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EconomicLiberal (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:41 AM Original message |
Will Puerto Rico become a state during Obama's administration? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pretty much see it as a PR issue |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're right. It's up to them. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. As a person who loves PR pretty much how it is, I hope they don't become a state |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. This would cost our nation so much |
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EconomicLiberal (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It would put people to work, wouldn't it? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. If only FDR thought of this |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Probably in China. n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, they would have to find a largley Republican territory to admit as well. |
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EconomicLiberal (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That is certainly not a requirement at all. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well, if you look at U.S. history it aways has been. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. free puerto rico from imperialist dominance nt |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So you think PR would be better off as a wholly independent nation? |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. They disagree because... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Your argument is pretty dismissive and can be applied to pretty much anything |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It has a lot to lose from its current standing (Commonwealth). |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Are you a bot? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. That would be fun, wouldn't it? It's up to them, though. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. It is up to Congress and not Puerto Ricans to admit PR in the union |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. I doubt it |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. no, they will not become a state anytime soon |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Didn't Bubba promise Jesse Jackson that in return for his support |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Bubba made a lot of promises |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. In my short 47 years, I've come to see campaign promises as being of no more consequence |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. There was a vote on DC Statehood in Congress back in '93 |
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ArrowMan (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. You would have to call it Rich Port. :You can't have Spanish words for states' names. |
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