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July 21st, 2003, 11:47 PM
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Re: OT: Strange future for down-under?
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You know it just occured to me Australia can't be the 51st state anyway. That one is slated for Iraq. Australia can be number 52 though. 
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51st state - Puerto Rico
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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July 22nd, 2003, 02:12 AM
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Re: OT: Strange future for down-under?
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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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Umm, it was a joke. It wasn't meant to be a real comment.
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July 23rd, 2003, 01:26 AM
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Re: OT: Strange future for down-under?
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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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Umm, it was a joke. It wasn't meant to be a real comment.
Statehood would be up to them, but independance would be decided here in Washington. They will get it, even if they don't want it.
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July 22nd, 2003, 07:32 PM
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Re: OT: Strange future for down-under?
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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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Umm, it was a joke. It wasn't meant to be a real comment.
Statehood would be up to them, but independance would be decided here in Washington. They will get it, even if they don't want it.
Actually, the plebescite in 1967 had three options: remain a Commonwealth, become a State, or become an independent nation.
Independence got about 1% of the vote.
(Hm. Looks like there was another vote in 1991 where commonwealth status won again, but by a smaller margin than in the previous one. Statehood was 2nd place.)
So that's at least two instances where the choice was put to a vote.
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July 22nd, 2003, 08:00 PM
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Re: OT: Strange future for down-under?
I think what Thermo is trying to say is of course Puerto Rico has a choice in whether they go to the US and say "We wan't to be independant." But if the US comes to Puerto Rico and says, "You are now independant." they don't get a choice. You can't unilateraly remain a commonwealth of the US (or whatever the relationship is) if the US terminates it from their end.
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