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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:21 PM Nov 2012

Examiner falsly claims that 15 States including Texas have filed a seccession petitions...

Last edited Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:54 PM - Edit history (1)

As 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, 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.

These petitions were filed just days after the 2012 Presidential election.

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



I know this is a RW rag, but still....bwahahahaha!

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Examiner falsly claims that 15 States including Texas have filed a seccession petitions... (Original Post) cynatnite Nov 2012 OP
Oregon LOL bkkyosemite Nov 2012 #1
Yeah, sure, ya betcha! Faux pas Nov 2012 #5
Waht can ya say except good-bye? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #2
They can't have Oregon... liberalmuse Nov 2012 #3
See, we got bat crap crazies in NY too Progressive dog Nov 2012 #4
No. Zero States Have Filed. MineralMan Nov 2012 #6
It is headline manipulation at best. LOL. n/t cynatnite Nov 2012 #10
It takes one silly person to file a petition Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #7
Per the article some states have less than 500 signatures. lpbk2713 Nov 2012 #8
New York?? HappyMe Nov 2012 #9
To date, just 169 signatures KansDem Nov 2012 #14
They'll be up to 100,000..... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #40
BYE BYE GOOD RIDDANCE AND DON'T LET THE ELECTION HIT YA IN THE ARSE!! corneliamcgillicutty Nov 2012 #11
OREGON??????????? Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #12
To date, just 328 signatures. KansDem Nov 2012 #18
I'm seeing all kinds of crazy things this morning. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #13
Colorado's staying as an Union. Panasonic Nov 2012 #15
Actually, NO states have filed petitions to secede RomneyLies Nov 2012 #16
Western North Carolina..... librarylu Nov 2012 #17
Wake County bluemarkers Nov 2012 #28
WTF? A good amount of those states VOTED for Obama. tarheelsunc Nov 2012 #19
I'm surprised Alaska isn't on that list. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #20
Yeah, and where is Alabama and Kansas? cynatnite Nov 2012 #25
Funny that these individuals can’t just renounce their citizenship and move to left is right Nov 2012 #21
Well, lets see if they can get started by burning the flag and pissing on the constitution bhikkhu Nov 2012 #22
hehe demmis19566ie Nov 2012 #23
Well, if Texas succeeds, you can kiss "good-bye" to the tarsands pipeline! KansDem Nov 2012 #24
No such measure has any chance of passing here in Kentucky. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #26
Here are some direct links PatrickS Nov 2012 #27
Please change your silly, false OP headline. Zero States have petitioned this. cali Nov 2012 #29
Done. n/t cynatnite Nov 2012 #35
how many of these states are the ones that get more tax money to their states ejpoeta Nov 2012 #30
Almost all of them.... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #41
NY, NJ and Oregon? brush Nov 2012 #31
Give them Oklahoma and North Texas ....... Botany Nov 2012 #32
no they haven't. SmileyRose Nov 2012 #33
Proof? sellitman Nov 2012 #34
Have the petitioners get it on their State ballots for the 2014... DonViejo Nov 2012 #36
We should start or own petition Liberal1975 Nov 2012 #37
Simple response from Obama should be: "FUCK NO!" HopeHoops Nov 2012 #38
Mississippi? Gawd, that's pathetic. Glorfindel Nov 2012 #39
There is no process by which a state can "petition" to secede onenote Nov 2012 #42
Well, all of them are far short on number of signatures Skidmore Nov 2012 #43
Hahahahahahaha!!! Megahurtz Nov 2012 #44
I read "15 teabagger nut-jobs posted their bigotry to a web page." n/t PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #45
sore losers SpartanDem Nov 2012 #46
While we considered your request we temporarily rock Nov 2012 #47
bump PatrickS Nov 2012 #48

MineralMan

(146,320 posts)
6. No. Zero States Have Filed.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:25 PM
Nov 2012

A few individuals have posted petitions. They have nothing to do with the government of the states they inhabit, except as individual voters. Typical Examiner lies.

lpbk2713

(42,763 posts)
8. Per the article some states have less than 500 signatures.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:27 PM
Nov 2012



These have to be fringe weirdos as opposed to anything on the official level.


HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
9. New York??
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:27 PM
Nov 2012

WTF?! Okay, I live here and haven't heard a peep about this.

The stupid just keeps coming.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
14. To date, just 169 signatures
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:31 PM
Nov 2012
...Oregon, 328; New Jersey, 301 and New York, 169.



But they're expecting more!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
13. I'm seeing all kinds of crazy things this morning.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:31 PM
Nov 2012

My niece's ex-husband just posted that Allen West demanded a recount and he WON. Not according to everything I've been reading. I sent him a link and politely inquired why he could want to support a crazy person. No response yet.

 

Panasonic

(2,921 posts)
15. Colorado's staying as an Union.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:32 PM
Nov 2012

The fundies can go move to Bikini Atoll or Somalia if they want no government interference.

