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'MURICA!!!!
Dec 19, 2017 1:43 AM
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hiddendragon
We will enjoy doing it again.
Audioclark
I hate where the country is going but I'll be damned if this pic doesn't fire me up!
Roudy
They're doing a reenactment of this next week too:)
Hong10
Pardyfella
This whole “Murica” “Freedom” thing is just looking more and more ridiculous.
Acreekyfidgetspinner
And that's how we spread Christmas cheer!
zeacorzeppelin10
Then have 3 out of 5 appointed officials whom the people did not elect, decide the fate of a vital resource for money, shit, and giggles.
GuestChrist
I always appreciate a little history. Thank you .
Welshglish
We Brits have been hampered in war by insistence for weekends off and tea time at 11. Damned unsportsmanlike conduct from everyone else.
TheDreadLordSithis
DatDarthCaedus
Sweden once marched over 10k men across the frozen SEA to get to Denmark. Three times in a row, while winning battles between each time.
DatDarthCaedus
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/T%C3%A5get_%C3%B6ver_stora_b%C3%A4lt.jpg
MyName4Wine
FBGNorvilleBarnes
Multiple times. In several different wars.
TheLords
But can't seem to get five people to leave the internet the way it is
MedicinestickMan
Three of those five. Clyburn and Rosenworcel are on our side in that regard.
MoonZinuM
whynotthisisamericadammit
Our Xmas gift to others... Makes me all warm and tingly inside.
Roudy
This is an accurate depiction of Washington crossing the Delaware by Mort Kunstler (sp?) It's more accurate than its more famous painting
thoraxe707
ImWithTheBanned
We will fuck you up on every holiday you hold dear, and will make them our own, just because.
CinnamonLifeCereal
ElectricOwl99
All because they taxed us for paper and sugar without asking
KeatonJazz
Americans get fired up over taxes. Then, liberty.
Choreopithecus
Then, more taxes. But at least now we have representatives to ignore us!
LetMeTellYouSomethingAboutHowTheWorldWorks
When you look at what they did to India and China we were lucky to get off there British bandwagon.
PooperDoll
But they never stop whining about the opponent fighting dirty whenever they lose.
APhilmon
What I cry about is the fact that there are opponent's who fight dirty, and we can't respond accordingly...
EvilMisantrophicPrincess
*Faint laughter from Southeast Asia
Septagrim
WE'LL FUCKING DO IT!!!
AlcoholicSpastic
ItsDownVoteMan
*AGAIN
PianoMan2112
Happened in New Jersey.
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PianoMan2112
Backwards - they left from Pennsylvania, crossed the Delaware River, and attacked Trenton, NJ.
TheFastpaws
I can see why someone would want to attack NJ.. but why did they keep it?
tankbuster183
Because they knew how much tax revenue they could squeeze out of a tiny state.
NotABattleship
thisisabigdecision
Ha this is awesome
MACARLOS
CyberAkuma
Our founding fathers would slap us all the way back to Europe if they could see us now...
Coolbacca
Actually they would probably be pretty damn impressed America is a world hegemon compared to fighting for survival those early years
cunninlinguist
..and europe would not be accepting returns
JHRD1880
YOU BREAK, YOU BUY!
mymanbob
And we'll do it again.
RodMcShaftalot
No we won't. We're too fat.
shtoups
PotassiumRegulatoryCommittee
1891Dragoon
Man, I miss this dude.
MakeAWishFoundationAlum
hbilly13
Well a little less than 2% of us will.
Bmxtucker
Well shit odds are even better'n I thought! I thought he was goin alone and I was still bettin on 'em.
tylerrosefan0
Never tell me the odds...
Ambsdorf825
Sir, the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are 2:1
titanmaster12
He actually says the odds are 3720:1
Ambsdorf825
Not in family guy
Purtypreencess7
only this time, just for 6 chicken nuggets, and an expired coupon for waffle house.
drewcrosby
Did someone say Waffle House?
iamthecolin
Waffle House... Waffle House... Waffle House...
yifin
Yes Jan?
wabitgirl
To our own government?
mymanbob
If need be.
KranjisMcBasketball
Yeah, every Christmas.
Balenar
in 7 days
thepowerandtheglory
LiterallyHitlersLeftNut
ILiekToCookAndBake
Sounds like a badass Christmas to me. Fuck all this gift giving I just want the love of my family and the blood of my enemies
Galhaar
I mean you've gone from the most progressive society on earth to opposing what would usually call for violent riots with shitposting...
