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  1. Oz-Roger

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    ha ha ha ha, ok, wrye, now you are passing the buck to the Spaniards on everything, lol, :p The poor bloody Flips, they have been screwed by everyone, Spaniards, Yanks, Japs, have I missed anyone ?............ I think I shall be more sympathetic to them from now on..........:cool:
     
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    Oh Well, That's me Totally lost, can I BLAME this on the Spanish :rolleyes: I mean we are Blaming them for everything else today:p
     
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    ha ha ha ha, yeah mate, blame the hot blooded, emotional, and greedy Spanish, remember the Spanish Main?.....however they may know where America is, because they sent Columbus there, and they obviously know Phil, BUT, they would have absolutely no idea where Australia is, ha ha ha ha ha:D......so I am home free:p hmmmmmm....are there any Spanish expats here ?o_O
     
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    Roger, nor quite sure how to tell you this But.......... Columbus was Portuguese. That's why Brazil speaks Portuguese and the rest Speak Spanish. :oops: Oops Sorry!
    So he may have Found you and mistook it for another place and called it new Zealand :wink:
     
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    True, but, I never said he was Spanish, I said "they" , meaning the Spanish, sent him there........put your eye glass back in mate, ha ha ha ha ha:p AND, he would have been welcome to Kiwi land, once he found the sheep there were so friendly, he never would have left.............lol:D Oh, and if you do not understand the sheep thing, ask a Kiwi, ha ha ha ha ha:wink:
     
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    Don't "Wriggle', you are not from the US so you can admit you were wrong:rolleyes: and no one will hold it against you.:oops: unless it was a female I mean. A proper female that is :wink:
     
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    Look matey, I am not really interested in your sexual preferences, if that rattles your cage, go for it, ha ha ha ha ha:D
     
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    Moved your post to keep the other one on topic.

    Yeah, the Brits had occupied Manila and Cavite towards the end of the Seven Years' War(I think?) as well.

    The US didn't rule the Philippines like a colony. They started prepping them for independence shortly after the Philippine-American War. I believe they call that a "tutelage"? They basically copied the American government structure and laws but 300 years of Spanish rule made the corruption impossible to overcome.

    I wouldn't say they have been screwed by anyone. If they were left to their own the islands would likely be several hundred separate micro-countries and be in almost perpetual tribal war. They certainly wouldn't be as developed without Western influence.
     
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    I think Wrye is correct in his thinking. The current government was influenced by some Spanish blood.

    “I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however bad a Filipino government might be, it can always be improved.”Quote credited to Manuel Quezon. It has been speculated the Manuel Quezon had the talent and skills of Nostradamus :wink: and may actually be very happy now as soon as the government starts improving itself. :rolleyes:
    However Manuel Quezon is not even 100% Filipino, he has Spanish blood. That is why he was fluent in speaking Spanish then in the 1920's and 30's. Since Manuel Quezon is not full Filipino there is no reason to accept the problems of the Philippines as Filipino.
    The Filipinos can BLAME SPAIN......then blame it on the RAIN...!!!!... Today the typical approach would be: it’s got to be somebody else's fault...NOT MINE… or the standard approach of coarse of just denying there is a problem. So everything good about the country could be considered Filipino :smile:, and everything bad of coarse could be blamed on someone else. :wink:

    I have been told that every counties that Spain had colonized has a big problem with brides. It is speculated that Spain did not pay their civil servants well so each one be used their entrepreneurial skills to develop their own income stream.... maybe just another rumor. .

    The Philippines had a chance to be a part of the US or a territory (like Puerto Rico), but decided to be independent.

    (this is written to be satirical)
     
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    This is not my quote, I repeat this is not my quote, but I have seen it written somewhere as:

    "not long out of the Jungle"

    o_O whatever that means?
     
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