Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


F-Stop how were the colonists going to settle the country without guns? At the time of the Revolution America only extended to the Alleghenies's. How were they supposed to settle all the wilderness from the Alleghenies to the Pacific Ocean? Without guns?


Wars happen faster than one can raise an army. Look what happened to Georgia and their little incident with Russia. What would Poland do? What could Poland do, If Russia decided to invade? A bunch of unarmed citizens who have no background in shooting a gun.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

No.

Before the Civil War illiteracy was something like 95%. Plantation owners didn't want educated slaves. They still have slave mentality..."I don't need no education". High dropout rate even today.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


They need to get educated to get the skills to get jobs. There is no tradition of education in the Black community.


Probably true. Let's see. Couple of 12 ga pumps, couple of single shot 12 ga.

30-06 single shot, 270 bolt, 30 cal. lever, probably more.

Haven't shot anyone yet. Going pheasant and deer hunting later this fall.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


How come Polish people in the States are able to handle guns?


Price of freedom. Guns are the great equalizer. It keeps the higher ups from getting too uppity.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

the price of freedom


My opinion is that Poland should resurrect the AK and operate it like the Swiss operate their Army reserves. You would think with Poland's history they would have already done something like this. But Poles would rather depend on political alliances. Just like 1939 and than spend 50 years wondering why they were overrun.

News / Poles are getting rich... [63]


Swiss...it pays to stay out of wars.

USA, Canada / Can a Canadian Female Drive in Poland?? [30]


$15? Looks like an IDP for me. If it's hassle free. If not I'll take my chances.

USA, Canada / Can a Canadian Female Drive in Poland?? [30]

Gee, I rent a car in England all the time and all they ask for is my license which is American of course. It's different for Poland? I wonder, if I'm only going to be there for a week or so which I intend to do probably next summer and rent a car.

Genealogy / Where in Poland is the town of Laka? [20]


Don't be surprised if you find out that your ancestors may have gone to the altar pregnant. So I wouldn't stick to the 9-10 month timeline. It's a myth that the people back than were anymore moral than they are today.

UK, Ireland / Corned beef & Cabbage are typically Irish? [98]

I love fresh corned beef. Maybe I'll have one tomorrow, corned beef on rye bread with sauerkraut.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media? [226]



you can still get the show on cable or dvd's. It was a popular show. I'm old enough to remember it. All I can is...see it for yourself. YOU BE THE JUDGE.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media? [226]

Here's the description of the character, hardly derogatory:

USA, Canada / Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media? [226]


answers.com/topic/all-in-the-family

USA, Canada / Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media? [226]

The Big Lie on Polish Forum is that Poles in America are subjected to public bashing. A complete lie. Nothing is further from the truth. They were never subject to public bashing. The TV series (1970's) he keeps referring to was "All in the Family" about a bigot who's daughter was married to an American of Polish descent and the theme of the show was that the son-in-law would argue with his father-in-law about being bigoted. The show actually showed Poles to be progressive and open minded.

Life / Stubborn Polaks, anyone knows? [77]


Myth

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]


Globalists.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]


Ironside, just look at the thread "What was better in Poland under communism?" The proof is in the pudding.

Yes, WTC was an inside job. Of course. How else could those planes slip through our air defense?

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]

That's what I used to think until i ran across these stories:

The Polish Soviet war of 1920: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War

And the murder of an army medic after the German occupation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuta_Siedzik%C3%B3wna

She was murdered by Polish communists not Russians. This must have been going on all across Poland. Must have been a civil war of sorts. The communists on one side and who on the other side???

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]


No, it's not our stupidity. In America you're allowed to fail. This includes the politicians. Also we (Americans) know two things: we have nowhere else to go and we're armed to the teeth. If we take to the streets we realize it'll get bloody in a very short time and if we throw the bums out who replaces them???


