Puerto Rican Statehood

Dr Adequate said:
In case you hadn't noticed, Luis Fortuno, the non-voting representative from Puerto Rico who's co-sponsoring the bill, is a Republican.

From the OP: "Sponsored by Reps. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., and Luis Fortuno, R-Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 faces tough scrutiny in the Senate."

In case you hadn't noticed, the bill has the support of the Bush administration.

From the OP: "But its backers have President Bush's support and are optimistic that they can prevail, possibly securing a House floor vote as soon as next month."

In case you hadn't noticed, the initiative came from the White House.

From the OP: "The initiative, based on a White House task-force report on Puerto Rico's status issued in late 2005, establishes a two-stage plebiscite process."

Not that you ever let facts get in the way of your hysterical ravings, but I thought I'd point it out.

Oh, and the comparison of taxation to rape? That has all the class of a drunken hobo in a gutter.
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All those facts. They're just so confusing. It is so much easier to just be mad at Democrats. Who wants a beer?
 
Tricky said:
All those facts. They're just so confusing. It is so much easier to just be mad at Democrats. Who wants a beer?
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Me. No Corona, how about a Shiner Bock?

Oh, and can I still be mad at Democrats anyway, whether I was or not in the first place?

DR
 
Tricky said:
If you're bringing the beer, sure! You can even hate Democrats if you do it quietly.
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Does it have to be hate? Can I file a petition for "mild disdain" instead?

Nice discovery in the cooler: Shiner Bock and Shiner Blonde, as well as two Lone Stars long necks.

This is sweetness and light.

DR
 
Darth Rotor said:
I just got a perm, that might make me a nappy headed hobo. Can I come into your gutter, or is this a members only gutter?
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I wouldn't belong to a gutter that wouldn't have a nappy headed hobo as a member.
Does it have to be hate? Can I file a petition for "mild disdain" instead?... DR
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I think that petition may be titled "Democratic Party Membership Form".
 
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I say let's re-organise all our states. Do we really need 50? Or maybe 50, each of about six million?

Rather than dividing along lines based on areas of acquisition, let's cut them up along econimic/sociological/geographical lines. Frinstance: Midwest would be one (or maybe 3-4), Populous New Englnd would be separate from Aggie NE, West California separate from East California, which would be farmland. Then we would have Desertia made of the California desert, Nevada, Arizona and a chunk of Utah. Rocky-ola. Also, Carribia, made of Port'o Rica, Virgin Islands, and whatever else gets annexed. Guam, Mariannas, Samoa, all with Hawaii as Pacifornia. New Jersey would remain, nobody else would want it. No more of these half-assed, semi Americans. No more DC.

No more Indian reservations either. We won all those wars, you are either in or you are out. Or we have another war. Or maybe create a non-contiguous state? New Indiana? No more reservations, but a single voting block? No more BIA...

At the same time, let's cut back on Federal powers and allow these states the autonomy they ought to have. People in different economic/sociological/geographical situations should have different rules. Montana ought to have a higher speed limit than Saipan.
 
I was prating of my policies when drunk on right-wing fallacies:
I find them much more comforting than booze.
Just like every right-wing nutter, I descended to the gutter,
and a pig came up and echoed all my views.
I was talking bilge that's utter, in a peevish angry mutter
'til a lady passing by did chance to say:
"You can spot a right-wing fruitloop by the depths to which the brutes stoop."
Then the pig got up and slowly walked away.
 
MilwaukeeMike said:
Which do you guys think would benefit Puerto Rico in the long run; statehood or independence?

If they became a state would they receive a lot more federal $$$ then they do now?
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I do not much care which, but it needs to be decided now - with the logical results of either decision occuring quickly.
 
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