Missouri Secession Goes Mainstream

[link to midwestdemocracy.com]

Jason Hancock
The Kansas City Star

Residents in Missouri and nearly two dozen states have filed petitions on a White House website seeking approval for their state to "withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government."

The secession petitions were inspired by President Barack Obama's re-election to a second term.

The petitions appear on a section of the White House website called "We the People" that invites users to submit or sign petitions about policy changes they would like to see. If a petition gets 25,000 signatures within a month the White House staff will "review it, ensure it's sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response."

The Texas petition has reached that goal. In Missouri, only 4,00 people have signed up so far, and many of the signatories aren't from the Show-Me State.