Alaska Would Rather Have Putin for a Leader than Obama

A little bit of Russia in Alaska: A Russian Orthodox Church in the village of Tatitlik.

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March 29, 2014,
By Elizabeth Nelson:

Just as Crimea "chose" to succeed and return to "Mother land" Russia, guess who wants to leave home, and Obama, and follow Crimea's example? Alaska has started a petition to secede from the union and return to their home Country of Russia, and if they hit 100,000 signatures by April 20th, Obama has to acknowledge yet another "futile" succession petition. 

While President Barack Obama is in Brussels for talks with E.U. and NATO leadership over what to do about Russia, Crimea may have a new secession partner in Alaska, according to a growing White House Petition.

Over 25,000 people have already signed the “Alaska Back to Russia” petition, an official White House petition that demands Alaska’s formal secession from the U.S. and absorption into the Russian state.

An anonymous Anchorage resident, known by the initials S.V., created the petition on Friday.

The “Alaska Back to Russia” petition appeals to the region’s historical roots when Siberian Russians originally migrated across the Bering Straits “16-10 thousand years ago.”, according to the official petition form/page...Continue reading...