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Bryen Verrisai
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2013-11-11 05:15:41 UTC
SoCal Stoli Rotsuda wrote:
...and offering out lives to ensure that you and others have the right to say silly shite without fear of retribution. (Whether that will REMAIN so has yet to be determined...)

You're getting the USMC confused with the CIA here.
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#22 - 2013-11-11 06:42:02 UTC
11.11.1812
A day to remember.

Go Canada!

TunDraGon is recruiting! "Also, your boobs [:o] "   CCP Eterne, 2012 "When in doubt...make a diȼk joke." Robin Williams - RIP
Baali Tekitsu
AQUILA INC
#23 - 2013-11-11 06:53:32 UTC
SoCal Stoli Rotsuda wrote:
Black Panpher wrote:
Making the rich richer and the poor dead!


...and offering out lives to ensure that you and others have the right to say silly shite without fear of retribution. (Whether that will REMAIN so has yet to be determined...)


Now THIS is going to be a fun thread.

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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#24 - 2013-11-11 10:55:27 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
We were founded in a bar Cool

*Edit: Here's the Commandant's 238th birthday messageBig smile


One more reason why we need bars in EVE.

Custom ship skins, character creator style "repaint". Bring it!
Mudkest
Contagious Goat Labs
#25 - 2013-11-11 11:05:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Mudkest
all I can say is "Rembmer the 5th of November"


edit: Oh, and you're all decendants of traitors to the british crown. Just saying
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#26 - 2013-11-11 12:45:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
Mudkest wrote:
edit: Oh, and you're all decendants of traitors to the british crown. Just saying

Quite likely not as many as you think, and certainly not all.
Given the massive amount of immigration a good while after having declared independence and the tendency for immigrants to "stick to their own kind" (and then there's also the "slave thing"), there's a good chance a big portion of the population of the USofA can't trace back any of its ancestors to somebody who was alive around those parts at that time.
Twisted

The percentage of people with primary English or Irish ancestry combined is dwarfed by either one of those with mainly German, Mexican or African ancestry. Lol

Total USofA population in ~1820: 10 million
Total number of immigrants from ~1820 to ~1920: over 30 million
Current USA population: ~ 314 million
Current YEARLY number of immigrants: ~1 million

So it's almost guaranteed that there are the very least 30+ million citizens of the USA that have absolutely no ancestry that participated in the Independence War, and probably more than half of the population (so, call it 160+ million) is in the same boat.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#27 - 2013-11-11 12:51:09 UTC
I seriously thought the OP's 2nd post was going to be "The Song of My People".

Also, today is not just about the Marines. But "Ooh Ra" anyway !

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Za'afiel
Imperceptible Bedevilment
#28 - 2013-11-11 13:15:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Za'afiel
Interesting, cause it's National Independence Day in Poland.

95 years ago, after 123 years of partitions by Prussia, Austria and Russia, Poland regained its independance. Thank God and soldiers we don't have to speak German...or Russian.

Wszystkiego najlepszego dla wszystkich polaków, oby nam się!

Shoot them all! Be polite.
Mudkest
Contagious Goat Labs
#29 - 2013-11-11 13:44:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Mudkest
Akita T wrote:
Mudkest wrote:
edit: Oh, and you're all decendants of traitors to the british crown. Just saying

Quite likely not as many as you think, and certainly not all.


oh come on, it was a fun statement. I know most of them arent. heck most of them arent even american, but european or african, the real americans are mostly wiped out
Bischopt
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#30 - 2013-11-11 13:47:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Bischopt
Eh, you know... congratz or something.

The world might not care as much as you hope. But I'm sure some people do.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#31 - 2013-11-11 13:58:16 UTC
At least the Veteran's Day Parade in San Francisco this year was highly Korean War-centric.

Those poor guys who served there have just been honestly twisting in the wind, forgotten almost utterly.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Black Panpher
CastleKickers
Rote Kapelle
#32 - 2013-11-11 15:19:43 UTC
Akita T wrote:


Total USofA population in ~1820: 10 million
Total number of immigrants from ~1820 to ~1920: over 30 million
Current USA population: ~ 314 million
Current YEARLY number of immigrants: ~1 million

So it's almost guaranteed that there are the very least 30+ million citizens of the USA that have absolutely no ancestry that participated in the Independence War, and probably more than half of the population (so, call it 160+ million) is in the same boat.


Current yearly birth rate means nothing I guess. Roll
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#33 - 2013-11-11 16:09:24 UTC
We were all born in Kenya, doncha know ???

