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In reply to the discussion: Good Lord. Now my state has a ballot to secede that's been approved. [View all]aletier_v
(1,773 posts)1. been around a lot longer than Perry
you think he invented it?
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Good Lord. Now my state has a ballot to secede that's been approved. [View all]
w8liftinglady
Nov 2012
OP
lol...no... but he enjoyed reviewing it when Obama was elected the 1st time
w8liftinglady
Nov 2012
#3
Ah, I remember that in the seventies. Who can forget those Christian bumperstickers about Yankees:
freshwest
Nov 2012
#24
Citizen "petitions" on the WH or any other website carry ZERO legal weight.
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#22
While you're right, I am beginning to worry about stuff starting to carry weight eventually.
JVS
Nov 2012
#37
Do these racist dickweed know that the President hasn't the authority to let them secede?
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2012
#36
I'm in TX and hadn't heard this. What a source of outright SHAME for this state. It was started by a
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#41
Approved for WHAT, exactly? Can we PLEASE remember that TX has >25,000,000 people?
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#46
16 major ports in the US. Exactly. Bringing imports into the US. Exactly.
Horse with no Name
Nov 2012
#67
There's enough racist dirtbags in every state in the union to come up with a petition.
Ganja Ninja
Nov 2012
#70
It's amazing that all you need is 1/10th of 1% of the state population to petition to leave the USA.
Mike Daniels
Nov 2012
#73