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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 02:52 PM Original message |
A winning strategy?: New states |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. How about Idaho? Wyoming? Alabama? |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nah, let them remain territories. Give Texas back to Mexico |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Mexico doesn't want them. |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bush wants to "liberate" Cuba. The 51st state? |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. but wouldn't communist cubans be more democratic? |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Who knows? Maybe Bush just wants their cigars. |
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StephanieMarie (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. I liked the migration idea better... |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Repugs would not allow that to happen. They would squash... |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why not divide California in half? (for two blue states instead of one) |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ever hear of Jefferson? |
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PDX Bara (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. State of Jefferson |
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PDX Bara (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Like the "State of Jefferson?" |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You're right, its jefferon |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Actually, I hadn't. But I seem to recall someone proposing an "Ecotopia" |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Ecotopia |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. the obvious problem , of course, is that |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Four I think... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. i'll split it with you: five (link) |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 05:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. LOL, that's funny, average our two guesses and we're right on |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. we're better off trying to annex canada |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Yes, United States of North America would be cool |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. The District of Columbia.... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Undecided if the federal district should be a state. Letting one state |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. There's a reason that DC and Puerto Rico don't have representation... |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. How many EV's would Puerto Rico get? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. EV's don't matter, it's the fact that each state gets two senators... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. It would get about eight. |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Mexico |
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Jack Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-04 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. Guam & Northern Mariana Islands |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Not a bad idea |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-04 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. How about Iraq? |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yeah, maybe W is already ahead of us |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-04 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. I was just going to post something similar: Balkanize the blue states |
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