10 States We Won't Miss If They Secede

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Would you notice if these states weren't part of the U.S. anymore?

Some people are so peeved that President Barack Obama has been reelected they don't even want to be a part of this country anymore. No, we didn't say that they want to leave the country, we said they don't want be part of it any longer.

What began as a trickle of a few citizens in a handful of states immediately following Nov. 6's election results has grown to more than 700,000 citizens combined from all 50 states using the White House's "We the People" website to file a petition for their state to secede from the Union. States need a minimum of 25,000 signatures to to be considered for a response from the White House and so far Texas and Louisiana have met the requirements.

With the Civil War of 150 years ago basically settling the matter of whether states may secede, here are some  states we probably wouldn't miss if they were to hit the road.

What state wouldn't you miss if it were to secede? Tell us in the Comments.

[Also Read: Citizens in Dozens of States Seek Secession]

Alabama

What does it mean when an insult like the word "bamma" is derived from the name of your state? The "Heart of Dixie" wears the name with pride as it's made the news for everything from voting not to remove racist language from its state constitution to coming up with an immigration law more racist than Arizona's SB 1070. You didn't think that was possible did you?

Mississippi

This state is always guaranteed to take up some prime real estate on any "worst state in America list." It's been voted both the worst place for women to live and the poorest state in America. On top of that, the recent demonstration at the University of Mississippi after President Obama was re-elected doesn't do much to help its already racist image.

Louisiana

Louisiana, Texas Get Enough Signatures to Request Secession, Get Response from President

Petitions on Whitehouse.gov to secede from the US have gained enough support to warrant a response from the president

As reported yesterday by Loop21 and other outlets, angry and churlish citizens from 21 states, who have no political power whatsoever, filed petitions at WhiteHouse.gov for their states to be granted permission to leave the United States. Petitioners got one month to get a requisite 25,000 signatures for the president to consider the request and respond.

Well, two states have done it. In fact, as of press time today the petition for Texas to leave the union has garnered more than three times the necessary number and is quickly approaching 80,000.

[ALSO READ:Citizens from 21 States File Petitions to Secede from US After Election]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, no stranger to threats to secede from the union, made a statement through his press secretary addressing the petition:

"Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it. But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government. Now more than ever our country needs strong leadership from states like Texas, that are making tough decisions to live within their means, keep taxes low and provide opportunities to job creators so their citizens can provide for their families and prosper. We cannot allow Washington’s tax and spend, one-size-fits-all mindset to jeopardize our children’s future, undermine our personal liberties and drive our nation down a dangerous path to greater dependence of government."

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Louisiana, the first state to file the online petition on the White House's website, has also reached the required number of signatures, currently just over 29,000.

The White House is expected to issue some sort of response, though no one has said what that will be.

“The White House doesn’t get into the substance of the responses before they’re issued," an unnamed White House official told the Dallas Morning News today.

This should be interesting.

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Citizens from 21 States File Petitions to Secede from US After Election

The number of states with thousands of signatures requesting secession is growing by the day

Angry and churlish citizens from 21 states, who have absolutely no political power whatsoever, have filed petitions at We The People on WhiteHouse.gov for their states to be granted permission to leave the union.

So far, the states include Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan, Colorado, New Jersey, Montana, Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New York, Arkansas, and Oregon. (Links to each state show the number of citizens from each state that have requested secession.)

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Petitioners have one month to obtain 25,000 signatures in order for the president to consider the request. Louisiana was first, posting its request on Nov. 7 and was followed by Texas on Nov. 9.

As of press time Monday afternoon, Louisiana had 14,817 signatures; Texas is just about there with 21,869.

[ALSO READ: Texas Gets Enough Secession Votes]

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