Budget Chomsky

ralph: that's nothing, you wouldn't believe the bullshit I was taught in America
ralph: The phillipines asked us to come take over
ralph: There were very few indians and they didn't mind us because they had no concept of land ownership
betaray: America won WWII
betaray: The only people to contribute to society before 1950s were white and mostly male
Faux Real: the chinese who built the railroads did it out of a noble work ethic
betaray: Hawaiians wanted to join the union
Faux Real: our hemisphere needed protecting
betaray: Most people gave a shit about the revolution
Faux Real: united fruit was a bunch of nice philanthropists who's main motivation was improving infrastructure in honduras
betaray: being in texas I got to hear about how the civil war was about states rights
Cyrano: i think you mean The War of Northern Aggression.
Faux Real: my great aunt calls it the "recent unpleasantness"
Faux Real: how could anything called "school of the americas" be bad?
betaray: Another good one is that people left for "religious freedom" rather than getting kicked out for being religious fanatics
Faux Real: "we were founded by crazies"
ralph: Very few Americans sided with the british in the Revolution
ralph: and none of them have wasp descendants in government service
niteowl: Most Americans listen to the "World Police" song "America, FUCK YEA" and think it's being tongue in cheek
ralph: In AP US hist, we were each assigned a land grab or war and had to defend it
ralph: I drew the phillipines
ralph: and went with America FUCK YEA
ralph: it was all I had
Faux Real: BIG STICK BIG STICK
ralph: zackaly
niteowl: you shoulda gone with 'corned beef, it ain't so bad!'
niteowl: 'just don't ask what bulut is'
ralph: I wanted to do a report on Smedley Butler
ralph: they put me down as a malcontent
niteowl: not a wrong choice, on their part