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   Llewellenbruce said, about 6 years ago

   Smart thinking Earl.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 6 years ago

   Better hurry up and get Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa into statehood. That would be 55. None of the other groups have the required 50,000+.
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   GROG! said, about 6 years ago

   Maybe they’ll slice Canada up into 3 states.
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   enkydu said, about 6 years ago

   No, you can’t die Earl :)
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   baggybut said, about 6 years ago

   Earl was not smart in school.
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   JohnDiFool said, about 6 years ago

   Spammers can go and die tho.
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   lightenup said, about 6 years ago

   That’s the spirit, Earl. Nelson needs your “wisdom” anyway.
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   fishbulb239 said, about 6 years ago

   You’re forgetting DC, though it’s a fantasy that they’ll ever get any representation in Congress, let alone actual statehood. Taxation without representation, baby! Move to DC and kiss your citizenship good-bye.
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   Vegas Viper said, about 6 years ago

   I want to see all 5000 states before I die !!!
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    Kab Buch said, about 6 years ago

    I’ll never get to.
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    MrGromit said, about 6 years ago

    What? Obama said there he’d been out visiting all 57 states back during the campaign. Did we lose some since then?
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    aircraft-engineer said, about 6 years ago

    I can say that I’ve been to all 50 (lots of them more than “once”)
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    moonwatcher13 said, about 6 years ago

    “Congress itself governs DC, it effectively has 454 reps there already.”

    Except that since DC resident don’t get to vote for them, they don’t have any motivation to do things that are in DC’s interests. That’s not real representation.
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    ChukLitl said, about 6 years ago

    We gave half of DC back to Virginia. Just give the other half back to Maryland.

    Puerto Rico has as many voters for independence as for statehood, thus the status quo.
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    UBUBOBU said, about 6 years ago

    ChukLitl: Huh?
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