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We're More Nuts Than You
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| 9/21/01
| Orion Ramsey
Posted on 09/27/2001 12:20:43 PM PDT by geaux
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To: patriciaruth
There was a great line from that era. An American abolitionist was speaking in England during the Late Unpleasantness Between the States, and a heckler said, "How come you people haven't beaten the Confederacy in sixty days like you said you would?"
The abolitionist shot back, "I forgot that we were fighting Americans instead of Englishmen!"
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posted on
09/27/2001 12:56:53 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
To: geaux
Great post! Thanks, we need to be able to laugh some it shows we are healing!
To: geaux
Certifiably Red Neck Hillbilly Nuts!!!
ROTFLMAO...
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posted on
09/27/2001 1:01:30 PM PDT
by
bluetoad
To: Alberta's Child
I prefer the late Philadelphia Mayor, Frank Rizzo, who said that he was going to be so tough, he'd make Attila the Hun look like a panzy!
He then went out and had his police department drop a bomb on a house in his own city. Burned down two blocks!
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posted on
09/27/2001 1:11:12 PM PDT
by
gridlock
To: enraged, geaux, headsonpikes, mike2right, WindMinstrel, KansasConservative
United nations in NY, somehow not part of US territory, Or so I've heard Holy c**p -- you're right!
From http://www.un.org/tours/pages/gi.htm:
International Territory
When you pass through the gates of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, you enter international territory. The 18-acre site extends from 42nd Street to 48th Street, and from First Avenue to the East River.
The land does not belong to just one country, but to all countries that have joined the Organization. The United Nations has its own security and fire forces, issues its own postage stamps and conducts business in its six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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posted on
09/27/2001 1:26:22 PM PDT
by
TexRef
To: TexRef
Well, like the man said; we're nuts. And we're proud of our nut-ness.
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posted on
09/27/2001 1:29:23 PM PDT
by
geaux
To: gridlock
LOL! That reminds me of a story about Bishop John Hughes of New York back during the Civil War. There was a lot of anti-Catholic sentiment in the Union at the time because the Irish immigrants who had settled in the U.S. were not terribly interested in joining the Union Army (part of this was family-related, since many of these immigrants had extended family members who just happened to live in the Confederate states). Some Catholic buildings were vandalized during a series of draft riots in New York, and Bishop Hughes got wind of a loosely-organized campaign to destroy Catholic churches in the city.
He called a meeting of city government officials and business leaders, most of whom were Protestant.
"I've just received a message," he said, "from my brother bishop in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He said the he can send an armed band of several thousand Irish coal miners to New York on a moment's notice. I swear to all of you here, if there is one Catholic church destroyed I will see to it that this entire city is burned to the ground."
They never had a problem after that, and they didn't call Bishop Hughes "Dagger John" for nothing.
To: geaux
That reminds me. Whatever happened to the guy who was going to cut off his feet ?
To: VRWC_minion
To: amom,Snow Bunny, A GREAT BIT OF HUMOR
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To: HiTech RedNeck' VRWC_minion
No kidding; speaking of nuts, huh? Looks like he still has a few weeks to come up with an excuse not to go through with it.
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09/27/2001 2:40:26 PM PDT
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geaux
To: patriciaruth, lawgirl
Thanks for the ping, Patriciaruth!
To: geaux
I already saw this act in Las Vegs, only they used a really sexy babe instead of feet.
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I LOVE this. thank you so much for the ping.
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Ping for a great article!
To: geaux
Do not taunt "Happy Fun Ball"
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