CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory…after invading nearly to Mexico City.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months ago“I’ll give you $50” “It’s a million square miles!” “Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.” “YOU KILLED THEM!” “Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoA brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine… Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg… Dutch: SOLD!
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoNearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThe Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoA shame what happened to his flag, though…
minus-squarereagansrottencorpse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThat snake should be licking a boot
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoThis close enough?
I believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory…after invading nearly to Mexico City.
“I’ll give you $50”
“It’s a million square miles!”
“Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.”
“YOU KILLED THEM!”
“Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
A brief history of New York becoming New York:
English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine…
Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost!
English: we have some nutmeg…
Dutch: SOLD!
Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits
The Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.
A shame what happened to his flag, though…
That snake should be licking a boot
This close enough?