Posted on 03/08/2006 4:11:26 AM PST by Proud Brit
Edited on 03/08/2006 4:42:11 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
All your citizens are belong to us.
That was my first thought. If it wasn't for this kid's potty mouth, I would be sympathetic.
OK. Just a few things to say. The finest army in the world? Please, I want some back up to that. Please prove that is a fact. You certainly cannot prove it had to do with WWII. If America hadn't stepped in, you would be Nazi Germany right now. So please, indulge me with some evidence that you have the "Finest Army." It must be those shorts the soldiers wear (Yes, shorts are part of the battle dress). Yeah, keep up the good work. Yeah frighten us Americans.
America relies on the British military. Once again, some facts please. Yes, you are in Iraq. I am as well. I am an American. The Brits work from the Border of Kuwait up to about 30 miles into Iraq. Basrah, Safwan, and Umm Qasr. Please tell me all the Brits are doing to take such a huge work load off the US.
You can be a proud Brit, but do not mistake your pride with false visions of past glory. The English were once a mighty empire. But so were the Aztecs. You have had your time, and now America is having hers and I do not forsee anything coming between that. I have spoken with British soldiers, and none believe that is remotely close to being a superpower any longer. Being the world's Superpower does have it's perks. Tony Blair can say what he wants. All of your politicians can. But in 1776 we declared our independence from England, and in 2006, we are no longer your cousins. I hate to say this because I respect the British, but your time has passed. You have the bomb, good for you. So does Pakistan. Does that mean they deserve a world power status as well?
Alright, your soccer league is better. Yeah, I knew I could send you off with a smile.
While I'm no expert, I don't think that there are any British "citizens." They're "subjects."
Mark
I am not sure if the poster is Zot material either, but to some everyone who just signed up seems to be. It's actually a shame
Proud twit!
I am disappointed to see the mother tongue used with such pedestrian disregard. Being both an Anglophile and an ally of the Crown, I am compelled to address your ill-advised rant, thus:
we, if only we could stop squabbling amongst ourselves and allowing the state's insidious influence to continue corrupting our lives, are a world-power.
Granted. Especially the infighting. But read on...
We are the old-time masters of international trade;
we are the inventors of just about every sodding invention that has made man's life a little bit better in the last 400 years;
Telephone, Internet, the Apollo Space program, the cotton gin, vaccinations for polio and measles, all American innovations;
we have the finest army in the world
I am second to none in my admiration for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, past and present - though you must also accept the American Armed Forces as the best equipped, most technologically advanced, and most adaptive fighting force in history
and we have The Bomb;
Yet ANOTHER invention you simply can't claim.
we have an economy that not completely screwed yet
I assume you meant, "an economy that IS NOT YET completely screwed...
And I might agree.
; and we have a market and an army that the US must still rely on.
There is a difference between MUST, and MAY. Must implies being indispensible - which nothing is - while May implies that it is in our nations' mutual interest to continue. Comments such as yours are, thankfully, not the opinion of Her Majesty's Government.
For now.
For the immediate future, your use of unimaginative obscentities on your introductory post, taken with the extrememly bad form of pimping your blog, shows us all that you are uninterested in any civil discourse or even the most simple display of the manners I am accustomed to when dealing with British citizens.
I regret learning of your existence.
For my sake you must stay,
for if you go away,
you'll spoil this party
I am throwing.
I'll stay a week or two,
I'll stay the summer through,
but I am telling you,
I must be going.
Spaceflight, aircraft, the internet, computers, the automobile, the internet, robotics, nanotechnology, atomic technology (weapons and civil). All invented by Americans.
FINALLY.....My first IBTZ too!!
No, I'm not!
"He's on my side of the seat!"
"Oh, you big baby. Look, I'm legally on my side of the car seat. I am NOT touching you."
"Waaaah! Make him stop!"
Here comes the Pain Train! Wooo wooo!!!
;-)
You are absolutely correct. The difference is that citizens can be trusted with firearms.
I tend to agree.
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