Doesn't this nonsense happen after every American presidential election? From Yahoo! News: "In the wake of last week's presidential election, thousands of Americans have signed petitions seeking permission for their states to peacefully secede from the United States. The petitions were filed on We the People, a government website. States with citizens filing include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Oddly, folks from Georgia have filed twice. Even stranger, several of
the petitions come from states that went for President Barack Obama."
Apparently the White House officially responds to any petition that gets 25,000 or more signatures within 30 days. Texas and Louisiana are close: "The petitions are short and to the point. For example, a petition from the Volunteer State
reads: 'Peacefully grant the State of Tennessee to withdraw from the
United States of America and create its own NEW government.' Of all the
petitions, Texas has the most signatures so far, with more than 23,000."
UPDATE: Texas has now crossed that 25,000-threshold. How will the White House respond?
Secession Petitions Filed In 20 U.S. States
