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Uncle and Sam
Why don't Uncle Sam mind his own fucken business??
`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.
in the spacious hunting grounds of `` Uncle Sam '' ; ;
Into its chanceries each day pour reports from ministries around the earth and an endless stream of home-office instructions on how to handle Uncle Sam in an infinite variety of contingencies.
Uncle Sam would then accuse them of creating a monopoly by `` unfair competition ''.
* Uncle Sam ( initials U. S .) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers.
An Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original " Yankee Doodle " lyrics of the Revolutionary War.
With the American Revolutionary War came " Brother Jonathan " as another personification and finally after the War of 1812 Uncle Sam appeared.
Costumes may serve to portray various other characters during secular holidays, such as an Uncle Sam costume worn on the Independence day for example.
The production stirred deep controversy by featuring nude performers in Mickey Mouse masks dancing on the ruins of the World Trade Center and a female singer with a painted on Hitler toothbrush moustache performing a straight arm Nazi salute, along with sinister portrayals of American soldiers, Uncle Sam, and Elvis Presley impersonators.
American recruiting poster depicting Uncle Sam
* 1766 – Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam ( d. 1854 )
Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of UNCLE ambiguous so it could be viewed as either referring to " Uncle Sam " or the United Nations.
Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam ( the male personification of the American people ), Columbia ( the female personification of American values ), or the Democratic donkey, though he did popularize these symbols through his art.
His nickname became " Sam " among army colleagues at the academy, since the initials " U. S ." stood for " Uncle Sam ".
* July 31 – Samuel Wilson, American thought to be the real-life basis for Uncle Sam ( b. 1766 )
Editorial cartoon: Uncle Sam directs U. S. Senators and Representatives implicated in the Crédit Mobilier scheme to commit Hari-Kari.
Political cartoon from 1860 depicting Stephen A. Douglas receiving a traditional " over-the-knee " spanking from Historical Columbia | Columbia as Uncle Sam looks on approvingly.
Democratic cartoon from 1833 showing Jackson destroying the bank, to the approval of the Uncle Sam like figure to the right, and annoyance of the bank's president, shown as the Devil himself
** The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two-Haboush Company, Goldstone Films-Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
He wrote " If you wanted to sum up the relative position of Britain and America in this century – the ebbing away of the pink areas of the map, the fading of national self-confidence as Uncle Sam proceeded to colonise the globe with fizzy drinks and Hollywood – you could do it like this: they had Star Trek, we had Blake's 7 ... No ' boldly going ' here: instead, we got the boot stamping on a human face which George Orwell offered as a vision of humanity's future in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Illustration of Sam from the 1888 " New Edition " of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Uncle and October
As early as October, 1945, a newspaper strip named Walt Disney Presents " Uncle Remus " and His Tales of Brer Rabbit appeared in the United States, and this production continued until 1972.
Heine repeated the trip with his wife in July – October 1844 to see Uncle Salomon, but this time things did not go so well.
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger ( 10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904 ), better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul ( Afrikaans: " Oom Paul ") was State President of the South African Republic ( Transvaal ).
* Studio One: Uncle Ed and Circumstances ( October 10, 1955 )
Return to Xanadu was first published in the United States in Uncle Scrooge # 261-262 ( October – November 1991 ) and reprinted in # 357 ( September, 2006 ).
On October 3, 2011, Cannon released another diss song called " Warning ( Remix )" which also features Uncle Murda aimed at Eminem, radio host Charlamagne Tha God, and the feud between R & B singer Ray J and rapper Fabolous.
On the same freestyle song titled " Warning ( Remix )" which also featured Uncle Murda released on October 3, 2011, Nick Cannon issued a " warning " to popular New York's Power 105. 1 morning show radio host Charlamagne Tha God after he previously named him his ' Donkey Of The Day.
Louis Joseph Robichaud, PC, CC, QC ( October 21, 1925 – January 6, 2005 ), popularly known as " Little Louis " or " P ' tit-Louis " ( due both to his short stature and to his sharing a name with " Uncle Louis " St. Laurent ), was the first Acadian elected Premier of New Brunswick, serving from 1960 to 1970.
Antti Veikko Ilmari Siltavuori ( October 29, 1926 – March 2012 ), better known as Jammu Siltavuori or Jammu-setä (" Uncle Jammu "), was a Finnish murderer and sexual offender.
#" Uncle Pat " – ( 17 October 1994 ) ( Wheeler ) – 3: 12
*" Uncle Pat " was released 17 October 1994 with " Different Today " and " Hulk Hogan Bubblebath ".
They signed to Saltwater Records in October 1989 and released their debut single One For Uncle Martin later that month.
Uncle Dynamite is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on October 22, 1948 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on December 3, 1948 by Didier & Co., New York.
Two of them were slightly famous on their own: his Uncle Pat was " Blacky the Bootblack ", whom Joseph Kennedy credited as his main influence when he sold all of his stock holdings in the summer of 1929 ( the market crashed in October ), and his aunt Pauline was one of the best-known chefs to the stars, working for Jackie Gleason, Burt Reynolds and many other luminaries.
" Uncle Pat " is a song by Ash, released as the third single from their album Trailer, released on 17 October 1994.
In the 1940s, Murry worked on Disney newspaper strips, including the Sunday Uncle Remus and His Tales of Brer Rabbit strip from the first installment on October 14, 1945 through July 14, 1946.
Floyd Vivino aka " Uncle Floyd " ( born October 19, 1951 ) is a television, film, and stage performer primarily known for his comedy / variety TV show The Uncle Floyd Show ( 1974 – 1998 ).
Alwyn Vey Clouston ( 1910 – October 27, 2004 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ) was a Canadian storyteller and humourist known as " Uncle Al.
After the initial four, successful books, the BRI decided that it would publish its own books, and Uncle John's 5th Bathroom Reader was released in October 1992.
Brother Ali has twice been featured in the hip-hop magazine The Source, first in August 2007, when the " Hip Hop Quotable " was from a verse in " Uncle Sam Goddamn ", and second in October 2007, when he was interviewed.
The third issue, published on October 5, 1928, began with “ How Mother Nature Prepares for Winter .” Uncle Ben saw his first radio television set, even though the paper itself had yet to print even a photograph — illustrations having been drawings.
* October 28-Josiah Henson, a slave who fled and arrived in Canada, is an author, abolitionist, minister and the inspiration behind the book Uncle Tom's Cabin.
* Rascal Flatts-November 11, 2004, with Chris Cagle, Julie Roberts and Uncle John's Band, February 3, 2006, with Blake Shelton, October 9, 2008, with Taylor Swift and February 27, 2010, with Darius Rucker

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