[Colonel_Flagg]

in these United States.”

Interesting choice of words. Obviously, Hussein's United States will be markedly different. And not for the better.

[ArrogantBustard]

"these United States" is the correct term. Always has been.

I use it, have used it all my life. The term rightly recognises that the States are entities in their own right, and that the national government in Washington City is their creature. This relationship has been turned on its head, particularly in the latter half of the XX Century. If 0bama actually intends to restore the authority of the several States (Hah!), it would be the one good thing on his agenda.

[briarbey b]

in these United States.”

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I caught that too...odd wording.