Newsweek reports United States is the 2nd most hated country in the world

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Timewise 60+ said:
I would not expect someone from England to agree! ..... You all would be speaking German if it was not for the USA!
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Inept said:
If not for England it would be the US that has German as its official language. Is it possible they didn't teach American history in your school❓
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Tom52 said:
Can't find anything on a Google search that confirms there was any vote for an official language that almost made German our official language. If there was, why is there no official language as of today? Regardless, England does not appear to have any involvement what so ever. If I am wrong please reference a proper link that confirms this. I will bow to your superior knowledge of American History.

this is what I found:
"The late German academic Willi Paul Adams published a study in 1990 that included an explanation of why so many people believed Muhlenberg acted to block a congressional resolution that would have made German the national language.

“Fascinating for Germans, this imagined decision has been popularized by German authors of travel literature since the 1840s and propagated by some American teachers of German and German teachers of English who are not entirely secure in their American history,” Adams wrote.

“In reality, this presumed proposition was never brought to the congressional floor and a vote was never taken,” he added."
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I can pick this response of yours' apart piece by piece but I don't want to waste my time or risk damaging someone's ego. Let it suffice to ask if you know where the English language comes from. Here is a hint: Eng-Land.
 

I don’t doubt it. Like they say if you’re number two you have to try harder.
I have never been ashamed of my country (The United States of America) But I have been ashamed at how some of our people have acted when in other countries.
We were at a hotel in Mexico and a bunch of highschool kids were drinking beer at an outside bar.
The bartender told one drunk kid that he had enough and that he would no longer serve him.
This teen made a disgusting ass of himself by calling the bartender nasty names.
I told my wife that the teen was lucky because they could throw him in a Mexican jail and it wouldn’t matter how wealthy his family is in the States they might have a very hard time getting his spoiled butt out for a very long time.
 

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GP44 said:
I don’t doubt it. Like they say if you’re number two you have to try harder.
Hope they surveyed all of the people living in their backwards countries who are jealous of us because we are such a great country where we enjoy freedoms that they can only dream of.
Maybe if they hate us enough they will stay out of our country and let us enjoy it instead of coming here and trying to change us into the kind of shit hole they came from.
News media shows all of the socialists and communists demonstrating about everything.
Don’t believe me just take a good look at the most professional looking signs they are carrying and it will tell you at the bottom. Organized by who or what!
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So, it is your opinion that everyone who protests it is because they are jelous?
 
Magna-Carta said:
Have I got this correct, James Rousom Bounds, 43rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company K. Also a land owner. He fathered at least 17 children. He had a daughter when he was 65? His wife was 47 at the time -- unless I'm thinking of a different wife, as he might have been married three times. James Rousom Bounds had a twin brother?
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That might have been James Rousom Bounds Jr. I know that four of James Rousom Bounds Sr's sons, including my great-great-grandfather, Benjamin H. Bounds, fought for the Confederacy. My great-great-grandfather was with the 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Company F Sons of the South. There is more information and a very old photograph here. James Rousom Bounds Sr. (1802-1868) - Find a Grave...

James Rousom Bounds looks like Trey Gowdy.
 
oslooskar said:
That might have been James Rousom Bounds Jr. I know that four of James Rousom Bounds Sr's sons, including my great-great-grandfather, Benjamin H. Bounds, fought for the Confederacy. My great-great-grandfather was with the 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Company F Sons of the South. There is more information and a very old photograph here. James Rousom Bounds Sr. (1802-1868) - Find a Grave...

James Rousom Bounds looks like Trey Gowdy.
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Is this him? 160.5 acres registered at Pontotoc Land Office, Mississippi. Bought with cash. About 120 American Football fields worth of land?

Patent Details - BLM GLO Records

If you then click on the 'Patent Image' tab, it shows the certificate.

A map, if I've got it correct, looks like a river ran through his land. Skuna River?
 
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Magna-Carta said:
Is this him? 160.5 acres registered at Pontotoc Land Office, Mississippi. Bought with cash. About 120 American Football fields worth of land? Patent Details - BLM GLO Records If you then click on the 'Patent Image' tab, it shows the certificate. A map, if I've got it correct, looks like a river ran through his land. Skuna River?
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Yes, that's him and thank you for the link to the document. I never saw it before and sent it to my relatives. I don't know about the river, but from what I have read the family home was located near the dividing line between the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes.
 
Inept said:
I can pick this response of yours' apart piece by piece but I don't want to waste my time or risk damaging someone's ego. Let it suffice to ask if you know where the English language comes from. Here is a hint: Eng-Land.
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Pick away, give any facts supporting your claim that USA would be speaking German. You can't because you already know you are blowing hot air and don't want to admit it.
 
oslooskar said:
Yes, that's him and thank you for the link to the document. I never saw it before and sent it to my relatives. I don't know about the river, but from what I have read the family home was located near the dividing line between the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes.
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Nice! The land is situated just southwest of Bruce, Mississippi:

If I'm not mistaken, the upper left square in this image ("Quarter Section"). The darkest of the orange sections.

