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To: Alter Kaker
Wow, no shortage of bigotry on FR. Puerto Rico, btw, has a dynamic economy and is far and away the wealthiest Hispanic entity in the Americas.

Define "bigotry".

So, it is a welthy "Hispanic entity". so what?? Do we want a "Hispanic Entity" as part of our nation? I do not.

The American ownership or control or federation or whatever is a legacy of Theo. Roosevelt and his absurd Spanish American war. It was a real low point in American history and it is LONG PAST time that we undo it.

BTW: I feel the same way about Guam, Saipan, etc. But those places have tiny populations and zero hostility to the USA. The PR independents have attacked Congress with guns (1950s), gone on a bombing campaign (1970s) and demanded elections ever decade or so to vote on continuing association with us. That's not a happy relationship.

Why do Puerto Rican's get to vote and the rest of us don't? These are all "advisory" votes anyway. I'd like to see a series of "advisory" votes in the existing 50 states: "Resolved: The USA should not offer state hood to Puerto Rico, and should encourage it's full independence in a timely manner". I'd like my opinion to count.

Invitations are usually extended by the host, not the guest.

38 posted on 04/29/2008 9:34:12 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: Jack Black
Do we want a "Hispanic Entity" as part of our nation? I do not.

So you want Hispanics kicked out of the United States? Even US citizens? Charming! I have friends in Texas and New Mexico, people whose families have lived inside the United States for 3 or 400 years, since long before the United States existed. You want them to go "home?" To where?

The American ownership or control or federation or whatever is a legacy of Theo. Roosevelt and his absurd Spanish American war. It was a real low point in American history and it is LONG PAST time that we undo it.

What about conquering South Texas, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada in 1846? BTW, William McKinley, not Roosevelt, was responsible for the Spanish Americna War.

Why do Puerto Rican's get to vote and the rest of us don't?

Actually, non-Puerto Ricans get a lot more say than Puerto Ricans do, since any status change has to be made by Congress and Puerto Rico has no vote in Congress.

46 posted on 04/30/2008 10:55:16 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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