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re: Can Someone Please Fill Me in on the Coca Cola / America da Beautiful Situation?
Posted on 2/10/14 at 11:11 pm to RTR America
Posted on 2/10/14 at 11:11 pm to RTR America
I had the 2s 
And Iversons.
And Iversons.
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Posted on 2/10/14 at 11:17 pm to Rebelgator
Oh hell yes 
I remember thinking those actually made me better at basketball
I remember thinking those actually made me better at basketball
Posted on 2/10/14 at 11:18 pm to Roger Klarvin
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I remember thinking those actually made me better at basketball
We all did
Posted on 2/11/14 at 7:25 am to pvilleguru
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We don't have a national language.
Fun fact: before WWI, it wasn't at all uncommon to hear German spoken in the US. German immigrants had come to the US in droves from the end of the Civil War to the early 1900's, and there were German communities from sea to shining sea. My grandfather's family were all Texas Germans, and he even attended a German speaking elementary school until anti-German hysteria brought about by WWI closed the school down.
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Posted on 2/11/14 at 7:51 am to Rebelgator
Rebelgator
let me guess....you prefer Kyiv over Kiev
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Its just Ukraine
let me guess....you prefer Kyiv over Kiev
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:11 am to RTR America
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A lot of people seemed to have forgotten about the whole "melting pot" thing.
And some people don't seem to have understood the whole "melting pot" thing . . the one where we assimilate, have core and shared values, and a shared language.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:42 am to Roger Klarvin
Did someone say TMAC?
He gave us Magic fans 4 great yrs
He gave us Magic fans 4 great yrs
This post was edited on 2/11/14 at 9:44 am
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:50 am to Grievous Angel
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And some people don't seem to have understood the whole "melting pot" thing . . the one where we assimilate, have core and shared values, and a shared language.
The commercial didn't bother me because it was just a damned cola commercial, but the crux of the outrage is in this statement - and it is an accurate one.
We are much not a melting pot these days. We're very far into turning into a plate with dividers where none of the foods ever mix - and that is a very bad thing.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:19 am to Grievous Angel
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have core and shared values
I must have missed that in my last reading of the Constitution.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:22 am to JustGetItRight
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We're very far into turning into a plate with dividers where none of the foods ever mix - and that is a very bad thing.
Good Lord, have you ever read any American history??? The exact same thing was said in the 1800's about the Irish, Chinese, Eastern Europeans, Jews, Catholics....the list goes on and on.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:23 am to AUCatfish
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I must have missed that in my last reading of the Constitution.
I must have missed the part where the Constitution had anything to do with the concept of a melting pot at all.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:28 am to mizzoukills
No, methtard.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:29 am to JustGetItRight
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We are much not a melting pot these days. We're very far into turning into a plate with dividers where none of the foods ever mix - and that is a very bad thing.
The food in a melting pot touches, but it doesn't turn into something else. Peas don't turn into carrots.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:35 am to Stonehog
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Peas don't turn into carrots.
Hmph. My peas do
No actually I agree with you. Your (flag)ship has come in
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:36 am to JustGetItRight
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The commercial didn't bother me because it was just a damned cola commercial, but the crux of the outrage is in this statement - and it is an accurate one.
So maybe the characters in the commercial had just immigrated here, legally of course. Are they expected to speak perfect English the minute they step on US soil? What kind of timeframe are they allowed to assimilate into US culture?
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:52 am to mizzoukills
People are stupid and offended because the song wasn't in English.
Now you're filled in.
Now you're filled in.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:53 am to Duke
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People are stupid and offended because the song wasn't in English.
Bingo.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:55 am to The Spleen
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Are they expected to speak perfect English the minute they step on US soil? What kind of timeframe are they allowed to assimilate into US culture?
What kills me is at the end of the day they are still singing about AMERICA. For the love of Pete.....
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:58 am to The Spleen
1776 minutes?
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:01 am to AUCatfish
This has been a great litmus test issue though. Anyone offended can't be taken seriously politically anymore.
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