North King
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I'm deep in writing something which is full of death and bloodshed, and for this five minute break, I decided to make a thread which is... well, a lighthearted Iraq thread.
OK, here goes: So people have been [semi-seriously] joking all the while about making Iraq into the fifty-first state.
But have you ever actually considered the implications about making Iraq a state?
1) Iraq has a vast area, making infrastructure terrible to maintain, absorbing billions in federal funding. Would you really want your tax dollars to go into that?
2) For once, Mississippi would not be at the bottom of the nation in terms of being the butt of jokes about illiteracy and rednecks. Imagine the political imbalance!
3) Iraq has a tremendous population in one block--almost thirty million people. If we admitted it as a single state, then it would have almost as many electoral votes as California!
3a) Consider, then. Should we admit it as a single state--giving it huge amounts of electoral votes and representatives, or as multiple states--making a huge number of Islamic senators, and also much more "lively" debates in Congress between the Sunnis and the Shias?
4) If Baghdad were in the US, it would be one of the top three cities. Shouldn't it have it's own professional baseball, hockey, basketball, etc. teams?
5) Consider the HUGE open border. Imagine how easily illegal immigrants could enter in through it!
6) Well, we would solve our domestic oil situation for the moment.
Feel free to discuss any of the points, add your own.
But do keep in mind that this thread is meant purely in good humor; please don't flame each other in it, and try to keep it lighthearted and not full of political rants.
Also note I *don't* believe that it will become the fifty first state. See the "light-hearted humor" part.
OK, here goes: So people have been [semi-seriously] joking all the while about making Iraq into the fifty-first state.
But have you ever actually considered the implications about making Iraq a state?
1) Iraq has a vast area, making infrastructure terrible to maintain, absorbing billions in federal funding. Would you really want your tax dollars to go into that?
2) For once, Mississippi would not be at the bottom of the nation in terms of being the butt of jokes about illiteracy and rednecks. Imagine the political imbalance!
3) Iraq has a tremendous population in one block--almost thirty million people. If we admitted it as a single state, then it would have almost as many electoral votes as California!
3a) Consider, then. Should we admit it as a single state--giving it huge amounts of electoral votes and representatives, or as multiple states--making a huge number of Islamic senators, and also much more "lively" debates in Congress between the Sunnis and the Shias?
4) If Baghdad were in the US, it would be one of the top three cities. Shouldn't it have it's own professional baseball, hockey, basketball, etc. teams?
5) Consider the HUGE open border. Imagine how easily illegal immigrants could enter in through it!
6) Well, we would solve our domestic oil situation for the moment.
Feel free to discuss any of the points, add your own.
But do keep in mind that this thread is meant purely in good humor; please don't flame each other in it, and try to keep it lighthearted and not full of political rants.
Also note I *don't* believe that it will become the fifty first state. See the "light-hearted humor" part.
This is excellent! I propose the Baghdad Bombers as their official team.