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This land in this Google link, with the upper left corner touching the '219' dirt road. The river runs through the land. Area just north of the '210' road:
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The great thing about living in the US is the feeling that everything is possible and that people are ambitiously working at the highest levels of human endeavor. Pop culture, BBQ, freedom of speech, other things are all bonuses.

The not-so-great things include (in no particular order) too many guns, too much violence, the prevalence of obesity, rampant economic inequality, the growing unafforability of many things, and I'm sure I can come up with more if I think about it.
 
oslooskar said:
That figures because, as I understand it, James Rousom Bounds was a plantation owner.
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It looks like he may have purchased significantly more land. Eleven more entries here for a "BOUNDS, JAMES R". Although some may have been relatives with same name, or similar. Maybe even land in a similar with business partners?

The link in the 'Accession' column will show the location. Then click on the white box under where it says 'Map', near the upper left of the map itself. Looks like he had quite a business going -- passed down to other family members, along with later purchases of land:

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Tom52 said:
Pick away, give any facts supporting your claim that USA would be speaking German. You can't because you already know you are blowing hot air and don't want to admit it.
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This is a friendly forum, not an arena hosting cock fights. I suggest you go back to the beginning of the dialogue at the point where you crashed in uninvited and realize that you do not know what you are talking about and in future not make absurd conclusions based upon your imagination.
 
Inept said:
This is a friendly forum, not an arena hosting cock fights. I suggest you go back to the beginning of the dialogue at the point where you crashed in uninvited and realize that you do not know what you are talking about and in future not make absurd conclusions based upon your imagination.
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Didn't all this and the counter by @Tom52 start because you simply responded to this from from Timewise 60+: "I would not expect someone from England to agree! ... You all would be speaking German if it was not for the USA!"

I thought I put that to bed with my post here. How naive was I.
Newsweek reports United States is the 2nd most hated country in the world
 
Inept said:
This is a friendly forum, not an arena hosting cock fights. I suggest you go back to the beginning of the dialogue at the point where you crashed in uninvited and realize that you do not know what you are talking about and in future not make absurd conclusions based upon your imagination.
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Sometimes I do not find this to be a friendly forum as you so well confirm with your statements above. You made a false statement, I questioned you on it, and your insults began.
 
Paco Dennis said:
For a couple decades I have perceived the world as increasingly disliking the US. The article says "

" a major cause of the animosity directed toward the US is the country's tendency to overstep when trying to influence international events in a way that benefits the U.S.," the World Population Review says.

"While this country's appearance on the 'most hated' list may surprise many Americans, few Asians or Europeans will bat an eyelash," it added.

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Interesting. I have not read the entire thread, but my thoughts.......

As is known, I lived in the US for many years (over a decade), and have an American wife and extended family there.

I love the US. I truly do. I hope that one day, my bones will be laid to rest on US soil. I loved many people there, and I love the culture.

All that said, at this particular moment the US is in a very bad place. The leadership is steering the boat into an advaserial place that does not jive with the America I knew. This is about politics, not the people. I am aghast at the direction they're currently heading in.

Of course, seeing this, large parts of the world are going to be upset and angry. The US has led the free world for a long time, and now they're turning inward. A lot of damage is being done. But I think it's best judged not in a single moment, but in the long term. I just can't believe things will continue as they are for generations. We're just in a bad place right now.
 
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GP44 said:
I don’t doubt it. Like they say if you’re number two you have to try harder.
Hope they surveyed all of the people living in their backwards countries who are jealous of us because we are such a great country where we enjoy freedoms that they can only dream of.
Maybe if they hate us enough they will stay out of our country and let us enjoy it instead of coming here and trying to change us into the kind of shit hole they came from.
News media shows all of the socialists and communists demonstrating about everything.
Don’t believe me just take a good look at the most professional looking signs they are carrying and it will tell you at the bottom. Organized by who or what!
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Here it is again the myth that people everywhere are jealous of the US and think it is the greatest country on earth.

I'm not sure where the people surveyed were from - or the methodology of the survey - but, no , most people in other countries do not think US is greatest place or are jealous of your version of freedom or want to move there.
Calling other countries backwards just perpetuates myth of ugly americans though :unsure:

News here shows various people protesting about various things - that is what happens in democracies where peaceful protests are legal.
 
Inept said:
So, it is your opinion that everyone who protests it is because they are jelous?
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I realized that I had made an uncalled for nasty remark this morning so I made a few changes.
We have been treated well when in other countries and those people don’t deserve abuse from us because of some click bait article in a magazine.
 
Hire a stock trader, buy a new Cadillac, T-Mobile, more click baits, Instagram teen accounts, Spectrum Internet, IBM Watson, Staples is what the click bait original article is all about, at least on my phone. That Cadillac looks nice, though I'm disappointed there were no hair growth, ED, or mail order bride ads. :( Don't they know I'm a guy over 65?
 
Magna-Carta said:
Didn't all this and the counter by @Tom52 start because you simply responded to this from from Timewise 60+: "I would not expect someone from England to agree! ... You all would be speaking German if it was not for the USA!"
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Yes.
Magna-Carta said:
I thought I put that to bed with my post here. How naive was I.
Newsweek reports United States is the 2nd most hated country in the world
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Ought to have.
 

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