Posted on 07/01/2009 11:30:50 AM PDT by Sam_Damon
Thanks to page 133 of H.R. 2454, I now understand where our esteemed President came up with the notion the U.S.A has 56 states:
2) in section 791(9), by striking ‘‘The term ‘State’ includes the District of Columbia.’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘State’ includes the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.’’
(3) in section 793(c)— (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘51 States’’ and inserting ‘‘56 States’’;
I encourage all visiting to download the bill and discover other gems of legislative detail in this insane piece of legislation. There is no other way to describe this.
Have a nice day, all.
get ready for Dem initiatives to make a few more states to cement their vote.
also, I wonder when Zer0 will call for increasing the numbers on SCOTUS so he can pack the court with libs?
They now have the Senate votes to do it, don’t they?
Y'all just gonna' have to put up with me until I die.
Let’s work on reducing that number by a few, eh?
56??
Obama said there are 57 states..
Really? I thought it was 56. Perhaps you’re correct.
It was 57, but there was talk of Greenland...
Democrats lie. It is well known fact that they lie, and this is proof positive. Idiot Waxman trying to cover for Obama.
Obama said “57 States” which was a “Freuder” as in OOPS as he was reflecting actually upon the 57 Islamic States.
Typical Democrat, typical Leftist rewrite of the facts. The Leftists will say anything, and actually believe their own lies.
He said 57.
Beaverton, Oregon, May 2008
http://www.youtube.com/v/EpGH02DtIws&hl=en
Six additional states = twelve additional Democrat Senators.
Hard to imagine this really happening - FDR tried, but that proposal failed (see: Switch in time that saved Nine), and the number never went over 9.
They probably want them classified as states...that way, they can collect federal withholding taxes from them. What fools! LOL!!
For example, Puerto Ricans are US citizens, but they don’t pay federal taxes. Welcome to your change!
In the clip, he says he’s been to 57 states, one left to go and he hasn’t been to Alaska or Hawaii. Makes no sense at all, but apparently he thinks there are 58 states. But that’s OK because he probably doesn’t spell “potato” with an e. (It’s OK either way, BTW.)
...Then shalt thou count to nine, no more, no less. Nine shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be nine. Ten shalt thou not count, neither count thou eight, excepting that thou then proceed to nine. Eleven is right out...
Actually, if you listen to the video closely, he says he’s been to 57 states with one left to go. That ‘s a total of 58.
And all of these “states” would vote DEMOCRATIC Senators and representatives into position: Giving an absolute majority for the socialists ....
“Obama said there are 57 states..”
And there are 57 islamic states, Freudian slip.
Obama said “57 states”, not 56.
The only thing wrong with the theory is Obama clearly said 57 states, not 56.
I assume he was referring to visiting 47 (continental) states with one left to go, hence the remark about not visiting Alaska or Hawaii.
I won’t hold it against him.
He’s said more ridiculous things than that...
The problem is that there is 50 States and then the District of Columbia and Protectorates. The District and the Protectorates do not qualify as States, under an definition.
Just saying they are don’t make it so.
Hey, there may be some truth buried in all this. Follow me here. My son started a collection of all the quarters issued honoring each of the states. Well, one would assume that would be 50 of them. Recently, I have seen a quarter with the district of columbia on the back and this week, I got a Puerto Rico quarter. Keep an eye out. The DC quarter has Duke Ellington standing next to a piano.
LOL!
“Lobbest” already, wilt thou?!
I stand corrected. Still looks bad.
(3) in section 793(c)— (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘51 States’’ and inserting ‘‘56 States’’;
Odd, considering all the flags for sale at my local Walmart for the holiday weekend still have only fifty stars on the blue field. I guess maybe the process to admit a state has been abbreviated, eliminated since last November. [/sarc]
(These idiots will stop at NOTHING!!)
Please don’t take it as a “correction”.
I just thought that if your son was collecting them you might like to know.
Obama said there are 57 states..
Add the state of emergency we're going to be permanently living in.
“increasing the numbers on SCOTUS so he can pack the court...
Hard to imagine this really happening - FDR tried, but that proposal failed (see: Switch in time that saved Nine), and the number never went over 9. “
Back then in the 30s FDR had to contend with a Dem Congress that was, by and large, has a sense of patriotic duty. There were no avowed socialists, just some leaning that way.
Now we have filth like Sanders who is a Communist and others who have no qualms about doing it in order to get their “agenda”.
Lincoln: “... he used to liken the case to that of the boy who, when asked how many legs his calf would have if he called its tail a leg, replied, ” Five,” to which the prompt response was made that calling the tail a leg would not make it a leg.”
In the very same statement he said that "we are going to ___ (I think Oregon) tomorrow and my staff tells me that I won't be allowed to go to Hawaii or Alaska."
So taken in full context, this would mean 60 States.
My view of this gaff is that he certainly knows there are 50 states, if I slapped him around a little to get his attention, he could answer the question correctly.
Having said that, this was a prime example of Zero's mouth not being well connected to his brain.
You're 60, I'm 61. Do you remember a short time ago Zero fired Walpin the Inspector General for Americorp who is 77. When there was a stir about the firing the excuse was that Walpin had "seem confused" at a meeting on May 21st.
By that standard, Zero should be fired.
I wouldn’t care if the left didn’t make such a big deal about the innocent flubs that our guys make.
Was anyone aware there are 3 HR 2454 bills
No, I do stand corrected. I thought that when they trotted out quarters for the states, I thought they meant just the states. Didn’t account for territories getting their panties in a wad for not being counted in. Plus for a long time, dc has been pushing for statehood and with this admin, there are new surprises daily.
The additional 7 “states” are not geographic. They are based in the DUmocrat tradition...
State of DENIAL, CONFUSION, OBSTRUCTION, MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUNKENESS, SUBVERSION, and SURRENDER.
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