There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. P.S. I am not a crackpot

[LynneSin]

So which 3 states would you eliminate and why. And btw, you can't pick Delaware, nuff said!

[TK421]

1. This one could get ugly quick...ain't touching it!

:yoiks:

[Beer Snob-50]

2. this is easy

ct- because there are too many uconn women basketball fans out there

ny- the yankees nuff said

mo- because of branson

[LynneSin]

3. Yes but I could live with the Yankees - rather get rid of Arizona

nuff said

NY Yankees vs. Racist Policians - the Yankees always win.

[Beer Snob-50]

4. boviously you don't live in new england!!! LOL

we can ignore racist assholes, but you cannot ignore yankee fans.

[snooper2]

12. You can't just eliminate the state, you have to combine states to do it

try again :)

[MrCoffee]

5. Connecticut: Bush country

Florida: America's Wang

North Dakota: It's completely fictitious anyway, so why keep up the pretense?

[TK421]

9. You might add something

Florida: America's Uncircumcised Wang

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. Texas, Hawaii, Alaska.

pick three, she said.

[Deep13]

7. States with populations less than D.C. get consolidated. nt

[Deep13]

Right now, I'm looking at AZ and Oklahoma.

They seem to want out anyway.

[Deep13]

8. *double post*

[snooper2]

10. I would combine Wyoming, Idaho and Montana

Then the new state would have a population worth caring about :hide:

Next, we would have to Annex Louisiana as part of Texas. We can't have the new state of Wyidatana be larger than Texas :) Plus by adding Louisiana we can have more of a star shaped state :)


Oh, and Rhode Island goes to the highest bidder between Massachusetts and Connecticut

[TK421]

15. Wydahona?

[old mark]

42. Wydahellnot?-------nt

[Bucky]

57. That certainly sounds nicer than "Wymountaho"

[Tuesday Afternoon]

60. heh

why ever not. indeed.

[RandomThoughts]

11. The States of Confusion, Panic, Despair.

They don't do much good for people.

[jobycom]

20. Why do you hate America?

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. I'd make all the Conferederate states unify into one, then get rid of it. Then Illinois and Utah.

[LynneSin]

14. But Obama is from Illinois

Would the birthers then finally have a claim that he can no longer be president?

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. A lot of the birthers would be eliminated in my Confederate States manuever.

[LynneSin]

17. Yes but Oily Taintz would still be there

so you fail

:cry:

[quickesst]

51. I live in Arkansas.....

...as millions of dem/liberal/progressives do, and most of us love our homes. Although the minority, and living with a majority with different political agendas, we are making some progress. I believe that progress would increase if not for the continuing support, misguided as it may be, from stereotype addicts who do their part in hindering such progress. "Get rid of it"? How? Extermination, A-bombs, enslavement, deportation? Those are your alternatives, because without such heinous action by the "enlightened", we'll still be here. From the millions of us "down here", thanks for caring. You make us proud.
quickesst

[Rabrrrrrr]

56. Go back and read the OP,

and save your poutrage for another time.

[Kaleva]

18. Combine the Dakotas, Virginias and Carolinas

[taterguy]

44. No fucking way. North Carolina has all the good stuff and we don't feel like sharing

North Carolina has the Outer Banks.
South Carolina has Myrtle Beach.

North Carolina has Chapel Hill.
SC has Colombia.

North Carolina has Doc Watson.
SC has Hootie and the Blowfish.

I could go on and on and on.

[A HERETIC I AM]

54. North Carolina has Research Triangle Park. South Carolina has...

entirely too many fundies that want to attract more and turn itself into a religious state.


Break SC off and let it float out to sea.

[SoxFan]

73. Duke vs. South of the Border

Sounds like you both suck! :evilgrin:

[TK421]

75. "Break SC off and let it float out to sea."

for the whole Hootie and the Blowfish thing alone

[LynneSin]

69. South Carolina has Mark Sanford

nuff said

[XemaSab]

63. Then split the Californias

:D

[hunter]

71. We could have five Californias.

With Capitals of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eureka, Barstow, and Bakersfield.

The Imperial Valley and Central Valley would be a single state connected by a corridor of rangelands following the San Andreas and her sister faults.

[hvn_nbr_2]

19. First three to secede. nt

[madinmaryland]

21. Delaware should become part of Maryland, since Delaware seems hell-bent

on replacing Biden's senate seat with a repuke!

[LynneSin]

23. Ted Kauffman needs to run

We love Ted!

:loveya:

Hey at least we didn't have a numnuts like Michael Steele as our Lt. Governor!

