Banana Republic?? The DR? In 2006?

gringosabroso

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* Is the Dominican Repubic in 2006 a ?banana republic?? Why so? If not so, why not?
* Food for thought: if the Spaniards had exclusively conqured & settled North America; instead of the interfering French, Dutch, & [especially] the British, then Canada & the USA would have exclusively Hispanic heritage! Logical!
* The USA & Canada would be a lot like the DR, perhaps identical? A blessing? Better than Haiti!!
* We could all enjoy unlimited Dominican culture, etc. in Mass., Minnesota, Vancouver, Novia Scotia, etc.!
* Are we Americans & Canadians all victims of [inferior?] British culture & the English Common Law? British cuisine Or, . . blessed?
* It just wouldn?t be the same up north. Food for thought? Comments?
 

sosuajames

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up here in the banana rep of canada, the similarities is see is the gov't stealing our taxes to give to friends and supporters. we have blackouts frequently here in nova scotia(not like dr though). our roads are crap. the driving habits are becoming very simalar. the only thing that would be an upside is that we would all speak spanish. we could do away with this bilingual money pit. this way the gov't could make their cronies even richer by still keeping our taxes high.
 

blondytomato

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Are we Americans & Canadians all victims of [inferior?] British culture & the English Common Law? British cuisine Or, . . blessed?
interfering French, Dutch, & [especially] the British

Being British i say you are blessed. And how dare you say that my culture is inferior your just ****ed because your speaking MY language. And actually your culture is nothing like ours you dont have a sense of humour - we do. Your cuisine is nothing like ours either - you lot are all fat from eating far to many burgers and chips - we on the other hand are not !
Food for thought ?
 

Victor Laszlo

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If anything, the DR is a "platano republic".

Novia Scotia (Scottish girlfriend) certainly has a ring to it.

The all-Spanish Americas would surely be termed The Western Union, but then who would send us money?
 

samiam

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Victor Laszlo said:
If anything, the DR is a "platano republic".

Novia Scotia (Scottish girlfriend) certainly has a ring to it.

That is so funny!!LOL


As for Haiti, I wouldn't say it was the French culture that has them in the pits. We could go on about that.
As for British culture being a blessing, I think the world owes them alot for Monty Python, the Beatles and single malt whiskey.
 

drbill

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McLean's magazine: "The tragedy of modern Canada is that, instead of French cuisine, British culture and American technology, we've adopted British cuisine, American culture and French technology."
Imagine unlimited Dominican culture in Minnesota; great sitcom possibilities!
 

british bulldog

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Gringosabroso,so so idealistic,and so anti british; what gives!!!where ever you are on this planet, seems you will never be happy, making stupid statements like that,i bet you have never been to england ,you no nada !!pull your head from your butt,and take a good look around; mabee you will learn something.
 

Exxtol

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gringosabroso said:
* Food for thought: if the Spaniards had exclusively conqured & settled North America; instead of the interfering French, Dutch, & [especially] the British, then Canada & the USA would have exclusively Hispanic heritage! Logical!

Food for thought: if the british had never settled the U.S. and if the subsequent u.s. government had respected any single one of the treaties that were ever made between the various native american tribes--perhaps the united states would have an exclusive blend of ameri-indian culture.

but at any rate, they don't matter--damn the french and dutch for not subjugating and conquering more peoples than they had to.
 

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british bulldog said:
dont give this A/HOLE / RACIST any more of our valuable time.gringosabrosa you're a wanker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, now B.B. Do as Blondytomato so rightly explains & use your superior British sense of humour, the 'Stiff upper lip" to rise above these taunts!! Gringsabroso isn't anti British, he just appears to be anti most things. Or is it that as an Ex lawyer from the USA his style of putting a question appears to be a bit more abrasive than we are used to?

More food for thought?? A bit of humble pie would be nice! ~ Grahame.
 

samanasuenos

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sosuajames said:
up here in the banana rep of canada, the similarities is see is the gov't stealing our taxes to give to friends and supporters. we have blackouts frequently here in nova scotia(not like dr though). our roads are crap. the driving habits are becoming very simalar. the only thing that would be an upside is that we would all speak spanish. we could do away with this bilingual money pit. this way the gov't could make their cronies even richer by still keeping our taxes high.


To some banana hobbyists located in the colder non-tropical growing areas, the term could also mean the warmest or most humid part of the province, country, growing area or locality. The coastal areas of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for example, are referred to as the Banana Republic of Canada.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic

That's all she wrote! -- Sameeeee
 

Victor Laszlo

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Shaken, not stirred

samiam said:
As for British culture being a blessing, I think the world owes them alot for Monty Python, the Beatles and single malt whiskey.
You omitted Bond....James Bond, in your otherwise exhaustive list of British cultural contributions.