"We are a Peaceful Nation"

DavyWavy -

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ISLAM is a 'peaceful' religion.

Don't forget the "peaceful" crusades.

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religeon through the centuries......

We are a peaceful nation and always have been. We are always ready to defend ourselves and our friends. We will not allow ourselves to be the victim of those who would attack us. Of course there are the spineless among us who prefer to be doormats until they find themselves enslaved.

Shelly

hear hear well said!!

Ethan

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took it all from them." - Edward Filene

Wow, you keep talking straight and honest like that, we'll no longer require you to have your tongue notarized before we'll believe what you say.

Pointman

And what qualifies you to ascertain the validity of Shelly's statement?

"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I'll remember. Involve me and I'll learn."

LOL! If I told you, you'd run tell everybody you know wouldn't you?

Pointman

Shelley.
I stand and applaud You! If more people were like you, this country would be invincible. History has shown that dictators always end up killing in the name of their "religion"

Daylilydayzed

Daylilydayzed
Daylilies are the Lord's smiles, new one every day.

Sit down!

In indonesia, the US backed military killed between 500,000 to a Million people in 1965 destroying the Indonesian Communist Party and most of its suspected sympathizers in what even the New York Times (March 2, 1966) called "one of the most savage mass slaughters of modern political history." Ten years later the same Indonesian military invaded East Timor, overthrew its reformist government and killed between 100,000 to 200,000 out of a population of about 600,000. The aggression was launched the day after Ford and Kissenger concluded a visit to Indonesia. Philip Leichty, a CIA official there at the time commented in the New York Times (August 12, 1994) that General Soeharto of Indonesia was "explicitly given the green light to do what he did." Leichty noted that most of the weapons, ammunition and food used by the Indonesian military were provided by the US.

The US national security state has participated in covert action or proxy mercenary wars against revolutionary governments in Cuba, Angola, Mozambique, Ehtiopia, Portugal, Nicaragua, Cambodia, East Timor, Western Sahara and elsewhere usually with dreadful devistation and loss of life for the indigenous populations. Hostile actions have also been directed at reformist governments in Egypt, Lebanon, Peru, Iran, Syria, Zaire, Jamaica, South Yemen, the Fiji Islands and elsewhere.

Since World War II, US forces have directly invaded or launched aerial attacks against Vietnam, The Dominican Republic, North Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Libya, Iraq and Somilia, showing varying dergrees of death and destruction.

Before World War II, US military forces waged a bloody and protracted war of conquest in the Philippines from 1899 to 1903. Along with 14 other capitalist nations, the US invaded and occupied parts of socialist Russia from 1918 to 1921. US expositionary forces fought in China along with other Western armies to suppress the Boxer Rebellion and keep the Chinese under the heel of European and North American colonizers.

US marines invaded and occupied Nacaragua in 1912 and again from 1926 to 1933; Haiti from 1915 to 1934; Cuba from 1898 to 1902; Mexico in 1914 and 1916. There were 6 invasions of Honduras between 1911 to 1925 and Panama was occupied between 1903 and 1914.

Landing on deaf ears

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especially during times of war.

Hal, as Frasier says, "I'm listening". Thank you for your last couple of posts...all the research, etc. I truly appreciate your
efforts. I am forwarding your remarks to the following :

DavyWavy -

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Hal9000, you had me worried there for a moment; but then I glanced at the topic's title: "Joke of the Day".

Good one, Hal9000.


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Everything in post #26 is a matter of public record. Look it up.

Perhaps you would find Iraq more to your liking. Saddam is perfectly peaceful. Just go ask him, he'll tell ya.

Peaceful!? I think not

http://americanpeace.eccmei.net/~eccmei/americanpeace/years/1891.html

LOL, OH you vicious American bastards you! That website is full of bullshit like the one above.

Care to clarify that for me? Did you read the metholodogy used to determine inclusion?