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
soldieroffortune 258
Soldier of Fortune Inc.
#34 - 2013-11-11 17:28:37 UTC
-Err Rah

While there are certain E6 and 7's in my Platoon that have shot my chances of ever re-enlisting, I salute all Marines before me.
Matokin Lemant
#35 - 2013-11-11 18:01:54 UTC
Eugene Kerner wrote:
11.11.1813
A day to remember.

Go Canada!


November 11 1813: The Battle of Crysler's Farm – British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-november-11-battle-that-saved-canada-1.818344

But really this is not what this day is all about...its just one small part of it.

Now here is a couple of videos that portrays my personal feelings when I see someone not giving this day the respect that its due...Also for the record I am not saying you or anyone else is, I just thought it would be nice to share with everyone.

A Pittance of Time - Terry Kelly

Normandy in Newfoundland - Terry Penney
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#36 - 2013-11-11 18:54:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
Black Panpher wrote:
Akita T wrote:


Total USofA population in ~1820: 10 million
Total number of immigrants from ~1820 to ~1920: over 30 million
Current USA population: ~ 314 million
Current YEARLY number of immigrants: ~1 million

So it's almost guaranteed that there are the very least 30+ million citizens of the USA that have absolutely no ancestry that participated in the Independence War, and probably more than half of the population (so, call it 160+ million) is in the same boat.


Current yearly birth rate means nothing I guess. Roll


About 4 mil. Same order of magnitude. Out of which children of more or less recent immigrants tend to be the more numerous on average per family.

Currently about 1/8 of the population are "1st generation Americans" (a.k.a. immigrants), and an additional 1/4 of the total is 2nd generation American (i.e. kids of immigrants). That's pretty much 1/3 of the population that it's basically guaranteed to have no direct line relation whatsoever to any American Revolutionaries, and we weren't even looking at 3rd gen (grandkids of immigrants).

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#37 - 2013-11-11 19:31:01 UTC
My dad's ancestors arrived here around 1870 or so. Had something to do with a potato issue of some sort.

My mother's ancestors......well, we've all seen that barbarian rabble at the beginning of "Gladiator". Lol

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#38 - 2013-11-11 19:44:09 UTC
Akita T wrote:
Mudkest wrote:
edit: Oh, and you're all decendants of traitors to the british crown. Just saying

Quite likely not as many as you think, and certainly not all.
Given the massive amount of immigration a good while after having declared independence and the tendency for immigrants to "stick to their own kind" (and then there's also the "slave thing"), there's a good chance a big portion of the population of the USofA can't trace back any of its ancestors to somebody who was alive around those parts at that time.
Twisted

The percentage of people with primary English or Irish ancestry combined is dwarfed by either one of those with mainly German, Mexican or African ancestry. Lol

Total USofA population in ~1820: 10 million
Total number of immigrants from ~1820 to ~1920: over 30 million
Current USA population: ~ 314 million
Current YEARLY number of immigrants: ~1 million

So it's almost guaranteed that there are the very least 30+ million citizens of the USA that have absolutely no ancestry that participated in the Independence War, and probably more than half of the population (so, call it 160+ million) is in the same boat.

We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw Old Yeller? Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? [raises his hand] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. [hands are reluctantly raised] I cried my eyes out. [even more hands go up]
-Private Winger: "Stripes"
Black Panpher
CastleKickers
Rote Kapelle
#39 - 2013-11-11 21:42:22 UTC
Akita T wrote:
Black Panpher wrote:
Akita T wrote:


Total USofA population in ~1820: 10 million
Total number of immigrants from ~1820 to ~1920: over 30 million
Current USA population: ~ 314 million
Current YEARLY number of immigrants: ~1 million

So it's almost guaranteed that there are the very least 30+ million citizens of the USA that have absolutely no ancestry that participated in the Independence War, and probably more than half of the population (so, call it 160+ million) is in the same boat.


Current yearly birth rate means nothing I guess. Roll


About 4 mil. Same order of magnitude. Out of which children of more or less recent immigrants tend to be the more numerous on average per family.

Currently about 1/8 of the population are "1st generation Americans" (a.k.a. immigrants), and an additional 1/4 of the total is 2nd generation American (i.e. kids of immigrants). That's pretty much 1/3 of the population that it's basically guaranteed to have no direct line relation whatsoever to any American Revolutionaries, and we weren't even looking at 3rd gen (grandkids of immigrants).


I would poke more holes in this and try to explain to you what you are missing, but if you don't get it already I doubt you would understand anyway.

So I'm not gonna waste my fingers >.<
Mudkest
Contagious Goat Labs
#40 - 2013-11-11 23:43:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Mudkest
Khergit Deserters wrote:

We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts!



I'm confused, I thought that's why we had Australia, you were not important enough to ship halfway across the world so you left on your own
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