But . . . But . . . I Thought It Was “57 States”!
Apparently the previous SCoaMF in DC Occupant, 1600 Penn Ave, Wash DC isn’t the only one who’s a bit unclear on the correct number of US states.
The former Occupant, 1600 Penn Ave, Wash DC once famously referred to the US as having “57 states”. Well, it seems that wasn’t correct. Because according to the EU, there are a total of 51 US states – not 57.
At least, 51 was the number of stars that were shown on the flag projected as a background for US Vice-President Michael Pence when he spoke to the EU Parliament in Brussels the other day. EU authorities did, however, correctly depict the flag as having 13 stripes.
It’s good to see that the USA has no monopoly on ignorant leftist tools.
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Better get crackin on that 49 star version.
Just sayin.
You mean we can pull out of that 1959 49-star flag out of storage?
Yep, and get crackin on production.
“anybody remember how to thread this thing”
Yeah, don’t hold your breath for the supposed “Calexit.” Sure, Lars and his ilk want it, but like most things with liberals, they haven’t thought it through.
As a Californian AMERICAN, I’d like to see them try it, complete with all the voter fraud, then sit back and enjoy the show as 2/3 or more of the state’s counties, including all of the ag areas, countersecede and fly the Stars & Stripes. Then if the hippies want to try and force the issue, we can just have a second Bear Flag Revolt, as California has a couple million gun owners, and very, very few of them would be on board with the stupidity. Afterwards, the rest of California would be perfectly happy to throw up border walls around a few certain enclaves.
Hell, let ’em try it, I say. It will be a self-limiting problem.
You know guys like me and Texas will ride chartered buses to California just to vote without showing ID for secession. Nothing personal. 😉
You dick!
Build a wall around each city-state that wants or votes to secede, charge them a head tax for entry into and exit from California proper. That way, you’ll see exactly how popular it really is.
And then there’s that whole thing about water resources….
Escape From LA!!
Seriously, I doubt the democrats will let it pick up much steam. They’d be pissing away 54 guaranteed Electoral College votes.
Then they’d have to find candidates that people actually want to vote for, instead of just relying on voter fraud in their strongholds.
Oh? watch the news…they have PLENTY of water!!
Actually, if the State of Jefferson breaks off from Cali and remains with the US, we can keep the 50 star version!
Geography is not only failed by US students apparently….
California there you go.
EU probably has it in its head that Wash DC is a state, just like Eurocrats tend to think that Brussels is some kind of autonomous imperial EuroCapitalCityState…
Oh, so Puerto Rico (that lovely island, island of tropical breezes) has decided to agree to be a state instead of a protectorate? (Always the pineapples growing, always the coffee blossoms blowing!)
That’s nice to know. Did anyone tell the PRs about it?
Or is it American Samoa? Guam? Marshall Islands? Hey, we can make it 57 states if they really want it that way.
And don’t forget the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. The Saipanese and Tinianers that make up the commonwealth are always concerned that we tend to lump them in with the Guamanians, when in fact Guam and the Northern Marianas Commonwealth are two distinct U.S. political entities…
Can’t be Guam, I heard it flipped over.
Not only that, there are those channel islands off the Kakafornia coast. Those can be added to the list. Oh, and I forgot, the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. You think maybe Bermuda would like to join us?
I was thinking the 51st state would be British Columbia. Beautiful scenery, lots of hiking, climbing, cross country skiing…we could name it Washington North or something.
Alberta is pretty nice too. Ever been to Waterton Lakes NP? It is a “joint” park with our own Glacier NP in Montana. Gorgeous!
Would you believe there is actually a petition asking POTUS to annex Alberta as a state should it decide to leave Canada?
I signed it, two of my Grandparents were born there while their families were working the wheat fields.
Not to mention Banff NP. That’s probably some of the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen, right up there with Waterton and both sides of the Flathead Valley.
South Alaska…
Well, hell, yes! And while we’re at it, annex the part of Mexico Lindo that we gave back to Mexico after Pancho Villa (starring in his very own movie) got into snit fits with the Federales.
In fact, if you think about it, France could still claim parts of Mexico as territories, and everyone there would have to speak France’s official language, frogspeak. Then it would no longer be the Quebecois with bad accents, it would also be les paysannes de la Mexique! Voila!
LMAO! Quebecois with bad accents! I love it Ex-PH2 :). Actually this is kind of weird my crew and I get tasked with things radiologically strange, so we were looking at a European based radiation monitoring system and saw where they have a site just a tad south of Newfoundland, Id forgotten that the French still own St Pierre! I guess the brits gave it back to them after the Seven Years War. Must be garrisoned by about a squads worth for the Foreign Legion and two gend’armes.
We could pull that into the USA as well, so we are working on about a 55 star flag, you know we need to get to 57…
Western Alberta is damned pretty! 🙂
Get too much farther east though, and you can stand on tip toes and see the Atlantic.
Yukon Territory. My grandfather was up there during the Gold Rush. I can claim homesteading rights. I have pictures.
Ummm… radiologically strange? You don’t refer to EMPs or solar CMEs, do you?
If the sun is less active, i.e., the solar wind is reduced, then blocking deep space radiation is also reduced. If the ‘radiologically strange’ stuff is coming from deep space, e.g., cosmic rays, X-rays, and gamma rays, and the levels have increased it has an effect on the planet’s atmosphere. I’d like to know more.
All you would get is Haiti..you know, the one bubba the pedophile pervert was going to rebuild?
How hard is it to C&P an image off of Wikipedia?
Impossible for me ’cause I don’t do the wiki.
Oh, wait – you were looking for a serious answer. Sorry. Sort of.
The liberal loons in western Washington want to take Washington out as part of a new political unit consisting of WA, OR, CA and British Columbia. Like most liberal loonies they really haven’t thought it through. Firstly, BC wants nothing to do with the scheme because as remote as they are from Ottawa, both geographically and politically, they see nothing but crazy from their southern liberal neighbors.
Secondly, both Washington and Oregon are not totally liberal. The eastern side of both states, along with the rural areas of both are very conservative and want no part of union with California. The conservative regions are less populated than the liberal enclaves, so our votes often don’t count in statewide elections. We are dominated by the left but it is by a very slim margin. In Washington our legislature is split, DEM house, Rep Senate. The west side elects the statewide officers while the east side elects the locals. I have heard talk that if the westside tries to secede and unite with California, there will be blood. The state of Washington will survive, those who attempt secession will not.
Roger: You are RIGHT ON TARGET!
Worca? Yeah, that sounds about right.
As long as they leave Puget Sound out of it, they can secede all they want to. And take the volcanoes with them. I figured out that if a big reinforced concrete shield is built on the side of the volcano where you don’t want the stuff to blow or flow outward, it will all go where you want it to go, in this case: SEATTLE! Just move Seattle to the coast and give Amazon enough time to move HQ a few miles eastward, and I’m good.
It’s a country not HJ Heinz…although considering they are owned by his buddy Warren to-the-B now, I could see how he might have gotten confused.