June 10, 201115 yr Great story, I didn't realize Hawaii was that close to Calif. That is a good reason to take them then.
June 10, 201115 yr Yeah, it was after repeated assaults by Hawaiians sworn to the annihilation of the United States. They kept lobbing artillery shells into California off the tops of Mauna Loa and Kilauea, back when Hawaii was located right off the west coast. Eventually, enough was enough so the US stormed the islands and in six days put an end to the aggressions. Then we hitched massive chains to each of the islands and towed them out to the middle of the Pacific where they could continue their hateful rhetoric about exterminating Americans, but could not use their limited weaponry to bomb and kill more Californians. We left San Clemente, Santa Catalina and several of the other Channel Islands, since their residents had not participated in the assaults, and they clearly learned their lesson after seeing what we did with those pesky Hawaiians. I wasn’t around when all that happened, but thankfully I have a close connection with Georgia Representative Hank Johnson, who gave me the inside scoop on how all this went down, and now has me concerned about Guam rowing toward California and picking up where Hawaii left off... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20001611-38.html I love history... especially the kind you can revise to make more interesting. :thumb: Now that's all funnier. :thumb:
June 10, 201115 yr Great story, I didn't realize Hawaii was that close to Calif. That is a good reason to take them then. Yeah, it's amazing what you can learn from our enlightened Congressmen. Similarly, I'm certain Israel would have no problem returning the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip back to their kind and gentle Arab neighbors if they could figure out how to distance themselves a couple thousand miles away. :thumb:
June 10, 201115 yr I'm still having a lot of fun with this... Dear Governor Beshear, I am writing to demand that you return to your 1791 borders. I know that in the 18th century travel was tough and dangerous, making the journey from there to our capital in Richmond difficult. But the construction of Interstate 64 and the rise of air travel have made those concerns all but obsolete. We'd also like to apologize for banning trade with Spanish New Orleans. We now realize that it cost you a great deal of money. But hey, now they're part of the US too, so no problem there. A brief warning, we have every intention of renaming the spirit "Virginia Bourbon" as soon as your reincorporation is complete. Sincerely, Bob McDonnell Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
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