They don't want it... If they become a state, the have to do horrible and terrible things, like pay taxes...
--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Gatornet Admin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gatornet Admin <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Today's (2/9) Gainesville Sun > BASKETBALL GatorNEWS Articles (3 Articles Included) > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 1:16 PM > True. What is the latest on statehood for PR? I haven't > heard anything about it in several years. > > Randy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Darlene Goodfellow > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 12:07 PM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Today's > (2/9) Gainesville Sun BASKETBALL GatorNEWS Articles (3 > Articles Included) > > > OK, maybe it's me, but I think Zeb's point was > the error that PR is a foreign county. Hodge is a US citizen > so he was not having to adjust to a new country, just a > second language. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gatornet Admin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:38 AM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Today's > (2/9) Gainesville Sun BASKETBALL GatorNEWS Articles (3 > Articles Included) > > > Yeah, I spent a LOT of time there while in the navy > (Hey, Leon! Remember the Black Pearl in Old San Juan?), and > I always thought the only English phrases they knew are some > that can't be repeated here. ;-) > > Randy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wanda Barry > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:49 AM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: > Today's (2/9) Gainesville Sun BASKETBALL GatorNEWS > Articles (3 Articles Included) > > > Trust me, Zeb, there are plenty of residents in > Puerto Rico who cannot speak English. Flew there enough > times and always had Spanish speakers on board to do Spanish > PA's. > > Wanda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Vega > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:44 AM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: > Today's (2/9) Gainesville Sun BASKETBALL GatorNEWS > Articles (3 Articles Included) > > > > > On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > > > When Florida senior guard Walter Hodge first > enrolled at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne as a high > school sophomore, he knew little English. > > From his native Guaynobo, Puerto Rico, Hodge > adapted to a new language and country before even being > admitted to UF. > > Hmm. > > > Puerto Rico is part of our country, and has been > since 1898. > > > -Zeb > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
