Last night's Top Ten list from Letterman raises an interesting question. (The list was "Top Ten Questions On The Application To Become Secretary Of Defense.")

4. If you could only defend forty-five states -- which would you let go?

So I gave it a minute or two of thought (which is already more than it's worth). I think I could pretty easily live without Maine. And Florida. Maybe New Hampshire. I would say North Dakota, except for all the oil suddenly coming out of there. That's also my only reason for keeping Alaska. New Mexico would be no great loss. Not sure I need South Carolina, either. That's five penciled in, but I can still change my list.

Notice: I intend for this to be a lighthearted, fun thread. This is not the Politics forum.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Just by leaving out one state, the US can defend itself quite comfortably...

...Washington :-)

I'm keeping my butt firmly out of this one ........

p.s. get rid of Texas and it's red necks ....

Yeah, it's almost not worth the oil and cattle.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Texas RULES!!! :-)

The Cowboys... I don't know about them... ;-)

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TimeLord04
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Just by leaving out one state, the US can defend itself quite comfortably...

...Washington :-)

Washington state is just fine, and the home port of our Pacific Fleet nuclear missile subs. Also a bunch of major commercial ports. And Boeing. (And Microsoft, if that matters.)

Washington, D.C. is not a state, it's a federal district. But if that's what you had in mind, I agree.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I'm keeping my butt firmly out of this one ........

p.s. get rid of Texas and it's red necks ....

Yeah, it's almost not worth the oil and cattle.

Problem is demographics and the Census say southern coastal states and Arizona will eventually turn Blue, Why? Most in these states are Republicans that are also White Seniors and yep, they are dying off...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I'm keeping my butt firmly out of this one ........

p.s. get rid of Texas and it's red necks ....

Yeah, it's almost not worth the oil and cattle.

Problem is demographics and the Census say southern coastal states and Arizona will eventually turn Blue, Why? Most in these states are Republicans that are also White Seniors and yep, they are dying off...

But more white seniors keep moving there.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I would eliminate the state of exhaustion. But I am too tired to debate the point.

Just by leaving out one state, the US can defend itself quite comfortably...

...Washington :-)

That doesn't mean what you think it means...

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I'm keeping my butt firmly out of this one ........

p.s. get rid of Texas and it's red necks ....

Yeah, it's almost not worth the oil and cattle.

Problem is demographics and the Census say southern coastal states and Arizona will eventually turn Blue, Why? Most in these states are Republicans that are also White Seniors and yep, they are dying off...

But more white seniors keep moving there.

Still they keep dying off and not all are of that persuasion...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I'm keeping my butt firmly out of this one ........

p.s. get rid of Texas and it's red necks ....

Yeah, it's almost not worth the oil and cattle.

Problem is demographics and the Census say southern coastal states and Arizona will eventually turn Blue, Why? Most in these states are Republicans that are also White Seniors and yep, they are dying off...

But more white seniors keep moving there.

Still they keep dying off and not all are of that persuasion...

White seniors like me, except I already live in a costal blue state. Not moving. Staying blue.

Also, if Texas goes we should keep Austin as a protectorate.

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I'de start with Canada and Mexico. I'll have to think some about the rest.

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California

Oregon

Washington

Michigan

New York

CA, OR, WA will Become High NorthWest State of Mexico. MI will Become New West Caliphate. NY will Become State of United Nations.

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High NW State of Mexico will have Professor MoonBeam as Presidente. New West Caliphate will be Run By Isa Bin Sulleman Al Franken-Stein. State of United Nations head will be Professor Goober.

' '

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

With all the firearms over there why bother defending any of them? ;-)

Cheers.

I would eliminate the state of exhaustion. But I am too tired to debate the point.

LOL!!!!!

Well, along those likes I'd like to eliminate the "state of the art". Eric's coffee machine is smarter than I am and don't even get me started on his phone!!!

Well as we're heading along those tracks, I'd eliminate...

..."State of Mind". It would resolve a lot of problems :-)

I'de start with Canada and Mexico. I'll have to think some about the rest.

Ouuuuu, that was very unkind, funny but unkind.......

Eric's coffee machine is smarter than I am

Eric's coffee machine is not the second smartest thing in seti......

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I would eliminate the state of exhaustion. But I am too tired to debate the point.

I second the motion and call the question. <falls asleep with hand in the air>

By the power invested in me (by the state of intoxication), I declare you to be man and woman. You may now ignore the bride.

-- the Irreverend JB Honeydew

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

First on my list would be The State of Penury, which runs hand in hand with The State of Poverty

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

California, New York, New Hampshire, Washington DC, New Mexico (thou they would probably vote to join Texas rather than go it alone) so if not New Mexico then the Denver/Boulder metroplex (affectionately referred to as California East)