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I'm on the way to the Emergency room to have my toungue sewed back on...I've been biting it for too long.

So I've got to chime in on a couple of things here...

1) The fact that anyone is ATTEMPTING to threaten citizens into NOT signing petitions (as guaranteed by the 1st amendement) is disgusting...and perhaps in and of itself a good reason to sign a petition REGARDLESS of what it is actually asking for (more of a "BRING IT" mindset?).

2) The discussion about whether it's treason or not has an obvious answer. The difference between traitors and founding fathers is success...

3) The fact that all 50 states have petitions going may very well speak of a desire to move back towards a United StateS mindset...which, interestingly enough, is what caused a couple of other revolutions throughout our history...perhaps our great country STILL has citizens with the will and backbone to right herself, without another full revolution.

4) Don't forget that the 1860's is NOT the only time in the history of our nation that we've been on the edges of a revolt. Check your history in the early 1930's...one of the reasons FDR was elected in a landslide, and given so much congressional support for the early era of the New Deal was that the people as a whole were so desparate they would try ANYTHING at all to improve conditions in the middle of a WORLDWIDE depression (sound familliar?) He wasn't elected "First DictatoR" as some have suggested--the legislative body pretty well gave him free reign...

Just a few things to chew on...i have nothing original here--just some observations along with some summaries of what others here have said.