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Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« on: January 10, 2018, 07:48:56 pm »
Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
by Anna Giaritelli | Jan 10, 2018, 2:30 PM

Puerto Rico on Wednesday announced a new push for statehood after last year's effort was disrupted by two disastrous hurricanes.

Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, the U.S. territory's nonvoting member of Congress, went to the House floor Wednesday along with a proposed delegation of two senators and five representatives to demand that Congress recognize Puerto Rico as a state.

“The island overwhelmingly voted for statehood in 2012 by a margin of 61 percent and 97 percent in June of last year," Gonzalez said. Despite those numbers, only 24 percent of the population participated in the 2017 plebiscite that is often cited as evidence of broad support for statehood.

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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2018, 07:57:41 pm »
The USA is like a great big bank account ornament, for PR.
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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2018, 08:16:36 pm »
Puerto Rico could have been the Cadillac of Caribbean Leeward Islands.  But with generations of piss poor corrupt leaders it is a Pontiac Phoenix. 
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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2018, 08:18:12 pm »
Cut em loose.  No statehood (it’ll mar the symmetry of the flag). 
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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2018, 08:37:17 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 10, 2018, 08:16:36 pm
Puerto Rico could have been the Cadillac of Caribbean Leeward Islands.  But with generations of piss poor corrupt leaders it is a Pontiac Phoenix.

I heard on another thread GM is bringing that car back from the ashes.
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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2018, 08:38:30 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 10, 2018, 08:37:17 pm
I heard on another thread GM is bringing that car back from the ashes.

The guy who said that is a Dodo
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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2018, 11:29:32 pm »
"Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, the U.S. territory's nonvoting member of Congress, went to the House floor Wednesday along with a proposed delegation of two senators and five representatives to demand that Congress recognize Puerto Rico as a state."

NO!
(that is all...)

Actually, there's a little more:
P.R. should have been granted independence after the attack on Congress (wasn't that during the Truman administration?).
We should have dumped them back then.
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Re: Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2018, 11:40:21 pm »
This approach worked really well for Shadow Senator Jesse Jackson and Washington DC years ago.

Once we closed Vieques and Roosevelt Roads, there was no reason to be involved with them anymore.
« Last Edit: January 10, 2018, 11:42:22 pm by edpc »
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