NO to Statehood for Puerto Rico

[VBshooter]

The Congess is trying to slip this by silently and if you are opposed you need to contact your Congressman ASAP. THe link will take you to the story and there is also a link to compose a message.
http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/201 ... ore-113066

[zephyp]

The Congess is trying to slip this by silently and if you are opposed you need to contact your Congressman ASAP. THe link will take you to the story and there is also a link to compose a message.
http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/201 ... ore-113066

Not to be glib but what good will it do to contact them...the only way to get their attention is to actively voice a threat of hurl racial epithets at them...I've written my last letter and made my last call to this congress...they are unresponsive and utterly, totally useless -- unless you are a far left liberal, socialist, or commie pinko fag...

[VBshooter]

I'm sorry to hear that DK. Hopefully something will rekindle your enthusiasm in the future. I to find it frustrating at their lack of action on our behalf but still feel the need to voice it to them any way I can... If for no other reason than to keep them aware that they will be out of a job next election and all that crap they passed can be dismantled and round filed where it belongs.

[ProShooter]

Obama has visited 57 states....maybe PR is already one??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

[VBshooter]

Well the bastards passed the first hump today to bring the vote closer ...This first link is to the actual bill and the second is the vote in case you would like to thank your congressman good or bad.We do not need a 51st state.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z ... L&summ2=m&

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll242.xml Iam willing to bet that over 2/3 of the country isn't even aware they are trying this,. Just what we need ,,,another welfare state to help drain the treasury,,,Dems do not care they want the votes!!!!!!!!!

[Vahunter]

No we don't need another state but they get alot of the benefits already. Call me a dumb redneck but I don't understand how they can join the US military. Would someone explain that please ?

[VBshooter]

I'm not sure of that but they would have upwards of 6 Congressional seats and there is potential for 4 million DEMOCRAP votes, massive federal money going to them, this is a progressive ploy to help brace DEMOCRAPS chances of remaining in power for a long time. Hopefully this garbage will die in the Senate and that will be the end of it. If not get ready to bend over once more for this administration and it's wonderful??? fundamental change.

[TheGodfather]

It passed through Congress - headed to the Senate.

[VBshooter]

True and all the more reason to tell those two yahoo Senators of ours we don't support another drain on our wallets, a state that most PR's don;t want to be, and we won;t support their political agenda of gaining votes by this lame ass attempt to get another state so the current crew of morons can stay in office.

[Taggure]

Here is the TEA Party notice about it That I recieved on it
Vern

Puerto Rico Being Forced Down the Path to Statehood?

Sometimes we receive items from local tea parties around the country that are so well drafted, and so important, that we just forward them as is. Thanks to Patti Weaver of the Pittsburgh Tea Party for the following:


Would you please call the U.S. Representatives today and ask them to vote no on H.R. 2499? This is a trojan horse, middle of the night kind of bill that you may not have heard about yet. The Left is trying to label anyone who votes against this bill as a racist, so all representatives must be called!


TIME TO MELT THE PHONES!

Congress is at it again!

Now they are trying to sneak in a vote that would put Puerto Rico on the path to statehood. The only trouble is, they haven't exactly told US about it (sound familiar??).

Please take a moment and read the information below, then pick up the phone and CALL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE! ... Then call five friends and ask them to do the same!

Click on congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm to get your Representative's best phone numbers. Start with the DC offices, then move on the the LOCAL numbers!

Demand your Representative vote NO on HR 2499

Here's what Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com had to say:
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.

Read the whole thing:
http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/201 ... ake-it-so/

The Puerto Rican government is even playing hardball with it own people! Read this by Ann Shibler :

The United States House of Representatives is set to vote on H.R. 2499, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act, as early as this week. This bill would mandate a non-binding expression by the voters of Puerto Rico as to their wishes with regard to retaining their commonwealth status or becoming a state or becoming an independent nation, but in conjunction with other legislation already introduced inside Puerto Rico, the commonwealth status of the island could be eliminated as early as this year.

Three times in the past 43 years Puerto Ricans have voted against becoming the 51st state in the Union, the last time being 11 years ago. But this time the bill is rigged to eliminate the commonwealth option and grant either full statehood, or total independence. Sen. Jose Hernandez-Mayoral of the island's minority Popular Democratic Party said, "Behind this innocuous bill lies a fully thought out assault on Congress to designate the island the 51st state." "With the commonwealth option out of the ballot, statehood is finally, albeit crookedly, assured a victory."

The whole article is here: http://www.jbs.org/us-constitution-blog ... uerto-rico

HR2499 text:
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009 (Reported in House):
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin ... rh.txt.pdf

Thanks for all your hard work.

God bless you.

Sincerely,


Patti Weaver
Pittsburgh Tea Party Movement




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[zephyp]

No we don't need another state but they get alot of the benefits already. Call me a dumb redneck but I don't understand how they can join the US military. Would someone explain that please ?

You dont have to be a citizen to sign up...go figure...when I was in we had a couple of non citizens...one could not speak a word of english or so he said...

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorder ... enship.htm

@Spence - I admire your diligence but I have better things to do than waste my time trying to get the attention of someone who will not listen...it is a sad state of affairs but it is what it is...when they show they will listen then I'll rejoin the fray...this congress has proven beyond a doubt that they are listening to absolutely no one except themselves...nothing we the people can do to change that except fire them and that cant happen until November...even then I'm skeptical about the outcome...

[CowboyT]

No we don't need another state but they get alot of the benefits already. Call me a dumb redneck but I don't understand how they can join the US military. Would someone explain that please ?

You can join the US military if you're not a citizen. However, Puerto Ricans ARE citizens of the US. Remember that Puerto Rico is US territory, and thus anyone born there has all the rights and privileges of citizenship that any other person born on US soil has. And yes, that includes territories, which is why Sen. John McCain could run for President.