cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
Ed you have to remember when the Gulf of Mexico was named, and what the map looked like in the 1700's Mexico Surrounded the entire gulf all the way to present day Florida.
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Ed you have to remember when the Gulf of Mexico was named, and what the map looked like in the 1700's Mexico Surrounded the entire gulf all the way to present day Florida.As one of the older members, I attended school in the 40s through 50s, then USAF 1 1/2 active plus 4 1/2 reserve. Therefore, the old schools taught the constitution through Civics classes & history. My father was is law enforcement and not required in WW2 as he was classed as a fingerprint expert. Long before computers. One of the things I always found curious was "the Gulf of Mexico". I live on the North American continent along with the United States of Mexico and Canada. The continent to my south is South America, while in between is Central America, so it always was obvious to me that the Gulf of Mexico should have been known as the Gulf of America, similar to the Indian Ocean or China Sea or Sea Of Japan named for their nearby countries or continents. I just didn't have a loud enough voice. I also feel the invader of Ukraine must leave before final peace is achieved.
Just my thoughts - I usually just sit in the room quietly.
I found this to be an interesting remark. Living in a Constitutional monarchy myself, maybe I should try to clarify.But the reverse is true for me, I have very little clue in the workings of say, a Constitutional Monarchy so there's that.
News today of the US pausing aid to Ukraine will take on added importance if the US also lifts sanctions on Russia. If that happens, then it's pretty clear that Washington won't be an honest broker and is simply sacrificing Ukraine.
Gulf of America totally wrecks Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans".As one of the older members, I attended school in the 40s through 50s, then USAF 1 1/2 active plus 4 1/2 reserve. Therefore, the old schools taught the constitution through Civics classes & history. My father was is law enforcement and not required in WW2 as he was classed as a fingerprint expert. Long before computers. One of the things I always found curious was "the Gulf of Mexico". I live on the North American continent along with the United States of Mexico and Canada. The continent to my south is South America, while in between is Central America, so it always was obvious to me that the Gulf of Mexico should have been known as the Gulf of America, similar to the Indian Ocean or China Sea or Sea Of Japan named for their nearby countries or continents. I just didn't have a loud enough voice. I also feel the invader of Ukraine must leave before final peace is achieved.
Just my thoughts - I usually just sit in the room quietly.
It was named before the United States existed and when large parts of what is now the US (CA and TX and a swag of other parts) were parts of Mexico.As one of the older members, I attended school in the 40s through 50s, then USAF 1 1/2 active plus 4 1/2 reserve. Therefore, the old schools taught the constitution through Civics classes & history. My father was is law enforcement and not required in WW2 as he was classed as a fingerprint expert. Long before computers. One of the things I always found curious was "the Gulf of Mexico". I live on the North American continent along with the United States of Mexico and Canada. The continent to my south is South America, while in between is Central America, so it always was obvious to me that the Gulf of Mexico should have been known as the Gulf of America, similar to the Indian Ocean or China Sea or Sea Of Japan named for their nearby countries or continents. I just didn't have a loud enough voice. I also feel the invader of Ukraine must leave before final peace is achieved.
Just my thoughts - I usually just sit in the room quietly.
I found this to be an interesting remark. Living in a Constitutional monarchy myself, maybe I should try to clarify.
Actually there is not a significant difference between our constitutional monarchy and your republican monarchy. The basic difference is that head-of-state is also the executional head-of-state and politically elected. Here, our head-of-state is mostly ceremonial and used for PR. The prime-minister is the executional head-of-state, meaning that he is the one actively leading the government. Like your president, he is elected by the people. The King has no saying in the daily governing of the country, however he is sometimes used as an impartial mediator, being officially apolitical and above the parties.
This of course is the theory. But if you want to talk to the active head of the state, you talk to the prime-minister, not the king.