Posted on 09/29/2005 3:05:02 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
They totally depend on the U.S I believe it is over 65% on welfare; many are employed at the bases; but they protest for their closure. It will be just like Subic Bay's closure and then the whining will start about the economy, no jobs, yada,yada,yada. The socialists and commies want them gone but the hard working,independent P.R.'s know the deal.
If she wants an example of some guts, she should view that clip of Bush throwing the first pitch at the world series following 9/11.
Yes, only 2.7% of the voters (70% turnout) voted for independance.
Sounds like a real "profile in courage", huh...
I'll bet she'd love to be in the midst of one of those shoot outs - of course, amongst all her terrorist buddies.
I didn't think these people could vote .. so was Hillary going there just to mine for funds .. AND A PROMISE OF VOTING ..??
Why? Did they find out she was coming or something?
"Most of the island's 4 million people either support keeping Puerto Rico's status as a U.S. commonwealth or making it the 51st U.S. State."
And the others?
Don't you just hate sloppy, generalized writing?
I agree! Let's cut them off immediately! We should cut off a lot of foreign aid as well. Think of what we could do with all that $$ saved.
Truer words were never spoken!!! The Clintons make me sick.
Thanks for that.
Puerto Rico PING!
In reality, Puerto Rico has not ever voted for status change in a binding referendum. The votes some people mention have been mere locally produced referenda to measure political strenght by the different political parties prior to a general election.
The thing is, early in the 20th century, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress has absolute power over the territories, to include Puerto Rico. See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1454822/posts
Since then, the only significant change has been that Congress authorized a local constitution similar to that of the other states, which was approved by voters. That sealed a permanent, yet imperfect union with the rest of the country.
Still, in every general election, a tiny minority, less than 3% in the last general election, support the pro-independence party.
It must be also noted that a number of people far greater than the total of radicals in Puerto Rico have served and continue to serve in the Armed Forces.
And I must further point out that the "outrage" over this common criminal's timely death has ben limited to graffitti and isolated thugness.
...and there was much rejoicing.
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was not one of the pardoned nationalists; he had been a fugitive since 1985. It took 20 years for the FBI to catch him. He got was what coming to him.
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