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The biggest campaign slogan/tactic for winning the Democratic nomination is that for all practical purposes she won in 2008 with the primary voters. The Democrat party insiders decided to go for Obama. After losing a close race with nearly everything to his advantage Obama's career would be...

There is a new movie coming out, Priest, set in an alternate world with religious tattooing. The title character is tattooed with a cross across his forehead. He is more than just a "Soldier of Christ" the movie makes he out to be more like one of God's Ninjas.

Higher European population and population growth would lead to less "multicultural/multiracial" Europe, North America and ANZAC. This scenario would lead to higher European emigration and little or no immigration to Europe. After WWII different countries aboard to prevent expected labor...

UN Statistics http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm a collection of national stats going back to 1947 Measuring Worth http://measuringworth.com/ the site has calculator for relative value of several currencies as well as other interesting datasets.

How about this mashup of the Soviet and American anthems. Found on this site about Soviet/Russian Anthems, http://www.hymn.ru/index-en.html Mentioned on my blog 2 years ago, Soviet/American Anthem Mashup.

Canada has contorted itself in order to make the French part of Quebec "feel" more patriotic. The term "Canadian" was popular in the French part of Quebec was popular at one point, see the Montreal Canadians. The anthem "Oh, Canada" was popular in the French part of Quebec until was adopted as...

how about a provincial anthem A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow for Ontario However there is another version/chorus that I sing whenever I am in public washroom A place to go and a place to stand A place we call an urinal

The Maple Leaf Rag is great rag by Joplin however it was not named in reference to Canada. The rag was named for a bar in Sedalia, Missouri.

The Maple Leaf Forever Written by a true Canadian Patriot who fought for Canada. Instead of Oh Canada A dreary tune written by a guy who fought for the Union in the US Civil War.

He was more than a little emotionally self indulgent.

As a Canadian I can add to the above. My great-grandfather on my mother side was an American who homesteaded in Canada. Population flows moved the other way too. Quebecois were drawn to the mill towns of New England. And a quarter of Col Custer's troopers were Canadian. The man who wrote our...

The French Foreign Legion in the 10-15 after WWII was mainly German. If the American Foreign Legion recruits from the same source then the French position in Indo-China will collapse even earlier.

I am sorry but I find the term "imperialistic" or "anti-imperialistic" to be a little vague. Imperialism and other negative terms have been applied mainly to European and European derived groups. However the Chinese Communists under Mao saw themselves as against imperialism but through their...

Most armies and navies most of the time are more than will to enlist "non-citizens" into their forces. During wartime recruits are welcome, during peacetime when armies become more of a civil service job and requirements are tightened up. The French Foreign Legion is a unique creation but nearly...

The US did have a unit made up of Filipinos in the US army, the Philippine Scouts. After the end of WWII and Philippines independence this unit was abolished. There was some concern about enlisting citizens of a foreign. However during wartime many countries are more ready to enlist foreigners...

You have a marvelous gift for sarcasm. It would be more accrurate to write that Americans have traditionally not seen themselves as a imperial power. I live in a city, Toronto, that was burned by American forces attempting to liberate us from the British. In the end official and unofficial...

From my reading of early Pauline Christianity and other church history up to the Council of Nicea it has often been stressed that Christianity is amalgam of Jewish religious teachings and Greek philosophy, not Greek polytheism.

I can think of 2 other ways for a Anglo-Portuguese personal union to occur. If John of Gaunt was more successful in pushing his claim in Castile depending on which way the War of the Roses went you could have sons Gaunt as Kings of England and Castile. Not Portugal but closer. The other way...

We are talking about different stages for the career of Phillipe I. His regency would be slightly longer than his brother's. I would not think the composition or actions of the regency council would change much. A stress for his early reign is the lack of a suitable heir besides his uncle. He...

That rate of 13 litres of absolute acohol per person isn't that scary if you convert it into 768 bottles of beer or 48 bottles of whisky for the year. That is doable for most of us.