Its bullshit because you claim it shows that the US has a history of not being peaceful, yet the site has nothing to do with peace or not, it simply describes random military or law enforcement measures or operations.

While I do agree with your assessment of some absurd entries, I still believe there is enough relevant evidence at the site to claim America is in fact not as peaceful as most people believe.

Belief and reality are two different things. Ask Roger Waters.

Damn right!

The history of the United States has been one of territorial and economic expansionism, with the benefits going mostly to the US business class in the form of growing investments and markets, access to natural resources and cheap labor. The American people pay the costs of this empire, supporting huge military with their taxes, while suffering the loss of jobs, the neglect of domestic services, and the loss of tens of thousands of American lives in overseas military ventures.

Our leaders would have us believe we intervened in Nicaragua because the Sandinista government was opposed to democracy and we wanted to bring them free elections. Dismissing the fact that the Sandinistas had already conducted fair and open elections in 1984, we might wonder why the US wasn't so concerned for free elections during the fifty years that the Somoza dictatorship installed and supported by the US plundered and brutalized the Nicaraguan nation. Nor today does Washington show any great concern for democracy in any of the US backed dictatorships around the world.

Hal, your sig isn't showing up.

That damn Andrini!

Your spelling expertise reveals your intelligence, thus explaining why you fall for that BS.
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Yarddaawg

"Only two things are infinite, the universe
and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955

Yeah, but you understood him. That's a cheap shot. Any asshole can throw a sucker punch.

It's a he, don't let the user name fool you.

Sorry about that. What would that make "Pat."

No apologies necessary. I'm not sure what you mean by the Pat reference: short for patriot or the ambiguous character on SNL? By the way, SuSE is a Linux distro for those not in the know.

LOL! Yes, the ambiguous character on SNL. Plus the movie about Pat was once of my favorites.

Ha ha. I misspelled methodology which I could have easily edited; I chose not to. I'd imagine you correct every typo on this forum, right?

Stick around!

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Over a Century of U.S. Military Interventions

compiled by Zoltan Grossman

(revised 1/1/95)

The following is a partial list of U.S. military interventions from 1890 to 1994. This guide does not include demonstration duty by military police, mobilizations of the National Guard, offshore shows of naval strength, reinforcements of embassy personnel, the use of non-Defense Department personnel (such as the Drug Enforcement Agency), military exercises, non-combat mobilizations (such as replacing postal strikers), the permanent stationing of armed forces, covert actions where the U.S. did not play a command and control role, the use of small hostage rescue units, most uses of proxy troops, U.S. piloting of foreign warplanes, foreign disaster assistance, military training and advisory programs not involving direct combat, civic action programs, and many other military activities. Among sources used, besides news reports, are the Congressional Record (23 June 1969), 180 Landings by the U.S. Marine Corps History Division, Ege & Makhijani in Counterspy (July-Aug. 1982), and Ellsberg in Protest & Survive.

