Posted on 03/29/2014 1:46:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Unrest in the nation must be running high if people are looking for ways to pull up stakes and leave the union entirely. Some Texans petitioned the White House to break away in 2012, though not much came of the effort. Possibly my favorite breakaway story was that of the Conch Republic, which seceded from the US in 1982, immediately suing the government for $1B in war damages.
Despite the lack of success on the part of these previous efforts, they all had one thing in common. They weren’t looking to join up with any other nations, but rather to strike out on their own as a new, independent state. But not so the latest effort, reported by our colleagues at Town Hall, where a petition has been submitted to the White House to allow Alaska to secede from the United States and join up with Russia.
Some Alaskans apparently are not opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent annexation of Crimea—in fact, they are hoping to be grabbed up next.
More than 30,000 Alaskans have signed the petition “Alaska back to Russia,” pleading that the White House allow them to secede and join their native land. If the request garners 100,000 signatures by April 20, the White House will make an official response.
I’m not entirely sure how to gauge the heat index for this idea among Alaskans. 30,000 signatures in New York City wouldn’t cover two city blocks, but in Alaska (population less than 3/4 million for the entire state) it starts to sound like an at least marginally beefy number. But are those folks all actually from Alaska? I only ask because I’m not sure how they screen the IP addresses for these things. In any event, perhaps they’d have drawn a bit more support if the originator had employed something that sounded a bit more like… English?
Groups Siberian russians crossed the Isthmus (now the Bering Strait) 16-10 thousand years ago.
Russian began to settle on the Arctic coast, Aleuts inhabited the Aleutian Archipelago.
First visited Alaska August 21, 1732, members of the team boat “St. Gabriel »under the surveyor Gvozdev and assistant navigator I. Fedorov during the expedition Shestakov and DI Pavlutski 1729-1735 years
Vote for secession of Alaska from the United States and joining Russia
On a second read, perhaps it was written by somebody who is a native Russian speaker with English as a second language. Either way, it’s a bit of a puzzler.
I can’t imagine why the rank and file Alaskan would have any interest in changing their status. Dropping out to join another country really only suggests two options. One, as the author offers, leaves you stuck with Vladimir Putin. The other? Canada… and the less said about that the better. The mainland US certainly has no incentive to lose Alaska either. It’s a strategically important location for a variety of reasons, not to mention being a key element in our energy infrastructure. Alaska is a treasure trove of natural wonders and a great tourist destination. On the other side of the balance sheet there is virtually nothing to argue in favor of losing them.
If this petition is coming from nothing more than a general dissatisfaction with either Barack Obama in particular or Washington in general, it’s a drastic overreaction. Obama will be gone soon enough, and if you don’t like the way things are going in DC, elect better people. But stick with the USA, Alaskans. While imperfect, it’s still the best (and pretty much only) game in town.
Hey, I read it on the internet, so it must be true!
They’d do better if they’d just make themselves their own country by seceding.
If Washington says, “You can’t do that,” Alaskans can say, “Come try and stop us.”
Public screwools have spiked any information about Russia and socialism..
Many have no idea what a political latrine Russia is and (always has been).. as well as China...
They only a russian or chinese have to experience freedom is to leave those country’s..
Although America is far better a place to live than Russia, I think Obama and Putin are basically the same person.
There is one major problem with your comment. You said the people of Minnesota were thinking; the problem is they don’t give thought to anything they do and neither do the people of New York.
Believe it....
Lots of Russkies here already, but they left Russia for a reason and none want to go back. They'll say that some things are better there like healthcare and everybody gets a govt sponsored 2 week vacation on a cabin on the blk sea, but economics is light years ahead here. I have one Russian buddy, his wife is a lefty, but my buddy is conservative and they like life in Alaska. Got their citizenship and bought their first house last year, achieving the American DReam he told me. H does think Russian Hockey is still better than USA. Russkies in Alaska are just like all other Americans, and their kids speak English like our kids do, without a Russian Accent.
“You’re darn Putin.
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lol. Nice. And, yes, he would.
If the federal tyranny cannot be reversed, these independence, separatist & secessionist movements are really all that’s left.
Even if this petition is a joke, I doubt ten years ago that anyone in Alaska would have considered signing such a petition as a joke.
If it did happen, then Sarah Palin WOULD be able to see Russia from her house, unless, of course, she’s living in Arizona.
If Obama is President much longer, we’ll ALL see Russia from our house.
Wouldn’t take this all that seriously, pretty sure its an internet joke from 4chan.
I say we start a website and raise enough money to send these assholes to Russia if they are so inclined.
One month in that communist hell hole and they would be begging for their citizenship back.
If Obama is President much longer, we’ll ALL see ______ (fill in the blank with ANY third world country) from our house.
“You don’t HAVE to reside in Alaska to sign the petition. Anyone can sign. I wish California would think about it. I’d sign just to get rid of them.”
But then you’d not have FR on which to bitch about a state that you know little or noting about! And just think, you’d never have had Ronald Reagan for president either. You are probably upset because when we fly back and forth across the country, we use the restroom on the plane when it’s overhead just hoping that the plane doesn’t have a holding tank.
Its a running joke in Russian forums for the past month. Crimea is pronounced “Cream” in Russian, so they call Alaska “Ice-Cream” as in it is next to be liberated.
Not gonna happen...
Alaska will be GIVEN to China for debt forgiveness...
A hole 30,000. Wow what a huge group./s/ Lets round these idiots up an give them free transportation to Russia. See if they like Russia life. And prohibit them from returning.
“Alaska will be GIVEN to China for debt forgiveness...”
China owes us dramatically more than we’ve ever borrowed from them. Start charging them for stolen designs, patents that weren’t respected, etc. etc. Further, take away Western markets to buy what they’re making with cheap labor in a top down totalitarian governed economy, and charge them for their cheating when it comes to fair trade and open markets, and they owe us a ton.
And I suppose there are 30,000 fools in Alaska just like every other state in the Union.
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