Why doesn't Charlotte have a salute to Israel parade?

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by chuckles34

I actually find his/her ignorance kind of offensive, and I'm not easily offended. If it were true, it certainly would have saved Oliver Cromwell a LOT of trouble! And it wouldn't have taken until the middle of the 20th century for this country to have a Catholic president!

LOL, yeah. Cromwell deposited prisoners in Ireland. There were also settlers from the Elizabethan era, so not all Irish outside of Ulster Province were Catholic, or ethnic Irish. During the Jacobite Wars, prisoners were deposited all along the east coast of the American colonies.

I'm not so much offended as saddened by the insistence of knowledge that is just wrong. The sectarian war in Ulster Province actually started in 1968, not 1969, as she stated. I was a junior in high school & 1968 stuck in my mind, so I did a search. What do ya know. I was right. CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1968

The disdain for Catholics landed many of the Irish in the NY tenements with Jewish neighbors which resulted in the corned beef & cabbage which is pretty much the only sane tie with St. Patrick's Day.

Why don't we just have a salute to corned beef & cabbage & be done with it.

[Megax]

Originally Posted by Whatsthenews

Forgive us if St Patrick's day parades make me want to spit.

But if St Patrick wasn't in the IRA and the annual parades aren't IRA-related, then I'm not exactly sure why you'd feel the need to spit?

As to the OP's suggestion, it was certainly stupid, but normally a simple 'eye-roll' would have sufficed. I thought it was flogging a dead horse by the end of page 1.

[Feltdesigner]

Originally Posted by Whatsthenews

Which US occupation are you talking about?

US? I was talking about the history of Britain...

As far as the US....

We have military bases all over the world and there are times when we use the words "collateral damage"

[LLN]

You can bet your hippy on this. If we ever achieve real energy independence, the big parade will be the US of A getting out of the mid-east. Pronto. That includes our irrational devotion to Israel, too.

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by GoPhils

I grew up Jewish and in NJ and this is the first I have ever heard of a "Salute to Israel parade."

A quick google search shows there is only one -- in NYC.

NYC is the only city that has a "Salute to ........" nearly every weekend. I'm amazed NYC hasn't found a way to add more weekends to the year.

FWIW Charlotte has a Menorah parade. Here's a outdated video of it.


Chanukah Car Menorah Parade - YouTube

[Whatsthenews]

Originally Posted by LLN

You can bet your hippy on this. If we ever achieve real energy independence, the big parade will be the US of A getting out of the mid-east. Pronto. That includes our irrational devotion to Israel, too.

If this is what people/govt want then the US of A isn't trying very hard. Agree about the irrational devotion to Israel (and Ireland )