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America's greatest enemy?

Who do you consider America's greatest enemy?

  • King George III

    Votes: 4 5.1%

  • Jefferson Davis

    Votes: 2 2.6%

  • Robert E. Lee

    Votes: 3 3.8%

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Adolf Hitler

    Votes: 4 5.1%

  • Emperor Hirohito

    Votes: 7 9.0%

  • Nikita Khrushchev

    Votes: 7 9.0%

  • Ho Chi Mihn

    Votes: 3 3.8%

  • Saddam Hussein

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • Osama Bin Laden

    Votes: 6 7.7%

  • other

    Votes: 41 52.6%

  • Political threads on Talkbass

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    78
  • Poll closed .
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#70
lucas vigor said:
Reality TV.


But seriously, has no one else picked Hirohito? I mean, we had to use a nuclear bomb to stop him! That's a historical first, if you ask me.
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We didn't have to, we chose to... and it was as much aimed to send Stalin a wake up call (who we were really starting to worry about) as it was to bring Japan to it's knees. We may very well still have won without it albeit with appalling casualties.
 
#73
stedtale said:
Apathy.
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I used to be apathetic, but now I can't be bothered.

To bjabass: you are closer to being on point with Hirohito than Hitler. At least the Japanese Empire made attacks on American soil or protectorates (Pearl, Midway, Philippines and Aleutians). These acts of aggression were actually incited by the Japanese Military Command, and not the Emperor himself. At that time, if the Japanese Cabinet voted in majority for something, the Emperor could not veto. So in this case, Hirohito should not be held responsible.

Hitler launched how many attacks against America?

My answer, though not on the poll, is General Robert Ross.
In the War of 1812, Washington DC was captured and sacked and burned by the British forces under his command. It is because of this defeat that the White House got its name. After the British abandoned the Capitol, a thick whitewash was applied to the Presidential home to conceal the scorch marks.
 
#74
charlie monroe said:
I used to be apathetic, but now I can't be bothered.

To bjabass: you are closer to being on point with Hirohito than Hitler. At least the Japanese Empire made attacks on American soil or protectorates (Pearl, Midway, Philippines and Aleutians). These acts of aggression were actually incited by the Japanese Military Command, and not the Emperor himself. At that time, if the Japanese Cabinet voted in majority for something, the Emperor could not veto. So in this case, Hirohito should not be held responsible.

Hitler launched how many attacks against America?
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I didn't exactly know how to word it, and I got lazy (I should have checked my facts first), so I put in Hirohito as a stand-in for the Japanese High Command, which would have probably been a truer voting choice. Hirohito was basically a figurehead at the time.

My answer, though not on the poll, is General Robert Ross.
In the War of 1812, Washington DC was captured and sacked and burned by the British forces under his command. It is because of this defeat that the White House got its name. After the British abandoned the Capitol, a thick whitewash was applied to the Presidential home to conceal the scorch marks.
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Interesting. I wonder if the scorch marks are still there, buried under layers and layers of paint?
 
#75
bassinplace said:
"Wait! Did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it."
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*sigh* where to start with with Spirograph. There are a lot of deep and meaningful psychological scars involved in that name. Growing up in the 70's, oftentimes we'd have to make the long drive from the Boston area to Maplewood NJ, to visit my grandmother. The traits I remember of her, were the bitterness, negativity and chainsmoking, she was in her late 70's back then. Her house was completely sealed...no open windows, no airflow, and it was locked in a permanent embrace with WWII era appointments and decoration, tinged with nicotine and discontent.

Trips there were doubly exciting...long traffic filled car rides, holidays away from home, an oppressive physical and emotional destination. To entertain the Skies kids, she had two options. One was No.2 pencil with yellow legal pad for drawing. Perfect for the under 10 year old set. The other was a decrepit Spirograph, without all the gears, and without the colored pens. Each crank of the gears, another poorly inscribed geometric slash of pain and despair. Once we were old enough, the Skies kids would walk around the block for hours just to avoid that house, the yellow legal pad and the Spirograph from hell.
 
#77
BurningSkies said:
*sigh* where to start with with Spirograph. There are a lot of deep and meaningful psychological scars involved in that name. Growing up in the 70's, oftentimes we'd have to make the long drive from the Boston area to Maplewood NJ, to visit my grandmother. The traits I remember of her, were the bitterness, negativity and chainsmoking, she was in her late 70's back then. Her house was completely sealed...no open windows, no airflow, and it was locked in a permanent embrace with WWII era appointments and decoration, tinged with nicotine and discontent.

Trips there were doubly exciting...long traffic filled car rides, holidays away from home, an oppressive physical and emotional destination. To entertain the Skies kids, she had two options. One was No.2 pencil with yellow legal pad for drawing. Perfect for the under 10 year old set. The other was a decrepit Spirograph, without all the gears, and without the colored pens. Each crank of the gears, another poorly inscribed geometric slash of pain and despair. Once we were old enough, the Skies kids would walk around the block for hours just to avoid that house, the yellow legal pad and the Spirograph from hell.
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Post of the month!!!
 
#80
BurningSkies said:
*sigh* where to start with with Spirograph. There are a lot of deep and meaningful psychological scars involved in that name. Growing up in the 70's, oftentimes we'd have to make the long drive from the Boston area to Maplewood NJ, to visit my grandmother. The traits I remember of her, were the bitterness, negativity and chainsmoking, she was in her late 70's back then. Her house was completely sealed...no open windows, no airflow, and it was locked in a permanent embrace with WWII era appointments and decoration, tinged with nicotine and discontent.

Trips there were doubly exciting...long traffic filled car rides, holidays away from home, an oppressive physical and emotional destination. To entertain the Skies kids, she had two options. One was No.2 pencil with yellow legal pad for drawing. Perfect for the under 10 year old set. The other was a decrepit Spirograph, without all the gears, and without the colored pens. Each crank of the gears, another poorly inscribed geometric slash of pain and despair. Once we were old enough, the Skies kids would walk around the block for hours just to avoid that house, the yellow legal pad and the Spirograph from hell.
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...and while you might not of joined a gang, it did send you out into the streets. There's something to this, I tell you.
 
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