Posted on 07/21/2020 6:29:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
If Oklahoma splits in two, the Dems will go berserk.............
I’ve been saying for years that PA should donate Philthadelphia (aka West Camden) to the People’s Democratic Republic of New Jersey.
Both states would benefit.
None of them would have the valid reasons to split like the UP Of Michigan has over the Lower.
Two completely different peoples and areas.
Matter of fact. I told people that the UP should become its own country. Personally, I could make it the richest country on the face of the earth if it was got away from the corrupt US Government.
Crazy? The UP has international borders, Could have large International ports. The largest deposit of copper in the world. Large deposits of other industrial minerals. The largest stands of prime hardwood, such as maple, in the world. It does have some oil-not much, but some.
The natural resources in the UP built much of the USA. During WW2, over 90% of the iron ore used in the production of war materials came from the UP of Michigan.
> It should split into an Indian Nation and Oklahoma. <
Right. No other Indian Nation is a state. So I’m a bit puzzled why folks are talking about that now.
What’s the future? half the territory given to descendants of those who had their land taken from them? And the other half given to descendants of slaves?
Is that our future?
I understand that. But I think its time to tell them to put up or shut up. If they want the land (and all of the hassles that go along with it) they can have it, rule it, tax it, and live off it.
Lets see how long THAT lasts.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4020.ct011160/?r=-0.089,-0.438,1.111,1.808,90
This author is ignorant of many facts and the ones he does know he is twisting to create wild speculation.
The tribes and the State will work this out. Only the radical factions will try to exploit this. One radical faction though includes the foolish governor stitt. His position on ttribal gaming is just nuts as one example of his foolishness.
Uh, thanks but no thanks.
We already live here.
Sorry....’bout that.
All Americans should welcome this opportunity to reconsider their state borders as well as all regulatory boundaries.
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The Seminole Indians held South Florida for quite a while.
I vote to split off Miami/Dade, Monroe, Broward etc. into a separate state called South Florida.
I’m tired of their Dem election shenanigans.
What is the reaction of the folks on the ground?
What do you think will happen?
Not to mention the fact that if the author had even the slightest knowledge of Oklahoma politics he would know that the portions of Oklahoma that are now effectively reservations have historically been the most blue areas of Oklahoma. Creating two states will result in more Democrat senators.
Dont forget N.Y.
In 1845, when the Republic of Texas joined the United States, part of the treaty was that Texas could split into 5 states.
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Four more senators?
Mostly conservative?
Unfortunately with the migration of libs out of their muddied, fouled home states, and the resulting contamintions of the areas moved to, it might be necessary to isolate/quarantine the areas to which they have moved and started to pollute (defined: “the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects”).
Nothing is going to happen. This wasn’t about land ownership, it was about criminal justice system. Native Americans in that part of OK can’t be tried by state authorities anymore.
The Republican counter-proposal to DC statewide is to retrocede the City of Washington to Maryland, giving that state 1 more Congressman (until the next apportionment) and 1 more Electoral Vote, and taking away DC’s 3 Electoral Votes.
Alexandria and Arlington were originally part of DC and were retroceded a long time ago.
The original idea of DC is that it would be a capitol district and wouldn’t have a vote. Such an idea was implemented in other countries, e.g., Brazil; but, nowadays this isn’t thoughr fair.
With regard to Guam and other incorporated territories too small to be admiitted as states, I suggest:
They be allowed to associated with a state, providing that state and the U.S. Congress approves, for the purpose of apportionment and voting in federal elections.
Puerto Rico, I’d condition admission as a state on it’s resolution of its current debt problems, and adoption of balanced budget and sinking fund provisions in its state constitution.
California, with 40 million people, California is the largest state; with Texas second with 30 million, Florida and New York next with about 20 million each, and six states with 10 to 13 million.
Split California into two, North and South, and you simply wind up with two very Democratic states, one dominated by Los Angeles and the other by the San Francisco metropolitan area. Split California into four states: (L.A., S.F., North and South), and you’d have two very Democratic states and two purple states, each about 10 million. North California could remain California with its capital at Sacramento, and southern California could be named Reagan.
Split Texas into three states: Austin/San Antonio (retaining the name Texas), Houston (which is, after all, the name of Sam Houston), and Dallas/Fort Worth which could be named (Audie) Murphy. Each of these would be purple states.
Split New York into two states: New York (duh?) and Roosevelt (both Theodore and Franklin). One of these states would be very Democratic and the other competitive.
Split Florida into two states with a dividing line near Orlando. The northern part would retain the name Florida, and the southern part could be named Lincoln. Both of these states would be competitive.
All of the divisions would result in states of about 10 million and we would no longer have any super states; just a lot of states in the range of 10 to 13 million people.
BTW freeze the number of stars on the flag at 50.
If it’s anything like the Iron Range in MN, then its populated by lifelong Democrats. I’ve rarely seen a more welfare-dependent constituency in my life. They may speak like conservatives, but that never seems to translate into voting—a free lunch beats working for far too many people. For most, cutting Federal spending sounds terrific, until it’s your pork on the table.
The natural resources in the UP built much of the USA. During WW2, over 90% of the iron ore used in the production of war materials came from the UP of Michigan.
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Natural resources are really GREAT. But it takes other resources to make them into something useful.
“No man is an island...”
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