Let's suppose that we have to give Canada a state...

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: jmebonner

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Really seriously? Agriculture.

A whole heck of a lot of agriculture at that.

 

[kedlav]

Originally posted by: venkman

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Michigan

a worthelss state for a worthless country

Too much Cali bashing in this thread. Cali provides way too much in the way of food to the rest of the nation to give up. Plus Cali has Hollywood, Disneyland, and the entire tech sector.

Replace Cali bashing with Michigan bashing, eh?

Can't forget the major pr0n production either...

We can always sacrifice Florida.

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: v1001
Are you crazy Texas has oil and California has our movies.

California by itself also has a bigger GDP (1,813,000 million) than Canada (1,432,000 million). I think Canada would be very happy going from ninth in the GDP rankings to tied for forth with China.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Let them have Montana.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: jmebonner

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Really seriously? Agriculture.

A whole heck of a lot of agriculture at that.

and power, since states like Cali got all enviro friendly, they won't build more power plants, so they have to get it from the central US, so we have to build more to supply them.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: jmebonner

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Really seriously? Agriculture.

A whole heck of a lot of agriculture at that.

and power, since states like Cali got all enviro friendly, they won't build more power plants, so they have to get it from the central US, so we have to build more to supply them.

wat

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: jmebonner

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Really seriously? Agriculture.

A whole heck of a lot of agriculture at that.

and power, since states like Cali got all enviro friendly, they won't build more power plants, so they have to get it from the central US, so we have to build more to supply them.

wat

"California utilities currently purchase about 20 percent of their power from coal-burning power plants outside state lines..."

link

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: GhettoFob
Texas

No thanks. We have our standards.

So do we, please take Texas!

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: jmebonner

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Really seriously? Agriculture.

A whole heck of a lot of agriculture at that.

and power, since states like Cali got all enviro friendly, they won't build more power plants, so they have to get it from the central US, so we have to build more to supply them.

wat

"California utilities currently purchase about 20 percent of their power from coal-burning power plants outside state lines..."

link

You should probably fill in the rest of that quote:

(The sentence directly after)

"...The new ruling prohibits utilities from purchasing power from sources that emit either more than 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour, or the same amount of CO2 that is released from a typical natural gas power plant."

It's not like they're outsourcing their pollution-- they've mandated what plants they can buy energy from. I don't see what the argument is here. Other states buy power from other states as well. It's not like California is buying acres of land in Wyoming to build power plants for themselves on...

 

[brandonbull]

In the winter, Florida is part of Canada. Million slow cars with Ontario plates on them.

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Anyone of your Territories would be nice though....anything that's nice and warm.

Wellm Turks and Caicos has tried to join our federation for a long time and it has not happened yet.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/turksandcaicos/
http://www.canadiancontent.net...e-join-canada_676.html


We'd happily take Vermont though, just a little bit more to the right than most of the country but it would still fit in.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: jmebonner

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Really seriously? Agriculture.

A whole heck of a lot of agriculture at that.

and power, since states like Cali got all enviro friendly, they won't build more power plants, so they have to get it from the central US, so we have to build more to supply them.

wat

"California utilities currently purchase about 20 percent of their power from coal-burning power plants outside state lines..."

link

You should probably fill in the rest of that quote:

(The sentence directly after)

"...The new ruling prohibits utilities from purchasing power from sources that emit either more than 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour, or the same amount of CO2 that is released from a typical natural gas power plant."

It's not like they're outsourcing their pollution-- they've mandated what plants they can buy energy from. I don't see what the argument is here. Other states buy power from other states as well. It's not like California is buying acres of land in Wyoming to build power plants for themselves on...

I dunno what the argument is, people asked what the midwest is good for, and I answered, then, you said "wat", and I provided an answer.

 

[Zedtom]

Seeing as how Canada is our biggest supplier of oil, maybe we should just annex them. We already provide them with military protection...let's just take over. Who's gonna stop us?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Zedtom
Seeing as how Canada is our biggest supplier of oil, maybe we should just annex them. We already provide them with military protection...let's just take over. Who's gonna stop us?

This guy! Watch out!

KT

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Zedtom
Seeing as how Canada is our biggest supplier of oil, maybe we should just annex them. We already provide them with military protection...let's just take over. Who's gonna stop us?

This guy! Watch out!

KT

and a tank

 

[nonameo]

edit: Michigan.

 

[Rufus12]

Why not just use states bordering Canada so it makes sense?

 

[IronWing]

Hmm, if my state got annexed by Canada, would we get out of having to pay off the US national debt? I kind of like maple smoked blubber.

 

[0roo0roo]

pretty obvious, give them dakota and take alberta. they have oil. dakota is pretty useless. cali has silicon valley, washington is microsoft. why would you give them that.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: TehMac
Michigan. We'll give the Canadians moar pinkos!

I ain't a pinko ya beyotch.

I thought Karl Marx was in pretty high standing there. I know Fidel Castro is here.
Maybe I was thinking of the People's Republic of Wisconsin.

 

[seemingly random]

texas - they've been trying for independence for hundreds of years.
idaho - take our unhappy militia folks; we'll give you guam as a sweetner.

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

crackers?

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, what/how do the Bible Belt states contribute to the U.S. economy?

Here's a start.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Michigan

a worthelss state for a worthless country

Too much Cali bashing in this thread. Cali provides way too much in the way of food to the rest of the nation to give up. Plus Cali has Hollywood, Disneyland, and the entire tech sector.

Sometimes I can't wait until California falls into the ocean.

 

[herm0016]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Michigan

a worthelss state for a worthless country

Too much Cali bashing in this thread. Cali provides way too much in the way of food to the rest of the nation to give up. Plus Cali has Hollywood, Disneyland, and the entire tech sector.

Sometimes I can't wait until California falls into the ocean.

yea. me too. they will see that we dont need them like they think. in no way does cali have "the entire tech sector" and cali in no way produces enough food to make keeping their own population around worth it. Hollywood and Disneyland are hardly bargaining tools either.

too much cali bashing? seems like Michigan and the Dakotas are getting more than their fair share also.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: herm0016

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Michigan

a worthelss state for a worthless country

Too much Cali bashing in this thread. Cali provides way too much in the way of food to the rest of the nation to give up. Plus Cali has Hollywood, Disneyland, and the entire tech sector.

Sometimes I can't wait until California falls into the ocean.

yea. me too. they will see that we dont need them like they think. in no way does cali have "the entire tech sector" and cali in no way produces enough food to make keeping their own population around worth it. Hollywood and Disneyland are hardly bargaining tools either.

too much cali bashing? seems like Michigan and the Dakotas are getting more than their fair share also.

California does make as much food as the next 2 highest states combined.

Not to mention its absolutely gorgeous coastline.