LiterallyHitlersLeftNut
Those people who riot didn’t get enough attention from mommy
Galhaar
Those people who riot aren't bitches that believe the system can change
jordancoleshnh
Who ever called America the most progressive society on Earth??? Tons of other countries are ahead of them in almost everything
AFickleNipple
America is just the ones ready to put up and have the bigger metaphorical dick. (Nukes)
RedPandasAreGoddamnAdorable
I think he means in the past. The whole declaration & Constitution were way ahead of most nations at the time. People still come here
Galhaar
I meant around its foundation. A liberated colony without a state religion. Shame it regressed into the dickless consumerist shithole it is.
Chiaskull
Specifically on Christmas cause we knew the Hessians would be too hungover to put up a fight. Cold. Blooded.
PitWolf87
More like in violation of the laws of war of the time. Then again you keep doing it to muslims while they prey.
DY427
Tough time to misspell “pray”...
PitWolf87
Ha you are right. Did not notice until you said so. Still valid either way.
tylerrosefan0
HopScotchMcGoggins
Trollingstoned
I mean, it was also the only way we could win. But we did.
SFMGifs
Fun fact. The leader of the base woke up to the sound of the battle, got dressed, and presented himself to Washington without a fight. 1/2
SFMGifs
He knew he had lost, and now was the last one standing among his dead comrades on Christmas.
BraveSirRobin74
the second part of your post made it clear that you're just telling a myth.
EmanNiemThcin
'Fun' Fact: Hesse used forced conscription and came under heavy critic from other HRE states for essentially selling its citizens.
pea3ce
This morning I had just watched Drunk History tell the story about that lol
callmethelizardqueen
Apparently so did OP.
garbagegirlcindy21
Whilst you were drunk.
Finain
Yeah I don’t think you can watch drunk history sober
DadDoom
If you do it just makes you want to get drunk...and have friends.
SpaceballsTheComment
As a Hessian. Oh yeah? Well, come over for another round! TRY AND FIND ME ON A MAP! I'll wait. Drunk, possibly.
Gayforbae
Germany?
snuffaluffaluff
Tentatively traced part of my fam to a Hessian. Genealogy is the best
Idontneedrealfacts
Well you dont want to fight angry, awake, sober and prepared Hessians
FerengiCommerceAuthority
Incredibly true. BAMFs to the core
bambamintheanus
Ja?
duffstarr
I’m related to those hungover men
HessianGhost
RisingPhoenix92
The first time Americans decided "fuck those Germans"
PerkyPervertedPet
Aren't Americans largely ancestry from Germany?
bohemiancrabcity
Not so much back then.
Meatwalls
Germany, Irish, then the UK, and France. A fun game to play where you look at a aquaintences name and facial features and guess ethnicity.
Coolbacca
yeah, hence 'Those' Germans and not 'Our' Germans
JHawke
Curious how we call this cold blooded, but using any other random advantage such as having a way bigger army is just "honourful" combat.
sekkor4
Honorable
AxelBeingCivil
Generally speaking, attacking your opponent on a holy day is typically seen as a dick move, but it's hardly illegitmate.
Emperorofman
Because it was a cold Christmas night duh
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
"Honourful"
JHawke
I'm sorry, I'm not fluent in all the languages I speak.
BigBeeOhBee
I'm not even fluent in the one I do speak.
JHawke
I'm sure you're good at something else instead.
ToasterBaths
You’re fluent in Smug.
JHawke
Could someone tell me why they figure I'm smug? I have no clue why I could come over as such.
dazuk85
I think he means honourifulable
panzerkoing1
Because there's a difference between meeting your opponent head on compared to staying them in the night.
skincancerisfun
..says the victors of a head on battle
panzerkoing1
Depends on how one sided it is,
JHawke
I'd say slaying them in the night is.. just as cowardly/brave as using panzers against enemies who have none for example. We invent all >
JHawke
> these things/devices to give us an edge in war, yet using something natural like a mountain is ok. And using the night is not, I find >
JHawke
> that rather odd.
ArdentSlacker
War is an atrocity, but there are always degrees even within that scope. To war head on, with equal forces is to guarantee the greatest 1+
ArdentSlacker
2+ possible loss of life. This "fair" fight condemns all the soldiers of both sides to death, and for "honor and glory" that won't feed
ArdentSlacker
3+ their orphans. Ideally, you take an overwhelming force to a foe at disadvantage, so that they may surrender. This preserves as many lives
gearsmith
Canadians: willing to sneak over the border to burn down the whitehouse. Not Kidding. We've done it. Sorry.
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TheSourceChode
ontario007
It was actually a pink house before that fire. They white washed it to cover the smoke stains.
furrykef
It was called the White House in 1811, so if it was ever a different color, that happened before the War of 1812.
A2DY79
Canadian education must suck. Cause it was British veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, who landed via the Royal Navy, who burned it down.
Imasinneryyc
American education must be like their healthcare. Upper Canada was a British Colony in 1791. 21 years later we torched your house. While....
