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Phriday PhunView MessagesViewing posts 101 to 150 of 157 messages posted.
Jump to Page << prev   | 1   | 2   |  3 | 4   |  next >> “I know. It's like the cops would only need to sketch guys or something.” 4:09:30 PM 10/21/05 “My math sucks. last edited: 10/21/05 4:17:25 PM” 4:14:39 PM 10/21/05 “yeah, men are evil.” 4:14:40 PM 10/21/05 “Товарищ Ленин! last edited: 10/21/05 4:18:12 PM” 4:17:03 PM 10/21/05 “That's funny bit. I had made a face of Hitler, his German counterpart.” 4:21:06 PM 10/21/05 “Which Historic General Are You? I'm William Wallace. William Wallace You scored 70 Wisdom, 65 Tactics, 64 Guts, and 60 Ruthlessness! Like William Wallace, chances are you have no problem charging a larger, better trained, better equipped, better armed and armored English army with a band of naked drunken Scotsmen. I'm not contesting that you have balls. It's your brain function I'm worried about. Scottish soldier and national hero. The first historical record of Wallace's activities concerns the burning of Lanark by Wallace and 30 men in May, 1297, and the slaying of the English sheriff, one of those whom Edward I of England had installed in his attempt to make good his claim to overlordship of Scotland. After the burning of Lanark many joined Wallace's forces, and under his leadership a disciplined army was evolved. Wallace marched on Scone and met an English force of more than 50,000 before Stirling Castle in Sept., 1297. The English, trying to cross a narrow bridge over the Forth River, were killed as they crossed, and their army was routed. Wallace crossed the border and laid waste several counties in the North of England. In December he returned to Scotland and for a short time acted as guardian of the realm for the imprisoned king, John de Baliol . In July, 1298, Edward defeated Wallace and his army at Falkirk, and forced him to retreat northward. His prestige lost, Wallace went to France in 1299 to seek the aid of King Philip IV, and he possibly went on to Rome. He is heard of again fighting in Scotland in 1304, but there was a price on his head, and in 1305 he was captured by Sir John de Menteith. He was taken to London in Aug., 1305, declared guilty of treason, and executed. The best-known source for the life of Wallace is a long romantic poem attributed to Blind Harry, written in the 15th century.” 11:26:29 AM 10/25/05 “Julius Caesar You scored 59 Wisdom, 69 Tactics, 58 Guts, and 45 Ruthlessness! Roman military and political leader. He was instrumental in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His conquest of Gallia Comata extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, introducing Roman influence into what has become modern France, an accomplishment of which direct consequences are visible to this day. In 55 BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. Caesar fought and won a civil war which left him undisputed master of the Roman world, and began extensive reforms of Roman society and government. He was proclaimed dictator for life, and heavily centralized the already faltering government of the weak Republic. Caesar's friend Marcus Brutus conspired with others to assassinate Caesar in hopes of saving the Republic. The dramatic assassination on the Ides of March was the catalyst for a second set of civil wars, which marked the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son Octavian, later known as Caesar Augustus. Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written Commentaries (Commentarii), and many details of his life are recorded by later historians such as Suetonius, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio.” 11:37:32 AM 10/25/05 “Et tu, Brute?” 11:40:43 AM 10/25/05 “George MacClellan You scored 42 Wisdom, 81 Tactics, 47 Guts, and 38 Ruthlessness! Like General McClellan, you're smart enough to know what tactical decisions to make. However, the problem with McClellan is that he could never sprout the balls to act on his information, and in the end, that's why Geoge McClellan is only a sidenote in the history books. After graduating from West Point, he served with distinction in the Mexican War and later worked on various engineering projects, notably on the survey (1853-54) for a Northern Pacific RR route across the Cascade Range. Resigning from the army in 1857, he was a railroad official until the outbreak of the Civil War. In May, 1861, McClellan was made commander of the Dept. of the Ohio and a major general in the regular army. He cleared the western part of Virginia of Confederates (June-July, 1861) and consequently, after the Union defeat in the first battle of Bull Run, was given command of the troops in and around Washington. In November he became general in chief. The administration, reflecting public opinion, pressed for an early offensive, but McClellan insisted on adequate training and equipment for his army. In Mar., 1862, he was relieved of his supreme command, but he retained command of the Army of the Potomac, with which in Apr., 1862, he initiated the Peninsular campaign . The collapse of this campaign after the Seven Days battles was charged by many to his overcaution. In Aug., 1862, most of McClellan's troops were reassigned to the Army of Virginia under John Pope . After Pope's defeat at the second battle of Bull Run, McClellan again reorganized the Union forces, and in the Antietam campaign he checked Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North. He was slow, however, to follow Lee across the Potomac and in Nov., 1862, was removed from his command.” 11:57:25 AM 10/25/05 websense sux “Access to this web page is restricted at this time. Reason: The Websense category "Personals and Dating" is filtered.” 12:10:18 PM 10/25/05 “You dating a general Roam?” 12:10:56 PM 10/25/05 “I'm MacClellan too. 48 Wisdom, 69 Tactics, 40 Guts, and 40 Ruthlessness” 12:12:45 PM 10/25/05 This was a big shocker... “ A Hippie You scored 70 Wisdom, 43 Tactics, 51 Guts, and 36 Ruthlessness! You know nothing about tactics or war. You are docile and cowardly and the mere thought of violence is enough to make you wet yourself. Hate to break it to you, but chances are very good that you're not General material.... not even BAD General material. Hell you're probably not even a productive member of society. Why are you even here? Don't you have a peace pipe to smoke, or a war to protest or something? So here's to you and to whatever naive country that lets you vote.... Leaders who share your beliefs include: Jaques Chirac and Gerard Schroeder My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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