Another Myth Shattered

Everyone knows that only 10 per cent of US citizens have passports, right?

US Passports - More Of These About Than Ever Before

..... Wrong!!

Secession States 'Dis' United States of America

Sometimes you just have to laugh smugly .... I predicted a few weeks ago that many Americans would increasingly consider themselves disenfranchised if the US continued the pattern of the coasts voting Democrat and the central landmass voting Republican. Admittedly New Mexico and Colorado break up the map, but in general this has been the voting pattern for the last three or four elections.

2012 Final US Election Results

Well it appears that more than 100,000 Americans have petitioned the White House to allow their states to secede from the US, after President Barack Obama's re-election. The Whitehouse is forced to answer if any one question gets more than 25,000 supporters (ours is 100,000).