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Submission + - Arkansas Lawmaker Looks To Legalize Ticket Scalpin

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tubapro12

on Saturday December 09, 2006 @07:36PM

tubapro12 writes: "An Arkansas state rep. is seeking to legal charging higher prices for tickets and all this because the Little Rock PD arrested 8 people for selling tickets as high as $400 at the Arkansas-LSU game."

Submission + - The Term "American"

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tubapro12

on Tuesday December 05, 2006 @11:50PM

tubapro12 writes: "OK, what's the big deal on citizens of the United States of America calling themselves American?
Here's some other "United States"

United States of Mexico - Mexicans

frmr. United States of Brazil - Brazilians

frmr. United States of Belgium - Belgians

United States of America - Americans?

Also, the biggest reason. Look at the U.S.A.'s history. We claimed it first... and don't gone about that "America is being blah blah insensitive blah" crap. If people dislike America calling themselves Americans, why do so many countries (read: the rest of the World) have a stigma attached to the term and related terms (i.e. yanqui, yank)?

The largest influence on the use of term is obviously the old Yankee Doodle, which first reached popularity in America in the 1770s. This term further evolved in America to refer particularly as a derogatory term towards northerners before and during the Civil War.

Cite: Wikipedia US Disambiguation page"

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