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[tortugabob]

There was NEVER a CSS Merrimack only a USS Merrimack. And the phrase Monitor and Merrimack does not sound cool to a Southerner. The ship that carried the banner of the Confederacy that day was the CSS Virginia. That's the final word on this subject. And by the way, the war was not about slavery either.

[pferdflecker]

Except it wasn't the "Merrimack", it was the CSS Virginia... built on the old hull of the Merrimack.

[15Whoohoo]

Redneck!!!!

[Bubo25]

@NidalMalik And Vietnam.

Ever hear the expression, "Every dog has its day"? As it was with the Egyptians, Romans, French, Germans, British and many other powers, so it will be with the US. Knowledge is power, not just brawn. Unfortunately, the Yanks seem to always fall over their own ignorance and stupidity. They think tanks, aircraft carriers and bombers win wars. They didn't prove to work in Vietnam, did they? Nope, our big mouthed red neck cretin proves why the US will eventually fall.

[Bubo25]

@tortugabob The NI, Welsh and Scots can vote on full independence whenever they wish. They don't though, because they're all propped up by taxes from Westminster. And up until recently the British government at Westminster was mostly made up of Scots. Blair & Brown are both Scots, so is Cameron (his father was Scottish), as are many other MPs in Westminster. NI, Wales and Scottland all have their own independant governments. Only England hasn't got its own independant government. Some yoke, uh?

[Bubo25]

@tortugabob You've been watching way too many Mel Gibson films. And what would the US be like if it wasn't for us English? For one thing you wouldn't be talking in that crude form of ENGLISH. Anyone for wearing sombreros? Nope, no Thanksgiving. No Stars & Stripes. No Coca Cola. No Harley Davidson. No Baseball. No US Football. No George Washington. No Thomas Jefferson. No Founding Fathers. No Apple Pie. No "Star-Spangled Banner". No Dr. Pepper. No Abraham Lincoln. No. Henry Ford. Need I go on?

[mkeithharris]

@tortugabob - you're right on one thing, it was the CSS Virginia. But the war was about slavery. Like it or not.

[NidalMalik]

@tortugabob are you fucking kidding me? do the the words iraq and and Afghanistan mean anything to you?

typical yank talking like it's own shit doesn't stink.

No surprise coming from a Red neck, i do sincerely do hope USA breaks apart.

then us Limey's!! can laugh as uncle Sam's home caves in on itself.

[tortugabob]

Go believe in the fairy tale history of England if you will. I have no illusions about the pathetic past of the United States. In the end though, my "country", the good ole USA, will dissolve itself just as it should. I look forward to it just as my Confederate ancestors did 149 years ago. And in the same token I hope that Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Malvenas will help dissolve the Great Britain. May they throw off the yoke of you Limey bastards and your international bankers.

[tortugabob]

The English are responsible for most to the troubles in the Middle East right now. They stabbed the Arabs in the back at the end of WW1 when they promised the zionists a homeland in Palestine. The terms dictated by your banking interests to Germany after WW1 virtually assurred the rise of Hitler and WW2. The English promised war with Germany if they invaded one half Poland but remained allies with the Soviet Union when they invaded the other half!

[tortugabob]

The English also "discovered" Tahiti and Hawaii. That didn't mean they got to keep them. Face it, the English want to hold on to the Malvenas because they think there may be oil around it. They really don't give a shit about the people who live there. No more than they give a shit about the people who live in any number of their other former colonies.

[adventussaxonum]

The Falklands are populated by people who are quite happy to be British. Are you suggesting their land should be "given" to a different foreign power. Possibly discovered by the Dutch,definitely by the British 1690,they have been strongly British since 1833-surely they have the right to decide where their interests lie?Similarly,the Welsh,Scots and Northern Irish can choose independence if they want.