[Minty]

I want statehood too. My family have been pro-statehood generation after generation since the American entered the island.

About 10 years ago an uncle I had died who used to be alive when the Americans entered the island. He used to tell us about the abuses at the hands of the Spanish guards. He was black and married my aunt who could not be more white unless she would turn albino.

He was the most republican of us all. In a way he was a father figure to us, a man of honor and strenght who had only one word and always stood by it and he influenced all of our lives with his example. In a way we stand worlds apart but in truth it is all the same. When I add and substract I still find his mindset in the midst of my heart and I agree with him, America is a great country! Even with all its internal conflicts and contradictions, America is the remains the greatest country of this world. He used to say; "los americanos son la changa maximina" which meant that nobody could outwit the American ingeniosity. His lifelong dream was to see the island become a state. He passed that unto us.

America is my country, I am proud to be american but most of all I LOVE this country with all my heart.

[4Freedom]

That's a great story about your grandfather, Minty. You said he was good at Math.

How many states do you think he would calculate that the hard-working Taxpayers of the United States could afford to support that drain our treasury of $20 to $30 billion dollars each and every year?