Posted on 11/14/2012 8:33:52 AM PST by rightistight
Every single state in the union has created a petition to secede from the United States in the aftermath of President Obama's reelection.
Already, in a mere week, seven states have exceeded 25,000 each, which triggers an automatic review from the White House (or so they've promised). Those states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
At the time of writing, Texas has already garnered an incredible 97,083 signatures. In fact, over a thousand had signed the petition in the time it took to write this article.
Texas's petition reads:
The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.Combined, across the nation the number of signatures has exceeded 675,000 and it rapidly growing.
Those dreaming of a glorious civil war aren’t thinking things through either.
The feds already have a lot of potential hostages overseas in uniform. They can shut down virtually all energy and communications putting the very young, very old and sick in dire danger inside of a few days. Goods will stop moving and only a tiny minority will have food to last more than a few months and certainly won’t have what it takes to march off for an indeterminate length of time to fight an invisible enemy who only needs to outlast them.
Wiser men are looking at the smart methods the marxists used to put themselves in power and learning to defeat them that way. Bill Ayers tried it the violent way and found failure. He went about it by peaceful means and found great success when no one was looking.
Ok you are now on record as saying that you would take up arms against citizens of a state seceding the Union. Such a hero. Fascist.
As has already been pointed out, the Court is wrong on occassion. Roe V Wade, Inter- Inra-State commerce, gun control...
Secession doesn't have to go into kinetic diplomacy territory. That's up to your buddy Barrack.
Look, you are on the side of Obama and the FSA on this one. We get it... No need to belabor he point.
Hell morons like you can’t even admit that Texas has been overrun from the south so don’t expect me to fall down and worship your Texas hardass act.
Nice going Ace.
Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?
You could start by signing the petitions.
Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?
You could start by signing the petitions.
How far do you live from Appomattox? For most Americans, the War of Northern Aggression ended Apr. 9, 1865.
Isn’t it great how Barry has brought this country together?
States suing the Fed over Obamacare. Citizens asking for secession from the Union. Class warfare. Increased race tensions. Well... at least we all get to suffer under higher taxes, enslaving debt, less security, failing schools....
(I say “most Americans” because Texas didn’t surrender until May 13, 1865, and some Americans have never accepted Lee’s surrender no how.)
Cowards is an understatement.
Conservative ya read about here, who are self described conservatives, generally run from liberals and they continue running and then bitch about the liberals in their new states or towns. Many are the first to give up the best, to settle for less. Fighting or taking a stand is completely foreign to many of these people.
Yes, we should not assume privacy.
When I saw that many people march on Washington in 2010, I was heartened. At this point I think law suits and independent investigations paid for by the PACS might be the only way to fight back.
You know what? If a state wants to secede, what do they care what the Supreme Court says? It’s just all a bunch of words by people whose opinion means nothing.
Let those states that wish to leave secede from the United States
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/228/644/059/let-those-states-that-wish-to-leave-seceed-from-the-united-states/
Hell, they should be running for those down ticket offices if they really want to make a difference. Even starting at the school board level. The keyboard commandos think they are doing something by signing an online petition. Quite funny and sad really. Reminds me of people on Facebook thinking they are actually saving children by sharing Kony pictures.
They are. Not something seriously effective, but even an avalanche starts with just a few flakes deciding to shift...
Down ticket offices? Have you tried talking with your State GOP folks? Give it a shot and let me know how entrenched and averse to change your local political structure is.
sarc. I know... Let's do things YOUR way. The way we've ALWAYS done them. Let's NEVER try anything new and always play by the other teams rules...
That'll work out GREAT! /sarc
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