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I see a lot of people around Facebook talking about how "Washington DC is going to be it's own state !" This is an obvious push from Facebook to control the populace again. DC and other democrats have been talking about making DC it's own state for more than 40 years. It seems that every few years someone runs some stupid article talking about how great it would be, while ignoring the folly that it can't ever happen. Now with social media involved and the people's minds a soft, zombie-like mush I await the pandemonium that this will cause.

Should New York City become the 51st state? A bill that would create a commission to study whether the city should secede from New York state will get another hearing soon — after sitting in the City Council for nearly two years The bill was introduced on Feb. 26, 2003. A hearing was held shortly after, but no action has been taken on the bill since then. "I expected delays and opposition when we got to the state level, but I never thought it would be held up for two years trying to get out of a City Council committee,"...

Maryland Catholics show strong shift to Bush By George P. Matysek Jr. Staff correspondent While Maryland remained a true “blue” state in last week’s general election that saw Catholic Democrat Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts garner 56 percent of the Maryland vote, Catholic voters in the Free State appear to have made a dramatic shift towards the Republican Party. According to a CNN exit poll, 57 percent of Maryland Catholic voters cast their ballot for President George W. Bush, while 41 percent voted for Sen. Kerry. That’s a significant increase in support for the GOP in a state where...