----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: Republican Form of Governance Re: Pledge of Allegence
> At 09:18 AM 3/7/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >Nope. Never called themselves such, never had "republic of" or > >somesuch as part of the name. They went straight from being colonies > >to being a nation creating a government. > > California, of course, has "Republic" printed right on their flag. > > In addition, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are all > officially "Commonwealths" - which is the same title used by Australia, the > Bahamas, and Dominica. > Now you are being plain old dishonest John. Go back and re-read what *YOU* wrote that I was responding to. 13 colonies? xponent Selective Memory Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
