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Actually it would be a "ethnic" slur. Unless of course the British have splintered off the Caucasian race without telling anybody.
Though, that would explain the tendency of the average Brit to be quite homely-looking and in great need of dental care.
Maybe you guys are sucking on too many limes and its rotting your teeth out. Hmmm, go figure.
-- A Yank armed to the teeth (a full set of teeth mind you)
A gun is just a tool, nothing more.
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Our founding fathers didn't trust the government and resorted to "violence" to end British rule.
The 2nd Amendment was put in specifically to insure the ordinary citizen would never be disarmed and subject to an unjust government.
Thank God I live in a state of Wisconsin, which just recently ratified an amendment to the constitution reaffirming the rights of ALL law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.
As a result, all local statutes that restricted gun ownership/purchases, that went above and beyond state laws, were instantly repealed.
Do you honestly think the Germans or the Japanese could have crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific, laneded a force of sufficent size, and conquered the United States?
You're right, you wouldn't been speaking German today. It would probably be Russian.
Germans conquer Britian. Weakened Germany falls to Russia. Dosvedanya, Folks!
Maybe a year later we drop a few H-bombs on New Moscow and start the clean-up process.
With all the references to VCR clocks and planes falling out of the sky, its painfully obvious that you guys did not read this thoroughly sourced article on problems with Y2K remediation.
In fact, I didn't see a single claim that a missle would explode as a result of a Y2K failure. The reporter actually quotes several sources that state that an accidental launch/detonation was highly unlikely.
The article highlights the potential problems with early warning and command/control functions. These potential threats have been +offically+ acknowledged by virtually every nuclear power.
Your arguments would be far more convincing, if you would actually try to refute the actual statements put forth by the various senators, defense ministers, oversight commitees, etc.
... the US was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Are you saying that the U.K., Canada, remenants of the French, Dutch, Belgian armies, while leaving the vast majority of the heavy material behind at Dunkirk, could have successfully launched the D-Day invasion?
Give me a break, I think the U.S. represented one big friggin straw.
Please drop the Napoleon complex it just makes you look like an idiot.
Here's a little excerpt from the book World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy by Charles B. MacDonald (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/BOOKS/amh/amh-22.htm):
Some indication of the magnitude of the responsibilities they carried is apparent from the fact that late in the war General Bradley as commander of the 12th Army Group had under his command four field armies, 12 corps, and 48 divisions, more than 1,300,000 men, the largest exclusively American field command in U.S. history.
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Hmmm. It appears the peak strength of Canada was only 780,000. Therefore, the Americans exceeded in a single command the entire Canadian contingent in World War II.
http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_16.html
I personally don't want to downplay Canada's participation in World War II, but I'm not going to stand by and let you spew unsubstantiated crap while trying to belittle the U.S's contribution to the war effort.
In fact, I didn't have to look hard to find out this information. I suggest you do so in the future.
According to this (which cites the Canadian National Defense Ctr), Canada sent 1,086,343 men to war in WWII. U.S. sent 16,112,566 to war. Assuming your "10 times the population comment", its a little obvious that we sent more than our fair share.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004619.html
Are you then telling me that the U.S. sent 15,000,000 men to the Pacific theatre for island hopping campaigns?
Thanks for deciding to join WWI in the last few months and WWII in Europe in the last two years. Hey thanks for throwing the party. My grandfather really enjoyed the party favors being passed out at that little shindig at Normandy.
Hey weren't the French slaughtering "civilians" in Vietnam long before the U.S. got the opportunity.
While I'm on my anti-French rant:
1. Thanks for slowing the German advance for all of three weeks in WWII. 2. I'm a big fan of "Vichy" France. 3. Wasn't it an Exocet missle fired from a Mirage jet that the French sold to Iraq which almost sank the USS Stark? 4. Those Tomcat pilots really appreciated your denial to fly through your airspace on their way to bomb the crap out of Libya. 5. We've been appreciating your nearly constant threat of your Security Council veto. I know you must have a buttload of military hardware your itching to sell to Iraq once the sanctions are lifted.
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Actually it would be a "ethnic" slur. Unless of course the British have splintered off the Caucasian race without telling anybody.
