Secession petitions filed in 20 states
 

In the wake of last week's presidential election, thousands of Americans have signed petitions seeking permission for their states to peacefully secede from the United States. The petitions were filed on We the People, a government website.
States with citizens filing include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Oddly, folks from Georgia have filed twice. Even stranger, several of the petitions come from states that went for President Barack Obama.
The petitions are short and to the point. For example, a petition from the Volunteer State reads: "Peacefully grant the State of Tennessee to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government." Of all the petitions, Texas has the most signatures so far, with more than 23,000.
Of course, this is mostly a symbolic gesture. The odds of the American government granting any state permission to go its own way are on par with winning the lottery while getting hit by a meteor while seeing Bigfoot while finding gluten-free pizza that tastes like the real thing.
An article from WKRC quotes a University of Louisville political science professor who explained that these petitions aren't uncommon. Similar petitions were filed following the 2004 and 2008 elections. Still, should the petitions garner 25,000 signatures in a month, they will require an official response from the Obama administration.

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Re: Secession petitions filed in 20 states
 

Keep it simple. Just kick California out and things will eventually return to normal.

:-)

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Ehh, dunno 'bout all that secession stuff. Turned out kinda ugly last time ...

Re: Secession petitions filed in 20 states
 

History says that eventually all great empires will crumble and fall, the Egyptians, Babylonians, Macedonians, Romans, Maya, Inca and so on. I just didn't think it was time for that alleady...

Re: Secession petitions filed in 20 states
 

... well, with everything going on, kinda' makes you want to rethink the whole 'Mayan Calendar' theory, doesn't it? 12/21/12 is right around the corner ... myself?, I'm not making any real concrete plans for the 22nd, :lol:.

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That's when I told the wife I'll clean out the garage ... :)

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Hate to say it, this is turning out pretty ugly too. It may have to get uglier before it gets better.

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I imagine it'll all start kicking in around tax-time and when people start realizing their going to be forced to purchase healthcare through state exchanges wether they like it or not ... among a few other things.