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Statehood for Mexico

This thread is full of win.

It's actually an intriguing idea. Short term, the pain would be immense.

However, think of the beaches.
 
Darth Rotor said:
If the United States had wanted that, there was ample opportunity in 1848, and in 1917, to make that choice. The benefits do not outweight the costs.

DR
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1) it would tank the economy
2) every major canadian city is within easy tank range

BLITZ something or other
 
Statehood for Mexico?

As a Mexican I find this a very fine idea. After the 2 countries are joined, we keep our constitution. Very wisely, it includes Article 33. A loose translation is the following: The Executive will have the exclusive faculty to expel inmediately and without a prior trial any Gringo it deems inconvenient. All Gringos will have to leave after we apply Article 33. Perhaps we can let you keep Oklahoma so you can all move there.

QUE VIVA PANCHO VILLA !

http://info4.juridicas.unam.mx/ijure/fed/9/34.htm?s=
 
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Brown said:
Hmm, that's almost as "good" as my idea: abolish the 13th Amendment. That's right, any illegals found in the USA could be sold into slavery. Why, the problem of illegals coming into the country to look for work would vanish overnight!
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The Thirteenth Amendment specifies an exception, which could easily apply here.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.​

It's possible, even likely, that this idea would be held to run afoul of the Eighth Amendment, but it wouldn't violate the Thirteenth Amendment.
 
yomero said:
Statehood for Mexico?

As a Mexican I find this a very fine idea. After the 2 countries are joined, we keep our constitution. Very wisely, it includes Article 33. A loose translation is the following: The Executive will have the exclusive faculty to expel inmediately and without a prior trial any Gringo it deems inconvenient. All Gringos will have to leave after we apply Article 33. Perhaps we can let you keep Oklahoma so you can all move there.

QUE VIVA PANCHO VILLA !

http://info4.juridicas.unam.mx/ijure/fed/9/34.htm?s=
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It doesn't seem to say that, at least based on Google's crude translation into English.

It seems to be about foreigners. Is this not what the word “EXTRANJEROS” means—foreigners?

If we joined the two countries, then “Gringos” would not be foreigners in Mexico, any more than Mexicans would be foreigners in the U.S.
 
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Bob Blaylock said:
It doesn't seem to say that, at least based on Google's crude translation into English.

It seems to be about foreigners. Is this not what the word “EXTRANJEROS” means—foreigners?
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We shouldn't let a little semantic objection get in the way of a good idea.:D

If we joined the two countries, then “Gringos” would not be foreigners in Mexico, any more than Mexicans would be foreigners in the U.S.
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What? Why wouldn't you like moving to Oklahoma?

I realize that I should have put smilies in my previous post. Here they are.:):D;)

Again: QUE VIVA PANCHO VILLA!
 
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If we made Mexico and Canada states, we would have to combine three sets of currency into one. What would we call it, the American, Canadian Dollar and Peso?
 
marksman said:
No offense, DR. I was just being humorous.
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No offense taken, and maybe I should have used a smilie thing. :) This was playful banter, I hope. Non gustibus disputandum
Sadly, until conditions in Mexico improve, i'm afraid i won't be returning to Oaxaca or Veracruz in the near future. The Yucatan is still safe, but they consider themselves Mexicans the way Texans consider themselves Americans: barely, and they've always got an eye out for a better offer.
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Aye.
 
yomero said:
We shouldn't let a little semantic objection get in the way of a good idea.:D



What? Why wouldn't you like moving to Oklahoma?

I realize that I should have put smilies in my previous post. Here they are.:):D;)

Again: QUE VIVA PANCHO VILLA!
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I've been to Oklahoma. That's why...
 
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