I, as a Coloradan, reject any secession efforts - and laugh at the stupid fucks that are attempting to divide the country.

 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
16. Actually, NO states have filed petitions to secede
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:32 PM
Nov 2012

Several idiots have done so, but not a single state has.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
20. I'm surprised Alaska isn't on that list.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:34 PM
Nov 2012

We've had people demanding secession almost since statehood. We probably wouldn't want to join with those other states though.

left is right

(1,665 posts)
21. Funny that these individuals can’t just renounce their citizenship and move to
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:35 PM
Nov 2012

Somalia by themselves. I don’t know why they have to take the citizens of the whole state(s) with them. I suspect most won’t want to go

bhikkhu

(10,718 posts)
22. Well, lets see if they can get started by burning the flag and pissing on the constitution
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:35 PM
Nov 2012

I'm guessing they'll be surprised themselves what a contemptible and miniscule minority they are.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
24. Well, if Texas succeeds, you can kiss "good-bye" to the tarsands pipeline!
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:38 PM
Nov 2012

Difficult enough getting it through the states let alone three countries!

(And I didn't literally mean "kiss good-bye" because then you'd get that nasty tar-sand oil all over your lips and face! )

TheKentuckian

(25,026 posts)
26. No such measure has any chance of passing here in Kentucky.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:40 PM
Nov 2012

Our Democrats are not much but are good enough not to sign up for this shit.

Wounded Bear

(58,675 posts)
41. Almost all of them....
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:24 PM
Nov 2012

certainly the sounthern ones. Not sure about Texas, though, but Miss, Ala, GA....yeah.

brush

(53,801 posts)
31. NY, NJ and Oregon?
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:43 PM
Nov 2012

Who are they kidding? Some silly winger in one of those states may have circulated a petition among his/her friends but I highly doubt that 99.9% of New Yorkers, New Jerseyites and Oregonians want to secede from the union. This is right wing drivel.

Botany

(70,539 posts)
32. Give them Oklahoma and North Texas .......
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:44 PM
Nov 2012

and a bunch of Mitt Romney's canned goods .... they can take Pat Robertson
and Louie Gohmert too. Allow any women or children to leave this new nation
24/7 and let them live out their lives in the country of Dumb Fuck Is Stan.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
36. Have the petitioners get it on their State ballots for the 2014...
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:55 PM
Nov 2012

election! That election is going to be so much fun, why not add secession to the festivities?

Liberal1975

(87 posts)
37. We should start or own petition
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:56 PM
Nov 2012

Demanding that they do so. Us the remaining citizens will suffer, of course. There will be a severe shortage of white sheets, and it is possible that our culture won't survive the defection of Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams Jr, and Kid Rock. Artists of this stature are not easy to come by, my friends. What will we ever do without Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh elevating our political discourse to levels unseen since the days of Athens, the birthplace of democracy? Who will create jobs for us? Who will uncover the very real things our government hides from us everyday? What really happened in Benghazi, Whitewater the assassination of Foster, who will work tirelessly for the people's right to uncover birth certificates and college transcripts? Who will shine light on blow jobs possibly happening RIGHT NOW in the Whitehouse? It is a dark, dark day my friends. However as weak willed, bleeding heart stoopid liberal morans that we are I fear we must cave in to their righteous virility and wisdom and with a sigh that emanates deep in our souls we must allow our fellow citizens their freedom and bid them a tearful adieu (that is french for "my heart is breaking&quot

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
38. Simple response from Obama should be: "FUCK NO!"
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:19 PM
Nov 2012

What, are they going to send their handful of "militia men" out to take on the US Armed Forces????

Glorfindel

(9,732 posts)
39. Mississippi? Gawd, that's pathetic.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:21 PM
Nov 2012

Mississippi wouldn't last 30 minutes without Federal Government assistance.

onenote

(42,723 posts)
42. There is no process by which a state can "petition" to secede
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:26 PM
Nov 2012

Unilateral efforts to secede are illegal. The Supreme Court has ruled that the United States is "an indestructible union." Remember the Civil War?

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
43. Well, all of them are far short on number of signatures
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:26 PM
Nov 2012

and it is up to the administration to decide whether or not to grant them serious consideration. I don't think a few thousand people in a nation of several hundred million will do more than piss and moan or go back to the millitia days.

Megahurtz

(7,046 posts)
44. Hahahahahahaha!!!
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:28 PM
Nov 2012
They list Oregon, which is a completely Democratic State, Democrats won in all main political offices. Rofl!

rock

(13,218 posts)
47. While we considered your request we temporarily
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 03:46 PM
Nov 2012

suspended your statehood and excluded you from government procedings. During that period we admended the Constitution towit: Only African Americans (at least 25% heritage) can hold the office of President and Vice-President. Now back to your business: petition denied.

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