m**c
发帖数: 7299 | 1 Alabama is one of 20 states - and counting - where residents have petitioned
the White House in the days after the Nov. 6 presidential election, seeking
to withdraw from the United States and create their own governments.
The informal petitions are created by citizens on the White House web site
under a "We the People" program created by the Obama administration.
President Barack Obama was re-elected Tuesday, defeating a challenge from
Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
The Alabama petition was filed Friday by Derrick B. (no last name given) of
Mobile. It was the third petition filed overall, following an initial
petition filed Wednesday, the day after the election, on behalf of Louisiana
. The second petition was filed Friday on behalf of Texas.
"We petition the Obama Administration to peacefully grant the State of
Alabama to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own new
government," the petition reads.
The Alabama petition had received 4,426 signatures as of Monday morning.
Other states making similar requests include Arkansas, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina and
Tennessee.
The "We the People" program allows anyone 13 or older to create or sign an
online petition seeking federal government action on a range of issues,
according to WhiteHouse.gov. Then it’s up to the petition creator and
signers to build support for the petition by gathering more signatures.
The White House requires a minimum of 150 signatures for a petition to be
visible on the web site, and at least 25,000 signatures within a month of
its filing date before it will be reviewed by the administration. Petitions
that don't meet that threshold are removed from the site.
"If a petition gathers enough signatures, it will be reviewed by White House
staff and receive an official response," reads a statement on the web site.
"We the People helps the White House understand the views of the American
people and have a focused and civil conversation with them."
In making the argument for secession, the Alabama petition - like many of
the others - draws on a quote attributed to the Declaration of Independence:
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to
assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to
which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect
to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation.
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive."
Updated at 6:39 a.m. Monday to clarify the headline. | m*****t
发帖数: 2800 | | m**c
发帖数: 7299 | 3 20 states are petitioning to withdraw from the united states. If the
petition gets 25,000 signatures, the obama administration will adress it.
Some of the states included are kentucky, georgia, louisiana, and texas.
Texas already has well over 30,000 signatures. | m**c
发帖数: 7299 | 4 TEXAS —
Soon after President Barack Obama's re-election last week, the White House
has received petitions asking his administration to allow individual states
to secede peacefully from the United States of America.
Texas among other state as of 4 p.m. Monday is leading with 31,975
signatures in support. | y******i
发帖数: 558 | 5 从联邦政府拿钱最多的就是红脖州，也就TEXAS 经济好点。
【在 m*****t 的大作中提到】
: 独立了就不用交联邦税了。
| y******i
发帖数: 558 | 6 wa... Florida... 如果Florida 独立，联邦最大头的开支Medicare 能减少30%。
【在 y******i 的大作中提到】
: 从联邦政府拿钱最多的就是红脖州，也就TEXAS 经济好点。
| s*******d
发帖数: 3991 | 7 这些petition没有一个是州政府/议会提出的，
petitioned
seeking
of
Louisiana
【在 m**c 的大作中提到】
: Alabama is one of 20 states - and counting - where residents have petitioned
: the White House in the days after the Nov. 6 presidential election, seeking
: to withdraw from the United States and create their own governments.
: The informal petitions are created by citizens on the White House web site
: under a "We the People" program created by the Obama administration.
: President Barack Obama was re-elected Tuesday, defeating a challenge from
: Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
: The Alabama petition was filed Friday by Derrick B. (no last name given) of
: Mobile. It was the third petition filed overall, following an initial
: petition filed Wednesday, the day after the election, on behalf of Louisiana
| y******i
发帖数: 558 | 8 我相信RICK PERRY 的心里动了那么一下。但是想想德州的军工，发现还是不合算。
【在 s*******d 的大作中提到】
: 这些petition没有一个是州政府/议会提出的，
:
: petitioned
: seeking
: of
: Louisiana
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