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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:48 AM Original message |
Poll question: Who would you prefer to become the 51st state? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Saudi Israelia, of course. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Saudi Israelia de Cuba. n/t |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Who'd want to? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Making Puerto Rico would enfranchise far more citizens |
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Badrock (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah, but PR doesn't want it |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. Iraq already IS our 51st state!! n/t |
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VADem11 (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. DC |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Technically speaking, Congress IS the local law for DC |
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VADem11 (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Technically |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. Whichever one doesn't broadcast those pesky Amber Alerts. |
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BryMan (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Neither |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. shouldn't |
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BryMan (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Sure |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. What about the US Virgin Islands? nt |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. Statehood for Puerto Rico would not require a constitutional amendment |
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VADem11 (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Not necessarily |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. That depends on how Article I, Section 8 is interpreted |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. DC |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. Give PR complete self determination. If they vote to be a state, welcome them |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. Canada. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. After the Castros die.... how about Cuba? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. mississippi is vegas south EOM |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. How about a choice of "None"? n/t |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
17. North Virginia. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. Absorb DC back into MD, merge ND and SD together, and we've got 49 states. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. Every square inch of "Canada" that is south of the southernmost corner of Alaska |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Something like 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 mi of the US border. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. It would be good |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. Denver and Boulder. We'll secede from the rest of CO. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Do we really need a 51st state? |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Neither of those, for damn sure. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Why? |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Yea...Why? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Neither. It would make our flag look funny. n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. there is already a 51 star designed flag, it don't look funny |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Canada. |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
52. We want to make the US the 11th province. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Go for it |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Do we get health care? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #52 |
65. I would like to formally request that you adopt New England. |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Split California |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. How? Build a wall around Orange County? |
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RNdaSilva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
58. Monterrey, Kings, Tulare and Inyo Counties north... |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Wasn't there a movement or proposition or something |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. DC |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think most in DC actually WANT representation and Statehood. nt |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. I voted D.C. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Wikipedia's got a couple... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. see post 39, i actually saw this flag flying in puerto rico EOM |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
54. 51 = 3 x 17 |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oilatopia |
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Release The Hounds (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Upper Peninsula |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. Iraq |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. France |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:11 AM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Yeah, France would NEVER vote for a right-wing fuckup as president! |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Sarkozy is no Bush |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. Can't we just get rid of South Carolina and make DC the 50th? |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. I believe British Columbia will become New Columbia the 51st State. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. That would create undue competition for California's most vaulable cash crop. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. Northern California |
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RNdaSilva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. See 28. and 58. above. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. GERMANY! |
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Karl_Bonner_1982 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. You didn't have an option for "both" |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. They can't both be the 51st state |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
62. Puerto Rico, since it's population is greater than 20+ other states |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
63. Are we still collecting states . . . ??? |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
64. Both! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
66. We need to split into smaller countries, not add territory. |
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