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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 970483" data-attributes="member: 23950">The &quot;United&quot; States? A house divided<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UjGfJKZCekV9qGWA0IwQwg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9ODk7Y3I9MTtjdz0xMzU7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTEyNjtxPTg1O3c9MTkw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/Aljazeera/20125513330189734_20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The &quot;United&quot; States? A house divided</li>
</ul>Columbus, OH - In the wake of the 2004 presidential election, a satirical map of &quot;red&quot; and &quot;blue&quot; states became an instant online hit. On it you could find &quot; Jesusland &quot;, or the states where George W Bush somehow convinced the populace that his part Calvin Coolidge, part Kardashian-marriage presidency deserved four more years (Mission Accomplished).Meanwhile, mostly to the north of these states, &quot;The United States of Canada&quot;, was born, where Senator John Kerry windsurfed his way to victory. For those well versed in US history, the state-by-state breakdown possessed an eerie resemblance to another, more sombre, map: that of the free states, slave states and territories permitting slavery just before the Civil War.Reader comment:&nbsp; •&nbsp; Toronto, Ontario&nbsp; •&nbsp; 1 day 12 hours agoI always wondered why the Northern states fought to keep the South in the Union. What a missed opportunity that was!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 970483, member: 23950"] [B]The "United" States? A house divided[/B] [LIST] [*][IMG]http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UjGfJKZCekV9qGWA0IwQwg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9ODk7Y3I9MTtjdz0xMzU7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTEyNjtxPTg1O3c9MTkw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/Aljazeera/20125513330189734_20.jpg[/IMG]The "United" States? A house divided [/LIST] [B][I]Columbus, OH - [/I][/B]In the wake of the 2004 presidential election, a satirical map of "red" and "blue" states became an instant online hit. On it you could find " Jesusland ", or the states where George W Bush somehow convinced the populace that his part Calvin Coolidge, part Kardashian-marriage presidency deserved four more years (Mission Accomplished). Meanwhile, mostly to the north of these states, "The United States of Canada", was born, where Senator John Kerry windsurfed his way to victory. For those well versed in US history, the state-by-state breakdown possessed an eerie resemblance to another, more sombre, map: that of the free states, slave states and territories permitting slavery just before the Civil War. Reader comment: [I] • Toronto, Ontario • 1 day 12 hours ago[/I] [INDENT]I always wondered why the Northern states fought to keep the South in the Union. What a missed opportunity that was![/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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