Myth. In 1920-22 Poland was invaded by the Russian Bolsheviks and promptly kicked them out. If Poland was opposed to communism after the German occupation they would have done the same thing in 1946 like they did in 1922. The fact is, the Polish people embraced communism in the 1940's. The Poles lived under Polish communism not Russian communism.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]


Americans are ambivalent about affairs outside their immediate world. Most of don't even know that there is a civil war going on in Mexico. It's not just Poland, it's the entire world. As for Poles...you know as well as I do that Poles don't kiss anyone'sass. Actually if they would learn a little "brown nosin" they may have avoided an invasion or two.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]

I'm no fan of Clinton. No fan of Obama but I'm no fan of the GOP either. Heck i'm an ex card carrying Repub.

Speaking of Obama, the idiot wants to put illegal aliens in the milirtary. Now how stupid is that? Paid foreign mercenaries on our soil. Just like the Hessians in the Revolutionary War.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]

The deficit is the least of our problems as the American dollar is international currency. If we need more money we just print it. To have inflation YOU HAVE TO HAVE DEMAND. NO JOBS NO DEMAND. It's that simple. Look, we've unloaded all of our manufacturing jobs to China, for slave labor. We've handed over our service jobs to India for slave wages. We encourage illegal immigration to lower wages even further. And on top of this we have a ginormous military and wage wars across the globe. All compliments of the Bush administrations (daddy and sonny boy).

You want a balance budget? Put this free market bs to bed. Import duties on Chinese imports, import duties on imported oil, use ethanol and bring our troops home. Anything else is BeeeeSSSSS. It's really quite basic.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]

In spite of different origins Americans are a homogeneous lot. "Europe on the other hand is not monolithic. Different countries, different language, different architecture, different cuisine, different medical system, different way of thinking, everything different.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]

guesswho


When we have common interests, we're friends. When interests collide, not so much.

Travel / My visit to Poland - Likes & Dislikes. [137]

LAGirl


LAGirl, what city are you originally from??

Life / Stubborn Polaks, anyone knows? [77]

beckski


You dye your hair.

Travel / My visit to Poland - Likes & Dislikes. [137]

grubas


Exactly, you shouldn't feel so sensitive about criticism. Poland is Poland. I like to travel to Europe because it's so different from the States, totally different. And the parts of Europe that I like best are those areas that most reflect the local culture.

Greece, that's what I didn't like about Greece, everybody speaks English. Even the billboards are in English.

Amathyst


Nay, the Yorkshire coast. Scarborough, Robin Hood Bay.

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

Sokrates


They did what they could to survive. Its called the carrot and the stick.


Pilsudski should have focused on stabilizing Poland instead of picking border conflicts with its neighbors. He wasn't that good for Poland. If he was, they would have been better prepared for Germany.

BTW where did Germany get the money to rearm after the German depression of the 1920's?

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

delphiandomine


Yes, but what money they did have they imported too much


No match against Messerschmidt in dogfight but legitimate in ground support role. Besides many thousands were available as surplus after the War. Shear numbers would have minimized deficiencies.


Totally agree. But that's what i mean by solidifying borders. Instead Poland was expanding their borders. Getting in border squabbles with the Czechs, Ukys, etc.

AussieSheila


Nor did Switzerland but they survived intact. Of course Switzerland did have the advantage of being well established as a political unit. What were they a 500 year old democracy? Yes it was more easily defensible but so was Austria and Austria capitulated. No it wasn't geography alone it was mainly political. Switzerland was a cohesive political unit, Poland was just starting out.

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

Discussing Poland's Army. Seeing that hindsight is 20/20 let's look back at 1939 and see how we can apply lessons for the 21st century.

After Poland kicked out Russia in 1922, this is what they should have done.

Firstly, Poland should have solidified it's borders.

Secondly, maintained a large Reserve army (ala Switzerland)

Thirdly, it should have gone out and got as many surplus WWI planes as possible. They could have used the WWI planes in 1939 not as fighter planes but as ground support much like modern day helicopters.

Fourth, manufactured as many armaments as possible (i.e., small arms, artillery, ammunition, etc. don't import).

Polish troops supported by WWI ground support airplanes would have been successful against German blitz. Instead Poland tried to compete with Germany, as a result they never had enough stuff.

How does this apply today? Don't get in arms race with Neighbors. Do what you can, with what you have. forget about nuclear. Invest in aircraft that compliment Polish topography. And manufacture them here. Maybe buy the machinery of the A-10 which isn't being produced anylonger. KISS (keep it simple stupid).