California
Related: About this forumA Counter-proposal - Any fellow Californians who who would go for this option?
Chalco
(1,370 posts)hedda_foil
(16,527 posts)Think this one through a moment and imagine how secure any of it would be if Hawaii was taken by you know who.
Stargleamer
(2,276 posts)JoseBalow
(5,807 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,969 posts)JoseBalow
(5,807 posts)I can envision a bi-coastal Mexicanafornian economic powerhouse
Clouds Passing
(2,969 posts)ZDU
(92 posts)My documents will be forthcoming. Please hold a welcome spot for me!
delisen
(6,636 posts)Among MEXICOs latest projects is a rail corridor in southern Mexico that will parallel complement the Panama Canal in moving freight East/West.
cynical_idealist
(461 posts)Or get a bunch of new desalinization plants...
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RussellCattle
(1,790 posts)jayschool2013
(2,488 posts)Maryland?
We don't deserve to be in Dumbfuckistan.
Stargleamer
(2,276 posts)now how to include Colorado and New Mexico would be a challenge
Upthevibe
(9,299 posts)Absolutely! And we can take Oregon and Washington State with us.....
Lucky Luciano
(11,510 posts)3catwoman3
(25,793 posts)...and the collar counties.
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marti
(41 posts)Like their song too
TBF
(34,824 posts)I want to be in your new country!
IbogaProject
(3,867 posts)But no way Canada ever absorbs New York, under this idea Americans would outnumber Canadians. Great meme but there is no way beyond some kind of collapse this could occur.
Auggie
(31,949 posts)Just call us the Western States of America.
Clouds Passing
(2,969 posts)believe that New Mexico is part of Mexico already would be accurate.
Susan Calvin
(2,161 posts)Anybody have any advice on smuggling in my illegal 26-year-old Quaker parakeet and getting him veterinary care after I've done that? That's the only thing that's been keeping me in Texas, honestly. Well, and my friends and my doctors. But mostly the bird.
wolfie001
(3,891 posts)Stargleamer
(2,276 posts)as should Hawaii.
wolfie001
(3,891 posts)I was expecting a frying pan upside the head. Cheers and Happy New Year!
AllaN01Bear
(23,472 posts)fierywoman
(8,162 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,897 posts)I was born in New York State, and lived there until I was 22.
FrankTC
(226 posts)Though in my rural-ish Michigan area, Trumpers outnumber decent people somewhat. But Id support the change. I feel I have more in common with most Canadians than with most Texans.
DENVERPOPS
(10,227 posts)Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.......
Stargleamer
(2,276 posts)Arizona on the other hand should be let in on a probationary basis
DENVERPOPS
(10,227 posts)to have a connecting piece to us!!!!!!! LOL
Stargleamer
(2,276 posts)and you don't have go through Dumbfuckistan to go from one part of the Canada to another.
DENVERPOPS
(10,227 posts)wouldn't be allowed to cross the new, "United Corporations Tyranny of America's* border anyways........
DinahMoeHum
(22,533 posts)Stargleamer
(2,276 posts)Hawaii should definitely be included too
LogDog75
(203 posts)barbtries
(30,013 posts)if that happened.
it's not going to happen, but I would totally be back home in a heartbeat.
17 years in NC still homesick.
Wiz Imp
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Illinois, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona (and Hawaii!)
Rhiannon12866
(225,093 posts)According to Liz Cheney's book, Boebert was suspected of communicating with the insurrectionists on January 6th - like telling them that Nancy Pelosi had been evacuated. My cousin has 2 daughters and has been considering moving overseas.
Wiz Imp
(2,560 posts)hasn't voted for a Republican for Governor since 2002, Has 2 Democratic Senators, has had a Democratic House majority for several years, massive Democratic majorities in both the state senate and state general assembly, and a Supreme Court entirely appointed by Democrats. Like all states (even California and New York) there are very conservative regions in the state (and hence Congressional Districts that will never vote for a Democrat no matter how bad the Republican candidate may be), but overall it is very strongly Democratic state at this point.
Rhiannon12866
(225,093 posts)Boebert switched districts, even though she lives in CO-3, when Rep. Ken Buck "retired."
