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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #60 on: April 28, 2003, 10:25:42 AM »
Pushing NUKEs post ahead:

America Rules: All 52 states of it! (Nice one IKE!)

There will come a time, I don't know when it is, whe we will not be a  superpower.

In actuality, we've not been a superpower for 225 years, as some in thise post would say.

I would have to say we have been a world economic and Military superpower since the middle of WWII.

BUT IF WE KEEP ADDING STATES, WE'LL RULE FOREVER!!!

I just annexed Puerto Rico! We're up to 53 IKE!!!:D
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« Reply #61 on: April 28, 2003, 11:47:45 AM »
Oh...let's see...... I'll move 4 little tanks in Africa, I declare war at Western Europe, then at North Afrika, then I move my little tanks to conquer Kamchatka,  roll the dice then.... Wheeeee!!!! I have  53 contries , I reached my goal and I won ,   I RULE THE WORLD!!

What a great game is RISIKO:D :D :D
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« Reply #62 on: April 28, 2003, 01:37:19 PM »
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Originally posted by muckmaw
Pushing NUKEs post ahead:

America Rules: All 52 states of it! (Nice one IKE!)

There will come a time, I don't know when it is, whe we will not be a  superpower.

In actuality, we've not been a superpower for 225 years, as some in thise post would say.

I would have to say we have been a world economic and Military superpower since the middle of WWII.

BUT IF WE KEEP ADDING STATES, WE'LL RULE FOREVER!!!

I just annexed Puerto Rico! We're up to 53 IKE!!!:D



WoW, i cant dig that USA now consist of 53 republics. California is the biggest and the richest republic of the USA. California's economy is worth at $1.5 trillion and California is the nucleus of american economy. CALIFORNIA and LOS ANGELES RULES!!! :D
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« Reply #63 on: April 28, 2003, 03:13:07 PM »
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Will you please explain to me how Bush's proposed cut of FEDERAL taxes has anything to do with California revenue?

 


Not sure about California, but if thier revenue structure is anything like my state, the state income tax is related to the federal taxes.  How much you pay the feds and your fed taxable income are two of the lines on the state form.
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« Reply #64 on: April 28, 2003, 05:19:10 PM »
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Monarchy<>Democracy


LOL Martlet... Great Britain is a parliamentary monarchy which means that it's lead by a parliament elected by people and where the government is reponsible in front of the parliament. The Queen (or King) doesn't have any power.

So by democracy definition, the GB is a democracy.

For your reading pleasure : http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page336.asp

Martlet, you missed again an oportunity to keep quiet...

[EDIT for link]
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« Reply #65 on: April 28, 2003, 06:22:04 PM »
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LOL Martlet... Great Britain is a parliamentary monarchy which means that it's lead by a parliament elected by people and where the government is reponsible in front of the parliament. The Queen (or King) doesn't have any power.

So by democracy definition, the GB is a democracy.

For your reading pleasure : http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page336.asp

Martlet, you missed again an oportunity to keep quiet...

[EDIT for link]


check the dates, troll boy.  

Ooops, you were wrong again....OH NO!
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« Reply #66 on: April 28, 2003, 06:46:05 PM »
Without consulting the history books, I am pretty sure the Magna Carta predates the US Constitution, (by some centuries if memory serves) although stripping the Monarchy of all but ceremonial power took some time thereafter.
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« Reply #67 on: April 28, 2003, 06:48:07 PM »
Martlet, you're a fool or trying to be one ?

Great Britain is a democracy since the 19th century and GB was the super power in that century partly grace for the industrial revolution.

Now, please show me what date should i look ?

You can always rewrite your own history Martlet, but don't try to fool others.

It must be hard to accept that your constitution and freedom is due to French idea and help in the 177x...
You'll get other it.

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Holden is quite right. The first seed of Democracy as we know it was in GB in the 17th century.
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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #68 on: April 29, 2003, 12:14:48 AM »
a French idea?

Merci Lafayette,

but if anything, the French Revolution was sparked by the American.  It was the French Navy of Louis that helped secure the surrender of Cornwallis, not the French Republic's.

It was partly the cost of the help to the American Revolution that emptied the treasury of Louis and weakened his monarcy, which allowed the French to sucessfully overthrow Louis.

The US Constitution owes its legacy to many previous documents, not the least of which is to documents and ideas related to the tribes of the Iroquois.
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« Reply #69 on: April 29, 2003, 12:19:49 AM »
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Not sure about California, but if thier revenue structure is anything like my state, the state income tax is related to the federal taxes.  How much you pay the feds and your fed taxable income are two of the lines on the state form.


Similar to Kansas. Our state tax computation is based on what you report to the feds on one or two key lines.

HOWEVER ( you knew it was coming right?)

The State has this little page in the back of the book, the Tax Rate Tables.

If reductions in the key lines on the Fed Forms are going to hurt the state, the easy remedy is right there in the Tax Tables. All they need to do is increase their percentage of the take to recapture their losses. Although they'll of course bounce it high enough to get more than they lost.


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« Reply #70 on: April 29, 2003, 01:19:17 AM »
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Merci Lafayette,


I never said french revolution was before US constitution. But the US constitution is inspired by the writings of french philosopher like Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire to name a few. They were part of the French Enlightment wave.

The first true democratic nation was USA.
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« Reply #71 on: April 29, 2003, 03:37:35 AM »
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The first true democratic nation was USA.


... and now its the first true plutoctratic nation ... what a shame

changed hypocratic to plutocratic cause Martlet showed me i took the wrong word.
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« Reply #72 on: April 29, 2003, 04:22:13 AM »
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... and now (USA) its the first true hypocratic nation ... what a shame


....and they will be the 2nd country that will be the threat to world peace after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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« Reply #73 on: April 29, 2003, 07:02:13 AM »
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... and now its the first true hypocratic nation ... what a shame


If you guys are going to insult the US in English, at least buy yourself a good dictionary so you can figure out what you're saying.  It's an easy argument when it doesn't make sense.
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« Reply #74 on: April 29, 2003, 07:54:52 AM »
Britain hasn't been a super-power for 50 years. But I don't think any other country in the world punches as far above its weight as Britain does.

As for the democracy. Pur-leaze - we made the modern parliamentary democracy work. And anyone who thinks the UK isn't democratic now neither knows their facts or their history.

FYI, the Magna Carta was proclaimed in 1215 by King John. For the first time, a monarch's power was limited by written constitution.

The current monarchy is a tradition only and figurehead. Not to mention money-spinner.
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