[madinmaryland]

25. Steele has actually never won a real election on his own.

I don't know who is worse: Steele or Alan Keyes!

[jobycom]

22. Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Nuevo Leon.

Make them part of Texas. It would beautify Texas by giving us more beaches and more Democratic voters.

California can have the two Baja states. They need some voting help too these days.

[chemenger]

24. Just three???

Damn you making it hard!

Connecticut - Joe Lieberman
Alaska - Sarah Failin' (this one is a given ... so it doesn't count)
Arizona - John (I am not a Maverick so ... Nyah!) McCain ... and ... Show me your papers!
Minnesota - Michelle Bachmann (any state that would have her as its Congressional Representative needs to be cast adrift).

[LynneSin]

27. Wait you would get rid of Minnesota - what about Al Franken

:cry:

Why do you make baby jesus cry?

[geardaddy]

37. Minnesota?

You're crazy, you'd be getting rid of Al Franken and Keith Ellison. Just get rid of MB, the state should stay. Her district is a gerrymanderers wet dream. Get rid of her district.

[Blue_In_AK]

80. If Sarah still lives here, we haven't seen her in months...

not that anyone cares. We're doing just fine without her.

[jobycom]

26. If Delaware is no longer a state, does it become Delawore? nt

Edited for TWT--Typing While Tired.

[Captain Hilts]

It becomes Delawas. Or Delawere. nt

[Mojambo]

28. Hawaii, Alaska, and Florida

Hawaii and Alaska because I want a continental United States and Florida because it just hangs off the nation like some limp, useless penis.

[Blue_In_AK]

81. I agree with you on Alaska.

We should be part of Canada. I think Alaskans are much more like Yukon Territorians than they are, say, East Coasters.

[HopeHoops]

29. Texas, Arizona, and Alaska

Do I need to explain?

[Rosie1223]

30. First, I'd combine Mississippi, Alabama, & Georgia

They're pretty much the same anyway.

Then I'd expand Illinois to cover Wisconsin. I'm really sick of their "FIB" belly-aching. Without Illinois tourist dollars, Wisconsin Dells would dry up and Wisconsin would convert to it's original breeding ground of methane and mosquitoes. It would be better off, I'm sure.

[racaulk]

34. .

[Rosie1223]

36. Just kidding, like everyone else on this thread.

Wisconsin is a fine state, too.

:hi:

[racaulk]

38. Whoa...sorry!

I really misread the intent of your post. I guess I'm a little too sensitive to the anti-Southern attitudes that, IMHO, appear a little too often around here. I forgot that I was in the Lounge for a moment! :blush:

My apologies for the snark -- you didn't deserve that. :hi:

[Rosie1223]

41. No Problem!

[TZ]

31. Geezus fucking christ

You know I have yet to find something I don't like about any state I've visited . Even the much maligned Arizona has a lot- natural beauty fascinating wildlife and even you know that pesky MAYO CLINIC that *gasp* saves lives. But we don't like their politics so let's shit all over them! I remember a freeper type friend joking about getting rid of ALL of New England because of the "useless liberals". Wasn't funny when he said it and it's not funny now Lynne. Is there a point to this flamebait bullshit?

[baldguy]

32. I don't think we have enough states.

NYC deserves its own state, as does DC and PR. Texas should be split up into 3-4 states. Same with CA. UP MI should be spun off on its own too.

There should also be some way for Native Americans to have direct representation in Congress.

[Captain Hilts]

33. 1 Dakota. WVA joins VA. RI joins CT. nt

Dakotas. There are not enough people to warrant two states. We could call it "The Dakota Territory" again.
West VA doesn't have a diverse enough economy.
RI is horribly corrupt and incompetent. Give it to Tidy Connecticut.

[Fire Walk With Me]

35. I am still fairly certain that Kansas does not and never has existed.

Bad case of consensus reality, I say. No one can offer me convincing proof that it does.

And if we got rid of texas and florida, where would all the news come from? MMmm?

[LynneSin]

70. I'm guessing you haven't watched "The Wizard of Oz"

Proof that Kansas is real!

[Fire Walk With Me]

74. WHAT? It's a documentary?

I can't find it on the net but I was told of a newspaper description of the Wizard of Oz when it aired once: "A young girl goes to a strange new place, kills the first person she meets, hooks up with three strangers and goes on to kill again."

:rofl:

[geardaddy]

39. Combine the Dakotas

Combine Utah, Wyoming, Idaho.

