Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will be getting a lot of mail from Texas on editoral re: secession request.

[AlinPA]

<clip> "...Jon Carson, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, was gracious enough to dignify the ridiculous Texan petition -- which had 125,746 signatures -- with a reply. He said that secession was not an option under the Constitution.

Big Surprise? Hardly. But many American elsewhere might wish that Texans could leave and be sent off with a big good riddance."

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/editorials/big-mistake-aww-texans-are-told-they-cant-leave-the-union-670750/

[dballance]

1. Idiots in TX

If I'm doing the math correctly roughly 126,000 people want out in a state that has a population of roughly 26,000,000. So 126,000/26,000,000 = .0048 something. Doesn't really seem like they represent the majority. Sorry if I'm not being as precise as one would like. I rounded up but only according to the proper rules of rounding I learned in math class.

[AlinPA]

2. Yep. That's why they will be getting the letters.

[dragonlady]

4. Probably even less than you figure

All those petitions had many signers from out of the state who inflated the numbers everywhere.

[sadbear]

3. I'm sure a lot of those 126,000 signatures came from people outside of Texas

who would like to see Texas secede, too.