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Connery: Scots independence close
BBC ^ | 24 February 2008

Posted on 02/24/2008 7:08:31 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

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To: Peter Libra

LOL

Cheers, I bought that book the minute it came out...


121 posted on 02/25/2008 3:59:01 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: WoofDog123

Those figures arent definite, but Scotland would receive a sizeable chunk of NS oil if we went independent.


122 posted on 02/25/2008 4:00:10 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: SlapHappyPappy
Why would the tribes secede? As it stands right now they get all the benefits of the US, but are “sovereign nations”.

"Sovereign nations?" To quote John Wayne, "Not hardly." They operate without some restrictions imposed by the federal government on the States, but with many other restrictions that highlight the simple fact that they are not true "sovereign nations"...

123 posted on 02/25/2008 4:06:16 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ( "He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike." - John Locke, 1690)
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To: cmsgop

” That was a great film “

I had to watch it last night after posting about it here .
Marvelous acting all around , and has been said a superb soundtrack by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame . Wouldn’t have been as good a flick without the “ stars “ angle , though .


124 posted on 02/25/2008 6:10:34 PM PST by sushiman
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To: hellbender

Looks a bit like a Colt Woodsman.


125 posted on 02/25/2008 7:35:38 PM PST by dljordan
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To: dfwgator

Scots wa hae wi’ Wallace bled
Scots wam Bruce hath aften led
Now’s the day and now’s the hour
See the front of battle lour

Wa would be a kraven knave
Wa would live a British slave...
(memory of Burns’ poetry fails me at this point)


126 posted on 02/25/2008 7:49:01 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (http://www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html or try http://astore.amazon.com/bemasnebo-20)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

“Most Holy Father and Lord, we know and from the chronicles and books of the ancients we find that among other famous nations our own, the Scots, has been graced with widespread renown. They journeyed from Greater Scythia by way of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Pillars of Hercules, and dwelt for a long course of time in Spain among the most savage tribes, but nowhere could they be subdued by any race, however barbarous. Thence they came, twelve hundred years after the people of Israel crossed the Red Sea, to their home in the west where they still live today. The Britons they first drove out, the Picts they utterly destroyed...”

Wa say ye? They annihilated an indigenous race o’ nude, painted equestrian warriors? Och, the shame of it. Ah sha’na wear a kilt again, or me name is nae Sean Connery.


127 posted on 02/25/2008 7:53:11 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (http://www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html or try http://astore.amazon.com/bemasnebo-20)
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To: potlatch

GREAT page, potlatch!
I love the graphics, and the music.

Connery is the best Bond ever.
Though, I like the new guy, too...even better than #2, Roger Moore.


128 posted on 02/25/2008 9:54:24 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: the scotsman

“Not anti-gun.

Connery remember is ex-service and has of course used and handled guns therefore and knows what damage they can do.

Pro-gun responsibility Id say rather than anti-gun.”

I disagree; Connery did a voiceover in an ad for either Snowdrop or GCN urging the govt to ban .22 pistols in addition to the fullbore weapons (which they eventually did). So we have the totally pathetic situation (lets face it - in line with a lot of things)where British olympians have to train abroad in order to compete for their own country when in it. As to damage, these pistols given their large size & low power would be better off used as a club.


129 posted on 02/25/2008 11:47:52 PM PST by Mac1
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To: Mac1

Fair enough.

I wasnt aware of said ad and am a bit disappointed that he lent his voice to such a kneejerk campaign.

I could have stomached the handgun/automatic weapon ban, bu the pistol ban was just stupid.


130 posted on 02/26/2008 2:58:59 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

The Scots I met were a fun group of folks that worked hard and played hard. Aside from the currency and architecture it really wasn’t all that foreign of a country to me.

My travels to the Middle East are another story...

Cheers,

Mike


131 posted on 02/26/2008 4:23:13 AM PST by TSgt (Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Interesting.

While libs in the USA seek a one-world government, the rest of the world is seeking to separate.

Also, as the separations continue, it looks as though the rebuilt Roman empire that Bible teachers have been talking about are becoming a possibility, with the old borders restored.


132 posted on 02/26/2008 10:50:35 AM PST by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy)
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To: the scotsman

Thanks for the link. Apparently, Scotland’s reliance on subsidies is overstated.


133 posted on 02/26/2008 12:36:32 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: sionnsar; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Thanks sionnsar.


134 posted on 02/26/2008 12:37:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/___________________Profile updated Tuesday, February 19, 2008)
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To: DM1
The slums of Glasgow might be the worst place in the UK, and have a long history of electing far-left MPs. The only question is whether their influence is really that significant, although I think Scotland may have disproportionate representation in Parliament.
135 posted on 02/26/2008 5:55:57 PM PST by Young Scholar
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To: Clintonfatigued

Alba Go Bragh!


136 posted on 02/27/2008 2:27:10 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing.)
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