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Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 3:47:18 AM   
axisandallies


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Status: offline 		Just want to wish my fellow Americans a happy 4th and to all the VETERANS that helped protect her.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 3:54:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		You too! Happy 4th! 

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 5:56:14 AM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 5:59:01 AM   
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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

Yes - happy anniversary for leaving the Union!



I laughed hard when I read this. That was a good one! Do you guys have a British equivelent of our Independence Day?

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 6:28:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy


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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

Yes - happy anniversary for leaving the Union!



I laughed hard when I read this. That was a good one! Do you guys have a British equivelent of our Independence Day?

Warspite1

No. England was last successfully invaded in 1066 and there was no subsequent "overthrow" of our Norman conquerors (we sort of went with the flow) and so no requirement for an independence day.

As outlined in the "Question About Britain" thread, the Scots and Irish signed up to the Union and the Welsh were "annexed" in the 13th century and this situation remains to this day. There are moves afoot by some to break free from the Union. No doubt if formal separation from the United Kingdom ever happens, Plaid Cymru, the Scottish Nationalists and whoever in Northern Ireland will no doubt have their "independence" day to celebrate the event.

Having said that, I must confess I do not know if the people of the Republic of Ireland have such a day to celebrate their split from the UK.

Happy 4th July by the way.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 10:30:12 AM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 10:49:04 AM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 10:53:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Happy 4th July..... we are still waiting for the prodigal son to return...

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 11:43:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Two of my friends are having birthday today. It's great that whole US is celebrating that


More seriously, in Poland we know how important Independence Day is.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 12:52:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		yea I was watching Rebels and Redcoats on the Tube Saturday..and thought it was strange to keep hearing the Brit Narrator regard the early Americans as "Rebels" over and over again...but then from their(British) POV It's understandable.



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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 4:48:35 PM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 5:19:37 PM   
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yea I was watching Rebels and Redcoats on the Tube Saturday..and thought it was strange to keep hearing the Brit Narrator regard the early Americans as "Rebels" over and over again...but then from their(British) POV It's understandable.


200 years doesn't UNREBEL you

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 5:36:57 PM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 6:29:34 PM   
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Will there be a USA in 1000 years from now?

The entire planet will be the USA.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 6:35:57 PM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 7:02:10 PM   
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we will all be huddled together on little hot islands speaking chinese wishing our ancestors had done something about global warming..

How Nevillesque. Take the first tiny step and stop drinking warm beer...300 million yanks cant be wrong, today,...Cheers!

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 7:16:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

Yes - happy anniversary for leaving the Union!


LMAO!

At first I was confused and thought you were referring to the Confederates. Anyhow, I'm not American but what the hell... Happy Honica and DOWN WITH THE BRITISH! :p



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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 7:21:25 PM   
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we will all be huddled together on little hot islands speaking chinese wishing our ancestors had done something about global warming..

lol true....


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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 7:23:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Punk Reaper

quote:

yea I was watching Rebels and Redcoats on the Tube Saturday..and thought it was strange to keep hearing the Brit Narrator regard the early Americans as "Rebels" over and over again...but then from their(British) POV It's understandable.


200 years doesn't UNREBEL you

I'm holding out an olive branch.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 8:36:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is accepted.... I am afraid it is my warped sense of humour. The USA has every right to self determination, and is a light for freedom throughout the world..... but never make the mistake of believing your own country's propaganda or forgetting your own country's history. The democracies of the world are certainly not perfect in their foreign policies but they are still the good guys.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 9:42:32 PM   
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we will all be huddled together on little hot islands speaking chinese wishing our ancestors had done something about global warming..

Reminds me of the old Star Trek episode where they land on a planet where Asian people called "Comms" rule over primitive people called "Yangs".At the end the "Yangs" prevail and reveal their flag to be a USA flag."Comms" meaning Communists and "Yangs" meaning Yanks.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 10:08:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: bairdlander
Reminds me of the old Star Trek episode where they land on a planet where Asian people called "Comms" rule over primitive people called "Yangs".At the end the "Yangs" prevail and reveal their flag to be a USA flag."Comms" meaning Communists and "Yangs" meaning Yanks.

We always refered to that episode as the "E Plaug Neesta" episode. How Kirk figured out that "E Plaug Neesta" meant "E Pluibus Unum" is amazing. (Yeah, I'm a recovering Star Trek geek.)

Anyway, Happy 4th of July! And a special tip of the hat to you Brits for being so understanding about it. Its kind of worked out to your advantage in the long run.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/4/2010 10:56:26 PM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/5/2010 2:16:12 AM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/5/2010 2:17:32 AM   
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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/5/2010 11:22:52 PM   
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Not sure why anyone would want to celebrate having their butts saved by the French, but each to his own, I suppose.....

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/5/2010 11:32:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		lol IronDuke, I never thought of it like that before, however we have repaid the favor twofold.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/6/2010 12:05:01 AM   
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ORIGINAL: axisandallies

lol IronDuke, I never thought of it like that before, however we have repaid the favor twofold.


One and a half, turning up long after the two minute warning in WW1 hardly counts.

What always strikes me is I rarely hear a Frenchman thank the Americans for WWII (even less us) but then Americans never mention the French at all in relation to 1776.

I think you're both a bit embarrassed about it....

Still, if we had to lose a war, this wasn't a bad one to lose. America would never have become what she did without the revolution, not least because things like the British class system etc (had we still been in charge) would have smothered the ideals, dreams and hard work that saw her prosper.

For myself, I've never doubted that generations of young americans sitting in barracks in Germany saved me from having to learn Russian, so you will always have my thanks, friendship, regards and respect.

IronDuke

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/6/2010 12:37:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think the French joined us just to spite you! Just got done with a book on the French Revolution, what a sad sadistic time that was for the French. But still without them we would not have been able to throw off the yoke of the tyrant King George of course Don't forget about the Spanish either, who jumped in at the last moment to spite you as well.

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RE: Happy 4th of July - 7/6/2010 7:46:23 AM   
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