Sour Grapes and the Folly of Secession
Arizona is certainly a trendsetter, unfortunately for all the wrong reasons...
This week, hot on the heels of President Barack Obama's second term the local news reports that over 14,000 Arizona residents have signed a petition to ask "permission" to secede from the union. The petition was started by the mysterious Nicholas M. of Gilbert, Az.
Using the White House's We the People website a petition submitted by our Mr. "M" states...
"The citizens of the great state of Arizona have the right to stand for their principles,” and “That man is granted unalienable rights, which are not the dispensations of the government, but find their beginnings in God and come from God alone. These are the principles that our forefathers stood for, the principles upon which our Constitution is based, and those in which we firmly place our belief and resolve"
I'm not sure which constitution he's talking about.
To hold up the U.S. Constitution won't work since it governs the body you're trying to leave. To hold up a state constitution is folly since the last state to have anything resembling a secession clause was Texas. In fact one of the conditions of statehood is to specifically remove any secession language from the constitution of the prospective state.
Arizona isn't alone in its activism and apparently all 50 states have similar petitions in the wake of the election with some more successful than others. In Texas an equally mysterious character in the person of Micah H. has managed to collect over 100,000 signatures for his Texas secession petition.
Strange how all these mysterious characters are suddenly starting petitions. It's almost as though there was some type of organized effort. Perhaps by a conservative group pre-occupied with politics and hot caffeinated beverages?
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