Though, that would explain the tendency of the average Brit to be quite homely-looking and in great need of dental care.
Maybe you guys are sucking on too many limes and its rotting your teeth out. Hmmm, go figure.
-- A Yank armed to the teeth (a full set of teeth mind you)
Our founding fathers didn't trust the government and resorted to "violence" to end British rule.
The 2nd Amendment was put in specifically to insure the ordinary citizen would never be disarmed and subject to an unjust government.
Thank God I live in a state of Wisconsin, which just recently ratified an amendment to the constitution reaffirming the rights of ALL law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.
As a result, all local statutes that restricted gun ownership/purchases, that went above and beyond state laws, were instantly repealed.
On our own, we would have lost what??
Do you honestly think the Germans or the Japanese could have crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific, laneded a force of sufficent size, and conquered the United States?
You're right, you wouldn't been speaking German today. It would probably be Russian.
Germans conquer Britian. Weakened Germany falls to Russia. Dosvedanya, Folks!
Maybe a year later we drop a few H-bombs on New Moscow and start the clean-up process.
The obligatory next step would be methane powered. Eat that chili!!!
-- Rob
Geez!
With all the references to VCR clocks and planes falling out of the sky, its painfully obvious that you guys did not read this thoroughly sourced article on problems with Y2K remediation.
In fact, I didn't see a single claim that a missle would explode as a result of a Y2K failure. The reporter actually quotes several sources that state that an accidental launch/detonation was highly unlikely.
The article highlights the potential problems with early warning and command/control functions. These potential threats have been +offically+ acknowledged by virtually every nuclear power.
Your arguments would be far more convincing, if you would actually try to refute the actual statements put forth by the various senators, defense ministers, oversight commitees, etc.
... the US was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Are you saying that the U.K., Canada, remenants of the French, Dutch, Belgian armies, while leaving the vast majority of the heavy material behind at Dunkirk, could have successfully launched the D-Day invasion?
Give me a break, I think the U.S. represented one big friggin straw.
Please drop the Napoleon complex it just makes you look like an idiot.
You are rather thick aren't you?
Not only did I debunk your original assertion, but it is quite clear that I was only referring to a +single+ command.
Geez.
Here's a little excerpt from the book World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy by Charles B. MacDonald (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/BOOKS/amh/amh-22.htm):
Some indication of the magnitude of the responsibilities they carried is apparent from the fact that late in the war General Bradley as commander of the 12th Army Group had under his command four field armies, 12 corps, and 48 divisions, more than 1,300,000 men, the largest exclusively American field command in U.S. history.
#####################################
Hmmm. It appears the peak strength of Canada was only 780,000. Therefore, the Americans exceeded in a single command the entire Canadian contingent in World War II.
http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_16.html
I personally don't want to downplay Canada's participation in World War II, but I'm not going to stand by and let you spew unsubstantiated crap while trying to belittle the U.S's contribution to the war effort.
In fact, I didn't have to look hard to find out this information. I suggest you do so in the future.
According to this (which cites the Canadian National Defense Ctr), Canada sent 1,086,343 men to war in WWII. U.S. sent 16,112,566 to war. Assuming your "10 times the population comment", its a little obvious that we sent more than our fair share.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004619.html
Are you then telling me that the U.S. sent 15,000,000 men to the Pacific theatre for island hopping campaigns?
Geez.
Thanks for deciding to join WWI in the last few months and WWII in Europe in the last two years. Hey thanks for throwing the party. My grandfather really enjoyed the party favors being passed out at that little shindig at Normandy.
Hey weren't the French slaughtering "civilians" in Vietnam long before the U.S. got the opportunity.
While I'm on my anti-French rant:
1. Thanks for slowing the German advance for all of three weeks in WWII.
2. I'm a big fan of "Vichy" France.
3. Wasn't it an Exocet missle fired from a Mirage jet that the French sold to Iraq which almost sank the USS Stark?
4. Those Tomcat pilots really appreciated your denial to fly through your airspace on their way to bomb the crap out of Libya.
5. We've been appreciating your nearly constant threat of your Security Council veto. I know you must have a buttload of military hardware your itching to sell to Iraq once the sanctions are lifted.
Hey, with allies like you, who needs enemies?