It is unfortunate that Amsterdamsky, in his shallowness, continues to spread falls 'rumors' and misinformation.  His latest false claim is that DC residents "can't vote".   Life is not that simple, and clearly too complicated for Amsterdamsky to find any balance.

DC residents do vote in a variety of political elections.   They certainly vote in local elections (i.e. for the mayorship and for the DC City Council).  They also vote in the federal Presidential elections, just like any other 'Americans'.  And they do vote for a (nonvoting) representative in the House of Representatives of Congress.  

DC residents do NOT get to vote for any Senators, and there are good reasons for that.  DC is the city where the federal government resides.  Unlike any of the states, it has no genuine claim on 'regional' representation under the American Constitutional system of federalism.  In fact, given that the federal government resides in the city and ipso facto spends there a sizable portion of its budget, the 'regional' interest of DC residents is already way overrepresented compared to those of the residents of any of the individual states.  There are no Americans more subsidized - as a jurisdictional group - than DC residents.   

The matter of representation in the House of representatives remains a subject of constant legal and political debate.  There is currently a new law proposal to give voting power to the (elected) DC Representative.  Other proposals abound.  In my opinion, the best one is to merge DC with Maryland's congressional representation (but not at the Senate level, only for the House).   There are reasonable pro AND contra arguments for each of these proposals.   

@Amsterdamsky
 
"There was some talk about Jesse Jackson be the first voting rep but I haven't heard anything since".
 
Well,you won't have done because JJ has been over here in the uk just recently on a "fund raising" initiative,so who knows,it might still happen.
 
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/jesse-jackson-wants-british-apology-for-slavery
 
 

Atlanticist:  Good one.  Most of DC is black, violent and very poor.  There was some talk about having Jesse Jackson be the first voting rep but I haven't heard anything since.

Dont know what everyone is getting in a froth about. The whole of Belgium led by Perfect Dhimmi Fat Freddy of Brussels is already pretty well an Islamic State. Sharia Law will soon come to the Belgians and it will serve them right for being so limp and depraved.

Hey,Amsterdamsky,WE know this but don't you go giving the Eurocrats any more ideas. i.e. a new EU Constitution  which  provides for a situation in which  residents can't vote...pure Eurotopia!

Thank you,Yitzhak.Finally,finally,FINALLY,you have answered my question.(Well,strictly speaking Simon Kuper answered my question for you,but hey,let's not quibble).Answer: you totally reject the Eurabia thesis.Phew!

" in the same way that Washington sits within the District of Columbia (DC) "
The problem with the DC model is that residents can't vote.  This has never really been resolved because only a state can elect people to congress and vote for electors for president as designed by the Constitution.  They have a non-voting representative.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/123ade02-4e6f-11dc-85e7-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=f4f78a4e-50b6-11dc-86e2-0000779fd2ac.html

Hypothetical scenarios are all well and good,but in the real world I can't even access Ian Parker's original blog to read his entire thesis.Without access to the entire thesis I can't make a value judgement and anything less than a value judgement would be less than worthless.

Bullshit!
The very ones that bring muslims to Europe to breackdown european nations wooried that Brussels can became islamic?  Are you kidding?
"growing at an alarming rate"
Cease to feed them with welfare. If they are not anymore allowed to live on welfare these rates will drop.
The breackup of Belgium is an oportunity to force a stop to these dhimmi eurocrats. The were for to long allowed to do what they wanted.