Puerto Rico’s status lies in the hands of Congress

The Hill ^ | 2/01/2006 | Oxford Analytica

[ladyjane]

I didn't know about the half naked girl but I'll never forget the woman with two little children (about 5 and 9 years old) who sent them up in the elevator to their room while she stayed downstairs to do something. At the time I remember thinking they looked awfully young to go upstairs alone.

Five minutes later the fire broke out and it spread fast. She didn't know for hours if they were alive. It had to be agony for her. They had made it to their room and a kindly grandmother type got them up to the roof where they were finally rescued. I finally learned of their fate by reading the newspapers.

Hard to believe it was 20 years ago. I remember running through the pool area, I think I was the 2nd or 3rd person to get through that turnstyle so I didn't have to climb over the barbed wire that had been put up to keep union thugs from climbing in. As I ran down the beach I could feel what sounded and felt like explosions - although they said there were no explosions, it sure felt like there was. All I could think about was the probability of being in a terrorist attack. I figured it was easier to win the lottery than to be in one. You think of strange things in the middle of a crisis.

Clearly they didn't plan for the fire to get out of hand. They wanted to ruin the ballroom so the hotel wouldn't make any money on New Year's Eve. Unfortunately the fire got to the sterno cans and spread rapidly after that. Supposedly the plan was to have the fire as a distraction while the money was raided from the casino safe. The hotel manager, who died, was locked inside the casino and the 'freedom fighters' never got their hands on the money.

[cll]

Belatedly, I must say that Alabama is my second home. Gravitating in and around Fort Rucker since 1989.

And thank you for your interest in the issue.

[cll]

Uh, Clem buddy. I've been meaning to tease you with this tid bit of news. Just to cheer you up. The newest Ms. Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera, lives in my neighborhood. She's quite a dish.

Okay, I just made a PC incorrect comment, flame away fems.

[Clemenza]

PICTURES PLEASE! Is she available? Would she mind relocating the mainland?

[cll]

This picture does not do her justice.

[Clemenza]

VERY nice. Would love to take her to Il Mulino or Milos if she like seafood. Then back to my place for eight hours of dessert. ;-)

[AuH2ORepublican]

"So that the Republicans would be big government/neo conservatives not small goverment fiscal conservatives?"

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I was describing the electorate, not the candidates for either party. I think the most likely result of congressional elections in a State of Puerto Rico would be the election of either (i) socially moderate-to-conservative, economically liberal Democrats or (ii) socially conservative, economically moderate-to-conservative Republicans.

And no, I don't think just because we wouldn't be guaranteed two Jesse Helmses in the Senate is a reason to deny U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico full participation in the federal government any more than I think it's a reason to kick Arkansas or Wisconsin out of the Union.

[4Freedom]

"How exactly do you propose cutting loose four million Americans?"

That's easy. We give the whole island an English test. According to the last Census in 2000 we could expect about 72% to fail.

Those 2,880,000 residents of Puerto Rico wouldn't even be given the option of choosing between keeping their American citizenship or accepting Puerto Rican citizenship.

Any resident of Puerto Rico that deliberately remains ignorant of the English language, in spite of the billions of U.S. taxpayer's dollars showered on them for the express purpose of teaching them English, isn't worth a damn to America.

Next we give the remaining 1,120,000 residents of Puerto Rico a citizenship test to see how much they know about America, its Constitution and its History.

Hell, they'd all fail, because the only thing they care to know about America is what we can spend to pay for all the failed Socialist experiments that have bankrupt the island.

So, there you have it. All that's left for us to do is burn their passports, like they burn our American Flags and the U.S. Taxpayer's property on the island, cut them off financially, and wish them a whole lot of luck with as much sincerity as we can muster, while laughing our asses off.

Aye bendito!

LOL!

[4Freedom]

"THEY GET A HELL OF A LOT LESS THAN WE DOLE OUT TO PEOPLE THAT HATE US."

Wrong! Fewer than 25 actual States receive more U.S. Taxpayer's dollars than Puerto Rico does every year.

The U.S. Taxpayers gift the ingrates in Puerto Rico $300 million dollars in EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT CHECKS every year on top of all the other billions. The ingrates don't pay any federal income tax, so figure that one out.

Just another scam perpetrated on the U.S. Taxpayers by our pandering politicians and the crooks in Puerto Rico.