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MRM, true dat. Interesting too that T. Jefferson died on July 4. Sorta like Stephen Hawking's b-day being the same as Galileo's and Isaac Newton's, or something like that.
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What event was a contributing factor to the United States entering WWII? What day did this occur? What event was the turning point of WWII? Now, I'll be the first to admit that I don't know many of the in-depth history questions but I know the basics how and where to find the answers. Some of these questions I asked are probably the same on the US Citizenship test. I believe their was a post about this a couple of years ago. To see Americans be this ignorant in the posted video bothers me. |
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The day Hitler decided to leave Moscow and Lenningrad alone and head for Stalingrad. |
Tough to pick a single turning point. Midway and D Day notwithstanding, the outcome of the war was not decided until the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Talk about heroism and cowardice, luck, the Big Man losing his nerve, the underdog rising to the occasion, good ideas and stupid moves, this battle had it all. The real turning point was probably the US entry into the war, but you can't say that the German diversion away from Moscow is a wrong answer.
See? This is a discussion of history. How the US came to be in WWII and how it became the victor is more important than remembering that Pearl Harbor Day was December 7, 1941, or that D Day was June 6, 1944, although both should be in the cultural subconscious of the country. Whether WWI and WWII were extensions of the same 30 Years War with a short time of no hostilities in between is a more important debate than when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. Being able to debate the issue intelligently shows an understanding of history, not being able to name the dates of the major battles of the Revolutionary War. But if you don't know the year the War of 1812 started, you are too stupid to live, even though the date important. |
They need to come out with a new series of schoolhouse rock shorts. That's the only way most people around here learn anything important.
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Ooh, there's gonna be fireworks
On the Fourth of July Red, white, and blue fireworks Like diamonds in the sky. We're gonna shoot the entire works on fireworks That really show, oh yeah, We declared our liberty 200 years ago. Yeah! In 1776 There were fireworks too The original colonists, You know their tempers blew Like Thomas Paine once wrote: It's only common sense That if a government won't give you your basic rights You'd better get another government. And though some people tried to fight it, Well, a committee was formed to write it: Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, They got it done The Declaration, uh-huh-huh, The Declaration of Independence In seventeen hundred seventy six The Continental Congress said that we were free Said we had the right of life and liberty, ...And the pursuit of happiness! Ooh, when England heard the news, They blew their stack But the colonies lit the fuse, There'd be no turning back They'd had enough of injustice now But even if it really hurts, oh yeah, If you don't give us our freedom now You're gonna see some fireworks! And on the Fourth of July they signed it And 56 names underlined it, And now to honor those first 13 states, We turn the sky into a birthday cake. They got it done The Declaration, uh-huh-huh, The Declaration of Independence In seventeen hundred seventy six The Continental Congress said that we were free Said we had the right of life and liberty, ...And the pursuit of happiness! We hold these truths to be self-evident, That all men are created equal And that they are endowed by their creator With certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And if there's one thing that makes me happy, Then you know that it's There's gonna be fireworks! |
Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government? Can you tell me about the Constitution? Hey, learn about the U.S.A. In 1787 I'm told Our founding fathers did agree To write a list of principles For keepin' people free. The U.S.A. was just startin' out. A whole brand-new country. And so our people spelled it out The things that we should be. And they put those principles down on paper and called it the Constitution, and it's been helping us run our country ever since then. The first part of the Constitution is called the preamble and tells what those founding fathers set out to do. We the people, In order to form a more perfect union, Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, Provide for the common defense, Promote the general welfare and Secure the blessings of liberty To ourselves and our posterity Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. In 1787 I'm told Our founding fathers all sat down And wrote a list of principles That's known the world around. The U.S.A. was just starting out A whole brand-new country. And so our people spelled it out They wanted a land of liberty. And the Preamble goes like this: We the people, In order to form a more perfect union, Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, Provide for the common defense, Promote the general welfare and Secure the blessings of liberty To ourselves and our posterity Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. For the United States of America... |
Now I really believe half the people in the US have an IQ lower than 100!
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I think 100 is being much too generous, unfortunately.
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How tho, can you explain the young smart guy in the suit who things the attacks - possibly the most widely visible events ever in history - only happened in NYC? |
the day the germans attacked russia they lost the war
sure it took awhile to slow and stop their panzers but the lack of basic supplys fuel and manpower made the result a forgone conclusion only the time and place was in dought of the turn to retreat if the germans could have changed their plans and means they might have got lucky but thats a very very slim chance and as nazi nuts they couldNOT change in the needed ways to use the people they had under their control as anything but slave labor and the jap's racist ideas did them in too that said midway and stalingrad were the points of turn in a unwinable war but neathor was the reason for the lost just the markers |
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I'll stick with my original statement that 100 is much too generous. Thanks |
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What (TF) makes you think the guy in the suit has a job? It just means he has suit. |
Agree with Tyson to an extent.
Agree with Nota re: Germany. |
Eddie Izzard has a great bit about Hitler/Russia.
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