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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122313)	4/28/2010 5:19:25 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 132070

why is congress gonna vote on Puerto Rico statehood tomorrow ?? haven't the people of PR already voted and rejected this three times already ?

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122313)	4/28/2010 5:27:21 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 132070

Puerto Rico – 51st State? Congress Scrambling to Make it So BIG GOV By Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea King on statehood Last night (Tuesday) on his TV show, Glenn Beck dropped another bombshell — on Thursday, Congress will take up a bill to make Puerto Rico a state. Why is our Congress doing this now? Secretly? Quickly? If it hadn't been for one of Beck's "Refounders" (a Congressional insider), would we even know about this? Why is this important to you and me? Well, the word is out, and my local 9-12/Tea party organization sent this out this morning. First thing to hit my mailbox, in fact… There is a bill to make Puerto Rico a state. Again, they are trying to pull one over on us and on Puerto Ricans, who have consistently said they do not want to become a state. Read below for more information (from Eagle Forum). This was also discussed by Rep Tom Price on a conference call yesterday. Please consider this: * The U.S. would transform, overnight, into a bilingual nation. At least half of Puerto Ricans do not speak English, the language of our U.S. Constitution and founding documents. The Washington Times article, "Puerto Rican statehood," analyzes all the implications of adding a foreign language-speaking state to the Union. * It would bring immediate demands for massive federal spending. The average income of Puerto Ricans is less than half that of our poorest state, and infrastructure and the environment are far below American standards. Puerto Rico has a population with a median national income of $17,741, nearly a third of that for the U.S. * Puerto Rico is already a democracy. Despite the bill's deceptive title, Puerto Rico already has an elected government and exists as a self-governed commonwealth of the U.S. * Statehood would give Puerto Rico more congressional representation than 25 of our 50 states! It would inevitably give Democrats two additional U.S. Senators and 6 to 8 additional Members of the House. H.R. 2499 is stealth legislation designed to lead to the admission of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico as the 51st state, thereby making us a de facto bilingual nation, like Canada. The U.S. Congress should not be forcing Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood, especially since the Puerto Rican people have rejected statehood three times since 1991! No Member of Congress who describes himself as a limited government, fiscal conservative should be casting a YEA vote for H.R. 2499, as Puerto Rican statehood would cause an immediate increase in federal expenditures, particularly for taxpayer-funded welfare state services. Sponsored by Puerto Rican delegate Pedro Pierluisi (D), the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) – which has reared its ugly head a number of times over the past few congresses but has yet to have any success – would require Puerto Ricans to hold a national referendum to decide if they want Puerto Rico to remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, or become the 51st state. The referendum would be set up as two plebiscites which would effectively deceive Puerto Ricans into voting for statehood. In the first round of votes, the Puerto Rican people would be given the choice between remaining a U.S. territory and "pursuing a different political status." If the majority votes to maintain the status quo, this bill would require that Puerto Rico vote on this same issue every eight years. If the majority votes for "different status," a second round of votes would be held where Puerto Ricans would choose either statehood or independence-the status quo of "U.S. territory" would not even be an option! In other words, the two ballots would be rigged to favor the outcome of statehood, overriding the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status. * Contact your US congressmen AND * Take quick action here: capwiz.com

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122313)	4/28/2010 5:54:26 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

skeeter, >it isn't left vs right, it is liberty vs tyranny. the left right paradigm is designed to offer choice and hide the fact that it is between two versions of tyranny with ever shrinking liberty.< You are exactly correct. IMO, that's why it's so scummy when people on one side or the other use lies, spin, deceit etc... to manipulate the politics of an issue to advance their own political agenda at the expense of the country and its long term future. It's not a political game anymore. What has been going on in 3rd world countries for decades is coming to the west. Maybe Greece is the first shot in a series of ever bigger shots. But even if not, it's coming eventually. Most of the major countries are going to default or have currency collapses. The difference is that when one of the smaller ones goes down, the world can recover quickly. When the US goes down it's OVER!! The left has made promises that no economic system could ever deliver on. We have been living beyond our means for far too long and the shit it going to hit the fan in the not so distant future. The right has lied us into wars we shouldn't be part of and can't afford. Both sides are influenced by traitors that have the interests of other countries as a higher priority than our own. Both sides are in bed with the Federal Reserve/Wall St banking cartel that rapes and pillages the masses and finances the welfare state and warfare state at the expense of people without the ability to understand it. I could go on. It's at the point where now even Joe Public knows he's getting fucked by both parties, Wall ST etc.. even if they can't quite grasp all the details. That's what's creating the Tea Party. They are people that realize they are getting fucked by the government but don't quite understand it all, people that "sort of" get it but not quite, and a handful that understand it quite well and are already looking to protect their finances and the fruits of their labor from the corrupt, incompetent, greedy, traitors, socialists, fascists, and totalitarians in Washington and on Wall St that are bringing this to us.