intelligent as the people in Florida, which is to say not very. Until religion can do any of the following things:
Then it has no right being taught as science or, for that matter, even being presented to our children. Yes, thats right; I am firmly against children even being exposed to religion at school.
Middle School is a place to lose all faith in a higher loving power, and taking that experience away from our young people is just plain unfair. If I had to go through it, so should they.
Religion and school are like milk and gin; you can mix them if you want, but youre just going to end up with a terrible taste in your mouth and a clogged kitchen sink. Alright, maybe that's not exactly what it's like, but I didn't want to use a metaphor that would shoot over the heads of the mongoloid Floridian "readers."
Bottom line: Get the hell out, God. And if you've got a problem with that little scenario, I'll be waiting. You know where to find me (I presume).
Lastly, I was never that close to my Grandparents, and old people make me uneasy. What do they know that I dont?
So do your duty, Americans (while you still are ones) and vote for Floridian secession.
Its the right thing to do, and if youre stupid enough to follow the advice of a Cracked blogger, you deserve no better.
When not blogging for Cracked, Michael makes enemies states at a time as head writer and co-founder of Those Aren't Muskets!









I thought Cracked writers were supposed to be at least mildly intelligent. You, my friend, are a complete idiot. Southern Florida is filled with large number of wealthy and educated northerners. The top north points are where you start to get "south" with the generally associated religious, bigoted views but we don't usually associate with them. To compare all of Florida with the deep south is extremely absurd. Some of the richest people in the world live in Florida. Ever hear of the Hamptons or Boca Raton? And to the contrary, there are TONS of teenagers and college students in Florida. It's not just old people, they just occupy larger areas like Miami and Boca for retirement. Florida actually has a comparatively high number of atheists and agnostics compared to the majority of southern states. So no, the vast majority of Florida is not filled with inbred, backwater hicks. But I'm sure you, Michael Swaim, are just upset with your Mother-Sister. I actually like some of your other articles. I see you must have gotten A LOT better over time considering how long ago this was written.
ReplyJesus, get the stick out of your ass. Jokes! Ever heard of them? They make you laugh and often rely on exaggerated stereotypes! Apparently you're so f*****g high brow, laughing at your state would make your brain bleed spegghetios, which you would be unable to identify because you have someone who shops for you and they only buy organic. Loosen the f**k up.
You haters are just mad because the shitholes you are from dont have beaches and spring break fuckfests.
Replyhey I'm from Florida, so screw you
Replyi go to a catholic school. i don't believe in god. but my religion classes are so slack. you write what they want to hear, and it's an easy way to boost your average.
Replyintelligent design is not science. science is science. its a way of testing theory based on evidence. intelligent design has no evidence, it is not a theory. weather it is true or not is a argument in which you are vs science, it is simply not science, but religion. teach it in religion, but leave it away from science. if u really must steal the respect of another dicipline, maybe that says something about yourself
ReplyAny school that tries to teach "intelligent design" should be closed down, forever. IT'S NOT SCIENCE. AND NOT EVERYONE'S A GODDAMN CHRISTIAN AND MOST CHRISTIANS DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN CREATIONISM.
ReplyFlorida could never secede for the mere fact that the US government gives it so much money every year when a hurricane comes along and destroys most of it. They have no income tax but they do have sales tax. If they ever were to secede they would need to start collecting income tax to pay for police, fire departments, road repair, etc. Most of the citizens of FL are older and live there because its warm and no income tax. People are now leaving places like Miami because they are upping their property tax. The USA would not buy anything from FL (we can get our oranges somewhere else) and FL would have no money coming into it. FL wouldn't survive one year on its own.
ReplyI lived in Florida for 4 miserable years. Really it was my mistake for going there in the first place. After about a month I realized my mistake but it took another 3 years and 11 months to dig my way out. I finally made it back to AZ and couldn't be happier! I'm pretty sure Florida is a science experiment gone wrong! Even my friends who live there agree!!
Reply@julian, shut up. your name is gay.
ReplyWow, really. I live in Florida and I love it here. This guy really has some problems he needs to go see a shrik about. How did we go from "I hate Florida" to "I hate God". Someone has some past issues they need to address. "Middle School is a place where you lose faith....", that line alone leads me to believe the author must have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder as something very bad must have happened there.
ReplyHe is mearly bashing the supreme Idiocy of Florida's Government and a large number of its denizens. If you are on the internet that basically rules out most of the old people. So, with that demographic gone that leaves maybye 10 to 20 people. If you have actually read the article that means you are literate. which makes you one of perhaps five of the 20 we had left. Congratulations to swaim getting the entire literate demographic of florida up in arms. And the bit with religion is part of the argument that begain with our founding fathers; Should Government and religion be seperate? Unlike are founding fathers who all decided that government and religion should be seperated, our current populace [in the south] can't quite make the logical connection. Because, lets be honest here, Religion and stupidity commonly go hand in hand. (See: Crusades, Jihads, Genocide, Scientology, Inqusitions, Witch Hunts, The list go's on...) In any case I would miss universal, but its a small price to pay for Freedom (from all that bullshit).
ReplySwaim you have hurt me deeply I love god so much. Now we must part.
Replyreally? Why do religious people freak out when anyone makes a joke about religion? It's like if everyone doesnt bow to their god and their customs, they're bad people. You cant have religion and rationality in the same place
The religion bashing was the best part of it all.
ReplySwaim, you're pretty funny, but don't you think making the bashing of religion half of your reasoning for castrating Florida was a dick move?
ReplyJust lost respect for you Swaim. Screw Florida, but there was no place in this article for blantant religion bashing. Asshole.
ReplyI'm Floridian, bite me
ReplyWe'll all move to hell. At least it's a dry heat. And it probably has better real estate.
Replyyeah, we need to castrate the united states. to be fair, as someone living in FL, we here know that the people voted Gore in 2000, so it's hard to blame the voters.
ReplyAnd religion can't warn us of the goddamn hurricanes that just love to hit this shitty state.
Living in Florida is roughly akin to being raped with a power drill day in and day out.
ReplyFor the love of (the nonexistent) god, help me.
That article about I.D. in Florida makes me ashamed to have been born in Polk County. Good thing I hauled ass out of there.
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