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By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo! News
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…
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theconservativehillbilly 
Nov 13, 2012 @ 14:31:16
Voluntarily putting ones name and address on a ‘proposed terrorist list’ and giving it directly to the White House is not the smart thing to do.
There is also a petition which calls for citizenship to be stripped and exile for anyone who signs a petition in favor of a state’s secession. ( http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/wh-petition-calls-stripping-citizenship-and-exile-anyone-who-signs-petition-secede_663282.html ) Given what we know about this administration, and how they put such people as ‘preppers’ on terrorist watch lists, etc… how can giving the White House a list of names/addresses of people who are not supportive of this administrations policies, be a smart move? Also, if a state was to actually succeed, why ask the federal government for permission? I don’t know, I may be completely wrong or have a tin foil hat on LOL
Nov 13, 2012 @ 14:35:02
Nice point about why a state would ask! As for being on a watch list? The only one I am not on is Rolex’s:)
Nov 13, 2012 @ 14:38:58
HAHAHA! I’m not on that list either
But, think of it this way… when one plays chess or any other game of strategy, they don’t tell their opponent what their move is going to be. I don’t know… I just think it is stupid I guess, list or not, what’s the point?
Nov 13, 2012 @ 14:42:27
Heck, I am not even on the Timex list. I would love to see a reality show that gives two groups of folks(think Occupy WS and The Tea Party) 1000 acres and a 100,00 dollars and let them alone for one year.