States can try (didn't work out real well last time), but DC is nothing more than federal property, and the people who live there, at will tenents. Bummer.
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:39:15 AM UTC-5, Bruce Majors wrote: > WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Peacefully grant the District of > Columbia to withdraw from the United States of America and become > independent > > As the founding fathers of the United States of America made clear in the > Declaration of Independence in 1776: > > "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people > to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and > to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to > which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect > to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes > which impel them to the separation." > > "...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from > the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes > destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or > abolish it, and institute new Government..." > > *Created:* Nov 13, 2012 > *Issues:* Budget and > Taxes<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions/all/0/2/3> > , Civil Rights and > Liberties<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions/all/0/2/4> > , Human Rights <https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions/all/0/2/28> > > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-district-columbia-withdraw-united-states-america-and-become-independent/5JvXNC3h > > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
