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| Apr 23rd, 2003 10:53 AM | |||
| kellychaos |
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| Apr 23rd, 2003 10:38 AM | |||
| kellychaos |
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| Apr 23rd, 2003 10:19 AM | |||
| AChimp |
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| Apr 23rd, 2003 03:36 AM | |||
| The_Rorschach |
AntiMaster. . .You have already been showed up by ChaosKelly -this means you blow goats. Press Alt-F4 for the reward you truly deserve. "I think of the civil war, Spanish American war & our emancipation from the British as the building of America as it is today." Which goes to show how much of an idiot you really are. Our way with Spain was as stupid as it was unecessary; The war between the States was illegal and unconstitutional -The 1860 South Carolina Declaration of the Causes of Secession quoted the states 1852 declaration, which said that "the frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States by the Federal Government, and its encroachments upon the reserved rights of the States," would justify the state in withdrawing from the Union. Neither of these in any way compare to the revolutionary war which granted us our Independance from Britain. "Since then we have not been invaded nor attacked by a foreign army." Are you really this fucking slow? Do you remember the Alamo? How about Pearl Harbour? Or do these 'not count?' "9//11 is a terrorist act the likes of which can & does happen in just about every nation." Sure buddy, alot of country's have lost 3,000 citizens in single strikes by terrorists. Happens every fucking day doesn't it? "My point is that the soldiers that were killed in Vietnam, Korean war, etc etc did not die protecting us from invaders." My point is that you are a moron with a third grade understanding of United States history, and that the Mock would be better if you hung yourself. Immediately. |
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| Apr 22nd, 2003 06:50 PM | |||
| Sethomas |
Just as a side thought, I bet the guy in the email was seven when Pearl Harbor was attacked, not when the war was started. Just given the American way of thinking, you know. With the War of 1812, British instigation happened in international waters UNTIL, I think, we invaded Canada. I also thought that Pancho Via was Mexican. I seem to remember that all of the Spanish American War was fought abroad in Cuba and the Phillipines, and the Mexican American War was fought entirely in the Republic of Texas--not then American soil. Likewise, Pearl Harbor was not yet a state at the time, so I would call it an American interest but not an invasion of America. I could be wrong. I was always bored by American history class. |
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| Apr 22nd, 2003 06:14 PM | |||
| AntiMaster |
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I think of the civil war, Spanish American war & our emancipation from the British as the building of America as it is today. Since then we have not been invaded nor attacked by a foreign army. 9//11 is a terrorist act the likes of which can & does happen in just about every nation. My point is that the soldiers that were killed in Vietnam, Korean war, etc etc did not die protecting us from invaders. |
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| Apr 22nd, 2003 05:46 PM | |||
| Skulhedface |
Does Pearl Harbor count as an invasion? I always saw it as more of a "hit-and-run" scenario. No Japanese ever set foot on the soil, the planes just flew overhead and bombed. But yes, it is relevant because it was an attack on U.S. soil. However, I see it more like 9/11 than an actual invasion. |
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| Apr 22nd, 2003 12:19 PM | |||
| kellychaos |
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Spanish American War (Pancho Via/Mexico) Pearl Harbor (Japanese) <shrug> Just sayin' |
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| Apr 22nd, 2003 11:05 AM | |||
| mburbank | French company Michellin is a huge US employer. I think it will serve our economy and send a message to France if we can get all those folks fired. Taking a paycheck from frances is as unamerican as putting on of their statues in a harbor in New York. | ||
| Apr 22nd, 2003 02:58 AM | |||
| James |
It's quite obvious what the shopping remark had to do with: You see, dead Americans are a cheap source of labor. After all, what do they need to get paid for? So in the afterlife, they make roughly 75% of the goods that France has in their commerce. The other 25% is made in France, imported from China, or brought back from trips to the center of the Earth. So these products are then flown in by angels and sold in France.... But not anymore. So when all those Frenchies go shopping, and see most of the shelves barren from the American dead people refusing to make anything for them, they will remember all the dead American soldiers who fought and died for them. |
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| Apr 21st, 2003 05:40 AM | |||
| AntiMaster |
With all due respect to the soldiers dead or alive, when did any of our soldiers die protecting us? When did we ever have an intrusion by a foreign force Since the American Revolution? How have my rights been protected by these guys? It seems that these soldiers gave their lives defending or supporting American interests abroad which = the agenda of the ruling administration(Corporate or special interest groups). I love how some people make it sound as if politics is all about acting neighborly. Yes we entered the world war just to be nice, you know 'give a helping hand' & now those Frechies they owe us. Our very foundation is rooted in capitalism; ladies & gentlemen, we are a nation of businessmen & conduct in business with other countries, which is why we fight other people's fights or create new ones of our own. I have to go now since I feel guilty for not feeling guilty for eating those 'French Fries'. |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 11:45 PM | |||
| Sethomas | I think it is a horrendous tragedy America blatantly ignores the 25 million Russians that died taking out Hitler in fuckwitted rants like these. If Saddam and Hitler are so comparable, why don't we adopt Russia's stance? They learned the price of "freedom" in a degree of brutality unfathomable to today's America. | ||
| Apr 20th, 2003 02:58 PM | |||
| Zebra 3 |
AMBC Link  - Some great pics at that site. Looking at those WWII cemeteries makes me think of the recent WAL-MART shill I run into (their Juno Beach memorial centre involment)...Thanks for the link Chimp!
