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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Bugs, I used to think that the Democrats and Republicans were heading the same way, too. But when I starting seeing some of the issues and ideas being presented by many in the Democrats in recent years, versus the Republicans, I can definitely see where this guy is coming from. Interesting point, though, is that historically speaking two groups used to exist in America: nationalists and royalists. After the revolution a large portion of those royalists went to Canada or back to Europe. Perhaps they came back? Ooh, great 18th century parallels here: -English wanted a government controlled religion, America wanted religious tolerance -English wanted taxation of the rich colonists (against their will) to aid the poor English, America wanted equal representation and equal taxation of all people -English were more libral with their treatment of marriage and gender relations, Americans at that time were prudes. -English had a class system based on nobility and birth, America had one based on hard work, skill, and "giftedness" Interesting how America broke off from Europe in the late 18th century and then affected the whole world through our declaration. Interesting how there are now people who think that what Europeans do are good for us in America. Seems like those people were always here, the basic opinion of following Europe just took a back seat while America did so well. Now that America is getting made fun of in the global world (by only a few, actually), we have several people tucking tail and running. Judges 7:1 Loading...
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