# People in 20 states file petitions to secede **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 13, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879 "2012-11-13T13:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/21 "2012-11-13T16:07:13Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Petition to deport said people has been signed (by me). I strongly encourage others to do the same. It would be awesome if it got more signatures than the 20 secessionist ones. signed it as well! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/22 "2012-11-13T16:56:31Z")
I say we let all the landlocked states interested in secession to secede and then deny them access to sea routes. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/23 "2012-11-13T17:02:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I say we let all the landlocked states interested in secession to secede and then deny them access to sea routes. Pretty good deal for them. We on the coasts would still have to trade with them (in overseas imports and exports, as well as the respective domestic products), but the costs of the Navy would be all on us. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/24 "2012-11-13T17:14:31Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I say we let all the landlocked states interested in secession to secede and then deny them access to sea routes. They’d make all their money on toll roads. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/25 "2012-11-13T17:17:31Z")
The Queen has said she’s willing to take Oregon off your hands, but won’t go anywhere near Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/26 "2012-11-13T17:33:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I say we let all the landlocked states interested in secession to secede and then deny them access to sea routes. What will you eat? ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/27 "2012-11-13T17:49:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What will you eat? We’ll buy food from third world countries like Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/28 "2012-11-13T17:58:59Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > [https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-withdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL](https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-withdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL) > > I am SO going to sign this thing. > > That’s a petition to deport everyone who signed the petitions to withdraw from the US. Signed! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/29 "2012-11-13T18:03:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What will you eat? Since Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio are not going anywhere, we all will continue to eat the vast amounts of grain grown in these farm belt states. We’ll also have all the veggies, nuts, wine and good weed from California, the cherries from Washington and Michigan, the maple syrup from Vermont, etc. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/30 "2012-11-13T18:08:02Z")
> [@Dumbguy](#): > > We’ll buy food from third world countries like Arkansas. My point exactly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/31 "2012-11-13T18:32:47Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > [https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-withdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL](https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-withdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL) > > I am SO going to sign this thing. > > That’s a petition to deport everyone who signed the petitions to withdraw from the US. A thousand people signed it in the last hour. I don’t think there will be any problem getting 25,000. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/32 "2012-11-13T18:37:10Z")
Gawd, how I want to forward the link for the deportation petition to my co-workers (who were all in a froth about seceding yesterday). ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/33 "2012-11-13T19:45:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What will you eat? You realize that California is the largest Ag state in the country, right? ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/34 "2012-11-13T19:47:26Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I say we accept the application of Texas. You know, just to see what happens. Like an experiment. I’m from NY, where can I sign to help rid the country of Texas? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/35 "2012-11-13T19:49:07Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > You realize that California is the largest Ag state in the country, right? Do you realize California imports water? Without that, let’s see how their agriculture grows. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/36 "2012-11-13T19:51:44Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > You realize that California is the largest Ag state in the country, right? There’s also craploads of agriculture in Florida, Illinois, and Iowa. Together with some agriculture in most of the other blue states, they wouldn’t have a problem feeding themselves, if not necessarily have enough for export. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/37 "2012-11-13T19:52:40Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > A Small Number Of Whiny Little Bitches In 20 States File Petitions That Will Go Nowhere. Indeed. Why on earth is this a surprise to anyone? As I told a friend on Facebook (who was upset at the ~750 people from NC who had signed the petition), if you make the incredibly optimistic assumption that 99.9% of people aren’t insane jerks, that still leaves somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 insane jerks in North Carolina, of whom less than 8% have chosen to sign the petition. Where’s the news here? Horrible stupid jerks do stupid jerky things, film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![Shoujin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoujin/32/3884_2.png) [@Shoujin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoujin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/38 "2012-11-13T20:01:20Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I say we let all the landlocked states interested in secession to secede and then deny them access to sea routes. They’ll just become mole people, and I for one don’t want them burrowing under my domicle just to get to coastal waters. NIMBY ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/39 "2012-11-13T20:11:14Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > The Queen has said she’s willing to take Oregon off your hands, but won’t go anywhere near Alabama. Likes the medical marijuana, does she? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879/40 "2012-11-13T20:38:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Likes the medical marijuana, does she? Don’t tell me she’s giving up on opium! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-20-states-file-petitions-to-secede/640879.md?page=3)