LOCATION/Period/Type of Force/Comments on U.S. role

SOUTH DAKOTA/1890 (-?)/Troops/300 Lakota Indians massacred at Wounded Knee.
ARGENTINA/1890/Troops/Buenos Aires interests protected.
CHILE/l891/Troops/Marines clash with nationalist rebels.
HAITI/1891/Troops/Black workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated.
IDAHO/1892/Troops/Army suppresses silverminers' strike.
HAWAII/l893 (-?)/Naval, troops/Independent kingdom overthrown, annexed.
CHICAGO/1894/Troops/Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.
NICARAGUA/l894/Troops/Month-long occupation of Bluefields.
CHINA/l894-95/Naval, troops/Marines land in Sino-Japanese War.
KOREA/l894-96/Troops/Marines kept in Seoul during war.
PANAMA/1895/Troops, naval/Marines land in Colombian province.
NICARAGUA/l896/Troops/Marines land in port of Corinto.
CHINA/l898-1900/Troops/Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.
PHILIPPINES/l898-1910(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos.
CUBA/l898-1902(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base.
PUERTO RICO/1898(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, occupation continues. GUAM/l898(-?)/Naval, troops/ Seized from Spain, still use as base.
MINNESOTA/l898(-?)/Troops/Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.
NICARAGUA/l898/Troops/Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.
SAMOA/1899(-?)/Troops/Battle over succession to throne.
NICARAGUA/l899/Troops/Marines land at port of Bluefields.
IDAHO/1899-1901/Troops/Army occupies Coeur d'Alene mining region.
OKLAHOMA/1901/Troops/Army battles Creek Indian revolt.
PANAMA/1901-03(-?)/Naval, troops/Broke off from Colombia, annexed Canal Zone.
HONDURAS/l903/Troops/Marines intervene in revolution.
DOMINICAN REP./1903-04/Troops/U.S. interests protected in Revolution.
KOREA/1904-05/Troops/Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.
CUBA/1906-09/Troops/Marines land in democratic election.
NICARAGUA/1907/Troops/"Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up.
HONDURAS/l907/Troops/Marines land during war with Nicaragua.
PANAMA/l908/Troops/Marines intervene in election contest.
NICARAGUA/l9l0/Troops/Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.
HONDURAS/1911/Troops/U.S. interests protected in civil war.
CHINA/1911-41/Naval, troops/Continuous occupation with flare-ups.
CUBA/1912/Troops/U.S. interests protected in Havana.
PANAMA/l9l2/Troops/Marines land during heated election.
HONDURAS/l9l2/Troops/Marines protect U.S. economic interests.
NICARAGUA/1912-33/Troops, bombing/20-year occupation, fought guerrillas.
MEXICO/l9l3/Naval/Americans evacuated during revolution.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1914/Naval/Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo.
COLORADO/1914/Troops/Breaking of miners' strike by Army.
MEXICO/1914-18/Naval, troops/Series of interventions against nationalists.
HAITI/1914-34/Troops, bombing/19-year occupation after revolts.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1916-24/Troops/8-year Marine occupation. CUBA/1917-33/Troops/Military occupation, economic protectorate.
WORLD WAR I/19l7-18/Naval, troops/Ships sunk, fought Germany for 1 l/2 years.
RUSSIA/1918-22/Naval, troops/Five landings to fight Bolsheviks.
PANAMA/1918-20/Troops/"Police duty" during unrest after elections.
HONDURAS/l9l9/Troops/Marines land during election campaign.
GUATEMALA/1920/Troops/2-week intervention against unionists.
WEST VIRGINIA/1920-21/Troops, bombing/Army intervenes against mineworkers.
TURKEY/1922/Troops/Fought nationalists in Smyrna (Izmir).
CHINA/1922-27/Naval, troops/Deployment during nationalist revolt.
HONDURAS/1924-25/Troops/Landed twice during election strife.
PANAMA/1925/Troops/Marines suppress general strike.
CHINA/l928-34/Troops/Marines stationed throughout the country.
EL SALVADOR/l932/Naval/Warships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt.
WASHINGTON DC/1932/Troops/Army stops WWI vet bonus protest.
WORLD WAR II/1941-45/Naval,troops, bombing, nuclear/Hawaii bombed, fought Japan, Italy and Germany for 3 years; 1st nuclear war.
DETROIT/l943/Troops/Army puts down Black rebellion.
IRAN/l946/Nuclear threat/Soviet troops told to leave north (Iranian Azerbaijan).
YUGOSLAVIA/l946/Nuclear threat/Response to shooting-down of U.S. plane.
URUGUAY/l947/Nuclear threat/Bombers deployed as show of strength.
GREECE/l947-49/Command operation/U.S. directs extreme-right in civil war.
GERMANY/l948/Nuclear threat/Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin Airlift.
PHILIPPINES/l948-54/Command operation/CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.
