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"The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« on: February 14, 2012, 10:20:51 AM »
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 "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...." Pretend you're a historian and fill in the

blank.

My answer: "July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon."

 
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 10:28:36 AM »
Probably the week before the day that gay marriage started being taken seriously.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2012, 10:45:21 AM »
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50. The seepage of postmodernism into American political economy

which made it cool and in vogue to hate the living shit out of the US no matter what it does, and no matter how well it compares to other countries.

I reckon that'd be around the early 40's or so - compare Henry Miller, for example.


 

He's got 2 valentine hearts. 

Someone else said October 11, 1492.   ::)
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2012, 10:55:24 AM »
Quote from: Karin on February 14, 2012, 10:45:21 AM
He's got 2 valentine hearts. 

My mole has more than that.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2012, 11:08:12 AM »
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56. And boning your mom. nt


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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2012, 11:47:25 AM »
How about:

The high-water mark of America was widely considered to be past, fortunately the disasterous B.H. Obama lost the 2012 election in a land-slide and a solid conservative president sitting alongside a republican majority congress revivified the country and spurred it to ever better and greater accomplishments.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2012, 12:08:38 PM »
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50. The seepage of postmodernism into American political economy

which made it cool and in vogue to hate the living shit out of the US no matter what it does, and no matter how well it compares to other countries.

I reckon that'd be around the early 40's or so - compare Henry Miller, for example.

Actually, I think Tatum is on to something with this.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2012, 12:31:05 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on February 14, 2012, 10:55:24 AM
My mole has more than that.

Hell, I ran outa moles a long time ago!


« Last Edit: February 14, 2012, 12:39:01 PM by AllosaursRus »
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2012, 01:31:05 PM »
...was never since we aren't and never were an empire. These idiots really don't understand the meaning of empire do they? See we PAY for our stuff. We don't take it.  Free lesson for the DUmmies.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2012, 01:38:47 PM »
...the day we rounded up all the DUmmies, KOS kids, and Hufftards, and shipped them all off to the FEMA camps.

Hey, I can dream.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2012, 02:13:31 PM »
I would go with the day that B. Heussein 0bama was anointed. It has been all down hill since then and the slope of the downward arc is increasing exponentially.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2012, 02:22:08 PM »
America's best days have yet to be.

We have had some setbacks along the way though, the whole "change" thing comes to mind but it too shall fade to some shady forgotten place in history.

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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2012, 02:45:57 PM »
Quote from: FreeBorn on February 14, 2012, 02:22:08 PM
America's best days have yet to be.

We have had some setbacks along the way though, the whole "change" thing comes to mind but it too shall fade to some shady forgotten place in history.



Agreed.  H5.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2012, 04:48:19 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 14, 2012, 01:38:47 PM
...the day we rounded up all the DUmmies, KOS kids, and Hufftards, and shipped them all off to the FEMA camps.

Hey, I can dream.

I thought all that already happened under the BFEE and the Haliburton/Walmart/Target industrial/military complex under the direction of Cheney and Rove?

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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2012, 10:44:25 AM »
Quote from: diesel driver on February 15, 2012, 04:48:19 AM
I thought all that already happened under the BFEE and the Haliburton/Walmart/Target industrial/military complex under the direction of Cheney and Rove?



Cynthia McKinney and Alan Grayson are still breathing, so I think they missed a few.
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Re: "The high-water mark of the American Empire was...."
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2012, 07:09:01 PM »
January 20, 2001. The Day Everything Changed! Thank you Skimmer! Thank you Elad! Thank you Lord Marblehead!
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« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2012, 07:14:28 AM »
You know, in honor of the Mexicocentric nadin, I've been reading about the War for the Liberation of Texas in 1836.

Yeah, yeah, sure, I already knew the story of the Alamo--knew it since a little lad--but on the whole, I hadn't paid much attention to the rest of it. 

<<for the record, franksolich has nothing against Mexicans, who form a substantial part of his "client base," all of them with American citizenship papers.

It's been especially heartening, reading about how 30 or 60 or something ragged rough tattered unkempt Texans could beat 10,000 well-dressed Mexican soldiers most of the time.  I'm really surprised at the ratios in some of these battles, all but the Alamo won by the freedom-loving party.
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