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Perhaps this should be made into a poll, but I'm sure I'll forget certain things or others will want different things in the list, so how about this... What do you think should be in the list?
I would say American music - specifically swing and the blues (which propelled rock and many proceeding forms), and the personal computer (and eventually the internet).
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In no particular order:
Freedom, Baby Jesus, Freedom.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Why does it seem like the Canadian is the most patriotic American-type person here? Don't you guys love your country? 
I hope you are wearing your flag pins right now.
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Dylan
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I SPIT HOT FIRE
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kindly define "american-type".
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Originally Posted by Sealobo 
kindly define "american-type".
Canadian citizen who has been living in the US for the last 10 years and hasn't gotten around to getting his US citizenship.
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Barack Obama: Four more years of the Carter Presidency
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Originally Posted by besson3c
Why does it seem like the Canadian is the most patriotic American-type person here? Don't you guys love your country?
I hope you are wearing your flag pins right now.
Originally Posted by Voltaire
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
Capsquote
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Cable TV
Cordless Telephones
Webmail
etc. etc. etc.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Red Green.
I don't think you could get any less American than Red Green.
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Democracy, sex, drugs, flags, freedom, war, weapons, the internet, food, wine, beer, food, trucks, cars, airplanes, Britain, electricity, thunder, rain, lightning, sunshine, clothing.
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Pong (AKA the grand daddy of all video games)
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Canada
That's a British and French invention.
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Originally Posted by Eug
That's a British and French invention.
That's a myth.
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Basketball, Black Friday online shopping and Mickey Mouse.
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"That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops."
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Definitely the atomic bomb. The R&D that stemmed from this project created so much stuff we use today it's crazy.
Another one would be the use of the rotating gun turret and metal armor on ships such as the Monitor, plus the invention of the steam catapult on aircraft carriers. Hell, the invention of the plane and it's first flight in Kill Devil Hills would be a great one, too.
Oh, and Twizzlers.
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I'm afraid all of those are canceled out by Circus Peanuts.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
That's a myth.
True. It’s not an invention at all.
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Slight PWL-ish intermission had no permission, and has been decommissioned. Let’s stick to submissions of non-political missions, shall we?
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Gerry Garcia. ( ...and his line of Ties).
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" All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."
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Originally Posted by Laminar
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That’s an Irish invention, silly.
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Ok, seriously. Being one who Packs, and Navigates:
1st- The Sextant
2nd-The Colt Revolver.
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
Democracy, sex, drugs, flags, freedom, war, weapons, the internet, food, wine, beer, food, trucks, cars, airplanes, Britain, electricity, thunder, rain, lightning, sunshine, clothing.
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" All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."
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Originally Posted by ctt1wbw
Another one would be the use of the rotating gun turret and metal armor on ships such as the Monitor, plus the invention of the steam catapult on aircraft carriers. Hell, the invention of the plane and it's first flight in Kill Devil Hills would be a great one, too.
The first ironclad battleship, La Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in 1859.
The first turret ship was the HMS Trusty in 1855. Royal Navy.
The Germans used steam-powered launchers in 1933, but the modern steam catapult is a British invention.
Patriotism fail.
Greatest American invention: Total ignorance?
(No: idiots abound everywhere)
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Jorts.
And T-Jirts.
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To name a few, without which we wouldn't be here discussing this:
The Internet (algore?  )
The integrated circuit
The microprocessor
The Personal Computer
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
The first ironclad battleship, La Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in 1859.
The first turret ship was the HMS Trusty in 1855. Royal Navy.
The Germans used steam-powered launchers in 1933, but the modern steam catapult is a British invention.
Patriotism fail.
Greatest American invention: Total ignorance?
(No: idiots abound everywhere)
I think your name should be Spheric WHORELOT.
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Oh, and don't question my patriotism.
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I'd never!
It's obviously great enough to warrant making a complete fool of yourself!
Originally Posted by ctt1wbw
I think your name should be Spheric WHORELOT.
I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, but it's funny because you don't even seem to know what a harlot is. 
(Hint: it's not an American invention, either)
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Actually, the hamburger *does* appear to be an American invention.
It's derived from Hamburg Steak, which was the name given to beef patties by German immigrants and sailors.
Possibly.
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Originally Posted by ctt1wbw
Oh, and don't question my patriotism.
Your patriotism wasn't being questioned. It was being *blamed* for your lack of knowledge.
Even with the invention of the airplane your patriotism-induced lack of knowledge is apparent. The Wright brothers hardly invented the airplane, as there are many airplane designs preceding theirs (some quite similar). They may not even have the first flight, as there are many other competing claims. At best, they have the first *properly documented* successful flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_flying_machine
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