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John Titor's Legacy
Will 2012 Elections be the catalyst of a Civil War in the U.S. that John Titor warned us about?
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 61229" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/secission-petitions-filed-20-states-190210006.html" target="_blank">Secession petitions filed in 20 states</a></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">November 12, 2012 - In the wake of last week's 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.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">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.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">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.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">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.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">An article from WKRC quotes a University of Louisville political science professor who explained that these petitions aren't 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.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">From the We the People site:</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">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's sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 61229, member: 2770"] [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/secission-petitions-filed-20-states-190210006.html']Secession petitions filed in 20 states[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]November 12, 2012 - In the wake of last week's 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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]An article from WKRC quotes a University of Louisville political science professor who explained that these petitions aren't 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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]From the We the People site:[/COLOR][/SIZE] [INDENT=1][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ccffcc]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's sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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