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November 16, 2012 01:53 am GMT
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Residents of All 50 States Have Filed Secession Petitions
Vermont became the 50th state in which some residents are seeking permission to secede from the union Thursday using the White Houses petition site We the People.
The Vermont petition became visible on the site sometime after 10 a.m. EST. It wasnt actually authored by a Green Mountain State resident but by Arthur G who described his location as New York, N.Y. About 500 people had signed the petition as of 1:30 p.m., only 25 of whom said they were Vermont residents.
The flood of state secession petitions began the day after President Obamas reelection when Michael E. of Slidell, La., asked permission for his state to secede. A few days later, dozens of other sec…
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