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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle of Oriskany (8/6/1777) - Apr. 14th, 2004
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Posted on 04/14/2004 12:00:05 AM PDT by SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
I recall seeing an interview with him talking about growing up in a small town in texas.
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posted on
04/14/2004 8:52:09 PM PDT
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: SAMWolf
Only about 150 of the 800 Rebels who went into battle survived without serious injury. General Nicholas Herkimer died 11 days after the battle due to complications from having his leg amputated. Many Rebels were taken prisoner by the Tory American Indians. Tory losses were much lighter than those of the Rebels, the majority having occurred among the Indian allies, particularly the Senecas.
Imagine the headlines if this happened today.
MASSACRE IN NEW YORK!!
BLOODBATH IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY!
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:02:39 PM PDT
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; E.G.C.; Victoria Delsoul; radu; Aeronaut; Mudboy Slim; Two-Bits; ...
I'm Benedict F. Arnold and I approved this message.
"I actually voted FOR the American Revolution--
BEFORE I voted AGAINST it."
My opponents, the right-wing Minutemen, Sons of Liberty, and the Patrick Henry wingnuts, will distort my record, but let me make it perfectly clear. I've voted for some of the biggest defense budgets--that they were for the British Army is not relevant. Did you know I was awarded three Violet Hearts in Vermont?
I did not realize when I voted for this current operation just how badly George W. was going to fugue it up.
We've offended our allies and are fighting a unilateral campaign costing the lives of our sons--well, not my sons, as I'm just a gigolo--but that's my business, not yours.
So, it is time for a regime change in New York and Philadelphia, higher taxes, reaching out to our friends across the Atlantic.
I've just returned from the Palace of Versailles where I helped draft the Tories Peace Treaty which begins with American forces withdrawing from . . . America.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:21:32 PM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: PhilDragoo
Excellent post Phil. Well done!
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posted on
04/14/2004 10:17:06 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Valin
LOL! Bush fails to stop Masscre!!
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posted on
04/14/2004 10:30:14 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Live long and prosper... But don't let the IRS know.)
To: PhilDragoo
Evening Phil Dragoo.
Excellent! Makes one wonder if the Founding Fathers had as much trouble dealing with the "let's just all get along " and anti-American crowd of his day?
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posted on
04/14/2004 10:32:11 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Live long and prosper... But don't let the IRS know.)
To: PhilDragoo
BTTT!!!!!!!
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posted on
04/15/2004 3:01:12 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: PhilDragoo
Great Post!
You forgot to mention how George W. tricked you into signing it by telling the truth.
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posted on
04/15/2004 3:21:14 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(The day may come when the courage of men fails...but it is not this day....This day we fight!)
To: PhilDragoo
BWAHAHAHAHA...Awesome quality work!!
FReegards...MUD
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posted on
04/15/2004 4:56:34 AM PDT
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: PhilDragoo; snippy_about_it
My opponents, the right-wing Minutemen, Sons of Liberty, and the Patrick Henry wingnuts, will distort my record, but let me make it perfectly clear.Should baby Abigail (Adams) really turn out to be a boy, our chosen name is Patrick Henry.
Speaking of Adams. The muckraker that started this whole American thing turns out to have lived at Bush Hill for a while when Philadelphia was the Capital. Methinks that vast right-wing conspiracy is growing braoder and deeper than ever suspected!
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posted on
04/15/2004 8:20:41 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Descendant of a bunch of dead white guys..........who conquered the world.)
To: PhilDragoo
ROTFLMRAO!
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posted on
04/15/2004 8:59:25 AM PDT
by
stand watie
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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