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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:25 AM Original message |
We fought a war to get rid of Kings! |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. What are you talking about? We have huge royalty. The upper 1% rule us. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Read Twain's "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. +1 |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly!!! It's just invisible here for the most part, but a tiny part of this |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, they didn't... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. +1, n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, we only turned it over to the Corporatist Kings |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. "We" fought a war to get out from under one particular king. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. K & FUCKING R! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. We fought a war to get rid of a parliament that did not represent us. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. And eventually wound up with a Congress that doesn't represent us |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. they should be more like us - worshipping the likes of Michael Jackson and OJ |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Says... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. you got me . . . . |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. We elect a new 'king' or someday - 'queen' every 4 years. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I dream of a day when a president is elected by the people and not corporations |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. and we don't have them... but we do have Barons |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Something that is missing here |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. How dare the British have a history different from yours!!...nt |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. We traded kings for emperors. They aren't restricted by habeas corpus. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. Will we have to fight another to get rid of the plutocrats? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, if we can liberate Libya and install democracy there, maybe we can do England next. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. wonderful segue |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Britain abolished slavery (Empire-wide) in 1807 --without a civil war. There is much to |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Off with their heads! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. oh fer chrissakes, pull your panties out of your crack and calm down |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Prawns? I thought you said WAR! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm actually amused because I've seen some folks (in my own life)... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Well that's what they are there for... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. That probably explains why you always lose at Poker. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Poker? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm only guessing |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. ah |
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