Oh.....Okay.....Um.......are we sure that Hawaii is really a state?

[Keith Bee]

I mean, sure, the "official" history says it joined the Union on Aug.21, 1959, but has anybody actually seen the document admitting this so-called "Hawaii" as a state? And don't try to pass off a copy on us, man! We're onto you, man! WE WANT THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, MAN!!!

[Deep13]

1. How can it be? It's not even in America! nt

[Keith Bee]

2. And four of its six letters are vowels!

That's GOTTA be illegal!

[rug]

32. Don't forget Alabama.

[BlueJazz]

34. Plus, they don't even look like REAL Americians >>

[fishwax]

3. I'm pretty sure that was all arranged by Obama's grandparents b/c they wanted him to be president

just like the birth announcements planted in the Hawaiian press ...

[Keith Bee]

4. And yet, Obama refuses to share this time-travel technology with average Americans

Selfish, just plain selfish.

[MatthewStLouis]

5. I bet it's a Kenyan colony! It would be nice if they would just show us the document....

What are they hiding?!

[Keith Bee]

6. I knew a Kenyan guy in college.....

...and every single time I ran into him, he'd say (with a thick accent) "Hawa yoo dooing?" H-A-W-A are the first four letters in the name of "Hawaii"!

[COLGATE4]

7. Coincidence?? I think not... n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

17. they're hiding all that funny squiggly writing on the documents.

[Keith Bee]

18. How cynful

:P

[Wait Wut]

8. I don't think any island can be a state.

Hawaii is made up of several so we would need to see the documents for each island. They need to be certified by an official from a "real" state (not an island). Alaska doesn't count, either because it's too close to Russia. We should probably discount all the non-colonial territories, as well, just to be sure.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Only Rhode Island

And that one is suspect, too, because it's tiny and has Providence and lots of Teh Gays live there.

[Wait Wut]

10. I don't think RI even qualifies as an island.

It's like floating debris. But...it is closer to real 'merika than Hawaii, so we'll give 'em a pass.

[Keith Bee]

14. Good point: Obama was born on Oahu

Now, when I look at a list of states, I see Ohio, I see Oklahoma, I see Oregon, but there's no frealin' state named Oahu!

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. Original document in my hand and by golly it better have a raised seal.

[eShirl]

12. If Hawaii isn't a state, then neither is Alaska.

heh heh heh

[Keith Bee]

15. Poor Sarah!!!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[RobertSeattle]

13. Yes, we STOLE it fair and square :-)

[Keith Bee]

21. God Bless Umerikuh!

:patriot:

[Keith Bee]

16. HA! Brian Williams just said "GIFT certificate"!!!

He knows!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. Trump Unable To Produce Certificate Proving He's Not A Festering Pile Of Shit .....

http://www.theonion.com/articles/trump-unable-to-produce-certificate-proving-hes-no,20250/

[Keith Bee]

20. The Onion has made more sense over the years than Donnie Dorko ever did

It also smells better.

[ClassWarrior]

22. Hayell yeahhh!! It's the greatest place you can go without a passport!!

NGU.

[Keith Bee]

23. But, but, but the only surfing I do is on the net!

:scared:

[ProudDad]

24. I was there for the announcement party in March of '59...

We got out of school for 2 days and partied, partied, partied...

Of course, we white kids didn't know how much the Hawai'ians got fucked throughout their encounters with the new USAmerican Empire.

[Keith Bee]

25. "partied, partied, partied"

HA! You were drunk! Therefore any testimony you give is useless! :tinfoilhat:

[ProudDad]

26. I was 14 years old so, no, I was not drunk

But we did have a lot of fun shooting off fireworks...

(I'm giving you a civil answer even though your post appeared to be snarky for no reason I can determine)

[Keith Bee]

28. I apologize

In no way did I intend to be snarky: I was just trying to maintain the sarcastic tone of the thread. :pals:

[ProudDad]

29. No problem...

There are so many knee-jerk ProudDad haters out there it's hard to maintain objectivity on this board any more... :hi:

Luckily I don't spend a whole lot of time here any more...

I hang out with people who love me here in Tucson... :rofl:

[slackmaster]

27. It was a state until Oahu capsized because of too many people moving to Honolulu

:grouphug:

[JoePhilly]

30. Can't be ... Hawaii is an ISLAND!!!!

As everyone knows, States have to touch other states, or touch other land masses that touch other states.

Islands can be PART of an existing State, but the Island in question as to be VERY CLOSE to the State that it it part of.

That is why the Florida Keys (islands) are part of Florida, but Puerto Rico is not a state, nor is it part of Florida. It's too far away.

Just like Hawaii.

[Keith Bee]

31. Brilliant!

I'm gonna e-mail my Congressman and demand he start impeachment proceeding immediately!

[dipsydoodle]

33. They've got a really cool Senator there.

Found this by accident this morning :

Mike Gabbard, Hawaii State Senator, plays Guitalele http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-tRac0x8AI&feature=related

[Capt. America]

35. Ohio joined the Union in 1803, but due to a snafu, wasn't officially "voted in" until the 1950s.

So perhaps....Hawaii....

[Keith Bee]

37. OMG, Taft was an illegitimate POTUS!

(There were a couple other Presidents from Ohio, I'm pretty sure, but William Howard is the only one I can recall at the moment.)

[mwooldri]

36. Come to think about it, I want to see the secession document.

Where this "United States of America" came to being.

I want to see the long form of the documents please.

:sarcasm:

[woo me with science]

38. It's too foreign and exotic. Just ask Cokie Roberts.

http://www.hawaiiankingdom.info/C1126750129/E20080811195528/index.html

[Autumn]

39. True story. I was going to New mexico for vacation and

a woman I worked with asked me to bring her back a couple of coins because her son collected foreign coins, I came back, went to work and gave her a quarter a dime and a nickel. She said what's this? And I said currency from New Mexico. New Mexico is a state. She was surprised.

[graywarrior]

40. This will answer some of your questions

a vid called The Other Hawaii. I was stunned watching this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIq8x9vnLf4&feature=related

[treestar]

41. To a group that includes people who insist the income tax is illegal

because of some flaw in processing of the 16th Amendment - don't give them any ideas! They are indefatigable when it comes to looking into every minute detail to find something that was wrong! :rofl:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. On a related note, I was a child when Alaska and Hawaii became states

and I struggled with the question of how Alaska and Hawaii could become states when they weren't attached to the other 48.

Of course, I grew out of that worry, but perhaps some of the right-wingers haven't.