# American Imperialism **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114 "2013-03-27T17:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Deser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Deser2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deser2)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/81 "2013-03-28T14:58:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 14.4 hours total, to be precise. I see what you did there… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/82 "2013-03-28T15:06:13Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > If you insist, I can give a short summary. > > The US government sends the CIA to install a puppet government in a small country whose resources big American companies want. The puppet president lets the American companies exploit the country and he gets a commision from the companies. When was the last time that happened? Maybe that was true in the 1950s and 1960s, but I can’t think of a puppet government we’ve installed since then. And even then, it wasn’t as much a money-making scheme by big American companies as it was an anti-Communist kind of thing. Better the dictator we know in some banana republic, rather than godless Communists in S. America, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/83 "2013-03-28T15:17:51Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Gee, I lived abroad and talked to people as well. And not a single one of them said one fucking thing about American imperialism, most likely because there is no such thing. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/84 "2013-03-28T15:51:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Whoopsie. Now you’ve done it. > [@](#): > > The US government sends the CIA to install a puppet government in a small country whose resources big American companies want. If I’ve learned anything from this board its that at the G-192 conference the US president has equal standing with the president of Burkina Faso. And they all get orders from the Lizardmen. Try to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/85 "2013-03-28T16:04:27Z")
It’s not Imperialism; it’s butter. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/86 "2013-03-28T16:35:22Z")
Parkay. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/87 "2013-03-28T17:30:47Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > I learned about… Why hasn’t this obvious shittheel spamming troll been banned yet? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/88 "2013-03-28T17:32:19Z")
[QUOTE=Pine Fresh Scent] Do they allow the Irish? [/QUOTE] No. Nor Mexicans, Negroes, Jews or dogs. Which explains why I don’t have an account there. 😃 I posted a very mean thing in **Cosmored** ’s other thread. Now I have a sad feels. ☹ We shouldn’t be mean to him because he is a [troubled man](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmrpJhDlXg). ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/89 "2013-03-28T17:43:30Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > No. Nor Mexicans, Negroes, Jews or dogs. Which explains why I don’t have an account there. 😃 > > I posted a very mean thing in Cosmored’s other thread. Nice Doggy! Sit up! Shake! Goooood doggy! ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/90 "2013-03-28T18:40:50Z")
[QUOTE=Cheshire Human] Nice Doggy! Sit up! Shake! Goooood doggy! [/QUOTE] Don’t tease the bitch. She bites… …fleas! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/91 "2013-03-28T18:48:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Were the Manson Killings a US Government Black Op? > Was Michael Jackson Killed by the CIA? > Were We Told the Truth about Jonestown? [ol] [li]No[/li][li]No[/li][li]Yes[/li][/ol] See, wasn’t that easy? I love when people are Just Asking Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/92 "2013-03-28T19:04:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Here.](http://www.giraffeboards.com/) Bastard!! :mad: (I’ll admit it, I laughed.) > [@runner pat](#): > > The idiot’s over at GiraffeBoard This is the first time I’ve ever seen this phrase with an apostrophe in it. I like it! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/93 "2013-03-28T19:07:44Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > …fleas! 😃 Was that intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/94 "2013-03-28T19:08:29Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Bastard!! :mad: > > (I’ll admit it, I laughed.) Just sharing the joy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/95 "2013-03-28T19:11:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s not Imperialism; it’s butter. [ul] [li]I can’t believe it’s not Imperialism![/li][li]You Imperialism Believe It![/li][li]Wow! I totally thought it was “imperialism”[/li][li]Move over Imperialism![/li][/ul] It’s a photoshop but my favorite was “You were laboring under the misapprehension that this was ‘Butter’: Fuck You, It’s Margarine.” ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/96 "2013-03-28T19:16:23Z")
I do so enjoy the theory that the CIA killed Michael Jackson because he was about to have a concert. I must admit that I had the same impulse when I heard he was going out on tour. I wonder if the Jackson assassination has had an impact on other musicians. For all we know, Sting could be held right now in some black site in Poland. Again, I’ve had the same impulse. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/97 "2013-03-28T20:26:24Z")
Czar won this chat. To the victor, the spoils. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/98 "2013-03-28T20:31:24Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > I learned > [@cochrane](#): > > I laughed. > [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > I came. I washed my eye out. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/99 "2013-03-28T20:40:47Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I washed my eye out. Drunky placed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/100 "2013-03-28T22:59:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Czar won this chat. To the victor, the spoils. “Chat”? I’m going to kick you in the crotch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114.md?page=6)