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leaningright said:
Well my ancestors (some of them) were already here. My grandmother was born on the trail of tears trip.
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That was before my ancestors got here. They immigrated during the Irish potato famine.

Which reminds me of a sick joke.

How many potatos does it take to kill an Irishman?


None!
 
Mott the Hoople said:
That was before my ancestors got here. They immigrated during the Irish potato famine.

Which reminds me of a sick joke.

How many potatos does it take to kill an Irishman?


None!
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Lulz. My family, Irish as it is, was never affected by the famine. A) a lot of us were over here (2 reconstruction era senators, among other noteables) and B) in Ireland we were nobles.
 
My great-great-great-great grandfather came over from Ireland as a stowaway. The only things we know about him is that he was a brick mason and that he was sitting by his window one evening and someone swung an axe thru the window and killed him. It was an unsolved murder.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
I have a few questions. Are Thugee's related the Threedee's and if so how many widows do we need to burn to stamp them/him out?
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Interesting question, I fear that the tyranny of the Threedee is destined to go on and on. There just may not be enough widows on the West Coast, can you spare some from Ohio?
 
Mott the Hoople said:
You're wrong there. You know why? Guess who lives there now and defends that land as their own? It may or may not be immoral as hell but rights of conquest mean a hell of a lot. how do you think we got our land here? Through trade negotiations and diplomacy? Not hardly. We did the same thing. We conquered the land and anihilated the original inhabitants. It may not have been morally right but guess what? We own it now.
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Which holds true for most nations, on this earth.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
And which people were there, prior to the Russians?
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Numerous indigenous peoples occupied Alaska for thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples to the area. The Tlingit people developed a matriarchal society in what is today Southeast Alaska, along with parts of British Columbia and the Yukon. Also in Southeast were the Haida, now well known for their unique arts, and the Tsimshian people, whose population were decimated by a smallpox epidemic in the 1860s. The Aleutian Islands are still home to the Aleut people's seafaring society, although they were among the first native Alaskans to be exploited by Russians. Western and Southwestern Alaska are home to the Yup'ik, while their cousins the Alutiiq lived in what is now Southcentral Alaska. The Gwich’in people of the northern Interior region are primarily known today for their dependence on the caribou within the much-contested Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The North Slope and Little Diomede Island are occupied by the widespread Inuit people.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Numerous indigenous peoples occupied Alaska for thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples to the area. The Tlingit people developed a matriarchal society in what is today Southeast Alaska, along with parts of British Columbia and the Yukon. Also in Southeast were the Haida, now well known for their unique arts, and the Tsimshian people, whose population were decimated by a smallpox epidemic in the 1860s. The Aleutian Islands are still home to the Aleut people's seafaring society, although they were among the first native Alaskans to be exploited by Russians. Western and Southwestern Alaska are home to the Yup'ik, while their cousins the Alutiiq lived in what is now Southcentral Alaska. The Gwich’in people of the northern Interior region are primarily known today for their dependence on the caribou within the much-contested Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The North Slope and Little Diomede Island are occupied by the widespread Inuit people.
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So your comment about returning it to the Russians was just BS.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
No, didn't you say before when we were discussing Bhopal that Dow couldn't be pursued for the sins of Union Carbide. So using your argument, why would this be any different?
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They don't equate; no matter how much you wish they did. :D
Major fail on your part, Tom.
 
Rana said:
I wonder if my relatives were on the boat with yours?
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Don't know. With our family 5 brother started out from county Cork and landed on Ellis Island. As family legend has it, shortly there after one was hanged for stealing a horse. The brothers then split up with two going to the midwest to work on the Miami/Erie canal and then the rail roads and the other two heading to Georgia.
 
FN FS2000 said:
Lulz. My family, Irish as it is, was never affected by the famine. A) a lot of us were over here (2 reconstruction era senators, among other noteables) and B) in Ireland we were nobles.
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Sorry to hear that. You know how Americans feel about nobility. My family came from far more presitgious stock than nobility by American standards. They were horse thieves.
 
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