>>>just wondering if anyone on the thread is running for office in the sunshine state?
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>>Mark;
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>>California is known as “The Golden State”, and Florida is “The Sunshine State”. However, anyone may make any claim they wish and that is all right with me.
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>>I am part Irish and was considering what I would do if I ran for the position of Governor of California. On the Irish side of my family the Cummings came from Galway and the Walsh from Cork, before San Francisco was an American possession. It was called Yerba Buena.
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>>The Irish got along very well with the Spanish and Mexican population in California and then in the late 1840’s California became a United States possession. After conquering Mexico, the United States left all interest except for The California territory (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, parts of Wyoming and Colorado), in Mexican hands.
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>>The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is still in effect, which concluded the war between the two countries. If elected governor I would seek to overturn the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (through the President of the United States), and make Mexico a part of the United States. After all we are both North American countries and we did win the war (1846-1848)! This would have immediate positive effects:
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>>1. All Mexicans would be United States Citizens with full rights and citizenship!
>>2. There would be no “illegal immigrant problem”.
>>3. Who needs border guards?
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>>My motivation is not that of our present Lt. Governor Bustamante, who was once a member of a group (MEChA), to return California to Mexico. On the contrary I want all Mexican’s to enjoy a better life in every way that is available to United States Citizens.
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>>We have to be careful as the jobs provided by United States and international companies in Mexico would move as the wage would go up for all labor.
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>>Tom
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>Hmmm.. I don't agree with the annexation of Mexico since that would not do well for America at all. Can you possibly imagine the effects on our economy and our Welfare, Social Security, etc. sytems.
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>I am quite happy with the way the country is right now as far as size. The way all of the ancient empires have fallen is due to too much expansion. Too much to control, fund, defend, etc.

Just think about that oil reserve in Mexico! :)

"West" Germany went through something like this when "East and West" Germany again became one.