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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

However, I think the exiled Habsburg monarchy has done a lot of good for Europe in modern times. But yeah, the other sitting monarchs have been pretty silly. Spain's monarch is also one of the few sane ones.

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

exporting gayness doesn't count primo

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

And Belgium is the 5th largest exporter of goods in the world.

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hmm on my list its 12th but that still is amazing for a country of belgiums size:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

We ruled the seas in the golden age! those good old times ..

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yeah tongue.

My own data is outdated then tongue. But I think if you take GDP into account we might be first

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

how can germany be bigger than the EU, as it's part of the EU

sure, eu stats are from 2005 and germany from 2007, but it still seems strange

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html

This one is the original source and much better

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

Exports:

    Definition Field Listing Rank Order

$1.33 trillion; note - external exports, excluding intra-EU trade (2005)

so it seems the 1.33 trillion $ are only trade with non EU countries.
While the values for single nations probablly include intra EU exports also.

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"Holland is the 4th largest investor in the USA"

Get out NOW before 2009 and Obama's retroactive tax hikes, regulations and "bankrupt a special interest scapegoat" policies kick in

Put it somewhere more stable, like Cuba

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"The dutch royal family look like potatoes though.. "

You're so shallow! Besides, I'd do Maxima.

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yeah, with a baseballbat

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^ so you fell for seth green's little joke eh

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Seth green who?

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Hmm just like Hong Kong ws the largest "international" port in the world, except 80% of its shipping was Chinese goods headed for Canton...with a stopover "overseas" in a crown colony of the UK

I suspect your "exports" include everything coming down the Rhine by barge, right?

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i guess our exports include everything your exports include..
may i ask you what is main export good of the USA?

For germany i can say.. shitloads of cars.. machinery.. even US companies buy lots of german machinery because it simply is one of the best worldwide.
renewable energy sources.. germany is one of the tops.. many exports too.. also chemical priducts, medicine equipment (yay even with out social healthcare we find people who want to buy the stuff our companies produce.. even if there is no need at all due to socialst stagnation). maybe also some beer.. but i found our many foreigners have no idea about beer:P

but if you want to know for sure.. go ask your secret service where they based their numbers on.

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I dunno if US "exports" include mexican goods that dock in texas in transit, things like that...although the St. Lawrence Waterway makes it weird I'm sure

when Belgians rate their "exports" as 5th in the world I think that includes German barges put on ships

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as we found out now it is 12th not 5th...
but to come to topic... i would support if holland and belgium unite...
us germans could start conquering poland again then also... its about time again i would say.. austria will join anyways. and from west germany to the dutch and belgian coasts its only a few tank hours..

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if these exports would include foreign goods which are only put on ships in that country i am sure the netherlands would by far be nr.1 because rotterdam is kind of a [w00f!] huge harbor. hamburg by far can not keep up with that.

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seth green, creator of family guy.  he did that episode with the stupid surfin bird song to see how many dumbasses would go around singing it or put it as a tagline when they post in forums. he does all sorts of things like that in his show, its esentially his little social experiment.  thats why i love it big_smile

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oh and for the record, i looked up princess maxima, i'd totally shtuck that

but you know you'd rather tap this
http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/content.jsp?objectid=18161

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

seth mcfarlane is creator of family guy, seth green only does the  voice of chris in that show smile

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Re: Unifying the Netherlands and Belgium.

actually, speaking of insignificance, holland is the 4th biggest investor in the USA

"However, I think the exiled Habsburg monarchy has done a lot of good for Europe in modern times. But yeah, the other sitting monarchs have been pretty silly. Spain's monarch is also one of the few sane ones."

The Habsburger dynasty was indeed a good monarchy for most of its subjects most of the times. Other sitting monarchs? The scandinavian monarchs were/are pretty good too and the English monarchy is rock solid. The Spanish blowed a few times, did the Italian one too just before WWII, and the German was silly in WWI. tongue

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When it comes down to a powerless royal family, there's nothing else you can do besides being shallow tongue

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gah, my bad, seth mcfarlane, you're right..... i was stoned

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