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President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining steam
A petition to "Peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government" recently got the minimum signatures needed (25,000) by December 9th. The 25,000 signatures were gathered in just THREE DAYS.
Now that the petition has gathered the needed signatures, it has now "reached the threshold for comment from the White House." The next closest state with a similar petition is Louisiana - which still needs 5,011 signatures by December 7th. The rest that I could find still need 15,000-20,000 signatures. Link Texas' Petition |
11-12-2012, 06:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: President Mum on Texas Succession Petition
What rights of theirs are being trounced on?
Their right to be ignorant to the world and ban gay marriage which isn't an actual right in the first place? I'm not too sure. |
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Re: President Mum on Texas Succession Petition
lmfao
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Re: President Mum on Texas Succession Petition
wait what
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11-12-2012, 07:01 PM | #5 |
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Oh my god my wording is fucking awful
what I meant is that they don't have the right to ban it, not that gay marriage isn't a right I'm gonna impale my face into a wall now |
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
It would just die as soon as it hits the ballots.
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11-12-2012, 07:47 PM | #9 |
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
hahahahaha! Oh goodness, that gave me such a good laugh.
So basically they'd like to preserve their quality of life and rights. They see the current state of affairs in the US as a threat to that quality of life and their rights. Consequently they are willing to go the extent of withdrawing from the US. Ok Texas, you go ahead and do that. Have your cake and eat it too. Because that always works. And they're right, we no longer operate under the values of the founding fathers. Because many of them were plantation owners who had slaves, and everyone being equal did not include those slaves. If you're going to bring up a founding fathers argument, you have to be more specific and explain just why such things are applicable in modern times. Most of the people signing those petitions probably haven't the slightest clue of the repercussions that seceding would have. I know I don't. Last edited by Ninty64; 11-13-2012 at 09:16 PM.. |
11-12-2012, 07:51 PM | #10 |
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
God damn it Texas, I'm moving to Canada.
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I guess people are scared to view threads under their usernames now.
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
Now are these all states that voted for Texas, or states that want their own country? lol
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
I didn't hear about this shit, and I live here..........
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People being upset because a democrat won. Wah wah wah life isn't fair get over it. Also inb4 fox news lol.
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11-12-2012, 08:34 PM | #17 |
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
Oh no! The guy more than half of the country voted for became president, just like how democracy is supposed to work! It's a tragedy the country can't recover from!!!!!
Honestly, I'm not concerned or even particularly surprised. In the end, these petitions won't even matter; a state would only even try to secede if a majority of the state was for it, and guess what, that's a lot more than 25000. You're just watching a bunch of conspiracy theorists, rabid bigots, and/or trolls at work.
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Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s
Texas, i live in you and am pretty fxcking disappoint.
Wtf man.. wtf
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Too late:
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