CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down18
arrow-up1381arrow-down1external-linkKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down28·1 year agoWe didn’t get California and Texas by war, we got that by Devine right. Manifest Destiny.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoI dunno who Devine is, but they clearly dont grasp the concept of rights
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPretty sure they’re a drag queen, but I don’t know why they’re being brought up in this context.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory…after invading nearly to Mexico City.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago“I’ll give you $50” “It’s a million square miles!” “Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.” “YOU KILLED THEM!” “Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoA brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine… Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg… Dutch: SOLD!
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoNearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits
We didn’t get California and Texas by war, we got that by Devine right. Manifest Destiny.
I dunno who Devine is, but they clearly dont grasp the concept of rights
We picked it right off de vine.
Pretty sure they’re a drag queen, but I don’t know why they’re being brought up in this context.
I believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory…after invading nearly to Mexico City.
“I’ll give you $50”
“It’s a million square miles!”
“Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.”
“YOU KILLED THEM!”
“Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
A brief history of New York becoming New York:
English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine…
Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost!
English: we have some nutmeg…
Dutch: SOLD!
Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits