Puerto Rico to Vote Sunday on Statehood

[Ridgerunner]

Why would Puerto Rico want to join the mess of a country we are right now?

Because it’s a worse one.

I truly hope congress will back away from this, using whatever means it has to do it. Alternatively, perhaps it should be annexed to Massachusetts.

 

[John_Lazarus]

So will Mississippi, which would lose its status as the poorest state.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income

Given its spotty history on wanting to be part of the US, I don’t think their application for statehood would be approved. Statehood is not something you can reverse in the next election. If Ontario wanted to become a state the rest of us would gain more than we would from Puerto Rico.

Hey, hey…mitts off our country, you imperialist, you!

 

[Gertabelle]

Hey, hey…mitts off our country, you imperialist, you!

Annexing Canada…

I think the heads of state from all nations from the North Pole to Panama should unite and create one nation.

Who’s in?



Actually, that idea is a bit too close to creating a 1984 world map. Never mind. :nope:

 

[John_Lazarus]

Annexing Canada…

I think the heads of state from all nations from the North Pole to Panama should unite and create one nation.

Who’s in?

Nope. You can’t have Canada. :nope:

You can keep Justin Bieber, though.

 

[GEddie]

Annexing Canada…

I think the heads of state from all nations from the North Pole to Panama should unite and create one nation.

Who’s in?



Actually, that idea is a bit too close to creating a 1984 world map. Never mind. :nope:

Would that include Greenland? What would the Danes think?

ICXC NIKA

 

[Ridgerunner]

Nope. You can’t have Canada. :nope:

You can keep Justin Bieber, though.

I’m content that Canada remain Canada. After all, they have that strange holiday called “Boxing Day” and say “snew” instead of “snow”.

And they sing “God save the queen” to the tune of “America”. Can’t live with those things.

 

[7_Sorrows]

I’m content that Canada remain Canada. After all, they have that strange holiday called “Boxing Day” and say “snew” instead of “snow”.

And they sing “God save the queen” to the tune of “America”. Can’t live with those things.

 

[Xystus]

Nope. You can’t have Canada. :nope:

You can keep Justin Bieber, though.

I will gladly take Bieber if you take all those annoying people who promise to move to Canada if Person X wins an election then never follows through.

 

[Trader]

Hey, hey…mitts off our country, you imperialist, you!

I apologize for being a “little” provocative there. I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana named for General Anthony Wayne, the victor in the battle of Fallen Timbers of 1794 which repelled the aggression of British Canada in the Northwest Territory. Fort Wayne was founded that same year. Except for a little skirmish during the War of 1812 where the US briefly invaded Canada, we have been remarkably good neighbors, and I hope that continues.

I would offer you Puerto Rico as a peace offering if that was within my power. I understand Canadians would love to have a warm spot to visit during those long winters. Canadian tourism would be a big help to their economy.

 

[GEddie]

I will gladly take Bieber if you take all those annoying people who promise to move to Canada if Person X wins an election then never follows through.

They wouldn’t go so what’s the point?

 

[Sy_Noe]

I’m content that Canada remain Canada. After all, they have that strange holiday called “Boxing Day” and say “snew” instead of “snow”.

And they sing “God save the queen” to the tune of “America”. Can’t live with those things.

I and others could live with universal healthcare however.

 

[Xystus]

They wouldn’t go so what’s the point?

I thought anything involving Justin Beiber would be seen as obviously not something to take seriously. I guess not.

 

[Gertabelle]

Nope. You can’t have Canada. :nope:

You can keep Justin Bieber, though.

:bigyikes:

NOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[Wedge_Antilles]

I wonder how the rest of the country felt about other territories becoming states back in the day.

What was the benefit of adding Alaska as a state?
What was the benefit of Minnesota? Or Washington? Or Arizona?

Remember that US history your long-suffering high school teacher trying to teach you? Puerto Rico is just like other US territories, except that citizens there have never voted to become a US state, unlike the other 50 territories.

My only real concern about have 51 states is it would totally ruin the song “Fifty Nifty United States” that I teach my students.

Couldn’t care less if they vote Republican or Democrat. As for their debt, we didn’t force Arkansas or California out of the US when they were drowning in debt. And like it or not, Puerto Rico is currently a US territory and part of the US.

No offense, but who cares?

It comes down to cost-benefit analysis.

What is the major net gain for the rest of us? What is the cost? Same decisions the government is supposed to make for us every time they do anything, frankly.

 

[Xystus]

Remember that US history your long-suffering high school teacher trying to teach you? Puerto Rico is just like other US territories, except that citizens there have never voted to become a US state, unlike the other 50 territories.

I hope your high school history teacher did not tell you that all 50 states were once territories. The 13 original colonies were never territories. Texas was its own republic before becoming a State. Kentucky was part of Virginia. Maine succeeded from Massachusetts. Vermont was disputed between New Hampshire and New York for a bit. West Virginia broke off from Virginia. I’m not sure if California was considered a territory or not in the very brief post Mexican-American war period before it became a state.

 

[John_Lazarus]

I’m content that Canada remain Canada. After all, they have that strange holiday called “Boxing Day” and say “snew” instead of “snow”.

And they sing “God save the queen” to the tune of “America”. Can’t live with those things.

I can’t believe you sing your national anthem to a British drinking song.

 

[Gertabelle]

I hope your high school history teacher did not tell you that all 50 states were once territories. The 13 original colonies were never territories. Texas was its own republic before becoming a State. Kentucky was part of Virginia. Maine succeeded from Massachusetts. Vermont was disputed between New Hampshire and New York for a bit. West Virginia broke off from Virginia. I’m not sure if California was considered a territory or not in the very brief post Mexican-American war period before it became a state.

Actually, I did know most of that. Amazing the things you can learn from songs for elementary students.

 

[pnewton]

They should get the status they want, but I feel the same way about any state or territory.