Imasinneryyc
I’m sure many soldiers were native Britons, many were also Upper Canadians. And while we are talking about it, the Royal Navy also landed..
Imasinneryyc
In Virginia in 1607 and created the colony of Jamestown. The start of the United States......
A2DY79
It's still as accurate as saying Scotland, Wales or Australia burned down the White House.
DukePhelan
I am so tired of this. It was BRITISH regulars who burned the WH not Canadians. Canada was where they stopped to resupply nothing more.
DataNet
What is going on in your subconscious?
NobelDynamite
Technically was the Brown House at the time. Painted it white when we rebuilt it so, Thanks!
Hasuu
And then did it 2 more times.
CaptGunpowder
(not sorry)
Coolbacca
Not sorry because it wasn't you? The troops were from Britain and not Canada...
CaptGunpowder
Actually quite a number of the troops involved, while not actual British soldiers, did in fact live in the colonies that became Canada 1/
CaptGunpowder
But hey, I'm sure semantics will shelter your American ego
Coolbacca
sheltered ego? Funny, I don't hear Australia or NZ or other British colonies trying to claim the WH burning as their own...
Coolbacca
'quite a number' you got a source on that or you just making wild assumptions to support your 'victory'?
MidlandRedux
Washington was torched by an expedition of Wellington's Peninsular veterans shipped directly from Bordeaux, France. No Canadians involved.
A2DY79
It's funny how the Brits did it, but never bother to mention it, cause they did so much other cool shit. But Canadians claim credit for it.
Imasinneryyc
Cool shit like starting America.
DeputyChiefJudgeFish
To be honest the guys who did it had been kicking the hell out of Napoleons army. It was a footnote to them.
MidlandRedux
3/3 - vandalism. Locals weren't scared, just pissed at the Brits for trespassing. 30,000 militia organizing, so all they could do was leave.
MidlandRedux
2/3 - weren't really mad at the Americans. The city was 10 yrs old, no paved streets, just a few buildings. It felt like petty . . .
MidlandRedux
1/3 - The Brits were embarrassed by the burning of Washington. The place wasn't defended--the US Sec of War was an idiot--and they . . .
SomeDetroitGuy
They weren't actually Canadians. Oh, and we torched York so bad they had to rename it and move the capital to another city.
AxelBeingCivil
They were a mixture of Canadians and British.
IDidSawABear
Canadian militia were out numbered and surrounded at Chateauguay and still won. so you can have your charred White House.
tryingtofindnemo
Should we tell him?
CaldariBob
That's OK - Canada took Detroit, then had the foresight to give it back, and we all know how THAT turned out. Sorry about that.
Imasinneryyc
And we gave them Beiber!
Coolbacca
It revolutionized industry in the early 1900's and became the automotive capital of the world? Boy you showed us...
CaldariBob
You even got to be in that RoboCop movie. That one where corporate neglect makes the city go bankrupt? Wait, no... that's real life, right?
jcosmic
I think the true winner can be decided by education funding. Sure, we're not doing it the best; we're sure as shit not America tho.
SomeDetroitGuy
The US spends more per pupil than Canada on education. Source to followl
SomeDetroitGuy
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/education/education-at-a-glance-2017_eag-2017-en#page170
sluy55
Here's some sauce for you just to help out
mkyner
Well I feel a lot better about that whole thing now.
Skuldi
Thanks. I was wondering which American boated back to the UK just to set York on fire.
Supermanty5
Haha and we still have it https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/77178000/jpg/_77178123_624_lion.jpg
Amesang
Man, that lion high as fuck…
DickMercenary
I can just imagine a bunch of angry drunk American revolutionaries crowded around it mocking that stupid face it has..
callmethelizardqueen
And the fire was put out by a hurricane, even nature protects the US.
cunninlinguist
how is that working for you lately?
callmethelizardqueen
Pretty good, nature is purging the US right now.
cunninlinguist
but won't it have to step up it's game if it is to make a significant difference?
lemmonjello
glorious
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSmitt
It was British troops but I'm sure you still said you were sorry
Keru
No, I'm sure they went "Oh, I do apologize!"
ontario007
By that logic, those living south of the 49th before 1780 weren't really Americans. Good luck with that argument.
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSmitt
Mm no. It was literally a redcoat division from England.
smittywjmj
By what logic? The regiment that burned DC was raised in England and commanded by an English officer.
A2DY79
Dumbass. They were English veterans of the Peninsular War. This is how desperate Canada is.
callmethelizardqueen
No they were colonists, Born in the new world, several generations.
Monkeyscribed
So were many of the redcoats. Some were displaced UELs looking to get revenge against their former neighbours, some were Canadian born
Monkeyscribed
Though none of those burnt the whitehouse. But they did provide a lot of the BNA troops