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Default Honor & Memory
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:41:28 -0800 (PST), wrote:

You are a
leech riding freedom won by the military

OzOne wrote:
This statement has me pondering.
When was the US not free?
What are these freedoms that have been won?


Well, we are free to not pay taxes to King George III

Of course, technically it was not the U.S. military but the
Continental Army and lots of state militias which won that for us

That's right...and weren't the French that you 'hate' instrumental in
setting the colony free

Prior to 1865, about 20% of the population were slaves... freedom for
them was won by the U.S. military

Depends on which US military you're talking about...the norther US or
the southern US

Prior to 1920, about 51% of the population were not allowed to vote.
The U.S. military had nothing to do with winning that freedom.

So 1 out of 3 ain't bad

DSK




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