Alabama has one of the most successful secession petitions, and
the man who started it goes by the name of Derrick Belcher.
Belcher, 45, is a trucking company manager in Chunchula, and the
Alabama petition has already reached the 25,000 signatures
necessary to illicit a response from the government. So why is
Belcher leading Alabama's charge to break from the United
States? He just wants his topless car wash back.  "I'm working
poor. And I work -– I've never taken a dime from the government.
I'll starve before I take a handout. That's what being a true
American is all about." Belcher blamed the government for
shutting down his former business. Belcher said his Euro Details
car wash, which featured topless women, was successful for a
decade on Halls Mill Road in Mobile. But he said he was arrested
and charged with obscenity by city officials in 2001. "The
government ripped my business away, and now they're choking
America to death with rules and regulations," he said.  How dare
the government deny this man his