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I believe the article to some extent and that extent is that it is a person's opinion. I might be completely correct, it might be completely wrong and it might be (more than likely) somewhere in between.   It is like two guys that have been in the military and both fought in Iraq but giving different viewpoints or taking opposing sides in an argument all the while both of them saying, "But I have been there so I know.....". 

I won't be going until late October or early November.

  Okay, you're trolling. I get it.   You brought up Hawaii, you brought up Ukraine and you brought up people throwing stones.    I have asked many times what they have to do with each other or if you have a point. I can see by your response that you have none.    Not shocking however. 

  Yes, I can copy and paste articles also.    Is there a point to your thread? I have asked several times and you have yet to respond other than copy and paste other literature that doesn't answer anything. Is this just trolling or do you have a point?

  YES SHE DID.

On the other hand, a coup d'etat is an overthrow of a government, usually violently and suddenly by a small group of people.    In the case of Hawaii it was not a violent overthrow and the queen simply stepped down.    And I still have no idea what it has to do with Russia and Ukraine. 

  It is a type of French chicken soup.

Coming to a town near you....................... 

I just can't figure the point of the thread.   The USA is not perfect, never has been perfect, was never claimed to be perfect nor will it ever be.    It is not okay for Russia to invade Ukraine and killed hundreds or thousands people because the USA orchestrated a bloodless coup in Hawaii in the late 1800's (later becoming a state by a more than 90% vote of the people).    It is not hypocritical to say that the Russian invasion is wrong because of what happened more than a 100 years ago. That would be like me saying that murder is wrong and a person pointing out that one of my ancestors committed murder 100 years ago so I am a hypocrite for saying that it is wrong......... "You can't criticize murder, your great great uncle killed someone 120 years ago".    Is there a point to the USA asking the queen of Hawaii to step down (and she complied) many generations ago and the Russian invasion of Ukraine? 

  In my entire like I have heard not a single person say that we were a perfect nation or even close to it.   What are you talking about or is this another straw man argument? 

The funeral is over, the riots and protests have stopped and now we anxiously await the outcome of state and federal investigations.    What else do you want at this moment in time?

....... but Hormel can still stay solvent by selling Spam there. 

  No. Let's give Hawaii back and strip the US Senate of two Democrat votes and the House of two Democrat votes.    We can still vacation there as they will need the money after they are stripped of US welfare. 

    That is because you are privileged.  :rolleyes:   :D

  I'll have to double up with you. I have no clue either.    We also took what ended up being most of the western US from Mexico, the country in general from the Indians, Puerto Rico from Spain, Guam from the Japanese and so on. 

  Okay, by an act of Congress, signed by President McKinley. 

Denzel Washington made a similar statement after he had won the Oscar for Training Day.    I can't find a video of it but it was backstage after the event. Some doofus reporter asked Washington behind the stage something like, "When will it become normal that we don't report that a black man won the Oscar".   Washington's response was awesome. He looked at the reporter and made a statement that was similar to, "What a great opportunity you have to not mention my race in your article and just say that I won the Oscar".    Obviously the words varied from what I wrote but not by much. The idiot reporter asked a stupid question and he was shut up by Washington' statement that the reporter had a great chance to simply not mention race in his article. Of course that didn't happen but I love the sentiment. 

  By an act of Congress, signed by President Eisenhower. 

. If they want to play, they will find a way.

Yes and it was uphill both ways.

I lived more than two miles from school and if I couldn't catch a ride with someone I had to walk home after football practice. I guess it all matters how much you wanted to play.

I am a law enforcement/criminal justice guru but I can't figure out how to work it into the thread. I have a Roth IRA if that counts........

Therein lies part of the problems...... having responsible parents.

    I cannot agree with this.   It should be ECO, not EOC. 

I like it to look back on the times I was growing up.