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| Apr 20th, 2003 02:20 PM | |||
| AChimp |
The American Battle Monument Commission www.abmc.gov The ABMC takes care of foreign cemeteries because the ARE American property. Going by the information on that site, there are 11 cemeteries in France. The have a budget of about $30 million. |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 01:01 PM | |||
| Zebra 3 |
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 - Can anyone provide an official U.S. or French government Website that states that the U.S. government is maintaining U.S. War Cemeteries in France.
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| Apr 20th, 2003 12:28 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 11:56 AM | |||
| Protoclown | I don't know about that. I mean, I have to put the noseplugs on every time I read one of your posts... | ||
| Apr 20th, 2003 11:54 AM | |||
| VinceZeb |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 11:20 AM | |||
| AChimp |
I think I've only seen "Made in France" ONCE. Ever. And it was on a shitty toy car. Hitler and Saddam comapre easily.  How utterly moronic, Ronnie. You really are trying to beat Vince, aren't you? You're probably as green as the dollar bills you wish you didn't have to pay in taxes over all the attention he's been receiving.Hitler and Saddam may both be evil people, yes, but they have one important difference: ambition. Hitler's ambition is what made him a threat; he wanted to take over the entire world and started to enact his plans. If he hadn't had ambition, he would have just been another dictator that sat in his palace and ate peeled grapes all day. Saddam's only ambitions were to harass his neighbours and kill Israel, but only because it was fashionable to do so. He didn't have any overwhelming superiority complex and I think it's safe to assume that he didn't want to take over the world, or he would have already tried. So really, all you can say is that Saddam is a really bad dude, like Hitler. But Saddam posed no real threat. With Saddam, it was just obvious that we had learned from our mistakes.......well, the allies that is. Even stupider. Words escape me on this one. So the fact that France helped out in World War 2 makes them less favourable allies now? What past lesson has America learned from France's actions? Perhaps you should bundle up the Statue of Liberty and send it back in disgust. It WAS a gift from France, afterall. |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 10:16 AM | |||
| Protoclown |
Ronnie, how often do you buy French products? Seriously. How often does ANY American buy French products? And what the hell kind of difference is that going to make? How many fucking idiots are going to look at that email and stop buying French's Mustard because they think it's French? Or stop ordering french fries when they go to McDonalds? Or stop buying French bread because they think it's France's biggest import into our country? I mean, for fuck's sake, Ronnie, they misspelled "siege" in the UTTERLY INSANE graphic that was part of the email. I don't think most of the people who are getting and forwarding this email are rocket scientists (I mean, I love my Grandma, but she really does send all kinds of inane email forwards). I could respect the fact that this email is trying to respect these dead soldiers. If it actually WERE respecting them. Rather than trying to say that if we stop buying things that we think are French but actually aren't, they'll be smiling down on us from heaven. And if it weren't so LAUGHABLY stupid. |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 06:57 AM | |||
| Ronnie Raygun |
Hitler and Saddam comapre easily. With Saddam, it was just obvious that we had learned from our mistakes.......well, the allies that is. |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 06:22 AM | |||
| FS |
"AMERICA UNDER SEIGE" I'm sorry, that made me Not shopping is part of boycotting France, I suppose. Putting a stick in their economy by not buying French products anymore (or aptly renaming them with "freedom" of course  ).The comparison is laughable, in my opinion. As if Europe under strain of the nazis is in any way comparable to America and Iraq. "Help, France! We can't hold Iraq off much longer!" |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 06:19 AM | |||
| Ronnie Raygun |
The whole shopping thing has to do with not supporting people who don't support us. It's that simple. |
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| Apr 20th, 2003 01:49 AM | |||
| Protoclown |
I'm even more interested to learn what she and her entire mailing list think of the "Why the Anti-War Stance Was Right" article that I just sent them... (thanks Kevin!)
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| Apr 20th, 2003 01:38 AM | |||
| Vibecrewangel |
Shopping I'm just impressed your grandmother can use a computer. Mine still doesn't understand that voice mail is like an answering machine. You'll have to let me know when you find out about the shopping thing. I'm a bit stumped myself. |
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