A Mobile, AL resident has posted a petition at WhiteHouse.gov that asks for a minimum of 25,000 signatures to an Alabama secession petition. No... slap yourself: it really is 2012, not 1860. There's a big difference between the two secession movements: in 2012, a majority of signers are from other states. That's right campers. The rest of the country is encouraging us to leave the Union.