Good point.
Concerning Puerto Rico, I believe in the principle of self determination; with regard to DC I believe in the tenet 'no taxation without representation'.
51st state - Washington DC
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Concerning Puerto Rico, I believe in the principle of self determination; with regard to DC I believe in the tenet 'no taxation without representation'.
Iolo/Penderyn
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Under the TrumpReich Johnson had planned to make the UK the 51st to 54th states, but now you'd better see Puerto Rico right first. 
YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! ONE PARTY RULE FOREVER! Yaaaaaaahoooo! That way the great Republic can be reduced to one party rule forever!!! YAYYYYYY!! Were going to be just like China and North Korea!!! Fantastic! One good thing I guess. We wont have to fight the civil war everyone dreads. Your leaders will have you all lined up and falling into a mass grave ditch in no time just like they did in every other country where this was tried. The shocked look on the useful idiots must have been quite the sight!..." Wait, NOT ME,...I helped bring this about!!....TOUGH SHIT .....BANG,...and it all goes black!"
District of Columbia. If residents want representation, then give DC back to the states the land was taken from. No need to make it the smallest state with TWO Senators. It'd be making a city a state. Just give it back to Maryland.
I believe in self determination: I do not think DC citizens want to be part of Maryland, and I doubt Maryland wants the responsibility of administering DC.
There are more people in DC than in either Wyoming or Vermont.
The constitution does not define requirements for the geographic size of a state. Rhode Island and Akaska illustrate the vast, mind-boggling range in sizes of states.
BTW....They arent going to do that with DC, or make PR a state,... or dismantle the electoral college. Its just red meat for you dumb fucks to placate you for awhile and its also a bargaining chip for the D's to use against the R's to get lesser legislation passed thru. Its what they do,... on both sides.
Nobody gives a fuck. FUCK BIDEN....NOT OUR PRESIDENT. You can give the D's a thousand senators and it STILL wont matter. You cannot govern the ungovernable. We concede nothing,....we give nothing. Build what you want but it will be without us . Good luck trying to walk on one leg....
Looks like your future is in a supermax
Here is a suggestion: why don't Republicans work on appealing to black and Hispanic Americans?
There is no rule written anywhere that says blacks and Hispanics have to be Democrats.
Trump increased both those numbers
Right, it is just plain wrong to oppose self determination for people because you are afraid they will not vote for you.
My suggestion is the John Galt plan. Sit back and allow this all to happen with one party in complete and total control with no way to blame the other party. It ends with people needing some REALLY GOOD running shoes. Or... it ends up with things turning out well and I benefit from it. " that wont happen" .... Either way I win. I come along for the ride and benefit just as much as you do........OR... we are rid ourselves of you fucks forever. Either way....
Let me turn this around on you. If I had said 4 years ago, "trump is not my president, that is going to totally ruin trump", you would rightly point out that both trump would not care, and trump is my president whether I want him or not. Whining like a child gets you nowhere.
I am going to give you some great advice, because I know you will not take it: Figure out what went wrong, and fix it. Republicans have lost this election on almost every level, and if this continues, it will get worse. trump's base is literally dying. Figure out how you can change your strategy to be a winner.
The pretense, Stone, is the laughable defense of American conservatives who want to win the presidency by retaining the Electoral College...rather than by allowing the vote for that office to be made the same way damn near EVERY vote is settled in this world.
Trump won the presidency in 2016 although he got 3,000,000 fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. It was a legitimate win. He won according to the rules in place...he was the legitimate president of the United States for four years.
It was possible he could have won the 2020 election while getting almost 7,000,000 fewer votes than Joe Biden.
Luckily for humanity...that did not happen.
That kind of situation ought not to be able to exist.
But since it does exist...why are you suggesting there is something wrong with people who see its inherent unfairness...and who are attempting to ease that unfairness a tiny bit?
What the hell is wrong with you that you are doing that?
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
I'm against making it a 51st State. It's a fucked idea. If they want Senators and Reps, let them use Maryland's.
The Democrats want to turn it into TWO more Democrat Senators. What they don't realize is that, once a state, the dynamics change. The State would become Republican through gentrification and lobbyists. All the poorer residents will be forced out. Still, it's a stupid idea to make such a small area a state.
I'd rather divide California into Democrat and Republican halves.
RESIST!!!!! FUCK BIDEN...NOT MY PRESIDENT. BTW,....I hope you dont have a 401k...
Joe Biden IS your president...just as Trump, that stupid, classless motherfucker, was mine for the last four years.
TO ALL NON-AMERICANS ON THIS BOARD:
The greatest threat the world faces right now is American conservatism. I know, I know...global warming is a true danger, BUT...it pales in comparison to American conservatism. And American conservatism has a built in advantage...both in the way we choose our president...and in the deliberative body we call...The Senate.
Don't let your guard down.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Wyoming and Vermont will grow. Washington is high density now. Why not just give it back to Maryland?