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North Korea now most disliked nation in US
2014 Feb 20, 3:52am 527 views 4 comments
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Article fails to mention France.
Sure you want to choose France? Don't they deserve a little more respect from us?
A Short History of the Society of the Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by officers at the Continental Army encampment at Newburgh, New York, in May 1783. Its founding document, the Institution, outlined the aims of the new organization: to perpetuate the memory of the War for Independence, maintain the fraternal bonds between the officers, promote the ideals of the Revolution, support members and their families in need, distinguish its members as men of honor, and advocate for the compensation promised to the officers by Congress.
The Society's original document box,
made in 1787 to hold the archives of
the organization (which now consume
more than one hundred boxes).
To achieve these aims, the Society called on its members to contribute a month's pay. In order to perpetuate their fellowship, the founders made membership hereditary. George Washington was the first president general of the Society. The army's chief of artillery, Henry Knox, was the chief author of the Institution.
Within months of its formation, critics charged that the Society's real purpose was to impose a hereditary aristocracy on the new republic. Members and non-members rushed to the defense of the Society, which experience proved was not a threat to liberty. The Society's first decade was a period of energy and growth, and 2,270 officers joined the new organization. Constituent societies were organized in each of the original thirteen states and in France. The state societies met annually, typically around the Fourth of July, and most established traditions for these occasions—banquets, formal addresses, processions, and other ceremonies.
Tenpoundbass
2014 Feb 20, 4:58am
Putin has become more favorable, he reminds some of us, why the cold war even took place.
The fucking strange part is, we're supposed to be the good fucking guys.
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http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-tops-iran-most-disliked-nation-us-221433020.html
Washington (AFP) - North Korea has achieved an unenviable feat -- it has surpassed Iran as the most disliked nation for Americans.
Only 11 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of North Korea, the first time since 2004 that the communist nation has been alone at rock bottom, an annual Gallup poll released Wednesday found.
Iran was not much higher at 12 percent, although the figure was up three points -- within the survey's margin of error -- from a year earlier. Russia saw the biggest fall.
The survey came after a year in which North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un defiantly tested a third nuclear weapon, threatened to attack the United States and executed his uncle and onetime mentor.
The poll of 1,023 Americans was taken February 6-9, days before a landmark UN inquiry accused the totalitarian state of crimes against humanity.
Iran has had tense relations with the United States since the 1979 Islamic revolution overthrew the Western-oriented shah, but the two countries have taken small steps to improve ties since President Hassan Rouhani swept to power in June elections on a reformist platform.
Iran in November reached a breakthrough but tentative agreement with the United States and five other powers to address concerns over its nuclear program.
Canada was once again the most popular foreign country for Americans, with 93 percent seeing the northern neighbor favorably.
The biggest drop was for Russia, whose favorability rating fell 10 points to 34 percent. Russian President Vladimir Putin has come under growing US criticism on issues ranging from gay rights to Ukraine's political crisis.
In other changes, India's favorability rating went up four points to 72 percent despite a showdown with the United States over a diplomat's arrest in New York.
Mexico posted the steepest rise, jumping 11 points to 58 percent.
#crime