[sigtau]

http://www.examiner.com/article/citizens-from-20-states-have-filed-to-secede-from-the-united-states

In lieu of Obama's recent re-election, citizens from twenty states (starting with Louisiana, followed shortly thereafter by Texas) have filed petitions on the White House's official web site to secede from the Union.

Here's a link to the White House's official petition hub, where already several of the aforementioned states are garnering attention on the front page.

According to the terms of the White House's petition hub, "To cross the second threshold and require a response [from the White House], a petition must reach 25,000 signatures within 30 days."

My question: What the ****, America?   

EDIT: An update from Gawker:

UPDATE: In just a few short hours, the petition asking the Obama administration to "peacefully grant" Texas secession has gained over 10,000 signatures, surpassing the 25,000 necessary to elicit a response from the government.

Well, ****.

[Dark Hunter]

What...
I...

WHAT?

Ok, the only response any of them will get from the White House is "lol nope", so I don't know why they're bothering.


EDIT: In fact, doesn't such a request have to come from the State's government to be legitimate? AFAIK, this is just people talking.

[Dragon]

Well, that's either be gonna the darkest hour of 21st century, or a barrel of laughs. I hope for the latter. I don't want a second Civil War.

[An4ximandros]

Divided States of America. Reality is unrealistic.

Damn, I know this is really bad but... this is all that comes to mind at the moment.

Republitards are terrible losers.

[headdie]

what happens if a derp protest like this actually succeeds?

[General Battuta]

God almighty stop freaking out, barely anyone has signed these petitions and they will never go anywhere.

[Dragon]

The scary thought is that anyone did sign those petitions, and somebody considered wasting time writing them. Just how stupid people can be (don't answer that)?

[Scotty]

Seriously, guys?  That's aimed at HLP, not the signees, no matter how stupid that may be at the same time.

Private citizens of twenty different states, numbering less than a hundred thousand people, are signing petitions to have the government review their proposal to grant secession to their respective states.

The state governments have **** all to do with this.  Garnering the number of signatures just means that the government has to "officially" laugh it out of the building instead of doing it informally.

[Klaustrophobia]

f a second American Civil War (which would almost inevitably happen if the secessions were to occur),

how in the bloody hell do you arrive at this conclusion?  you know what, don't even answer that.




.... i started to make a larger quote ladder and actually say something about this, but since i know the only response i will get is flames and

Republitards

suffice it to say:

[sigtau]

I suppose my civil war comment was more paranoid than it needed to be.  The point is, if by some crazy, convoluted bull****, these 20 states were granted independence... there would inevitably be war between them or between the non-seceded and the seceded at some point.

[General Battuta]

how, why :|

[deathfun]

They wouldn't be able to sustain themselves as a country if they were to separate. I doubt any of these states are even remotely self sufficient enough

[Dark Hunter]

Private citizens of twenty different states, numbering less than a hundred thousand people, are signing petitions to have the government review their proposal to grant secession to their respective states.

The state governments have **** all to do with this.  Garnering the number of signatures just means that the government has to "officially" laugh it out of the building instead of doing it informally.

Pretty much this.

I'm still shocked that anyone would go so far as to make "official" petitions of this nature. I suppose I shouldn't be, but I am.

[Scotty]

They wouldn't be able to sustain themselves as a country if they were to separate. I doubt any of these states are even remotely self sufficient enough

For the sake of argument: why does this matter?  Lots of countries import significant quantities of necessary goods.

[headdie]

I am guessing the biggest ball ache would be sustaining a currency as there is no pre-existing independent economy to back it up, while the split would shake up the Dollar the fact that there is a pre-existing economy will mitigate the effect compared to the new nation

[Polpolion]

God almighty stop freaking out, barely anyone has signed these petitions and they will never go anywhere.

This. The denizens of HLP of all people should know internet petitions never do anything anyway, otherwise we'd have had FS3 years ago.

[Nuke]

yay!

*gets shotgun and rebel uniform*

[Mikes]

God almighty stop freaking out, barely anyone has signed these petitions and they will never go anywhere.

This. The denizens of HLP of all people should know internet petitions never do anything anyway, otherwise we'd have had FS3 years ago.

Does that mean if this is successful ... there is hope for FS3 !??! :cough cough:

[An4ximandros]

At Klaus: all working as planned!

Also, maybe THIS is what 2012's gonna be all about!?! :Conspiracy Keanu:

[Luis Dias]

LOL DERP.