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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 03:07 AM
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Poll question: Battle of glorious defeat battles: The Alamo vs Thermopylae
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yorgatron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 03:40 AM
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1. the alamo was just dumb.
can we give texas back to mexico yet?
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:59 AM
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8. ...and over-rated.
Over-glorified with the Davey Crockett stuff.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 03:42 AM
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2. 300 spartans versus thousands?
toughest fuckin army ever...and they were all gay!
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:00 AM
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3. the spartans, by a long shot
cause see, the alamo was fucking pointless. thermopylae saved greece

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:04 AM
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4. Saved Greece, and, by extension, Western civilisation...
the Alamo, on the other hand, was a bunch of brutal, land-stealing scum (who were fighting for independence because Mexico outlawed slavery in 1824) getting what they probably deserved.
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mrbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:43 AM
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5. alamo pointless?
slowed down santa anna and gave the texicans time to entrench.

7th grade texas history tells me so.

found out later that the indian name for sam houston was "big drunk".
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:51 AM
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6. boy, and thank god they did
because then we wouldn't have....wait....

;)


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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 05:27 AM
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11. * is no Texan!
:(
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:08 PM
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15. i know
but the joke isn't quite as poignant with Connecticut:)


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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:42 PM
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16. Hee hee hee! You're right! :-)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:51 AM
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7. What about Custer's Last Stand?
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mrbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 04:59 AM
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9. commander in chief chimpy and custer have a lot in common.........
they both forgot to count the indians before attacking.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 05:12 AM
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10. No kidding
Minnesota did not have enough ballots for the reservations, however our *esteemed* Secretary of State did not think that was a problem.
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smedwed Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 08:01 AM
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12. Last stand of the 11 berkshire 66th
In the british Afgan wars 1880 battle of maiwand
". . . . history does not afford any grander or finer instance of gallantry and devotion to Queen and Country than that displayed by the 66th Regiment on the 27th July 1880."General Primrose, in his official despatch to the Commander-in-Chief

The only British survior of the stand was a dog
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 09:35 AM
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13. Imperial horsehit
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smedwed Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 09:44 AM
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14. lol
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