IF WE’RE COUNTING CANADA
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If we’re counting Canada,
Let’s use textbook algebra!
If which state succeeded us
is annexed, too,
hey, that’s a plus.
In the Union republuc,
some divide and some withdrah.
Still the Commonwealth, as such,
is sectioned off
to cause this fuss.
Smeesh, people, there are four states!
Solid, liquid, gas, and West Virginia.
Hey, why doesn’t TheUnforgiven recognize “Missourah”?
A Missourian.
From Joplin, which is about as far from St. Louis as one can get and still be in Missouri/Mizzoura/“Mo”/“Misery”, aka the Show-Me State.
Anyway, as far as political geography goes, there is one state in the USA. The USA. The various “states” are actually provinces or administrative departments, I guess, because they lack sovereignty, as evidenced by that stupid law outlawing secession.
By the way, how stupid is outlawing secession? If we declare that our state is independent of US sovereignty, what do we care about som US Federal law prohibiting our secession? (OK, this is hard for Missouri, but bear with me.) Shouldn’t the Federal gov’t just adopt a peaceable attitude toward secession to avoid war?
Or are they hoping to test the latest output of the munitions companies here in North America?
(Hey, sure Mo. is in the middle of the USA. But I bet one of the eight provinces bordering us–maybe Tennessee?–would sympathize with us if we did.) 
“In my nightmares I am chased by algorithms”–crewman Celes, ST:V
Re the OP: I’ll bite. There are 50 states. Let’s see the joke.
TomH: What about plasma(as mentioned-lightening) and my very favorite state of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate?
The Unforgiven was referencing the Simpsons.
–John
'Twis brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
I just wanted to point out one error that’s carried through more than one reply to this thread:
Martial Law pertains to the status of governance imposed during war or insurrection.
Marshall Law is either the particular brand of kickboxing justice employed on a certain CBS action-drama series, or a misnomar for the [Secretary of State George C.] Marshall Plan, which was enforced from 1948 to 1951 to stabilize conditions in Western Europe with the goal of preventing vulnerable societies from communist takeover.
Any of these could apply equally well to the prospect of the citizens of Alaska attempting to secede from the Federal union … unless they offered to keep the pipeline open.
I already made the latter joke, one page up. Don’t know why I feel the need to point that out, but I do.
What part of “I don’t know” don’t you understand?
Come on people! How many states in the U.S.?
You won’t really know until you get a big RV or at least a minivan and drive to all of them. Then get a sticker on the RV from each one. We’ll let you fly to Hawaii and bring back the sticker.
I’ve been to 30 states, so I say there are 30.
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Originally posted by Boris B:
** I already made the latter joke, one page up. Don’t know why I feel the need to point that out, but I do.
Ah, yes. I apologize. When skimming the dross for first-comers, your veiled reply appeared to be a perpetuation of error.
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Originally posted by Boris B:
** I already made the latter joke, one page up. Don’t know why I feel the need to point that out, but I do.
Ah, yes. I apologize. When skimming the dross for first-comers, your veiled reply appeared to be a perpetuation of error.
foolsguinea, you show some ignorance with your post.
The US remains a federation of states, each with sovreignity, albeit not complete sovreignity (that is why it is a federation, get it?). The fact California can make it illegal to have Ladies’ Night in a bar and Nevada can have all the ladies’ nights it wants shows they have sovreignity. There are more solid indications of sovreignity, but I won’t trouble myself to discuss them; they are after all basic knowledge. And the issue of seceeding from the US wasn’t settled by any law; it was settled by a very costly war. It was also settled legally by the fact the states entered into a compact of PERPETUAL union (see the Articles of Confederation, forerunner to our current Constitution).
Thanks for explaining, Dystopos. I hope I didn’t sound snippy in my last post.