Secession petitions filed in 20 states
In the wake of last week&squots 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.
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.
Of course, this is mostly a symbolic gesture. The odds of the American government granting any state permission to go its own way are on par with winning the lottery while getting hit by a meteor while seeing Bigfoot while finding gluten-free pizza that tastes like the real thing.
An article from WKRC quotes a University of Louisville political science professor who explained that these petitions aren&squott uncommon. Similar petitions were filed following the 2004 and 2008 elections. Still, should the petitions garner 25,000 signatures in a month, they will require an official response from the Obama administration.
From the We the People site:
The right to petition your government is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. We the People provides a new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country. We created We the People because we want to hear from you. If a petition gets enough support, White House staff will review it, ensure it&squots sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.
Not everybody who wants to secede is polite enough to write a petition. Peter Morrison, treasurer of the Hardin County (Texas) Republican Party, wrote a post-election newsletter in which he urges the Lone Star State to leave the Union.
"We must contest every single inch of ground and delay the baby-murdering, tax-raising socialists at every opportunity. But in due time, the maggots will have eaten every morsel of flesh off of the rotting corpse of the Republic, and therein lies our opportunity... Why should Vermont and Texas live under the same government? Let each go her own way in peace, sign a free trade agreement among the states and we can avoid this gut-wrenching spectacle every four years."

20個州的分裂請願書
在上週的總統選舉後，成千上萬的美國人簽署了請願書，為他們的國家尋求許可以和平方式脫離美國。我們的人民，政府網站的請願書被提交。
存檔與公民的國家包括阿拉巴馬州，阿肯色州，科羅拉多州，佛羅里達州，佐治亞州，印第安那州，肯塔基州，路易斯安那州，密歇根州，密西西比州，密蘇里州，蒙大拿州，新澤西州，紐約州，北卡羅來納州，北達科他州，俄勒岡州，南卡羅來納州，田納西州和得克薩斯州。奇怪的是，從格魯吉亞人已經申請了兩次。更奇怪的是，幾個請願來了總統奧巴馬的國家。
請願書是短的。例如，志願狀態的請願書，內容如下：&ldquo和平授予田納西州退出美利堅合眾國的，，並創建自己的新政府。&rdquo所有的請願書，得克薩斯州最簽名，到目前為止，超過23,000。
當然，這主要是一個象徵性的姿態。美國政府授予任何權限走自己的路的機率是等同於買彩票中大獎，而越來越受到一顆流星，而在同時發現無麩質的比薩餅，味道有點像真實的東西，看到大腳怪。
文章：從WKRC報價大學的路易斯維爾政治學教授，他解釋說，這些請願的情況並不少見。類似的請願書被提交後，2004年和2008年的選舉。不過，應該爭取25,000簽名的請願書一個月，他們將需要從奧巴馬政府的官方回應。
從我們的人民網站：
貴國政府提出申請的權利是美國憲法第一修正案保障的。我們的人民提供了一個新的方式來上訪奧巴馬政府採取行動在我國面臨的重要問題。我們創建了我們的人民，因為我們希望聽到您的。如果申請得到足夠的支持，白宮工作人員將審查，確保其發送到適當的政策專家，並發出正式的回應。
不是每個人要分裂出去的是禮貌地寫了一份請願書。彼得·莫里森，掌櫃的哈丁縣（德克薩斯州）共和黨，寫了選舉後的新聞稿中，他敦促孤星之州脫離聯邦。
他說：&ldquo我們必須質疑每一寸地面，延緩嬰兒謀殺，提高稅收的社會黨人抓住每一個機會，但在適當的時候，將有蛆吃的每一口肉腐爛的屍體共和國，這其中就有我們的機會，佛蒙特州和得克薩斯州為什麼要生活在同一個政府，讓我們各走自己的路在和平，簽署了自由貿易協定的國家間的，我們能避免這種痛苦的景象，每四年。&ldquo