House Votes to Allow Puerto Rico to Become 59th State

Michelle Malkin ^ | April 30, 2010 | Doug Powers

[george76]

Or would Puerto Rico be the 58th state? In any case, the House has voted and now the issue of Puerto Rican statehood is in the hands of Puerto Rico:

For our consideration, Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate is about 15.9% and 45% of its citizens live below the poverty level — so statehood for Puerto Rico would basically be like adopting another Michigan. If we’re hell bent to adopt another country, how about Singapore or New Zealand?

For some, statehood for Puerto Rico simply boils down to — you guessed it — “benefits”:

[luvbach1]

The PRs don’t have to “slip across the beach.” They are American citizens.

[luvbach1]

So are blacks going to demand the Virgin Islands become a state, too?

They will if the residents vote Demonrat.

[xp38]

That would be convenient since the flag could stay the same.

[DustyMoment]

PR has been playing this game for DECADES!!! I say it’s time to cut’em loose. If they can’t decide that they want to be a state in the USA after 4 national votes that have failed to achieve a plurality one way or another, it’s time to sever the ties that bind.

Right now, they have all of the benefits of statehood with none of the obligations. They’re playing the Congress for suckers and doing it very effectively. But, again, that’s not too difficult with our Congress.

[Dr. Ursus]

New Zealand votes -NO!

[luvbach1]

Mexico would not want to become one of our states. They are taking over the Southwest anyway. But isn't Mexico all about sovereignty? Theirs, not ours.

[dfwgator]

Your not going to be able to just wave a magic wand and revoke Puerto Ricans’ citizenship.

If you set a timetable for independence, you will have about three million new “Nuyoricans.”

[RetSignman]

Looks Zero wasn’t kidding about the 57 states, he wants the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Whats next...Haiti? Jamaica? Maybe the whole Caribbean?

Lots of black voters for 2012.

[LoveUSA]

Wouldn't it be Cartridge Box then Jury Box?

(I'm just sayin').

[Verginius Rufus]

I don't recall the details but I think there was some gimmickry going on in 1998 that forced people to vote for "none of the above" if they didn't want either independence or statehood. Normally a "none of the above" option gets a small fraction of the vote, but in this case it got more than all of the other choices combined.

The House bill will apparently force the Commonwealth to keep voting on this issue every 8 years until they get the answer the Democrats want. Sort of like the referenda in the EU which had to be redone until the people of a country voted the way the bureaucrats in Brussels wanted them to vote.

[Clock King]

So are blacks going to demand the Virgin Islands become a state, too?

D.C.

[a real Sheila]

Well HELL, why don’t we just go ahead and adopt Haiti while we are at it?

Mexico too since they are dying to become U.S. citizens.

[JohnQ1]

Malkin tried to remind us of Obummer’s gaffe, “I’ve visited all fifty-seven states....” Michelle Obie taught him to read a teleprompter pretty well, but the poor child can’t read factual material, e.g. legislation, worth a damn. Hence his confusion over AZ’s new law, the Supreme Court decision that he misrepresented in his State of the Union, and the behavior of his Cambridge “breaker of his own house.” Hussein seems to hate America in general, whites in particular, and police most especially. Funny if not so sad.

[calex59]

Does the word Sarcasm mean anything to you?

[no dems]

My bad; I forgot about B. Hussein saying he had visited 57 States. Puerto Rico becoming the 58th State I understand. Still not sure where she came up with the number "59", but, I'm tired today. So, I'll blame it on that.

[highlander_UW]

PR has been petitioning for Statehood for a while now. This is nothing new.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't the people of PR rejected statehood at least 3 times so far when it was brought to a vote? It's not the people of PR who are petitioning, it's the lackeys of the democrat party who are pushing it...and in this case it's congress who are pushing it, not PR.

[highlander_UW]

Well HELL, why don’t we just go ahead and adopt Haiti while we are at it? Mexico too since they are dying to become U.S. citizens.

congress should pass a resolution inviting Canada to join the US as well. And since the Philippines were a US territory at one time we should include them as well. After all, the flag is going to look stupid with 51 stars...or 59 if you possess Obama's lack of knowledge of the US. Let's run the number up enough to warrant a nice new flag for the liberals to burn.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Remember, November is Coming!

Yeah, well, so is a unit of 80,000 army troops, specially trained for urban warfare and "civil unrest". In *October*. Under the direct command of Hussein.

This is not tin foil hat stuff. It is a fact. In writing. And it is frightening.

We had better be prepared, and willing, to do more than just show up at the polls this fall. It is unlikely these people are turning over power legally....or peacefully I'm afraid.

Special army unit ready to be deployed on American soil just before Nov. elections (Update)

"In October of this year, one month prior to the November midterm elections, a special army unit known as 'Consequence Management Response Force' will be ready for deployment on American soil if so ordered by the President."

http://www.examiner.com/x-37620-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m4d13-Special-army-unit-ready-to-be-deployed-on-American-soil-just-before-Nov-elections

[Ol' Sparky]

since when did the US have to go begging for a territory to become a state?

When a Democratic President needs two extra votes in the Senate?

[TLI]

For some, statehood for Puerto Rico simply boils down to — you guessed it — “benefits”:



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