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Teenagers thinking they're different and misunderstood is understood to be common amongst all teenagers.

His problem wasn't that he was different.  His problem was that he was the same.

F A E F B E

Thats a mess!

The half step between the E and the F makes me think that this is not an E chord.  That would be a flat 2, which is gonna sound odd.

A B E is an Asus2, though.  F would be the dominant 7th for an A7 chord.   So I'm calling it some form of A.

So A7sus2?

Not completely instrumental, but close enough, and in no particular order

Choral from Beethoven's 9th.
Beethoven's 6th
1st Movement ("Mars") from Gustav Holst's "Planets Suite"
Otto Rhespighi's "Rome Trillogy"
Franz Hayden's Trumpet Concerto in E Flat

Republican would like to kick puppies and let old people starve in the streets.

Here's a clue.  Those communist regimes are still there.

Poor education in history is pretty annoying, too.

"The Joker."  Steve Miller

Well hey now! 

Yeah.  I'm really sorry about that.  Honestly.  I did what I could, but it weren't enough.  I don't believe I am alone in my remorse.   http://www.sorryeverybody.com/  So while ultimately we as citizens are responsible for this fiasco, please know that some of us are less responsible than others.

But look at the bright side.   You get to sit outside this fiasco and watch me have to live in it! 

But again, I do apologize for American foreign affairs over the last couple of decades.   The last decade in particular.

Well, I wouldn't phrase it like that, but I do think as a world citizen, we have quite a bit to offer, and our track record in some areas is unmatched.  We did put a man on the moon and cure polio and stuff.   Most of the world's PhDs are educated here.    The world votes with their feet, and tries to come here for some reason.    It's because the opportunities are better here.

Again, I apologize for my Bible Belt living countrymen.  You should know that this is a somewhat localized phenomenon, though, and is not reflective of the majority of the nation.   Mostly in the South.   It's more like a really vocal minority makes the rest of us look like nutters.  But we're not, really.

Now here I just think you're projecting a bit.   You can't know whether someone means it or not.  And even if they didn't mean it,  I think the best thing you could take from it is that Americans are polite.   We could just tell you to pack sand, but that would be rude!

I don't feel strongly about it.   I look at it as an opportunity to talk about cultural attitudes, and share some experience and knowledge.   I'm going to be asking you about cricket in a bit, and explaining to you why baseball is a vastly superior sport. 

I find it very unfortunate that a 16 year old kid would not take the time to educate himself on important matters like civics before running off and proclaiming his distaste for "liberals,"  and opining loudly about what the founding documents of our nation mean.  I find it especially distatestful that he would fall back to semantics (I never said "hate" I said "dislike!").  That's what I call "weaseling."    Be a responsible person, and own what you do, and what you say.  If what you say is proven to be wrong, words like "Gosh, I guess I was wrong" will go a long way to improving your stature.  It shows strength of character.

I know you may not like it, but words mean things.  The words in the Constitution mean things.    They do not mean what you wish they meant, nor do they mean something other than what they say.  They mean exactly what they say. The only words for which you get to make up a definition are the words that you make up yourself.   

There is a huge body of study behind the Constitution, and the founder's intent, which you are obviously unfamiliar with.  If you are interested in having your own opinions rather than just parroting what you've been told, you might try to educate yourself a bit with that.  Education in civics is pretty important.  Right now is the time in your life when you want to take advantage of it.  Politics is not a team sport.  It is the basis on which the future of our nation will be founded, and uneducated voters make for bad government.

Consider this a lesson, kid. It's better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it to everyone.

You have yet to argue.   That's the point.  "Believing what you want to believe" doesn't make you right.

When I read things like "I hate liberals" it makes me wonder just what sort of character sits there and types that, and who it is he thinks they're talking about.  Now I know.

One that is ignorant of the civics in their own country.

Other things I hate.  Run on sentences.  Chalk that up to poor English education... 

There is no relationship between hunting and the second amendment.  None.  Zero.  Nada. 

The number of gun control laws in Canada has no bearing on the number of guns per capita in Canada.   The per capita gun ownership numbers in Canada are on par with the US.  The difference is that in Canada, most of them are long guns used for hunting.

"Why no hunting? and since im a hunter you must dislike me.  Not trying to start a debate but thats why we have the second amendment right?"

"i did not mean in any way to impose that we as americans have the second ammendent in order to protect hunting but without it we would not be able to hunt. "

The 2nd has nothing to do with bows, unless you're invading France in the 12th century.  It's about the state's ability to raise a militia, and that is all.   

The wonderful hunting available in Canada is evidence enough that your premise is flawed.

Dang!  James beat me to the breakdown. 

I love these kinds of questions.

Like I said:  Poor civics education.

The 2nd is there for a very specific purpose.  It is to ensure that the security of the state is protected via a well regulated militia.  Bows and arrows have nothing to do with it.  As do snares, traps, dead falls, spears, and any of the other thousands of ways humans have hunted since we evolved out of the muck.

We do not have arms because the 2nd says we can.  We have arms because we are free.  The 2nd is a prohibition on government, not a grant to the people.