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Re: La belle province
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:32:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> > > Doesn't Texas every once in a while talk about being 'separate' or is that
> > > just a figment of my imagination...
> > Nope. They're the only (?? (1) ) state that joined by treaty after being an
> > independent republic rather than being an original founder (that ratified
> > the constitution as the means of joining) or a state formed from unorganised
> > territory that was obtained by purchase or conquest.
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> K, my misremembery--I thought I read somewhere about a decade ago that there
> were some Texans talking about forming a 'separatist' movement...
Whoops! I meant "nope" as in "nope, you're not misremembering", sorry about
that. Texans talk about separatism more often than most, for sure.
> That is, until, as some Canadians talk about, Canada becomes the 51st state.
More like 51st through 64th or whatever, one state for each
province/territory I would expect... subtract Quebec, we don't want them
either. :-)
> Is Puerto Rico ever going to be a state in and of itself?
Good question. No idea. I was IN Puerto Rico a few months back on biz and my
completely unscientific sample leads me to believe that PR likes things the
way they are. They have many of the benefits but not all of the
responsibilities. But I could be all wrong.
> Dave K
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| (...) Puerto Rico occasionally holds referendums to decide whether to remain a territory (technically a commonwealth) or become a state. I found this on the web as an example: (URL) fairly sure PR would benefit greatly from becoming a state. In the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) K, my misremembery--I thought I read somewhere about a decade ago that there were some Texans talking about forming a 'separatist' movement... (...) That is, until, as some Canadians talk about, Canada becomes the 51st state. Is Puerto Rico (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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