When was America Great?

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When was America Great?

Post by rainbow » Thu May 24, 2018 8:42 am

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Post by pErvinalia » Thu May 24, 2018 9:22 am

For about 7 minutes in 1785..
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by cronus » Thu May 24, 2018 11:25 am

Been some great people in history. Nations? Never met one so couldn't really tell you. :?
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by Rum » Thu May 24, 2018 11:31 am

When it had a whole continent to rape, ruin, exploit and otherwise despoil. Admittedly anyone in the same position would have done the same.

In terms of rapid expansion, influence, increased wealth and such I always think of the period from about 1940 to 1975 or so.

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Re: When was America Great?

Post by JimC » Thu May 24, 2018 10:03 pm

When a man named Armstrong walked upon the moon... :tea:
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by Strontium Dog » Thu May 24, 2018 10:43 pm

When it was ruled by Great Britain, obviously.
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by Svartalf » Thu May 24, 2018 10:59 pm

which is never since , when the UK still had possessions in continental America, France and Spain had larger ones (except maybe the 1759-1776 period for France)
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by rainbow » Fri May 25, 2018 7:44 am

JimC wrote:
Thu May 24, 2018 10:03 pm
When a man named Armstrong walked upon the moon... :tea:

:smug:
OK so they gave us Jazz.

:prof: ...which was by the way a cultural appropriation from Africa. :prof:
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by cronus » Fri May 25, 2018 8:56 am

rainbow wrote:
Fri May 25, 2018 7:44 am
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Thu May 24, 2018 10:03 pm
When a man named Armstrong walked upon the moon... :tea:

:smug:
OK so they gave us Jazz.

:prof: ...which was by the way a cultural appropriation from Africa. :prof:
Jazz was stolen by Africans from British missionaries, who still can't play a tune reliably more than one time.
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by cronus » Fri May 25, 2018 9:11 am

Thinking about it. Jazz was probably a universal language before sheet music and recording studios. Flute music. Any tune will do.
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by rainbow » Fri May 25, 2018 12:28 pm

cronus wrote:
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Jazz was stolen by Africans from British missionaries, who still can't play a tune reliably more than one time.
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by cronus » Fri May 25, 2018 2:10 pm

rainbow wrote:
Fri May 25, 2018 12:28 pm
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Jazz was stolen by Africans from British missionaries, who still can't play a tune reliably more than one time.
You are talking out of your bumhole.
I might be. That's because I admire jazz and seek to culturally appropriate it (a lot). Unlike classical music I can't predict the next note, rather exciting. You take Wagner and I'll take Coltrane?
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by Strontium Dog » Fri May 25, 2018 4:15 pm

Svartalf wrote:
Thu May 24, 2018 10:59 pm
which is never since , when the UK still had possessions in continental America, France and Spain had larger ones (except maybe the 1759-1776 period for France)
Looks pretty extensive to me:

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(EDIT: of course, the British controlled even more than this at various points eg Oregon, Washington and BC on the Pacific coast)
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Re: When was America Great?

Post by Joe » Tue May 29, 2018 9:24 pm

Don't know about great, but it was better when we thought like this.Image

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Re: When was America Great?

Post by laklak » Wed May 30, 2018 1:26 am

Don't know about great, but it was pretty nice a couple of weeks ago, before all this fucking rain.
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