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    It doesn't matter if I think that or not. I seriously doubt that "John Cleese" would start a letter with those words after the election of a Democrat as our President. The letter is being re-used, with slight alterations to make it more modern.
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    I thought you Brits cared for us

    That's it!

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    Are you accusing me of using a logical fallacy to support my argument that the letter is teh old? Or that "John Cleese" is poisoning the well with his opening statement?
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    According to snopes, Cleese didn't write the piece but I bet he would delivery it very well. Here's one rebuttal I found and edited ever so slightly.

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    Notice of the Annexation of the former United Kingdom
    It is terribly embarrassing to admit that the majority of us Americans only recently realized that Britain isn't actually a Dependancy of the United States of America. It seems that despite the majority opinion to the contrary, the British Isles were not, in fact, appropriated along with Australia and New Zealand after President Lincoln put down the rebellion of accented English speakers.
    Nevertheless, we Americans wish to correct our oversight before we become distracted by something else on the television. Thus, we have comprised a list of minor changes intended to bring about the 'Americanization' of the former United Kingdom:
    1. Having a Queen is so 18th Century- oh, and strictly unconstitutional. So we suggest that Her Former Majesty take up the occupation for which she is immanently more qualified: -slapping politicians that are too full of themselves. By the way, when she gets done setting the Isles straight, we could use her in DC.
    2. As fun as powdered wigs are, lawyers and magistrates will no longer be required to wear them. However, as it is easier to shoot a lawyer on site if one can easily identify one, we suggest that lawyers continue this tradition voluntarily.
    3. The Church of England will be re-organized as the Church of Global Warming.
    4. The Stamp Act will be replaced by all the federal taxes you've been skipping out on since the 1860's. We'd send you a copy of the tax code, but Federal Express doesn't own a ship big enough to carry it.
    5. The former United Kingdom will reinstate the Standard system of measurement. Mostly because Americans don't know if 32 deg. C is suppposed to be hot or cold.
    6. Until further notice, American slang will be in full force throughout the Isles. Therefore, the scantily clad young female will not be referred to as the "bird", but rather the "hot chick". Cigarettes will be referred to as "smokes", not "fags". Violators will be flipped the "bird". Oh yeah, and you will learn to say "ain't".
    7. That silly game with the wooden paddle will be replaced by the American sport of baseball. And since, by and large, we Americans do not like the people in Massachusetts, you can have the Boston Red Sox slot in the league. They don't know how to play baseball anyways.
    8. In order to preserve the Union for future generations, all politicians will now be required to earn a passing grade from the Tony Blair Academy of Public Speaking before taking office.
    9. The Right Honourable The Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled shall be replaced by The Assembly Of Dudes That Talk Funny. The Assembly Of Dudes That Talk Funny will not be invested with the traditional legislative powers of parliament, however the policy of the two drink minimum will be retained.
    10. Using America as a template, all the former duties and powers of parliament will now rest with the Reformed Secret Brotherhood of Stonecutters, and the Third International Guild of Public Service Workers until such time that the citizenry actually bothers to read the Constitution.
    11. We'll tell you who killed JFK only after you apologize for the Tele-tubbies.
    12. And finally, in order to ensure that the degradation of the former United Kingdom keeps pace with that of the rest of the United States of America, the BBC monopoly shall be broken so that you too may suffer from American Idol, Survivor, and whatever TV broadcast Rosie O'Donnell ends up on.
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