Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/08/12/how-about-we-fix-america-by-ju.html
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Yes, by all means put all that farm and ranch land under water, 'cause who needs food anyway?
Who ties your shoelaces for you?
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As opposed to converting a sea into a state and a lake, as was done by the Dutch: Flevoland
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Where do you think fish comes from? 
“Ooook-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ o’er the waves…”
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As a Texan, I say go for it!
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As someone who has spent some miserable time in Texas, could we arrange to flood Texas too? Can’t have too big a lake IMHO. Doesn’t have to be too deep to do the job and the Guadalupe mountains would make a pretty archipelago - kind of like the Galapagos (and the spelling isn’t that far off).
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Does this mean the NBA’s Oklahoma Thunder will have to change their name to . . The Lakers?
Hell, there ain’t no lake in L.A. anyway, they can be The Thunder.
[edit: well, there is Silver Lake, but that hardly counts for much, and those hipsters don’t care about sports anyway]
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You’d think they’d pick a really bad state to drown, instead of one that’s OK.
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Wouldn’t it be easier to just sell back Texas to Mexico and lease back the oil wells.
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Americans could stand to eat fewer grains and more fish, so it’s perfect! The loss of the marijuana crops might be a bit of a blow, though…
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First we ship all the Native Americans to Oklahoma, now we’re going to sink them? Seems like we’ve done enough already. (I realize this is a very modest proposal, but still…)
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I’m not as opposed to this idea as you might think. There’s a whole lot of people in Texas, though, so we’d have to go somewhere. How’s the weather where you are?
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I believe Kansas is currently already underwater.
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If we want to create jobs we should build two of those S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarriers and then have them fight each other.
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I am glad to see this is a joke, because there are a great many Indians in Oklahoma, who may value what little land they have left.
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"Something that, as a country, we can shed partisan differences and rally behind. Something like building the railroads,…"
I hate to tell you this, but because the Federal government commissioned and sponsored the building of the transcontinental railroad, many conservatives now say that it was a big mistake and they are philosophically opposed to it.
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Why stop at Oklahoma? Drown Kansas.
How about we build Trump’s wall, and extend it all the way to the Eastern Divide, making sure it’s watertight:
That should solve the problem.
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When a mommy fish and a daddy fish love each other very much… do I really have to explain this to you? Good lord.
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Texas does a great job flooding without any assistance. Not deep, but often.
And the spelling isn’t that precise either.
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