Wiz Imp
(2,560 posts)Republicans won the district by margins over 20% every year since 2012, until 2024 when Boebert won by just 11%. Boebert got just 53% of the vote, by far the lowest Republican share since 2010 when the district was less gerrymandered in favor of Republicans than it is now). That's why Boebert ran there because her old 3rd district is much more balance than the 4th and she probably would have lost there (she won by just over 500 votes in 2022).
Unfortunately for your cousin, living in the 4th district, she's going to have a Republican representative regardless. Once Boebert won the primary, she was guaranteed to win the general election (although it was much closer than previous Republicans in the district won by). She probably won the primary due to name recognition - she only got 43% of the vote but the balance was split amongst a bunch of others. I would guess there is a chance that a "less insane" Republican could beat her in a future primary, particularly if it is a 1-on-1 race. But she's guaranteed to be there for at least the next 2 years.
I feel bad for your cousin and would hate to live in a District represented by Boebert, but I live in the District in PA represented by Scott Perry who is just as bad (albeit not for all the same reasons). I really thought we had him beat this year but he barely squeaked by again.
Good luck to your cousin!
Rhiannon12866
(225,093 posts)She has two daughters and the way things have been going, she's afraid for their future.
And I can certainly identify with both you and my cousin - I'm in New York and we were redistricted in 2013, inherited a moderate Democrat from up north. But he retired in 2015 and I went to his meetup to meet his chosen successor who I liked a lot, made GOTV calls for him. But he lost to what turned out to be a national embarrassment - Stefanik! There were protests when she was first elected, but she's been inexplicably reelected ever since. Looks like we'll be facing a Special Election but that's not even been scheduled yet.
These billboards went up all over the district after she appeared on national TV alongside Gym Jordan during the second impeachment hearings:
Wiz Imp
(2,560 posts)At least you'll be rid of Stefanik as your rep really soon. It would be great if a Democrat could win that seat, but if not, hopefully a halfway sane Republican will run. It seems that most Republicans in New York are not as crazy as the party as a whole (Stefanik being a really huge exception!). The longer the take to schedule the special election, the better, as that is one less Republican vote in the house for at least several months.
Rhiannon12866
(225,093 posts)The night of the 2022 election, there was a Republican meetup locally and Stefanik took the opportunity to be the first to endorse TFG for 2024! I heard this from the husband of a long time friend of mine who ran for State Senate because the incumbent Republican was running unopposed. Unfortunately, she lost as well.
DENVERPOPS
(10,227 posts)as we Dems in Colorado call her. Better off out on the plains in Rural Colorado. Her attempt to get a little bit of culture by going to the Denver Center of Performing Arts for a play this past winter was truly gross.......She arrived with her current "boy toy", both "goofed" up, and vaping while watching the performance, then the two were acting like a couple of small town kids in the balcony of a movie theatre, but on the main floor. They were groping each other, and they were actually kicked out, during the performance........
I guess they didn't know that the audience is under constant surveillance by HD video during the entire performance.....Someone leaked the video and it was something to watch......she tried disputing what was said, and then found out there was a video of the entire situation being reported and shown to the public......
Tikki
(14,799 posts)Please
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ZonkerHarris
(25,491 posts)usonian
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At last count (https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-north-america.html)
Now, lets see those White Christian Nationalists outvote the combined population of the
United States of North America!
Put some maple syrup on my churros!
As I light up a nice Cuban cigar. WAIT I forgot about Jamaica!
JustAnotherGen
(33,894 posts)And New York on this map. Maybe cut off the lower few countries of NJ - like Van Drew's District.
IcyPeas
(22,833 posts)kimbutgar
(23,704 posts)Please give us the money we contributed to Social Security and well leave!
sdfernando
(5,455 posts)and it hangs much thicker and lower than that place in the southeast! 🍆
Retrograde
(10,768 posts)A hard NO here. California was never a British colony, we have a population at least as large as Canada's, and more than half the population has little to no British roots. Then there's that whole monarchy thing: don't tell me they're just figureheads, they still cost a lot to maintain. I'd rather us be our own country.
What is it with this constant harping on merging with Canada?