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Topic: White House responds to secession
petitions, calls for unity instead |
White House responds to secession
petitions, calls for unity instead
The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alexandra Jaffe
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Original Article
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 1/12/2013 1:20:09 PM
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| The White House has responded to a handful of petitions calling for various states to be given the right to secede from the United States, calling for unity and participatory government instead. "In a nation of 300 million people — each with their own set of deeply-held beliefs — democracy can be noisy and controversial. And that´s a good thing. Free and open debate is what makes this country work, and many people around the world risk their lives every day for the liberties we often take for granted," writes Director of the Office of Public Engagement
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Comments:
Uh huh, since 0bama and his out of control regime are such unifiers. s/o There is so much hypocrisy in that response you don´t even know where to start. That jerk is ripping this country apart and it sure isn´t going to improve over the next four years.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
richwill, 1/12/2013 1:30:05 PM (No. 9112813)
I read the lead in and that was enough for me. Hussein is the worst president this nation has ever had. He makes Jimmy Carter look like a prince.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/12/2013 1:30:36 PM (No. 9112814)
Everybody knows these petitions were largely to send a message of dissatisfaction with Obama´s abuse of power and other power grabs.For these idiots to then stand there and call for unity is absurd,when they´re the ones provoking all the disunity.
You can´t read one new site where Obama isn´t planning on going around congress on one issue or another.The government was intentionally split up so a power craving marxist couldn´t declare full authority.
The debt ceiling is about to go to 18+ trillion which means Obama will spend more borrowed money in 6 years than all other presidents before him combined.Even worse is there will be no bang for the buck in any of it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
paulfromTexas, 1/12/2013 1:42:32 PM (No. 9112840)
Talk of unity while subverting it......next time, there will be no petitions, no polite entreaties.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Starlady, 1/12/2013 1:56:08 PM (No. 9112868)
The Director of the Office of Public Engagement? Sounds like something from "1984".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Blackeagle, 1/12/2013 2:01:06 PM (No. 9112877)
So which it they want? Unity or diversity? They are not the same thing.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Refried, 1/12/2013 2:28:33 PM (No. 9112915)
GO GREEN!!!
Recycle Wash. DC
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
M2, 1/12/2013 2:43:36 PM (No. 9112943)
That there are so many States wanting to secede is amazing. At least they recognize what Obama is doing to the USA -- disuniting them.
It´s all on his head. Personally, I´d like to see the secession movement grow. Big.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/12/2013 2:56:15 PM (No. 9112962)
This from the administration that is about to confirm at least 3 anti-Americans to cabinet positions. Lew refuses to work with the Republicans at all, and refuses to do anything to pay down the debt or deficit. He and the others work for Mr.O, not for the American people.
The national givernment no longer represents the American people. How can the most divisive potus in history expect the citizens to work for unity when he does not.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
noproblems, 1/12/2013 4:33:46 PM (No. 9113106)
we need to go back to having the states be the principle tax and spend governmental unit. there is too big a divide in the country and it will continue to grow.
i dont care to live in California, NY and NJ and dont want to spend my tax dollars supporting the way they do things. i am sure they feel the same about states like TX, AZ, Florida etc.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MissMann, 1/12/2013 4:36:58 PM (No. 9113111)
What the heck are we doing, groveling, hat in hand to ask our uberloard 0bama PERMISSION to secede? I´m pretty sure that is not how the founders intended it, regardless of Lincoln´s "folly."
The states joined of free will and are entitled--have always had the RIGHT--to leave.
No one should ever be forced to stay in a relationship, as Jefferson so elegantly declared. We have a divine right to liberty!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
starboard, 1/12/2013 4:42:52 PM (No. 9113116)
For them to address this topic publicly sounds like it´s more than a casual issue. Obama´s moves this week have made me suspicious of what´s happening behind the scenes. His quick plan to end the war and vacate Afghanistan makes one wonder. Also, what was this lifetime protection bill he signed? Now the secession remark...doesn´t sound like a happy White House.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
verdantheart, 1/12/2013 4:46:27 PM (No. 9113123)
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” That is a legal issue. The White House response is a public relations response, and I don´t blame them for trying it. But if people have grievances, they can seek relief under the law, as I read the Constitution.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 1/12/2013 5:12:11 PM (No. 9113157)
Aww But Obe the those millions of independent thinkers are what is called a Republic > A Constitutional Republic is stated in the Constitution and by law as our official form of Government.
In the form of a representative Republic NOT a Democracy.
Take your democracy worded as one unit tuned to obey you and drop it into the nearest trash compactor crawl in with it and close the lid.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
provide, 1/13/2013 9:10:59 AM (No. 9113844)
This is a preemptive "binding up the wounds" Gettysburg Address speech theft.
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