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There are 50
states in our united country. But
originally there were only 13...dare I
say the word...colonies. And those
colonies were British. (I know some of
you, Her Majesty included, continue to
refer to us as "the colonies"
But REALLY, isn't it time you let go! )
Note: your good Queen did make an error
in a speech 25 or 30 years ago while
visiting us. In her speech she made a wee
Freudian slip and
refered to us as "the
colonies". Some of us were deeply
offended.
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ANYWAY....we
Yanks have never understood the need for
taxes and we tend to rebel over paying
them. In fact, we got soooo mad at the
Brits once, we dumped a ship load of tea
into the Boston Harbor. We haven't drunk
much tea since as the salt water sort of
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The
resulting Revolutionary War was a bit
unfair of us, I guess. First there was
that rat fink Paul Revere who road threw
the streets telling everyone you were
coming! (You may boo and hiss at him as
he rides below since
he ruined your lovely surprise.)
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Then,
we had the audacity to wear any colored
clothes we wanted and hide in bushes and
behind trees. And you were
ever-so-clever. You wore red and marched
in formation. And well...you didn't win.
In 1812, you tried again. Even burned our
lovely White House. But we forgive you
because you all have such lovely accents
and most of us have a soft spot for
Mother England! Besides, if Yanks
rejected everyone who thought ill of us,
we soon wouldn't have anyone to talk to
at the United Nations--and we ARE
the host country! |
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impatiens for flags by
Cheryl
Boswell
Paul Revere's Ride by Don
Anderson
animated coffee cup by ScullyX97
White House from Microsoft Publisher 97
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