PUERTO RICO/1950/Command operation/Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce.
KOREA/l951-53(-?)/Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats/U.S.& South Korea fight China & North Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in l950, and against China in l953. Still have bases.
IRAN/l953/Command operation/CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.
VIETNAM/l954/Nuclear threat/Bombs offered to French to use against siege.
GUATEMALA/l954/Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat/CIA directs exile invasion after new gov't nationalizes U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.
EGYPT/l956/Nuclear threat/Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis.
LEBANON/l958/Troops, naval/Marine occupation against rebels.
IRAQ/1958/Nuclear threat/Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.
CHINA/l958/Nuclear threat/China told not to move on Taiwan isles.
PANAMA/1958/Troops/Flag protests erupt into confrontation.
VIETNAM/l960-75/Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats/Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.
LAOS/1961/Command operation/Military buildup during guerrilla war.
CUBA/l961/Command operation/CIA-directed exile invasion fails.
GERMANY/l961/Nuclear threat/Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.
CUBA/l962/Nuclear threat, naval/Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union.
PANAMA/l964/Troops/Panamanians shot for urging canal's return.
INDONESIA/l965/Command operation/Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1965-66/Troops, bombing/Marines land during election campaign.
GUATEMALA/l966-67/Command operation/Green Berets intervene against rebels.
DETROIT/l967/Troops/Army battles Blacks, 43 killed.
UNITED STATES/l968/Troops/After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.
CAMBODIA/l969-75/Bombing, troops, naval/Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.
OMAN/l970/Command operation/U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.
LAOS/l971-73/Command operation, bombing/U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; "carpet-bombs" countryside. SOUTH DAKOTA/l973/Command operation/Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.
MIDEAST/1973/Nuclear threat/World-wide alert during Mideast War.
CHILE/1973/Command operation/CIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president.
CAMBODIA/l975/Troops, bombing/Gas captured ship, 28 die in copter crash.
ANGOLA/l976-92/Command operation/CIA assists South African-backed rebels.
IRAN/l980/Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing/Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.
LIBYA/l981/Naval jets/Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.
EL SALVADOR/l981-92/Command operation, troops/Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.
NICARAGUA/l981-90/Command operation, naval/CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.
HONDURAS/l982-90/Troops/Maneuvers help build bases near borders.
LEBANON/l982-84/Naval, bombing, troops/Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim positions.
GRENADA/l983-84/Troops, bombing/Invasion four years after revolution.
LIBYA/l986/Bombing, naval/Air strikes to topple nationalist gov't.
BOLIVIA/1987/Troops/Army assists raids on cocaine region.
IRAN/l987-88/Naval, bombing/US intervenes on side of Iraq in war.
LIBYA/1989/Naval jets/Two Libyan jets shot down.
VIRGIN ISLANDS/1989/Troops/St. Croix Black unrest after storm.
PHILIPPINES/1989/Jets/Air cover provided for government against coup.
PANAMA/1989-?/Troops, bombing/Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.
LIBERIA/1990/Troops/Foreigners evacuated during civil war.
SAUDI ARABIA/1990-91/Troops, jets/Iraq countered after invading Kuwait. 540,000 troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel.
KUWAIT/1991/Naval, bombing, troops/Kuwait royal family returned to throne. IRAQ/1990-?/Bombing, troops, naval/ Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south, large- scale destruction of Iraqi military.
LOS ANGELES/1992/Troops/Army, Marines deployed against anti- police uprising.
SOMALIA/1992-94/Troops, naval, bombing/U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil war; raids against one Mogadishu faction.
JUGOSLAVIA/1992-94/Naval/Nato blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.
BOSNIA/1993-?/Jets, bombing/No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets, bombed Serbs.
HAITI/1994-?/Troops, naval/Blockcade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup.

