Re: All the American's here?

Scott Lowther (scottlowther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
: Christopher wrote:

: > 1, I'm not a European, I'm English.


: What, there's a difference?

It is like saying, "I'm not an American, I'm Texan".

Eric

: --
: "The only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is how unoriginal it is. I mean if you're going to pull the Freedom-of-speech card, don't be a hack, come up with something interesting. Fashion Old Glory into a wisecracking puppet a
nd blister the system with a scathing ventriloquism act, or better yet, drape the flag over your head and desecrate it with a large caliber bullet hole." Dennis Miller
.

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