The Great Thug

[Ziggy Stardust]

Perry. I sent Perry a check. Will again.

Money well spend.

My mistake, I should have put <insert hilarious candidate, who went down burning, of choice>. If possible I'd have included a drop down menu.

Santorum is a yankee. Better than some but I would never "want" a yankee president against the field.

Yankee is a bastardisation of Jan-Kees, 2 Dutch names. The Dutch were all called Jan or Kees, so they became known as the JanKeeses.

This irrelevant fact which most people probably know was brought to you by FizzleDrinks. The drink that fizzles.

 

[holy king]

yanqui describes everyone from north america.
i dont know why they give a damn about whether they are from the northern or southern usa, they're all imperialist pigs.

 

[kochman]

We've never sought an Empire... can the Austrians say the same?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

We've never sought an Empire... can the Austrians say the same?

And yet we have one. We're smart enough because of people like the Austrians to know not to call it that.

 

[holy king]

We've never sought an Empire... can the Austrians say the same?

i never sought an empire.

 

[kochman]

Well, a full blown communist would think that.
Empires don't tend to give back countries they conquer, like, Germany, Japan, Iraq, etc...

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Well, a full blown communist would think that.
Empires don't tend to give back countries they conquer, like, Germany, Japan, Iraq, etc...

No, but they do use their economic might (and sometimes military) to strong-arm other countries into economic dependency and unfair trade agreements, which is the most essential form of empire-building. You are surely aware of our foreign interventions that exceed Monroe Doctrine excuse-making?

 

[Arakhor]

We've never sought an Empire... can the Austrians say the same?

I think you mean the Habsburgs there. The common people are never the same as the ruling dynasty.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

We've never sought an Empire...

No, you scamboozled ours for some nutmeg!

We're suckers for nutmeg

 

[holy king]

 

[kochman]

No, you scamboozled ours for some nutmeg!

We're suckers for nutmeg

You want NYC back or something?
We have to give it back to the Indians first... even though your people are the ones who originally tricked them... talk about a nutmeg!

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

You want NYC back or something?

Does it have nutmeg?

We have to give it back to the Indians first... even though your people are the ones who originally tricked them... talk about a nutmeg!

Well, they are suckers for shiny objects.

 

[kochman]

Them, and women, we oppress women by giving the diamonds to lug around.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

I vote yay in giving NYC back to the Dutch.

I also propose returning the Louisiana Purchase to the French.

 

[JollyRoger]

Well, a full blown communist would think that.
Empires don't tend to give back countries they conquer, like, Germany, Japan, Iraq, etc...

Manifest Destiny, baby.

 

[kochman]

Manifest Destiny, baby.

I'm familiar with it.
Not an empire, either, as the residents of those areas voted to join in the union as states. I guess you could call it an empire via democracy if you wanted to be a stickler.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

I'm familiar with it.
Not an empire, either, as the residents of those areas voted to join in the union as states. I guess you could call it an empire via democracy if you wanted to be a stickler.

The residents that moved into those areas*

 

[JollyRoger]

I'm familiar with it.
Not an empire, either, as the residents of those areas voted to join in the union as states. I guess you could call it an empire via democracy if you wanted to be a stickler.

Can you give me tally on how the Native Americans voted? Is the CSA still independent?

 

[kochman]

I think the concept of "manifest destiny" was pretty clear... Western civilization would advance to the coast... the areas settled by those folks, the USA made them states, by votes, over time.
I don't defend any injustices to the Indians.
It wasn't the USA being imperialistic... it was western civ.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

I think the concept of "manifest destiny" was pretty clear... Western civilization would advance to the coast... the areas settled by those folks, the USA made them states, by votes, over time.
I don't defend any injustices to the Indians.
It wasn't the USA being imperialistic... it was western civ.

Yes, yes. "Western Civ", where every century or so, a different group of white people get to hold an empire for a while.