USA Africa Dialogue Series - Number Of States Petitioning To Secede Is Now 20

20 states petition to secede after Obama reelection

November 12, 2012

By: Ryan Keller

 

After Louisiana resident Michael E. Slidell posted a petition on the White House's official Web site last week requesting that President Obama allow the state to peacefully secede, petitions from 19 other states have gone up requesting the same thing.

"Although the signing of these petitions are mainly symbolic gestures illustrating America's discontent with the Obama administration's policies, they are quickly gaining signatures and popularity," writes Adam Salazar on Monday.

One of the states posting a petition is Texas, whose writer cites the NDAA and TSA as abuses by the federal government against the American people. The petition states:

The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. 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 (sic) 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.

In order for a petition on the White House's Web site to get a response from the president, it must get 25,000 signatures in 30 days.

Here are the 20 states with the number of signatures as of this writing:

1. Louisiana: 17,184
2. Texas: 29,762
3. Florida: 8,539
4. Alabama: 8,514
5. North Carolina: 7,595
6. Kentucky: 6,039
7. Mississippi: 6,102
8. Indiana: 6,143
9. North Dakota: 4,713
10. Montana: 5,230
11. Colorado: 6,571
12. Oregon: 5,245
13. New Jersey: 4,867
14. New York: 5,731
15. South Carolina: 5,370
16. Arkansas: 4,820
17. Georgia: 6,685
18. Missouri: 4,650
19. Tennessee: 7,433
20. Michigan: 5,696

The issue of states' rights has been gaining attention over the last few years as the American people become more and more frustrated with the arrogance that the politicians in Washington, D.C. show as they continue to erode the rights of the average citizen and wreck the economy.

During last week's election, several states voted to go against federal law. The states of Colorado and Washington passed ballots legalizing marijuana, and several others voted to free themselves of the mandates of Obamacare.

To the federal government, however, the people of the states don't get to decide how their own lives should go; that's up to the overlords in D.C. It's also only a matter of time until critics start accusing these voters and petition signers of wanting to bring back slavery.