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October 20th, 2004, 02:54 PM
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A vicious cycle of stupidity.
Once the left grasps this concept here in the states, maybe we can afford to give everyone a government job.
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October 20th, 2004, 02:57 PM
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:laugh: miracles do happen!
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October 20th, 2004, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Warrior
Canadian Bacon, anyone? 
Starred a bunch of Canadian actors playing Americans that invaded Canada.
John Candy as the paranoid Sherrif, Alan Alda as teh President of the US.
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Seen it and laughed my ass off 
Given th mood towards Michael Moore nowadays, I am surprised that one of his movies is being mentioned, however
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October 21st, 2004, 07:39 AM
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Speaking of Canada, Lorne Greene was Canadian!
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October 21st, 2004, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Charybdis
Speaking of Canada, Lorne Greene was Canadian!
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That's right. During World War 2, He was a broadcaster for the CBC. Because of the depth of his voice, He was known as 'The voice of Doom'.
A little Trivia for those who are interested.
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October 21st, 2004, 12:40 PM
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October 21st, 2004, 01:41 PM
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October 21st, 2004, 01:48 PM
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Both of those Captains were veterans of stage up here and even acted together on either Hamlet or Julius Caesar. Can't remember which exactly, going on the memory of a picture that I once saw.
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October 21st, 2004, 02:05 PM
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So Mr. Archangel have you listened to Lt. Reickhoff's interview yet?? He has a lot to say about his personal experience in Afghanistan and Iraq as a combatant |
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October 21st, 2004, 02:20 PM
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No. But I will |
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October 21st, 2004, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Marley
If Canadians do not get wise, maybe we should invade.
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At least we could rid the place of that damned metric system. Bloody French invention.
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October 22nd, 2004, 04:22 AM
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At least we could rid the place of that damned metric system. Bloody French invention.
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If it wasn't for the French, there would not be a United States. Without their help we would have lost the revolution. Stick that in your jingoistic bigotry and smoke it.
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October 22nd, 2004, 04:35 AM
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The French Came up with "cheuvanist"
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The distinction between a jingoist and a chauvanist has always been a bit hazy to me, except that the latter term seemed to have derived its origins from the name of General Chauvan, a French associate of Napoleon, whereas Jingo sounds slightly British.
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http://plateaupress.com.au/wfw/jingoism.htm
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October 22nd, 2004, 04:36 AM
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And for the record, the metric system rocks.
It is so easy to convert milligram equivalents/ppm, etc.
If you play with chemicals, metric system (or SI) is your friend.
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October 22nd, 2004, 07:10 AM
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And if you are so anti-France, give back the Statue of Liberty. |
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October 22nd, 2004, 07:47 AM
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Well, one phrase that summed it up:
"France has no national ideals, only national interests."
Putting aside the French desire to be a "counterweight" to American hegemony, their support of the US revolution was perhaps more a matter of national interest than national ideals.
Globally, the French are the dominant power in North Africa. But are they stepping up in Darfur? They have troops in position that could stop the genocide, rape, and slavery in all of 30 minutes, but it appears that it is not in their national interest to do so.
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October 22nd, 2004, 07:50 AM
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Good quote, but that could be said of any country in history.
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October 22nd, 2004, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Marley
If Canadians do not get wise, maybe we should invade.
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We did, and successfully. War of 1812. Montreal would have been part of New York State if we hadn't given it back.
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October 22nd, 2004, 07:25 PM
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Yeah, but Washington got BBQ'd not long after, or before, or whatever.
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October 22nd, 2004, 08:03 PM
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Should have invited those Canuks to the weenie roast!
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October 22nd, 2004, 08:39 PM
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Even though the Brit's historically get sole credit, we were invited. |
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October 22nd, 2004, 09:28 PM
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Should have invited those Canuks to the weenie roast! |
If you are going to resort to ethnic slurs, the correct spelling is canuck.
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October 22nd, 2004, 09:33 PM
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If you are going to resort to ethnic slurs, the correct spelling is canuck.
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It's cool, Bijou. Calling me a canuck (or canuk, in this case ) Is no different than calling an American a Yankee. But thanks 
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October 24th, 2004, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Archangel
Even though the Brit's historically get sole credit, we were invited. |
Canada was part of the British Empire back then, right? May still be now. The Queen's on the penny, IIRC.
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October 25th, 2004, 01:41 AM
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If you are going to resort to ethnic slurs, the correct spelling is canuck.
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Actually, I have seen it spelled both ways. I just picked the shorter one.
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October 25th, 2004, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by warhammerdriver
Canada was part of the British Empire back then, right? May still be now. The Queen's on the penny, IIRC.
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Canada is still a member of the British Commonwealth, and technically (more symbolic than anything) the Queen is our monarch, but we are an independent nation.
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October 25th, 2004, 02:31 PM
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Actually, I have seen it spelled both ways. I just picked the shorter one.
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It doesn't make it right.
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October 25th, 2004, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Archangel
Canada is still a member of the British Commonwealth, and technically (more symbolic than anything) the Queen is our monarch, but we are an independent nation.
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That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.
Shows how much I really know about my neighbors 90 miles to the north 
(Well, they are the ones who want to secede because they think speaking English is an insult. Talk about arrogant. I'd MUCH rather deal with a tourist from New Jersey than one from Quebec.)
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October 25th, 2004, 07:15 PM
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That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.
Shows how much I really know about my neighbors 90 miles to the north
(Well, they are the ones who want to secede because they think speaking English is an insult. Talk about arrogant. I'd MUCH rather deal with a tourist from New Jersey than one from Quebec.) |
Um I'm from Quebec born and raised Let me assure you it's a very small noisy bunch who feel this way. Quebec has had 2 referendums on this issue and both time the vote was in favour of remaining apart of Canada, I think that is pretty clear that they don't want to leave.
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October 25th, 2004, 07:32 PM
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It was a pretty close vote if I recall correctly. It also seemed to break along generational lines. Younger Quebecois (Spelling?) wanted to secede while older citizens of Quebec wanted to stay a part of Canada. I can see the romance in an independent and soverign Quebec. But I feel it would cause more problems than it would solve.
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