That can't be right, I am sure we did more than that.

Ed W.

Ed W.

"IN GOD WE still TRUST - ALL OTHERS, WE used to MONITOR"

LOL! You've moved up another notch. In fact, I'm beginning to like you ED.

Quick, Ed! Kick him in the nuts, he'll stop liking you right away!

Thank's for the tip DM, gotta stop that love crap right away.

Ed W.

Ed W.

"IN GOD WE still TRUST - ALL OTHERS, WE used to MONITOR"

LOL!

And oh by the way, don't loose your heads and touch those oil fields...

Let's get down to the nitty gritty here and face the facts - it doesn't matter what country or countries we talk about here, the sad fact is the entire human race is a childish, greedy, warlike creature who isn't going to be satisfied until the entire planet is turned into a barren, lifeless wasteland...

... we've obviously learned nothing from the lessons of past mistakes and once again, for the sake of a few so-called leaders not wanting to lose face, thousands, maybe millions of people may have to die.

It's a pity we can't put Saddam Hussein, George Bush, Tony Blair and even our own John Howard in a room together and let them sort it out amongst themselves... (end rant).

Keep going Carl, you never rant!

Did you know there are only 2 species on this planet that make war on their own kind?

One's ants and (of course) the other's man.

Just our luck it seems...

Ants huh? Boy, when you let go and rant you really give to em' straight and let it all hang out.

Perhaps after we've nuked/biologically warfared/polluted/overpopulated ourselves out of existence and "Mother Nature" starts building "Man Mark II" hopefully she'll leave out the warlike tendencies this time...

I agree. Some think of it as The Second Coming. I think of it as the birth of a higher spiritual consciousness. But either way, it will happen.

Carl, I wish you would post your thoughts more often.

Thanks Hal, as I've said a while ago I don't usually get involved in these sorts of discussions although I always read these threads with great interest. Of course with the state the world is in at the moment it's very hard not to be involved.

Regarding this looming war in Iraq - I (and a number of friends) are more than a little surprised how and why the attention turned from the hunt for Osama Bin Laden to ousting Saddam Hussein, if Iraq does have illegal weapons then they must have had them for decades, why all the sudden attention now? It seems like since the United States is unable to find and capture Bin Laden they need something else to focus people's attention on to "maintain the rage" following the September 11th 2001 atrocities - George Bush is still looking for revenge.

Now I don't disagree with that at all - nothing can justify what happened at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon but it's tragic that it looks like many more innocent civilians will be killed or made homeless in Iraq because of George Bush's obsession, there has to be a better way.

Your perception is clear as a bell.

Had a bad day Carl?

Shelly

Hi Shelly, I've woken up this morning (it's 10.30am Wednesday here as I type) with a monstrous headache and I need something to try and take my mind off it.

I bet if you shot yourself in the foot, your headache would go away immediately.. oh wait, you guys aren't allowed to own guns... you could stab yourself in the kneecap, that would do it.. or did they outlaw pointy things as well?

... some of us don't want to own guns...

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Agreed, but it's the RIGHT to own them that we should all share.

Have another beer, that'll work.

Yep, definitely time for another...



...after a while, the world seems a better place.

And the real joke of the day? And tomorrow? And yesterday? And next week? And last week? And........well, you get the idea.

Ta da....da da...........

Hal9000

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Yarddaawg

"Only two things are infinite, the universe
and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955

You don't perform magic do you?

Oh come on! Can you imagine how dull the forum would be without Hal? I've had a great time here the past few hours - and my headache's gone as well...

Been out of town and am happy to be back.This nation is not a peaceful nation.Try pissing up our back and telling us we are sweating and we will probably knock the snot out of you.We are a BENEVOLENT nation.We will, then, pick you up,dust you off and make you better off than you ever were.Name any other country that does that to those it defeats.
Carl,Beware of sweetness from HAL.Now that he has sweet talked you he will probably Email you some fireants.

81 Newbee

"We are a BENEVOLENT nation.We will, then, pick you
up,dust you off and make you better off than you ever
were."

Not! Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the hemosphsere, the first is Haiti, both because of US intervention.

...Carl,Beware of sweetness from HAL...

