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lpbk2713

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8. Per the article some states have less than 500 signatures.

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:27 PM

Nov 2012

These have to be fringe weirdos as opposed to anything on the official level.

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Examiner falsly claims that 15 States including Texas have filed a seccession petitions... [View all] cynatnite Nov 2012 OP

Oregon LOL bkkyosemite Nov 2012 #1

Yeah, sure, ya betcha! Faux pas Nov 2012 #5

Waht can ya say except good-bye? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #2

They can't have Oregon... liberalmuse Nov 2012 #3

See, we got bat crap crazies in NY too Progressive dog Nov 2012 #4

No. Zero States Have Filed. MineralMan Nov 2012 #6

It is headline manipulation at best. LOL. n/t cynatnite Nov 2012 #10

It takes one silly person to file a petition Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #7

Per the article some states have less than 500 signatures. lpbk2713 Nov 2012 #8

New York?? HappyMe Nov 2012 #9

To date, just 169 signatures KansDem Nov 2012 #14

They'll be up to 100,000..... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #40

BYE BYE GOOD RIDDANCE AND DON'T LET THE ELECTION HIT YA IN THE ARSE!! corneliamcgillicutty Nov 2012 #11

OREGON??????????? Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #12

To date, just 328 signatures. KansDem Nov 2012 #18

I'm seeing all kinds of crazy things this morning. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #13

Colorado's staying as an Union. Panasonic Nov 2012 #15

Actually, NO states have filed petitions to secede RomneyLies Nov 2012 #16

Western North Carolina..... librarylu Nov 2012 #17

Wake County bluemarkers Nov 2012 #28

WTF? A good amount of those states VOTED for Obama. tarheelsunc Nov 2012 #19

I'm surprised Alaska isn't on that list. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #20

Yeah, and where is Alabama and Kansas? cynatnite Nov 2012 #25

Funny that these individuals can�t just renounce their citizenship and move to left is right Nov 2012 #21

Well, lets see if they can get started by burning the flag and pissing on the constitution bhikkhu Nov 2012 #22

hehe demmis19566ie Nov 2012 #23

Well, if Texas succeeds, you can kiss "good-bye" to the tarsands pipeline! KansDem Nov 2012 #24

No such measure has any chance of passing here in Kentucky. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #26

Here are some direct links PatrickS Nov 2012 #27

Please change your silly, false OP headline. Zero States have petitioned this. cali Nov 2012 #29

Done. n/t cynatnite Nov 2012 #35

how many of these states are the ones that get more tax money to their states ejpoeta Nov 2012 #30

Almost all of them.... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #41

NY, NJ and Oregon? brush Nov 2012 #31

Give them Oklahoma and North Texas ....... Botany Nov 2012 #32

no they haven't. SmileyRose Nov 2012 #33

Proof? sellitman Nov 2012 #34

Have the petitioners get it on their State ballots for the 2014... DonViejo Nov 2012 #36

We should start or own petition Liberal1975 Nov 2012 #37

Simple response from Obama should be: "FUCK NO!" HopeHoops Nov 2012 #38

Mississippi? Gawd, that's pathetic. Glorfindel Nov 2012 #39

There is no process by which a state can "petition" to secede onenote Nov 2012 #42

Well, all of them are far short on number of signatures Skidmore Nov 2012 #43

Hahahahahahaha!!! Megahurtz Nov 2012 #44

I read "15 teabagger nut-jobs posted their bigotry to a web page." n/t PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #45

sore losers SpartanDem Nov 2012 #46

While we considered your request we temporarily rock Nov 2012 #47

bump PatrickS Nov 2012 #48