Posted on 11/12/2012 5:52:58 AM PST by Sub-Driver
White House website deluged with secession petitions from 20 states
Posted By David Martosko On 11:53 PM 11/11/2012 @ 11:53
How would Old Glory look with 30 stars instead of 50? As far-fetched as it may sound, the White House might soon be forced by its own rules to examine the question.
On Nov.7, the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected, the White House’s website received a petition asking the administration to allow Louisiana to secede.
If 25,000 people sign the petition by Dec. 7, it will “require a response” from the Obama administration, according to published rules of the White House’s online “We the People” program. (RELATED: Website petition to Obama: Please create “Do Not Kill” list)
The Louisiana petition has collected more than 12,300 signatures in four days. A separate effort from Texas has 15,400 supporters.
Similar petitions from 18 other states began arriving Nov. 9, bringing the total — for the moment — to 20.
The White House website publicly displays petitions that have attracted at least 150 signers. (RELATED: Obama petition initiative bashed as unethical campaigning with taxpayer resources)
“Michael E” from the New Orleans suburb of Slidell penned the initial proposal — the website doesn’t provide last names — in which he asked the Obama administration to “[p]eacefully grant the State of Louisiana to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government.”
His entire petition consisted of excerpts from the Declaration of Independence.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Hmm. Where to start. Advocating secession is not something that JimRob has ever done. He's been pretty clear about this since day one. And in fact the FR rules forbid it.
Free Republic does not advocate or condone racism, violence, rebellion, secession, or an overthrow of the government. Free Republic advocates a return to constitutionally limited government, reserving all government powers not expressly delegated by the constitution to the United States to the States respectively, or the people, emphasizing sovereign state governments, local government, self-government and self-rule, while restricting government powers to only those enumerated in the constitution and maximizing individual rights and liberty as originally envisioned and established by our Founding Fathers and secured and defended by the blood of patriots and statesmen for over two hundred years.
On the other hand FR has always encouraged like-minded Conservatives to speak their minds and discuss events in the news. And the topic of secession has been in the news more and more. As the full reality of what having the executive branch dominated by far-left crazies has grown on us all, the discussions have naturally moved into the discussion of secession. It's in the news, so it's fair game.
But I wouldn't say that FR has had a leadership role in promoting secession. And in fact I can remember JimRob banning people who were aggressively promoting such ideas six or seven years ago.
The website DumpDC is probably the leading website advocating secession as a general cure-all for what ails the USA. And there are lots of other ones focusing on the secession of a particular state or region, like Texas or Dixie. Some of these sites are on FR's permanent list of banned sites.
Anyway, that's my view. It's certainly a topic in the news that is discussed here but FR is dedicated to maintaining and perfecting the Republic - the whole Republic, not just parts of it.
I almost want to make this my tag line! It's perfect. I don't know if you intentionally misspelled it, but that makes it even better.
Secede: to withdraw from an organization (as a religious communion or political party or federation).
Succeed: to come next after another in office or position or in possession of an estate; especially : to inherit sovereignty, rank, or title; to follow after another in order; to turn out well; to attain a desired object or end
Yep, any attempt to succeed in this country will be severely punished.
Yep, that includes the definition of bettering yourself and your position in life,
and the definition of passing on something to your heirs.
Any attempt to do either will be put down and thwarted.
“They will never be taken seriously without actions. It’s just a formalized complaint at this point.”
More time required yet.
An interesting point, as detailed in yesterday’s Washington Times, is that an increasing number of state legislatures are now under one-party control (both in blue states and red states). The states are becoming increasingly -divided-.
It’s not 1861 yet. We’re still around 1853 as of now...
What began as a pair of parallel stunts appears to have gathered steam. Other than Louisiana and Texas, states with secession-related petitions pending on the White House website now include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Three states – Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina are each represented by two competing petitions.
Let's just kick the parasites out and let 'em find a new name!
Folks, I think this is agitprop designed to be able to brand the 'red states' as in rebellion as an excuse to permit declaring Martial Law to 'occupy' those same States and suspend the Constitution.
Agents provacateur, anyone?
For any petition to have weight or standing it would have to be signed by people from that state.
Otherwise, we could all get together sign for and have Washington DC, New Jersey, New York, California, (pick a state or other political entity) thrown out....
I think people are forgetting Puerto Rico, voted for statehood. Therefore it goes from 58 stars down to 28.
I think obama plans to replace the star section with his own image. Or a good ole hammer and sickle in the corner. So this whole discussion of stars maybe moot.
For any petition to have weight or standing it would have to be signed by people from that state.
Otherwise, we could all get together sign for and have Washington DC, New Jersey, New York, California, (pick a state or other political entity) thrown out....
Actually the thought that seeing all these petitions was recalling an episode of "The Office" where the main character Michael Scott finds himself in deep financial difficulties due to poor money management (sound familiar?!). Someone mentions the possibility of bankruptcy and in the next scene we see Michael standing in the main office area shouting, "I...Declare...Bankruptcy!" only to have someone gently explain that it doesn't work that way.
I...Declare...Secession!
lol
Yes, as a matter of fact the revolution only started after the King ignored numerous pleas for compromise. Learn history, then post.
I am aware of those pleas for compromise. Those pleas were NOT the colonists asking permission to withdraw from the empire.
Learn what a participant is saying before attempting to “correct” them.
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