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Some States In The US Plan Secession by vislabraye(m): 12:45am On Nov 13, 2012
I thought it only happened in Nigeria. Was surprised to hear about the plan secession by some States in the US.
I can see China and Russia smiling.

US election: Unhappy Americans ask to secede from US 12 November 2012 Last updated at 21:40 The petitions were filed after President Barack Obama's re-election More than 100,000 Americans have petitioned the White House to allow their states to secede from the US, after President Barack Obama's re-election.The appeals were filed on the White House's We the People website.Most of the 20 states with petitions voted for Republican Mitt Romney.The US constitution contains no clause allowing states to leave the union. By Monday night the White House had not responded.In total, more than 20 petitions have been filed. One for Texas has reached the 25,000-signature threshold at which the White House promises a response.'Blatant abuses'The last time states officially seceded, following the election of Abraham Lincoln, the US Civil War followed.Most of the petitions merely quote the opening line of America's Declaration of Independence from Britain, in which America's founders stated their right to "dissolve the political bands" and form a new nation.Currently, the most popular petition is from Texas, which voted for Mr Romney by some 15 percentage points more than it did for the Democratic incumbent. The text complains of "blatant abuses" of Americans' rights. It cites the Transportation Security Administration, whose staff have been accused of intrusive airport screening of flyers.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20301477
Re: Some States In The US Plan Secession by ektbear: 1:49am On Nov 13, 2012
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Re: Some States In The US Plan Secession by semid4lyfe(m): 1:51am On Nov 13, 2012

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