They replaced a king who had no powers with a president who did.
Of course they were freer.
.Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
Riiight so we stopped being a brat flunkie.
Fine by me. We only have one flunkie area left and that's Washington D.C.
Hmmm, maybe congress can jump on the common sense wagon and make DC a state now. It's still funny seeing DC made license plates saying, "Taxation Without Representation".
Btw, are we the only country that fought to come from under the brat's boots?
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
It's funny that after I posted, I read this while on the shitter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...110802407.html
Good link, btw. Somehow they should be represented in congress.
As to the reasons against DC statehood, the author cites 3. and 4. as reasons when they are not.
Saying that DC statehood drives have failed in the past or that Maryland never intended for DC to be a state are not reasons for DC not to be a state.
Last edited by Busyman™; 11-10-2006 at 03:01 AM.
id say no ppl are not freer(is that really a word, looks weird). pre-civil war, folks could do pretty much what they wanted, depending on region. we ARE free from english rule though. i see alotta debate in class about this.
as far as DC. i think it should be a state and represented in the capital. havin lived there for a few years. i can say that the REAL city(not penn ave or smithsonian...) is misrepresented. DC is dirty n has tooooo much crime, its population should have a voice in congress. im back in philly now and id be pissed if we had no represetation.
Who overseas DC, besides the mayor neway since they dont have a gov.?
The mayor
The DC Council
Congress
Btw, a Republican President or Repub Congress would never sign off on DC voting bill.
DC is heavily black and Democrat.
After Adrian Fenty won in the primary for mayor, everyone called him the mayor. Some poor white guy was running on the Republican side.
Adrian Fenty got 98% of the vote.
Obviously, race and party play and big part in politics. In the TV show, The Wire, it has the mayoral race of Baltimore and had Carcetti (based on former mayor and now governor, O'Malley) going up against a black incumbent.
A big deal is made about a white guy winning in Baltimore....yet he did.
After Carcetti won the primary, he was already assumed to be the mayor since it was preposterous that a Repub would win.
Good stuff.
Last edited by Busyman™; 11-16-2006 at 11:24 PM.
thats my point exacty Busy, DC will never be a state or a real city. It will continue to be a district. Which is The most retared thing, how the hell can you capital not even be in a state? I know the politicians dont want the poor, black and in-need ppl of DC to have a say. But who operates the shredders or takes out the trash, mops the floors of your illustrious capital building. "Politics as Usual", i got bout 2 more years till i got enuff $, then im gone.
anyone how hard it is to get citizenship in countries like spain, canada etc(more liberal countries)
didnt even kno carcetti was based on a real guy, how'd the real 1 do?
Last edited by ram82082; 11-17-2006 at 12:34 AM. Reason: the wire
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