Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] answer to extra credit question<br/>
Date: Jul 29, 2005 @ 14:36<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-540473">Mike D. wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; but it doesnt at all explain why the usa<br/>
&gt; at the same time<br/>
&gt; on the opposite side of the same gbus line<br/>
&gt; does not take the same opportunity<br/>
&gt; to distinguish the pr based eez from its vi based<br/>
&gt; counterpart<br/>
&gt; by stipulating a corresponding gbus2prvgvi eez<br/>
&gt; tripoint<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Please remember that the USA has never parceled out its EEZ among the several <br/>
states, much less the territories.  Beyond the 3nm line (or the three-league <br/>
line of Texas and the Gulf coast of Florida), everything is federal.  One could <br/>
argue that Puerto Rico and the US Virgins, as unincorporated territories, are <br/>
subject to at least the theoretical possibility of eventual independence.  That <br/>
possibility is remote, however, so it can be dealt with only when and if <br/>
necessary.<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>