----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Republican Form of Governance Re: Pledge of Allegence
> At 04:48 PM 3/7/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> 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 > > More insults Rob? Not really John. It was your comment about California being a republic that sparked my comment. And I stand by my comment that that is dishonest or at the least disingenuous. How can people have serious conversations if one makes those kind of comments? You just seem to have a problem with Texas, but thats your problem and I don't care all *that* much what you think on the subject. Its not like it is vitally important to either of us. Do we agree on this much? > > The Commonwealths of Massachusetts, Virginia, and Pennsylvania were all > part of the Original 13. The Commonwealth of Kentucky was legally > formed by a secession from the Commonwealth of Virginia, which as noted > above, was one of the Original 13. As you may recall, much of the land > west of the Appalachians was legally claimed by the Original 13, which > eventually had to be sorted out. Don't really have any argument with that, other than a "commomnwealth" not being *exactly* the same thing as a "republic". But I do have a nifty little link for you, and I hope you like this, since it *does* support a lot of what you have said otherwise. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html I really like this, Hope you do!<G> > > JDG - Best not to insult and ask questions later, Maru. I aint askin any questions Yankee! <G> xponent Too Easy Maru <G> rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
