dudeone Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Texans petition White House for permission to secede from US Hundreds of thousands of southerners have demanded that Texas and seven other states be allowed to secede from the US following President Barack Obama's re-election. ByRaf Sanchez,Washington 5:59PM GMT 15 Nov 2012 http://www.telegraph...de-from-US.html Petitions on the White House website have reached the 25,000 signature threshold needed to force the Obama administration to issue a formal response. Texas, which was briefly its own nation in the mid-1800s and remains deeply wary of rule from Washington, has over 100,000 signatures calling for it to break away. Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas, was forced to deny that he supported the independence movement, saying he believed "in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it". Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina have also reached the threshold, while petitions calling freedom for the other 43 states are still gaining signatures. Although there is no real chance of secession, the petitions are a sign of the entrenched opposition to Mr Obama. Unionists mounted a counter-offensive on the White House website, asking the President to "deport everyone that signed a petition to withdraw their state from the United States Of America". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Texans petition White House for permission to secede from US Hundreds of thousands of southerners have demanded that Texas and seven other states be allowed to secede from the US following President Barack Obama's re-election. ByRaf Sanchez,Washington 5:59PM GMT 15 Nov 2012 http://www.telegraph...de-from-US.html Petitions on the White House website have reached the 25,000 signature threshold needed to force the Obama administration to issue a formal response. Texas, which was briefly its own nation in the mid-1800s and remains deeply wary of rule from Washington, has over 100,000 signatures calling for it to break away. Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas, was forced to deny that he supported the independence movement, saying he believed "in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it". Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina have also reached the threshold, while petitions calling freedom for the other 43 states are still gaining signatures. Although there is no real chance of secession, the petitions are a sign of the entrenched opposition to Mr Obama. Unionists mounted a counter-offensive on the White House website, asking the President to "deport everyone that signed a petition to withdraw their state from the United States Of America". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Let the civil war begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 No big deal - this has been going on in Canada for like...ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Texas is America's Quebec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Why not just have another civil war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Why not just have another civil war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 because, as big as texas is, they'd lose, so very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Republicans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I signed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 lol America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 The south shall rise again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red&white Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 The amount of people that have signed so far works out to be about 0.4% of the population of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I signed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanHockeyFan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truculence Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 They should just let them go. Imagine the US without any wingnut Republicans. It would be, like, normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 See you around .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I hope some of you guys are kidding in regards to a civil war. This is huge. If they do this, other states might join in. Even if its' 1 or 2 other states, that's still a huge deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 which means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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