People of Louisiana petition Exec. Branch to PEACEFULLY leave the Union.

[midnight rambler]

Petition up for only four days, 40% towards the goal of 25,000.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-louisiana-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/1wrvtngl

[palani]

Gunna join Cuba?

[Ares]

Too bad it wasn't the state. Just the people, and it doesn't matter. Fed.gov isn't going to listen or take them seriously. Someone from my state also put a petition up.

It's a non-event. Wake me up when governors are threatening to tell the Fed.gov to take a hike.

[mamboni]

This petition is the product of conventional and parochial thinking. The people do not need the permission of the government to leave it. Each and every person can elect to "secede" from the state by converting all liquid assets into physical silver and gold and limit all transactions to said specie. This collective action would break the banks and thus the state as they are one in the same.

[steel_ag]

Gunna join Cuba?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehUSElG3VeU

[PatColo]

News of Saturday November 10, 2012, 15 States have petitioned the Obama Administration for withdrawal from the United States of America in order to create its own government. States following this action include: Louisiana (http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/topic/louisiana), Texas, Montana, North Dakota, Indiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Colorado, Oregon and New York. These States have requested that the Obama Administration grant a peaceful withdrawal from the United States.

http://www.examiner.com/article/15-states-including-texas-have-filed-a-petition-to-secede-from-the-united-states-1

[midnight rambler]

PR disaster, Texas petition to form govt. independently from the USG hits 25K threshold -

http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/11/the-petition-to-let-texas-secede-from-the-u-s-to-be-reviewed-by-the-white-house/

[Twisted Titan]

This petition is the product of conventional and parochial thinking. The people do not need the permission of the government to leave it. Each and every person can elect to "secede" from the state by converting all liquid assets into physical silver and gold and limit all transactions to said specie. This collective action would break the banks and thus the state as they are one in the same.

Bingo.


This is why gold and silver are constantly vilified because they are the twin hammers that can knocl the legs out from under this corrupt society.

No violence
No marches
No pettitions

Just non participation and a alternative means to hold wealth is all that is required

[midnight rambler]

Up to 31 states now -

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/11/white-house-forced-to-confront-state.html

[iOWNme]

If you were TRULY a free human being, would you be 'asking' or 'petitioning' your Master to 'allow' you to be just a little more 'free'.

The reason this will NEVER work is because these peple arent even free inside their own minds. They actually believe that some criminal strangers a thousand miles away have ANY bearing on them being 'free'.

Americans are slaves not because some evil mean group of people is enslaving them, but because their chains exist between their ears.

[midnight rambler]

This is rich, now there's a new petition up on wh.gov calling for the stripping of U.S. citizenship and exile for anyone who's signed a petition for their state to secede lol -

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/wh-petition-calls-stripping-citizenship-and-exile-anyone-who-signs-petition-secede_663282.html

[JohnQPublic]

This is rich, now there's a new petition up on wh.gov calling for the stripping of U.S. citizenship and exile for anyone who's signed a petition for their state to secede lol -

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/wh-petition-calls-stripping-citizenship-and-exile-anyone-who-signs-petition-secede_663282.html

This calls for a petition to petition that anyone who proposes stripping citizenship for anyone who petitions for state secession (or any other legitimately petitionable topic) be stripped of citizenship!

[JDRock]

somewhere Robt E Lee is saying "I told you so'
I really really REALLY want a " Jefferson Davis is MY president" bumper sticker.

[sunshine05]

Isn't nullification what states should really be pursuing instead of signing a petition for secession?

http://www.libertyclassroom.com/nullification/

[AndreaGail]

in only 5 days, there are already 104,000 people that voluntarily joined the governments list of domestic terrorists (oops I mean politely asked the feds to secede)

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-texas-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/BmdWCP8B

[Horn]

Secession Petitions: Texas Secession; How Many Other States Want To Secede?

The number of states with petitions to secede from the union has reached 47, according to the Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/13/petitions-seeking-white-house-approval-to-secede-now-come-from-47-states/). The only three holdouts are Maine, Vermont, and Washington, all blue states in this year's election.


The secession petitions have been posted on Barack Obama's We the People website (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions/all/0/2/0/), which encourages citizens to let their feelings be heard on various government issues. However, the president was probably not expecting so many Americans who are upset about the most recent election results to take out their anger on this website.


The President has previously promised to review petitions on the site when they reach over 25,000 signatures. Unsurprisingly, Texas' secession petition (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-texas-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/BmdWCP8B) reached that threshold on Monday night and was up to over 69,000 signatures by Tuesday morning.

The Houston Chronicle reports that the Texas secession petition in particular blames the government's lack of spending reform as the reason for the continued economic downturn. The secession petition also argues that American citizens face "blatant abuses of their rights." As examples, they cite the Transportation Security Administration, known for its thorough searches of passengers before they board planes, and the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows possible terror suspects to be detained indefinitely.

However, at least one local politician does not support Texas succession. According to the Dallas Morning News (http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/close-to-17000-have-signed-we-the-people-petition-asking-white-house-to-allow-texas-secession.html/), Governor Rick Perry thinks Texas should stay put.

"Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it," Perry's press secretary said in a statement. "But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government. ... We cannot allow Washington's tax and spend, one-size-fits-all mindset to jeopardize our children's future, undermine our personal liberties and drive our nation down a dangerous path to greater dependence of government."

Meanwhile, a petition requesting Louisiana (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-louisiana-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/1wrvtngl) permission to create its own government also hit the 25,000 signature threshold and sat at over 28,000 signatures by Tuesday morning. Florida (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-florida-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/D87Rv7yJ) is the next most popular with over 21,000 signatures.


Several states also have multiple petitions going, including New York and California, two historically blue states. Pennsylvania, meanwhile, has three separate secession petitions on the website.


It also seems that some conservatives on the We the People site refuse to accept the result of the 2012 election. Over 37,000 people have signed a petition calling for a recount. No word yet on whether President Obama will respond to this movement, either.


Meanwhile, those who prefer to keep the union intact have fired back on the same website. Over 1,700 people have signed a petition (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/strip-citizenship-everyone-who-signed-petition-secede-and-exile-them/ZbMjcwPf) to strip the citizenship of anyone who signed a secession petition. Meanwhile, over 2,100 people have signed a petition (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-withdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL) to deport anyone who wants their state to secede.

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/12719/20121113/secession-petitions-texas-many-states-want-secede.htm