Texas Petitions To Secede With Enough Signatures
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In order to weave through many of them while still granting a fair chance for approval, a promise was made on the official webpage that staff would officially review and give a response to any petition with enough support within 30 days, in which “enough support” is equivalent to at least 25,000 signatures.
On Monday, however, not quite a week since the re-election of current President Barack Obama, an official petition was made and sent to the White House’s website asking for the secession of Texas from the union.
(MORE: Petition For Texas To Secede From U.S.)
The petition was first created Friday, Nov. 9th, but currently has over 45,000 signatures and rising. The petition states “The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending,” while arguing that “Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.”
(MORE: States Petition To Secede From Union)
The only requirements for an online petition to be signed are that users need to be registered with the site using valid e-mail addresses and their zip code. While the majority of signatures have come from Texas, a look at the zip codes proved that there are residents of separate states who are also going along with the petition.
From ABCNEWS:
At least 17 other states have similar petitions to the Texas secession request on the We the People forum including New Jersey, New York, Montana, Colorado, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Oregon and Michigan. The closest behind Texas was Louisiana with 15,617 signatures.
(MORE: Will Texas Secede?)
As of Monday night, a counter petition to prevent the secession has also arisen, but has yet to gain the same attention that the first petition has. With the amount of signatures attained, an official response from the Obama administration is possible, but has yet to happen so far.
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Everyone is quick to judge Texas taking a stand for believing in and wanting a change. Someone has to stand up and proclaim our being unhappy and unwilling to allow our government to keep sinking this country further unto debt. You think the cartel will take over Texas if it secedes? What about China taking over the U.S. if we keep spending money that we don't have? First rule of getting out of a hole is to STOP DIGGING.
I think that everyone should ha e to earn their rights and with out serving your country in the armed services you shouldnt be allowed to run for office have kids recive any help of any kind.... as far as the illegal's the newly re-elected president is the one making it possable for them to infest our country.... research you racist jerks! And as the people that has petitions for stripping rights of sovereign citizens i can only reply that every state has the right as the declaration of indepedence ensures that they may succeed... do you have the rights for what you request?
I think that everyone should ha e to earn their rights and with out serving your country in the armed services you shouldnt be allowed to run for office have kids recive any help of any kind.... as far as the illegal's the newly re-elected president is the one making it possable for them to infest our country.... research you racist jerks! And as the people that has petitions for stripping rights of sovereign citizens i can only reply that every state has the right as the declaration of indepedence ensures that they may
Thank God for Thomas Jefferson who wrote:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. (if you don't know what this is, be embarrassed, then go google it)
Some of you who think this succession talk is silly, better pay attention to the amount of civil unrest in this country and start holding our elected officials accountable or we are going to be in trouble. Anyone who voted for Obama voted for a man who has lost his faith in capitalism and the free market. They voted for a man who ran against Bush using his 5 trillion dollar deficit against him - then turned around and raised the deficit more in half the time. We need a balance of Free Market and adequate Rule of Law or our economy is going to collapse. Obama funds his programs out of the pockets of American Texans. We don’t have any more to give. We need to wake up as a nation before our pathetic national leadership inspires another Thomas Jefferson. If you want to know how something like this can happen, read "Defiance" by Tom Ryker - a current top seller. This best selling conspiracy/thriller is so down to earth and close to the truth it will scare you, and you’ll be waiting for it to raise its ugly head on the evening news.
You people are so ignorant because you can't get past race. Why don't you stop to think this isn't about race. He's destroying all American people including the poor so don't think any of you are safe, all because he lured you in with free shit. You allowed a man that you really do not know his background in as president someone that forged birth and school documents. Someone that pretty much watched four good men die knowing they told him over and over again it's not safe in Benghazi, someone that wants to take away our protection, our military and our second amendment. All you that support him truly need to get your heads out of your ass and do some actual research because guess what it won't be the rich that's effected it will be you too. This is a serious thing, this is OUR country and people need to start standing up for it!
You morons this is NOT a racial thing so you really need to stop saying that. Open your eyes and do some research on what you so called president has done, the fraud and corruption, leaving men behind in Benghazi. You Obama lovers have seriously screwed this country on ignorance because you cant get past black and white. Over 20 states trying to secede has never happened, no one thinks it's odd that the states that Obama won, are trying to secede. I'm so sick of blindness and ignorance, this isn't about white, black, democrats, and republucans, thus is much bigger, you let an evil man that uses our flag and consitution as toilet paper daily, someone you really do not know. So thankyou for truly dividing this nation, there's no turning back.
Shut the door behind you, racist morons.
THE UNITED STATE OF IDIOCRACY...let gov bubba realise his dream of the perfect man cave where children's education cuts were made, women's bodies are ruled by men, and F1 & football rules! Do I hear a collective neanderthal grunt out there? I'm packing my bags, losing the accent, and moving to a reality state. Adios!
Please, please, Texas. Go your own way and take the confederate states with you.
If they do it I am moving to Texas because the average voter in America is an idiot. There is no other way to explain the reelection of an absolute failure like Obama