Secession/critics (health care, weapon, Clinton, Somali)

[SouthernFreeSpirit]

Originally Posted by SandraMoore66

Laugh all you want but it's now up to 34 states as of an hour ago!!!!

Secession: Texas and 33 other states prepare petitions to secede.

I believe its actually 47 states but they don't show up if they are under 150 signatures...I know Texas and Louisiana are both over 25k so they will at least get a response even though I don't expect this to be taken seriously and that is a very dumb thing to do.

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by SouthernFreeSpirit

In vain no...we had a great nation for almost 100 years but its way past time for the country to separate...

I'll agree with that.

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by pch1013

Oh, really? In what ways are we worse off than in 1775?

Compare the tax rates. The founders started a revolution for far less than we are burdened by now.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

Compare the tax rates. The founders started a revolution for far less than we are burdened by now.

That was taxation without representation. Today we have taxation with representation. (Unless you happen to live in the District of Columbia.)

[Winter_Sucks]

Originally Posted by SouthernFreeSpirit

Doesn't surprise me the intellectual minds like you think that is why this is happening...I am assuming you have no idea Secession movements have been around for a very long time...Vermont,Alaska,just to name 2 states I am familiar with all happened before Obama was president...has nothing to do with the idiot in chief...he just happens to be the president when it happened...

In vain no...we had a great nation for almost 100 years but its way past time for the country to separate...

No one is forcing you to stay.

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by pch1013

That was taxation without representation. Today we have taxation with representation. (Unless you happen to live in the District of Columbia.)

Coming from someone who I'm sure would follow right along like a sheep if his/her "representative" imposed a 100% tax.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

Coming from someone who I'm sure would follow right along like a sheep if his/her "representative" imposed a 100% tax.

Such a representative would quickly lose his or her job, and rightly so.

[SouthernFreeSpirit]

Originally Posted by Winter_Sucks

No one is forcing you to stay.

Actually we shall see if that's true when the white house issues its reply to our petitions...if they say no then indeed we are being forced to stay.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. In a speech at the White House, 1962


They are being given a chance to allow peaceful separation.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by SouthernFreeSpirit

Actually we shall see if that's true when the white house issues its reply to our petitions...if they say no then indeed we are being forced to stay.

Oh, good grief. The whole "petition" thing is just a publicity stunt by the White House, and a way for it to gather email addresses. It has no legal weight whatsoever. Even if some low-level White House drone were to reply, "good for you! Go for it!" it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference.

If you really want to pursue secession, you'll have to invest just a little bit more than simply filling in a web form. Question is, are you really willing to do that?

[FrugalYankee]

Originally Posted by SouthernFreeSpirit

Actually we shall see if that's true when the white house issues its reply to our petitions...if they say no then indeed we are being forced to stay.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. In a speech at the White House, 1962


They are being given a chance to allow peaceful separation.

Oh please. The White House is going to issue a reply to a bunch of whiny-a$$es? Wassamatta, you guys ticked off that he won again and you weren't successful with the birfer nonsense? Really they should change the name of the site to "We the Whiny-A$$es."