November
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es-review-by-white-house/> 13, 2012 by Tim Brown
<http://freedomoutpost.com/author/tim/>
Texas Secession Petition Tops Goal - Requires Review By White House
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es-review-by-white-house/> As I reported over the weekend, Texas
<http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/11/petitions-to-white-house-grant-tx-la-peac
eful-withdraw-from-us/> and Louisiana citizens began petitions to the White
House to peacefully withdraw from the United States and then yesterday that
<http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/11/union-dissolving-20-states-now-petitionin
g-for-secession/> number had grown to nearly forty states. As this
happened, the Texas petition topped it's goal of 20,000 signatures.
As of the writing of this article, the
<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-texas-with
draw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/BmdWCP8B>
Texas petition has 70,278 signatures, nearly three times the amount required
to be reviewed by the White House.
According to the White House petition site, once the petition reaches 25,000
signatures within 30 days "White House staff will review it, ensure it's
sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response."
Below is a video that explains how the process is supposed to work:
I admit, I am wary of petitioning the federal government over any of this.
However, I think the number of petitions and the people signing is only an
indication that the "union" is no longer united. This, along with the recent
election, demonstrate that we are a nation divided.
It was at another period in our history where states sought to peacefully
withdraw from the Union, only to be invaded by that very Union. With stakes
as high as they are now, I am not very optimistic that the current state of
things in America will lead to a peaceful agreement between the federal
government and the states.
Let me be clear, these petitions are not put forth by the states officially,
but they are put forth by residents of those states. After all, the people
are the ones who select their representatives and if the people voice their
disapproval of what is taking place at the federal level enough in their own
state, this may gain traction. I suggest not only signing the petition for
your state, but letting your state legislature know and possibly garnering
signatures to provide your state legislature and governor with.
Texas Governor Rick Perry says he will not give credibility to the online
movement. His spokesperson Catherine Frazier said that while Perry "shares
the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government," the
governor "believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done
to change it."
I'm guessing the governor has not heard directly from the 70,000 plus people
who have signed the petition. Perhaps phone calls and such might just let
him know how serious the people of his state actually are.
I leave you with the words of the Founders in the Declaration of
Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-That to secure
these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed,-That whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Clearly they believed in the right of peaceful secession of the states from
the Union.
UPDATE: Louisiana
<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-louisiana-
withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/1wrvtngl>
has also met their goal.
UPDATE 2: Two petitions have been filed at the White House Petitions site
against those petitioning for withdraw. "
<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-w
ithdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL> Deport Everyone That
Signed A Petition To Withdraw Their State From The United States Of America"
and "
<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/strip-citizenship-everyone-who-si
gned-petition-secede-and-exile-them/ZbMjcwPf> Strip the Citizenship from
Everyone who Signed a Petition to Secede and Exile Them."
Sorry to say, there may be a Union, but there is definitely not unity.
UPDATE: Florida has also met their petition goal.
Read more:
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Peoples Republik of Kalifornia
On March 23, 1775, he closed his speech with these famous words...
"Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they
have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of
chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others
may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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