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drunkenfud
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Ultimo Hombre
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| They never cease to disappoint. |
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tzechuk
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| And in other news............... |
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SOOHWA101
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Security staff and aides from the ruling party stood guard outside the room to keep opposition lawmakers away after the committee's GNP-affiliated chairman invoked his right to use force to "keep order" in parliamentary proceedings.
That's golden!! |
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Milwaukiedave
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wylies99
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| They need to send in that huge Korean kickboxer to just throw bodies around. It'd be HILARIOUS! |
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NoExplode
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| Such a civilized people. |
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cheeseface
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| Such a civilized people. |
I don't when the US has last had such brawls in Congress. I do know in the old days it did happen. There was some incident I was told by a history teacher where a Congressman with a cane hit another Congressman with his cane. As far as civilized behavior, the US has more serious violence problems than South Korea. I could be wrong, but I generally feel safe in Korea whereas in some parts of some big cities in the US I wouldn't feel safe. |
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earthbound14
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traxxe
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| NoExplode wrote: |
| Such a civilized people. |
I don't when the US has last had such brawls in Congress. I do know in the old days it did happen. There was some incident I was told by a history teacher where a Congressman with a cane hit another Congressman with his cane. As far as civilized behavior, the US has more serious violence problems than South Korea. I could be wrong, but I generally feel safe in Korea whereas in some parts of some big cities in the US I wouldn't feel safe. |
Senator Brooks attacked Senator Sumner for a speech against support of pro-slavery during the Bleeding Kansas debacle. Off the top of my head this was some time after 1855. Senator Sumner was disabled after that but became a famous senator later on.
Don't recall any other instances of violence. Dueling took place but not many fights in Congress itself. Lincoln was once challenged to a duel and I think President Jackson killed a man in a duel. |
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NoExplode
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| traxxe wrote: |
| Adventurer wrote: |
| NoExplode wrote: |
| Such a civilized people. |
I don't when the US has last had such brawls in Congress. I do know in the old days it did happen. There was some incident I was told by a history teacher where a Congressman with a cane hit another Congressman with his cane. As far as civilized behavior, the US has more serious violence problems than South Korea. I could be wrong, but I generally feel safe in Korea whereas in some parts of some big cities in the US I wouldn't feel safe. |
Senator Brooks attacked Senator Sumner for a speech against support of pro-slavery during the Bleeding Kansas debacle. Off the top of my head this was some time after 1855. Senator Sumner was disabled after that but became a famous senator later on.
Don't recall any other instances of violence. Dueling took place but not many fights in Congress itself. Lincoln was once challenged to a duel and I think President Jackson killed a man in a duel. |
Yes. They did it like men, and had a duel:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul11.html
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At dawn on the morning of July 11, 1804, political antagonists and personal enemies Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, to settle their longstanding differences with a duel. The participants fired their pistols in close succession. Burr's shot met its target immediately, fatally wounding Hamilton and leading to his death the following day. Burr escaped unharmed. This tragically extreme incident reflected the depth of animosity aroused by the first emergence of the nation's political party system.
Both men were political leaders in New York: Burr, a prominent Republican, and Hamilton, leader of the opposing Federalist Party. Burr had found himself the brunt of Hamilton's political maneuvering on several occasions, including the unusual presidential election of 1800, in which vice-presidential candidate Burr almost defeated his running mate, presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson. In 1804, Hamilton opposed Burr's closely fought bid for governor of New York. On the heels of this narrow defeat, Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel on the grounds that Hamilton had publicly maligned his character. |
None of this pansy playing up for the cameras. I love the staged shot of the Korean politician climbing on the stack of furniture. These guys are all wannabe UCLA Film Majors. |
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Scotticus
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| Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| NoExplode wrote: |
Yes. They did it like men, and had a duel:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul11.html
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At dawn on the morning of July 11, 1804, political antagonists and personal enemies Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, to settle their longstanding differences with a duel. The participants fired their pistols in close succession. Burr's shot met its target immediately, fatally wounding Hamilton and leading to his death the following day. Burr escaped unharmed. This tragically extreme incident reflected the depth of animosity aroused by the first emergence of the nation's political party system.
Both men were political leaders in New York: Burr, a prominent Republican, and Hamilton, leader of the opposing Federalist Party. Burr had found himself the brunt of Hamilton's political maneuvering on several occasions, including the unusual presidential election of 1800, in which vice-presidential candidate Burr almost defeated his running mate, presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson. In 1804, Hamilton opposed Burr's closely fought bid for governor of New York. On the heels of this narrow defeat, Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel on the grounds that Hamilton had publicly maligned his character. |
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But, to be fair, both guys were total dicks. I'd say Hamilton deserved it more, but Burr showed in the following years that he would have been improved by a bullet to the chest as well. |
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