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Charm School had to deviate away from it's ancient historical roots, kind of like this topic, and rewrite the syllabus to reflect the times.
Now kindly STFU, will you?
Now you know that's not going to happen, don't you?
American exceptionalism....
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Now you know that's not going to happen, don't you?
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It's my ball and I want to go home.
Kamala Trump
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Don't let the door hit you on the ass, fudgenuts.
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It that the best you've got?
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AnyOldIron
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1 & 4 (4 recently merged with a Dutch company)
The share of foreign-owned U.S. companies as a percentage of the whole has also jumped to 13.9 percent. Back in 1971, foreign companies owned 1.3 percent of all corporate U.S. assets.
In 2005, 20.5 percent of qualifying dividends from these foreign-owned were repatriated to the United Kingdom, 16.2 percent to Japan, 12.7 percent to Germany and 12.3 percent to the Netherlands.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2744743020080827
AnyOldIron
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We were unique in the fact that we did apply them.
Unique apart from all the other nations who have applied them before.
For example, our first bill of rights was formed 561 years before America was formed, and we were running a full democracy 127 years before.
Unique apart from all the other nations who have applied them before.
For example, our first bill of rights was formed 561 years before America was formed, and we were running a full democracy 127 years before.
AnyOldIron
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Kamala Trump
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You wouldnt know a debate even if it sodomized your mother. the things you type are barely intelligible.
AnyOldIron
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Magna Carta, as it says, put even the king under the law. It gave all Englishmen fundamental rights, it was a declaration of rights that your own is based on.
I think you will find that the power rested with the swords of the barons, in representation of the English people, at Runnymede.
The King didn't proclaim rights, he was forced under the law, so that even he couldn't encrouch the people's rights.
Poorly, by misrepresenting the Magna Carta.
America isn't any more exceptional than the countries it derived its founding principles from.
Which is another kettle of fish altogether...
This debate can be found here:
[ame="http://www.justplainpolitics.com/showthread.php?p=627477"]Religion is for.... - Page 6 - Just Plain Politics![/ame]
AnyOldIron
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Kamala Trump
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Yeah. You should read that so you're not so stupid anymore.
AnyOldIron
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Kamala Trump
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Oh chill out Asshat. Smoke a doob or something.
Why don't you quit being the stupid person on earth.
Even though you can't admit it, don't think for one nanosecond that it isnt common knowledge you live for this.
That's why you're here til 4 in the morning, huh?
AnyOldIron
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No, BP is British
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP"]BP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
And Shell is British, it has just recently merged with a Dutch firm.
And as I said, we are the largest foreign investor in the US.
Despite the notoriety of Japanese investors, the British have the largest U.S. direct investment holding—with the Dutch not far behind—as has been the case since colonial times. In 1990 the United Kingdom held about 27 percent of foreign direct investment in the United States, significantly greater than Japan's 21 percent.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/ForeignInvestmentintheUnitedStates.html
AnyOldIron
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Even though you can't admit it, don't think for one nanosecond that it isnt common knowledge you live for this.
That's why you're here til 4 in the morning, huh?
What's with all the ad hominems?
Dixie - In Memoriam
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It specifically places power under purview of the king, it orders him to proclaim... not a proclamation from the Creator. It was established by a body of men, not endowed by our Creator. I am not arguing that the Magna Carter was no good, it just wasn't the sole basis for our own declaration of rights or independence from England. There is a fundamental difference in what our Founding Fathers established, and what was laid out in the Magna Carta, or anything else that had been tried before.
Correct... and NOT with a Creator whom endowed man with those rights! Thanks for making my point so brilliantly! Kudos!
The Magna Carta specifically calls for the king to make a proclamation of rights, it does not establish that our rights are inalienable or endowed by a Creator. The rights themselves, are still determined by man. The Magna Carta still "grants" rights, as opposed to rights being inalienable and endowed by a Creator.
I haven't misrepresented anything. I said our Founding Fathers established a unique government, in that it establishes our rights come from a Creator and are inalienable, you trotted out the Magna Carta as an example of how this had been done before, and I pointed out that the Magna Carta did no such thing... now you say I have misrepresented the Magna Carta!
You can certainly hold the opinion that America is no more exceptional than the countries it derived some of the founding principles from, but your opinion is not what makes something factual and accurate. I know that comes as a huge blow to your ego, but really Arnold, that is how it goes!
What I said has nothing to do with Religion. You want to connect "Creator" with "Religion" because most religious beliefs involve some entity credited with Creation, but the founding principles of our nation do not involve a specific religious dogma or belief.