From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:KjHMf.35674$Jd.3340@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...   
      
   > I have a feeling the folks at the BBC really do think   
   > certain bits of the former British Empire should never have   
   > been allowed out to play without their idea of adult   
   > supervision & that the USA is perhaps a focus of this   
   > feeling. Considering that the British Empire also meddled   
   > considerably in China and the Middle East I suppose all the   
   > situations you mention owe something indirectly to the   
   > history of the said British Empire, but I'd guess the BBC   
   > people particularly feel that Texas is a consequence of   
   > their having allowed us to throw the tea in the harbor in   
   > the first place.   
   >   
   > /M   
      
      
      
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