Published July 16th, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran
Oz to be 51st state of the US?
If this was published on April 1st it’d be written off as a joke, but apparently there is something like a 20% chance that Australia would become part of the US in the next 50 years.
The visiting research fellow at Adelaide University, who has lived in Australia since 1971, said the chances would increase significantly in the event of a major Al-Qaeda attack on Australia or if Indonesia became a fundamentalist Islamic republic.
Apparently there are advantages to Australia though…
He listed the advantages of American statehood for Australia as:
* Access to the world’s best higher education system.
* Large savings on embassies.
* Being part of the world’s most effective defence system.
* Merger with the world’s strongest currency.
* Being part of the world’s biggest economy.
* A constitution bringing a republic and a Bill of Rights.
* Fielding teams in the US national basketball, baseball and gridiron competitions.
Andrew Says
51st state hey? and what about if america falls, i assume we go down with it?
Apr 15th, 2004 at 8:33 am
David Latimer Says
Wouldn’t it make more sense for the 50 states to become states of Australia under our constitution!
Jul 12th, 2006 at 4:35 pm