Honestly though, 100,000 signatures out of a state that has 25,700,000 people in it, that's 0.003% of the population.
Louisana, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Tennesse have a combined population of 54,252,834 (2011 approx), and although the article isn't clear about whether it was a combined collection of signatures from all six, or 30,000 each, I think we can easily say that it's a very low percentage, but for those who are still doubtful I will run the math:
Combined:
0.0006% (and I had to work that out on Google calculator because Win7s calculator took one look at it and laughed)
30k signatures each:
0.003%
That's a crazy low number, so honestly, expect this to generate as much concern for the White House as a child throwing a pebble at a tank.
Only in the wet dreams of idiots and radicals would states secede from the US, no matter how loud the crazies are that make it seem like civil war is an inevitable outcome. For every one crazy, there are at least 100,000 normal people who are, if not happy, then not radical about the current situation and are carrying on with their lives.
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