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This starts off with a little truth, and then takes a lot of liberties. So no hate mails please it just a little fun with statehood.

The 51st state will probably be the District of Columbia. They are on their way to the Supreme Court with the issue of representation, or lack there of. Now it is probably a given that they will win. And it is a given that the majority of Maryland counties will not vote for the city to become part of Maryland again. We already have an urban challenged city to support. Virginia wouldn’t touch it with a stick. And the powers that be have no intention giving two senators to so few people. So, DC needs to come in with another territory or protectorate. Puerto Rico already said hell no to that. And the US Virgin Islands are not interested. So whom does DC bring in with them? Perhaps Israel? Israel would be cheaper to keep as a state. They already have lots of representation in both houses. It would give the US a base of power in the region. Wouldn’t have to worry about all of the illegal cash transfers anymore. And it wouldn’t cost them much to change their name; they are already the “State of Israel”. Also, it would allow them to thumb their noses at the rest of the Arab world. Not to mention the debts to the US that would be forgiven, never knew those guys to pass up on that kind of a deal. Then after they were in, we could pull off a few Texacan switch-a-roo’s and bring a few oil rich Arab states into the Union. Then when the rest of the world sees the advantages of being a state, some of our Asian friends will apply, then Cuba will prolly want in after Castro is gone, before long there will be a shortage of stars for the flag. But we’ll keep the state quarter people busy

[ July 19, 2003, 22:24: Message edited by: Thermodyne ]

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Whatever happens, there will be a 51st state (and possibly 52nd, etc.) within the next 10-20 years.

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And after what thermo described happens, the United States of America will formally change its name as the Earth Alliance and create a massive structure called the Earthdome in Geneva... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Edit: Minor grammatical errors

[ July 19, 2003, 23:02: Message edited by: TerranC ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The way things work on the hill; it will be built in Arkansas or West Virginia.

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Heh... I've just read Thermo's post and I can imagine a map of the world, with every single landmass painted in the stars and stripes... except for the UK, with the same bunch of flag-waving old imperials that currently keep us out of Europe keeping us out of the USE (US of Earth).

Oh, and probably France as well.

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You all do realize that the USA has no interest in taking any of you in as new states don't you? We want to sell you our goods and services, exploit your natural resources, send our coporations over to set up sweat shops, and finance it all by loaning you back your own money at interest. All the while we will be secretly replacing your own indiginous culture with our special blend of freeze-dried pop-culture. To do all this we need you to officially maintain your status as an independant nation. Allowing you to join us as a state would give you too much protection and equality under our laws, and we can't have that can we? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo

[ July 21, 2003, 13:53: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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Awwwwwwwwwwww.....

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HAHA, I like that one, though I disagree about the addition of more states other than the comment on DC, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. As I think about it, after Castro, Cuba could though I wouldn't think it would happen, but if it did, the cuban's would know real freedom.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No no no...

51st state - Puerto Rico
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hate to break this to you, but statehood has been put up to a vote in Puerto Rico. They said "no". (Same with independence.)

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Umm, it was a joke. It wasn't meant to be a real comment.