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You're probably a gay black woman also.
Are you not aware that she is actually a lesbian?
You're probably a gay black woman also.
A city whose residents are second class citizens.
The portion of Washington D.C. south of the Potomac River was given back to Virginia. Give the northern portion back to Maryland. Washington D.C. can still retain its name and still be the capital of the U.S. It is just another city, like the state capitals, only D.C. is the capital of the U.S.
You're probably a gay black woman also.
Are you not aware that she is actually a lesbian?
And I'm proud of it because it makes your blood boil.
Even if it weren't perverted, it'd be rather unhealthy to live to spite someone else
Of course habitually engaging in the unnatural vice is unhealthy in itself
I don't live to spite you, I just consider it bonus points that my sexuality pisses you off. I do wish, however, that you'd learn to mind your own business on that front. But since you don't, I might as well have fun with it.
Yeah, those damn processed foods, vaccines, and polyester clothing! Oh yeah and **** air conditioning, that's unnatural too.
That solution has been consistently ignored since I suggested it. It doesn't have the "desired" outcome.
The portion of Washington D.C. south of the Potomac River was given back to Virginia. Give the northern portion back to Maryland. Washington D.C. can still retain its name and still be the capital of the U.S. It is just another city, like the state capitals, only D.C. is the capital of the U.S.
Because residents of DC don't have representation in Congress.
That makes sense to me. And if Maryland doesn't want it so be it. Those who choose to live in DC choose to do so knowing they won't have privileges of statehood. There are states within minutes of where they live where they could move if it is important to them. The last time I looked Maryland was mostly a blue state and Virginia is still thought of as a red state. So the people in the 'no man's land' in between even have an ideological choice. But it is ridiculous that DC is even a city, let alone being made a state.
Well I do not take any pleasure from the fact that I annoy you.
Why are you so intellectually dishonest?
Why is this change necessary?
Recently the Senate heard arguments for Washington DC to become the 51st state. Only two members of the Senate heard the arguments. In your opinion do you think Washington DC should become the 51st state in the Union?
Congress takes up bill to make D.C. the 51st state
DC is supposed to be kind of a neutral area. Maybe the residential areas can be absorbed by the surrounding states.
I'm pretty much of the same mind. If anything I'm more sympathetic to making Puerto Rico a state.I don't know if they'd get an extra congressman, the number is well set and if DC is included into Maryland, then it should be distributed as nominal. They may end up with an extra congressman, but it's population based.
Regardless, I just don't think DC deserves to be a State in and of itself. I understand the representation argument, but statehood is a bit too much.
DC residents are taxed without representation in Congress. The same type of situation, in fact, that started the revolutionary war. I say yes, turn DC into the 51st state so that the 645,000 DC residents actually have representation in their federal government.
I expect rabid denial, but reading between the lines of some of the responses shows that the opposition is largely due to fear of more representation of Democrats and/or non-whites. There is also the usual knee-jerk opposition to any change.
Why would you bring up illegals?
And why is it once again that all conservatives in this thread are against statehood?
I've already offered a great Missouri Compromise with also bringing in Puerto Rico.
That's what's called thinking out of the box one mentioned, something no one will touch.
I want to give Washington DC statehood, therefore I must be anti-gun. I can totally follow that logic. :roll:
Where do you get this crap?
Because they have no representation.