# Non-Americans and God? Americans and God **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025 "2002-11-27T03:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/41 "2002-11-27T17:27:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Oh for crying out loud! > > Doesn’t ANYONE want to join the Guinastasian Empire??? > > ☹ \*\* Well, what’s the National (Imperial?) anthem? Is it catchy? Can you dance to it? Can **I** dance to it? ---
**Author:** ![NPavelka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@NPavelka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NPavelka)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/42 "2002-11-27T17:28:49Z")
Ohhhh it’s gonna be so much fun when **BZ** really melts down. 😃 > [@](#): > > Oh for crying out loud! > > Doesn’t ANYONE want to join the Guinastasian Empire??? I guess I’ll join… better than living in loonyville with **BZ** :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/43 "2002-11-27T17:29:07Z")
“In the Mood” So I think you CAN dance to it! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/44 "2002-11-27T17:31:30Z")
Women of the 1960s will wear helmet shaped hats made of celluloid. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/45 "2002-11-27T17:34:01Z")
How does the old saying go? God always protects children, drunks, and the United States of America? ---
**Author:** ![NPavelka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@NPavelka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NPavelka)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/46 "2002-11-27T17:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Women of the 1960s will wear helmet shaped hats made of celluloid. \*\* Ok, color me stupid but I don’t get this at all… 😕 Maybe I just need my bottle of wake-up juice. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/47 "2002-11-27T17:40:43Z")
[NPavelka\*\*, go play some “No One Lives Forever”. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/48 "2002-11-27T17:48:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*“In the Mood” > > So I think you CAN dance to it! \*\* OK, I’m in. But I get to be President and First Tiger! ---
**Author:** ![NPavelka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@NPavelka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NPavelka)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/49 "2002-11-27T17:48:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > **NPavelka** , go play some “No One Lives Forever”. Got-ya… sorry haven’t been arround a 007 game since Golden-Eye. Damn those were some good times with **Tars** and **Rex Dart** … ok sorry about the derailment there… continue with the flaming and insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/50 "2002-11-27T17:53:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aro \* > \*\*[God made petroleum to make my Winnebago run > God made plants and trees > We can waste them as we please > God loves the strong and tall > God loves white folks most of all > God loves the USA](http://www.patmccurdy.com/tabs.htm?action=viewone&title=God) > > :rolleyes: \*\* You, **Aro** , have my undying love and respect. I thought I was the only Doper who had heard of Pat, and now I have found another. The joy, the rapture. And I’ll tell you, that was the exact song I had going through my head reading this thread. Hey, **Aro** whatcha doin? Hey, **Aro** , barbequein’ Hey, **Aro** , it’s Memorial DAAAAYYYYY ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/51 "2002-11-27T17:59:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NPavelka \* > \*\*Ok, color me stupid but I don’t get this at all… 😕 Maybe I just need my bottle of wake-up juice. \*\* :smack: Gah. What I meant to say was that next year, every car will have holes in its sides. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/52 "2002-11-27T18:03:18Z")
You _think_ you can dance to it? Oh noble Empress Guinastasia, it’s hard for me not to dance to it! Three questions: How do I sign up? Can I still root for the Steelers? Do I get to keep my Terrible Towel? Actually make that 4: What’s the Guinastasian Empire’s policy on chocolate? Your loyal subject, CJ ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/53 "2002-11-27T20:12:13Z")
Maybe I need more coffee, but I had assumed this to be a silly joke. I msut be getting stupider with old age! So, tell me, is thhe OP actually serious? Weird stuff! ---
**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/54 "2002-11-27T20:27:09Z")
Yes, I am serious, if you don’t think America is the best you can move to Cuba!!! ---
**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/55 "2002-11-27T20:58:02Z")
There is no other way to explain the continued wealth and power of a country that is full of fat, lazy people other than God’s love. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/56 "2002-11-27T21:12:12Z")
As soon as the straight face starts to slip, parodies become much less impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/57 "2002-11-27T22:59:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **Doesn’t ANYONE want to join the Guinastasian Empire???** Join? No, not exactly. But those “ivory” luxury squares are awfully enticing, which is why I’m massing my cavalry and horseman units on your border. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/58 "2002-11-27T23:31:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BZ00000 \* > \*\*Yes, I am serious, if you don’t think America is the best you can move to Cuba!!! \*\* LOLOLOL - but you cannot be serious really. Anyway, I am quite happy in Scotland, thank you for your concern all the same. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/59 "2002-11-28T00:10:30Z")
Ask not what your imperialist, tyrannical, ethically bankrupt jackbooted magistrate can do for you; ask what you can do for your imperialist, tyrannical, ethically bankrupt jackbooted magistrate. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025/60 "2002-11-28T01:55:33Z")
If America is so great, how come we’re not on the Metric system yet? Huh? Hmmm? (Or does this mean that the old pound-foot-gallon system is **God’s chosen system of units?!** :eek: ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-and-god-americans-and-god/139025.md?page=4)