Post-election secession pleas hit White House (1 Viewer)

[byebyebye]

What began as a small group of citizens voicing their disappointment with President Barack Obama's victory in last week's presidential election, has turned into a plea from hundreds of thousands of citizens to have their states be granted independence from the federal government.
The White House has now received secession petitions from all 50 states by citizens requesting that the administration "peacefully grant" them the opportunity to form their own sovereign government.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/postele...white-house-20121115-29dzp.html#ixzz2CLCzNFZw

What are your thoughts on this? Any idea on how successful this will be?

 

[soloooooo]

They won't be successful.

 

[halapenyo]

"hundreds of thousands". that wont really mean much in a country with 300+ million people.

 

[Absolutezero]

"hundreds of thousands". that wont really mean much in a country with 300+ million people.

Hundreds of thousands sounds like hyperbole anyway.

 

[SylviaB]

Hundreds of thousands sounds like hyperbole anyway.

texas has 70k alone

 

[Lolsmith]

They won't be successful without any sort of armed conflict

I really hope murika has a civil war over this

 

[Riproot]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

Fuckan 'merica.

 

[alstah]

The South have Ron Paul this time!

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538805_10150900860266067_21992059_n.jpg

 

[kaz1]

We gonna have slave states again.

 

[byebyebye]

They won't be successful without any sort of armed conflict

I really hope murika has a civil war over this

When the next civil war occurs, it will not be regional like the last one. It will be man vs. state. In the instance of Texas, it will be the people vs. the federal government, while in places like Indiana and Kentucky (where the state governments walk hand-in-hand with the feds and will probably back them) it will be the people vs. the state and feds. The general consensus of the US military is that they would not be reliable to the federal government for domestic war. There are too many in active and reserve duty now talking about this possibility. That is why the Federal government has and is training foreign forces for urban combat. They will need the help. They will lose.

We gonna have slave states again.

You do realise that the civil war wasn't over slavery right. Also slaves existed in both the north and the south at the time.

texas has 70k alone

I think it's over 100k now. Only 25k is needed though to warrant a response from Washington

 

[funkshen]

what the fuck are you even talking about

 

[kaz1]

You do realise that the civil war wasn't over slavery right. Also slaves existed in both the north and the south at the time.

wat

 

[funkshen]

wat

the civil war was about preserving the union, but to claim that it wasn't over slavery considering the abolitionist policy of the republicans, and the acquiescence of northern democrats to the republican agenda, to claim that it wasn't 'over slavery' is fucking retarded. just like claiming there's going to be another civil war, or the fact that foreign soldiers are being given "urban combat training" is to fight in coming american civil war.

 

[moll.]

Who is byebyebye? Is it whoever made solo's troll creating another even more ridiculous troll? ~inception~

 

[funkshen]

anyone who names themselves after an 'N Sync song is trouble

 

[Lolsmith]

When the next civil war occurs, it will not be regional like the last one. It will be man vs. state. In the instance of Texas, it will be the people vs. the federal government, while in places like Indiana and Kentucky (where the state governments walk hand-in-hand with the feds and will probably back them) it will be the people vs. the state and feds. The general consensus of the US military is that they would not be reliable to the federal government for domestic war. There are too many in active and reserve duty now talking about this possibility. That is why the Federal government has and is training foreign forces for urban combat. They will need the help. They will lose.

....what

anyone who names themselves after an 'N Sync song is trouble

more so than the person who can point this out???

 

[funkshen]

more so than the person who can point this out???

it's their signature track bro

 

[SylviaB]

 

[Azure]

When the next civil war occurs, it will not be regional like the last one. It will be man vs. state. In the instance of Texas, it will be the people vs. the federal government, while in places like Indiana and Kentucky (where the state governments walk hand-in-hand with the feds and will probably back them) it will be the people vs. the state and feds. The general consensus of the US military is that they would not be reliable to the federal government for domestic war. There are too many in active and reserve duty now talking about this possibility. That is why the Federal government has and is training foreign forces for urban combat. They will need the help. They will lose.



You do realise that the civil war wasn't over slavery right. Also slaves existed in both the north and the south at the time.



I think it's over 100k now. Only 25k is needed though to warrant a response from Washington

Where'd you get this number from?

 

[funkshen]

Where'd you get this number from?

the whitehouse promises to respond to petitions that gather over 25,000 signatures