*LOL* Hal's OK, I enjoy reading his posts - he certainly gets people thinking that's for sure and that has to be a good thing, no matter which country one lives in there must always be people ready to question authority, too many people are happy to believe everything they see and hear from governments (and the media) these days...

...and one day some of these people wake up to suddenly find they're living in a dictatorship...

That's right Carl. Freedom is usually taken away slowly, year after year and step by step, until it's gone. The Patriot Act's I and II is a good example. Very few know anything about the Patriot Act, let alone that a second version of it has been introduced. The USA Patriot Act does little to increase our safety but a lot to undermine our rights. The Patriot act sacrifices our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms in the name of national security. A true Patriot defends the constitution, they don't sit silently by while our constitutional rights are violated.

Careful Carl,I too enjoy HAL but I know that his sweet talk only extends when you agree with him.I agree with some of his positions on some of our politicians on both sides of the aisle.He knows we are not losing our freedom but likes to use it when it suits his beliefs.When I tried to get him to say one thing he liked about the USA he did not have anything BUT when it came to looking for a way to slam the patriot act he suddenly liked parts of our constitution.When I asked him about it he claims that he told me but I "forgot". BS!
He is clever, but as those people that we brought havoc to(according to HAL) are quoted,"He speaks with forked tounge"}>
If he can rant as he does about the USA freedom is alive and well even on PCQandA

81 Newbee

Your problem is that you make assumptions instead of spending time reading what people have to say. Maybe your ability to concentrate is limited to short little spurts. It's much easier to click off scores of those silly faces and just fill in the blanks with three sentence cliches.

Hi Newbee, I see your point and I have to say I don't agree with everything Hal says - hell, I don't even understand a lot of it but I think a lot of the problems with disagreements, etc. are caused by the nature of the forum itself.

With some exceptions, no-one really knows anyone else and it's hard to visualize what someone is thinking when they post a message here. With a face to face conversation at least you can see the other person's facial expressions and hear the tone of their voice so you can usually pick up whether something is being said as a joke or a wind up etc.

I think a lot of the time people get the wrong idea about the meaning of some of the replies here and on other forums and that's where a lot of problems begin - and why everyone needs to have a fairly thick skin to survive on Internet forums.

By the way - I wouldn't miss any of this for the world, I don't know anywhere else where I can get such great entertainment and information (or misinformation depending on who you believe) for the price of a dial-up call each day.

I just love the Al and Hal show...

Well it's certainly better than watching T.V. I've learned a great many things from the people in this forum, even Newbee. The more time one spends here, the more surprises there are.

The Forum: A new version of reality T.V.! Shelley, of course, would be the Host-Mod. I think it would fly...Now all we need is a sponsor.

Potential sponsor.

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Shelly

LOL! We need one for text.

We, America, are more than a peaceful nation. While Shelly stated it well permit me to add:

The world has never seen a country such as America in the past.
America is a country that has fed and clothed a good part of the World. We are a country that has rebuilt its' enemies following a World War and turned them into successful democracies with solid economic bases. We have continued this tradition by creating policies to aid our former "communist" enemies. We are a country who has "cared to care". Never has this happened in the past in regard to any other nation.

We are a nation that has opened its' doors to the "down trodden", the oppressed and the endangered from all corners of the World. We are a nation that is represented by the most pluralistic society that has ever existed within one set of borders. We are a nation that has succeeded in spite of our religious, racial and ethnic differences; for we have recognized that it is these very differences that has led to our greatness and our success.

America is a country that is not perfect. We are a country that has had and continues to have racial and ethnic problems. We are a country that seeks to recognize its' shortcomings and work toward solving them. Do we solve our problems fast enough? Probably not if you are the one faced with the "problem". But unlike our counterparts throughout the world we work toward finding solutions to our problems. We always try to ". . .form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare and . . . " One of our goals, as a nation, is to live up to our Constitutional promises.

Above all, we are a peaceful nation not unlike bed of Roses. So long as you do not try to push through the shrub - the thorns will leave you be. They are purely defensive in nature.









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