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randome

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11. Mexico is going to take away Texas again? Okay.

Reply to chalky (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 04:23 PM

Nov 2012

I would also like to ask any of my readers who are incensed by the above to stop, take a deep breath, and pay attention to what is and is not being said here.

This guy presupposes some will be 'incensed' at him. I think boredom is a more likely reaction.

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The coming irredentist crisis. [View all] Speck Tater Nov 2012 OP

I had to get a root canal re-done jberryhill Nov 2012 #1

Huh? What does that have to do with border wars? nt Speck Tater Nov 2012 #2

I went to an irredentist to fix what the first dentist had done. jberryhill Nov 2012 #13

You cast your humor amongst us like so many pearls before dungheaps :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #15

When I was studying post-communist Eastern Europe, my professor would often talk about going to the Brickbat Nov 2012 #3

Irredentist, your tooth problem was finally resolved, right? Seriously, though... Fridays Child Nov 2012 #4

Did you read the article? That's far from the issue it talk about. nt Speck Tater Nov 2012 #5

Really. From the article, irredentism is "the conviction, on the part of a group of people... Fridays Child Nov 2012 #6

not only conviction oldhippydude Nov 2012 #7

Well alrighty then. nt. Speck Tater Nov 2012 #12

As a citizen of Texas, I have to say... chalky Nov 2012 #8

Californian here (transplant from Scotland, via Ireland and James I, then coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #16

A really, really long article that fails to get to the point very quickly. randome Nov 2012 #9

DIY Cliff Notes. chalky Nov 2012 #10

Mexico is going to take away Texas again? Okay. randome Nov 2012 #11

And New Mexico, and Arizona, and Nevada, and California. nt Speck Tater Nov 2012 #14