[geardaddy]

40. Get rid of all states starting with "I"

[LeftinOH]

43. North Dakota & South Dakota should be joined together -seriously;

the total population would still be quite small. Currently, FOUR US Senators represent about 1.7 million people. In addition, Wyoming could join Colorado.

[carlyhippy]

52. HA! maybe with both Dakotas combined they may actually hit 1 million people

in the summer months anyway, it will only be about half that in the winter after the snow birds drive south to Texas, Arizona and NM

[MadBadger]

45. Texas, Alaska, and Alabama.

[brooklynite]

46. How about if we just simplify the names?

For example, Minnesota could become "East Dakota" and Montana could become "West Dakota"...

[Shell Beau]

47. No. This is stupid.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

48. As someone who's heard his fair share of "Floriduh" jokes, I'll pass on this one.

Every state has something worthwhile about it.

[miscsoc]

49. I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah

also, uh, south carolina and alaska, i don't like the shape of alaska, it is the ugliest state

[Throd]

50. California should be broken into three pieces

[quakerboy]

67. Please elaborate

I have considered this. I do not see it improving the country any. What am I missing?

[Throd]

72. It isn't about improving the country.

I have lived for 20 years in Southern California and 12 years in Northern California. What is important to people in Arcata is often irrelevant in San Diego and vice versa. I think the citizens would be better served.

[azmouse]

53. Confusion. War. Fear.

[Brother Buzz]

55. Think how spastic a 47 star flag would look

Let's just eliminate two and go back to the beautiful 48 star flag I remember from my childhood.

[Bucky]

61. Here's a 47 star flag

New Mexico & Arizona were admitted into the union about a month apart, becoming states #47 & #48. The official turnover date for new stars on the flag is July 4th, so there never was a 47 star flag.

[Brother Buzz]

62. That cool but still spastic

I heard there was an unofficial forty-seven star flag, just like there was an unofficial forty-nine star flag, but I never saw one. :thumbsup:

[NNadir]

58. North Dakota, Texas, and the one I can't pick. We can keep Rhode Island. It's cute.

[undeterred]

59. The south, the west, and Alaska.

[WinkyDink]

64. Texas. Texas. And Texas.

[apex3350]

65. texass, wyoming, and utah

[quakerboy]

66. Negatory. I would add 3. Perhaps more

DC for one. Guam and the Northern Marianis combined for another. Puerto rico and US virgin Islands for the third. And add any of our other local territories to whatever they are closest too.

6 more senators from. A handful of reps. And the rights and responsibilities that go with state hood, no more free ride for territories. No more "made in USA" under fully libertarian regulations, no more republican forced sex retreat islands on US soil.

[mikeytherat]

68. "Whenever I view your magazine, I don't see one wrinkled face or a single toothless grin. For shame!

To the sickos at Modern Bride magazine."

mikey_the_rat

[Old Troop]

76. Well, of course NY would have to go....

they might be able to squeak by if they put the Yankees in prison. The other ones? The tiny States - RI, DE and, uh, CT.

[bamacrat]

77. I would eliminate and combine...

I would temporarily eliminate Texas even though I live there just to show all these dumb ass secession people how great federal dollars are. But let them back once my point was made. I would combine Arizona and New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Tennessee and Kentucky and all of the New England states into one, and call it New Delaware. Give Alaska to Canada, then make Puerto Rico a state.

[Blue_In_AK]

83. Another vote for giving Alaska to Canada!

I really like this idea. I'm really not too fond of the United States, although I like some of you people down there.

[Radical Activist]

78. Those tiny northeastern ones have no business being separate states.

Combine Vermont and New Hampshire.
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts must become one state that people can spell.
Delaware must combine with either New Jersey or Delaware. They can vote on it. We need to make room for a new state like DC, Puerto Rico or Afghanistan.

[eppur_se_muova]

85. We could give ME back to MA, but that wouldn't help with the spelling issue.

Maine is one of the NE states that was not one of the 13 colonies. NH is the other, and VT is easier to spell, so if we return NH to VT, it kind of cancels out.

[Blue_In_AK]

79. I wouldn't mind if Alaska left

as long as we could be part of Canada, which makes infinitely more sense than being part of the US of A anyway.

[NoGOPZone]

82. Last in, first out. Hawaii, Alaska and Arizona

Of course, it's simply an easy way of getting rid of Palin and the Arizona legislature.

[Blue_In_AK]

84. Palin is the Lower 48's problem now.

We're so over her.

[KamaAina]

86. A 47-star flag would look like crap.

You really might want to rethink this. :P