Want to play a game... ? When did your ancestors come to America ....

[Hotcakes]

Russian on my fathers side, Irish on mothers. Irish came here during mid 1800's during the famine in Ireland. Russian came here in 1918 escaping the Russian revolution.
All males, father and uncles from both sides fought in WW II and/or Korea. All lived the American dream to some degree, as have I.
While I have given some to my country I have received more, and I don't think I could hold a candle to the men and women who came before me. I'm lucky.

Thank you for sharing that!

I've been reading about the Marxist Leninist Revolution. Apparently that was the first of its kind in hundreds of years. Stalin and the Soviets later got it down to a science (the nature of revolution and how to foment one), and applied the same 40 year model to satellite countries which is largely how they flipped them.

Did your parents ever talk about Russia and the Revolution at the time? The Bolshoviks? The climate in Russia at the time? absolute horror stories from that

 

[CaptainObvious]

Thank you for sharing that!

I've been reading about the Marxist Leninist Revolution. Apparently that was the first of its kind in hundreds of years. Stalin and the Soviets later got it down to a science (the nature of revolution and how to foment one), and applied the same 40 year model to satellite countries which is largely how they flipped them.

Did your parents ever talk about Russia and the Revolution at the time? The Bolshoviks? The climate in Russia at the time? absolute horror stories from that

My father was born here so he had no experience. Grandparents were tough as nails, spoke broken english and didn't talk much to us kids. I do know they hated Stalin. They had a picture of him on the wall hung upside down. I asked why and grandma just said, pig going to hell. Grandpa just laughed. LOL.
Both my parents grew up during the Great Depression and while not starving were relatively poor. My father served with the 11th Airborne Division during WW II, was in the South Pacific with them and was part of the Occupation forces in Japan when the war ended. He got a job with Standard Oil and spent his entire career in that industry. Ended up as a lab technician.
My mother was in school, college, when they met. She then worked as a legal secretary and a part time librarian. She died young, age 44. Cancer.
They never really complain about their early life and seemed grateful for what we had. All in all it was a good upbringing for me and my brothers.

 

[wildchild]

Projection is a bitch

Here4money, you have no value.

 

[Bugenhagen]

Nice Great History. So you're the rich son of well to-do parents. "Liberal", then? Aka HateAmerica HateFreeMarkets HateWhitey all day long?

LOL Smokes Poutine is pretty good up this wayyy

So at that level, at that time, to be a land owner in england (estate), would mean association/membership with the Lords? Thats pretty high level . U must have some nice trust fund set up somewhere

I grew up middle class, not too stupid to understand when he was being played and by whom. I had seen 15 countries before I was 20 because my dad was an international engineer. Many more since.

My mother was quite conservative leaving the US for university in the 60s. A time capsule of American, mostly southern, conservative values at that time like many expats/migrants.

I am a multimillionaire but I made my money trading. You don't understand wealth and how power families work since you think Trump is either benificient or on your "team" in some way. I have enough of the south to know a "carpet bagger" when I saw Trump first, even in tbe 80s.

 

[Bugenhagen]

I'm going to have to write a keyboard for men with very big hands..

 

[Cuddles]

Here4money, you have no value.

Projection is a bitch

 

[Bugenhagen]

His horrid grammar and awkward use of homophobic slurs points to our friend Lyle down in Florida

May well be.. My head is not sharp enough these days, either too many forge fumes or Netflix.. Or both.

 

[Bugenhagen]

Lyle's family appeared to have moved to Wisconsin or somewhere like that if I remember, his family were all living somewhere very flyover and with cows. He of course moved to Miami to drive the worst imaginable secondhand Mercedes on the esplanade.

 

[Amun Ra]

In on butthurt loser MAGAtard thread

edit, spot sold to:

Are you showing us a product you've started using? I mean it's you that have been crying for the last 4 years and obviously you didn't use it during that time because you were crying a river.

 

[wildchild]

I grew up middle class, not too stupid to understand when he was being played and by whom. I had seen 15 countries before I was 20 because my dad was an international engineer. Many more since.

My mother was quite conservative leaving the US for university in the 60s. A time capsule of American, mostly southern, conservative values at that time like many expats/migrants.

I am a multimillionaire but I made my money trading. You don't understand wealth and how power families work since you think Trump is either benificient or on your "team" in some way. I have enough of the south to know a "carpet bagger" when I saw Trump first, even in tbe 80s.

LOL, I nailed your description perfectly. Let me guess, mommy and daddy made sure you got a trophy even when you came in last place, which you likely did often. Now you want the government to give you some freebies?

What is this non-sense you are spouting about wealth and power families?

You are a joke.