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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:22 PM Original message |
Why isn't Puerto Rico a state? I've always wondered that. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. not enough Republicans, is my guess |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. They voted against it, no? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. they did. And one of the big reasons was the US Navy. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I honestly have not read enough about Puerto Rico, |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. from a PR friend, |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. they've quit using the island for practice |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Because it's a different culture. nt |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. vote |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. They don't want to be a state? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Them peeple luk funny and don't speak English like good Merkins are sposed to. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yeah...it could be that they voted against statehood. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I was refering strictly to the political motivations behind the Congresscretins who would have |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. "Could it be anything else other than racism???" |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. spare me the racism crap |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. +1, n/t |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Do you deny that pukes do not want DC to get a vote because they are scared that |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. i think there are all sorts of reasons that people don't want (and do want) |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Actually, Puerto Ricans are made up of EVERY race there is - |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. They don't look funny to me. They're some of the most beautiful people |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. pr |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. A 3 x 17 matrix of stars not square enough to fit on the flag. |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. ... |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am way under informed on this subject but... |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Yup. Non binding but still. I personally know very few people who voted yes and we vote in huge |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. numbers |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. WTF are you talking about? No shit they won Sherlock. I'm well aware of who won the |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have no idea but I was recently surprised to find |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. I highly doubt that the US government wants to add a 51st state. Plus |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. They simply don't want to be. They've voted over and over again against it |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. People also feel English would become the official language. Even though |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. pr |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Since I was born and raised there your lame attempts to "educate" me are |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I think there are also people with bombs and guns fighting for complete separation as well. n/t |
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Shaffer1907 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. They'd vote Democrat |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Most people in Puerto Rico don't want to be a state |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. zulchzulu |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. No, for the 10th time you are. Whichever party wins the elections has to do with local issues. Not |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. They voted the idea down in 1998 for one. And then, they have a better deal with commonwealth status |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Lucky them. I didn't realize that the PR's voted against statehood, which |
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NM_hemilover (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
69. another fine moment in progress, |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Aren't you smug and superior? Get over yourself. nt |
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NM_hemilover (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Arrogant ? yeah probably |
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nykym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why buy the cow |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. The pro-statehood party is affiliated with the repukes |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That's not exactly correct. Both parties are tight with the Democrats. PNPers behave like |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. He was apparently the exception |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Basically they kiss up to whomever's in power in DC. But the PPD gets along with |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Mostly because they don't want to be |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. "I have my suspicions" |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Mark Penn thought it was a state |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because a 51st star would fuck up the flag. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. LOL, I was thinking the same... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Well that wouldn't be a problem |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Maybe we should combine 2 states into one to make room for PR. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Don't you dare put South Carolina with us in NC. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #44 |
68. We could just give Texas back to Mexico. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Hawaii Five O sounds better |
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GentryDixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Color of their skin? |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. statehood for pr |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. Deleted sub-thread |
left coaster (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. Because they didn't want to be one. nt |
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twilo73 (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. They don't want to |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. They are afraid more people wil move there and they will tip over |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. +1 |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Better off for them not to be. Lower taxes, full US citizenship, major subsidies. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Let's all become like them then! |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. I have a better question. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. brown people again. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. Plenty of racism abounds, even in "liberal" circles |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
66. I think they have not had an advocate |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
67. All states are added in pairs, one democratic and one republican. The reason that D.C., Guam,Puerto |
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