[The Loan Arranger]

Many Filipinos want to rejoin the United States as the 51st State!! If "they" hate us, why would they want that?

http://philippinegovantigraft.homestead.com/Statehood.html
http://philippinegovantigraft.homestead.com/StatehoodA.html
http://philippinegovantigraft.homestead.com/StatehoodB.html
http://philippinegovantigraft.homestead.com/StatehoodC.html
http://www.gov.ph/forum/thread.asp?rootID=22004&catID=11&page=2

[chasio649]

They don't hate us...

[qam1]

Hopefully this is just one lone nutball writing this article.

But I like this line from one of your links

"For the Philippines, it's better to be bigger by becoming a member of the United States than being a beggar by remaining a member of the United Nations."

But about Statehood, The Philppines have a population of 86,241,697, So if they ever did become a state they would get ~¼ of the Seats in the House of Representives, So I don't think we would go along with it.

[LibertarianInExile]

Good lord, just reading the 'here's the what the U.S. will do for us' list on this link: http://philippinegovantigraft.homestead.com/StatehoodA.html gives me nightmares. The worst is the part where they claim that U.S. law enforcement will reduce corruption. Yeah, because it's worked so well in King County, Chicago, and D.C.

[dvwjr]

Well, the Filipinos should be proud of this - how many other Nations can have their citizens visit the United States WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. and find their country honored with a pillar enscribed with its name? There are 56 pillars representing the 48 States, the District of Columbia and the 7 Territories of the United States during WWII.

One of those 56 pillars is engraved with the word:

Philippines

Pillars

"Fifty-six granite pillars celebrate the unprecedented unity of the nation during WWII. The pillars are connected by a bronze sculpted rope that symbolizes the bonding of the nation. Each state and territory from that period and the District of Columbia is represented by a pillar adorned with oak and wheat bronze wreaths and inscribed with its name; the pillars are arranged in the order of entry into the Union, alternating south to north across the plaza beginning adjacent to the Field of Gold Stars. The 17-foot pillars are open in the center for greater transparency, and ample space between each allows viewing into and across the memorial."

Example of WWII Memorial pillar

dvwjr