Group Pushes Vermont to Secede From U.S.

"At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the Vermont state Capitol, the black 'U.S. Out of Vt.!' T-shirts are among the hottest sellers.

But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty. They want Vermont to secede from the United States - peacefully, of course.

Disillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, a small cadre of writers and academics is ......"