BS: War with Canada?

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 12:59 AM

Look, Bob S....three quarters of the most annoying jerks in Canada go to Florida every winter, and leave the rest of us Canucks in relative peace here. Please do not suggest making them stay home! That's all we need.

With any luck, the snowbirds will like Florida so much that they will never come back...(hasn't worked yet, but I've got my fingers crossed...maybe if you put in more drive-in urinals or something).

Face it, Bob, anyone who likes Florida, with its astounding crime rate, its unhealthy humidity, and its tacky T-shirts and hanging chads has gotta be a couple short of a 6-pack anyway. Those snowbirds are nuts, and you can have 'em.

(*just joking, okay?)

- LH (in Ontario, Canada)

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: bob schwarer
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 10:09 AM

Plus gators, skeeters, Palmetto bugs (roaches), fire ants,and coral snakes. Maybe I'll leave too. There's a song somewhere about damn Winnabagos from Michigan. Happy sight is a Michigan car heading North.

It's about that time so I guess I'll head for the interstate and cheer. Need to get there early and get a good seat.

Bob S.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 05:41 PM

A top Canadian official said: The Kyoto agreement to fight global warming is not dead and Canada still intends to meet its environmental commitments, despite the withdrawal of White House support for the international accord. We're going to discuss with them what those reservations are, and we'll try to overcome them." Canada is now pumping out 13 percent more greenhouse gases than in 1990, but Fauteux iterated the nation's commitment to meeting its target of a 6 percent reduction below 1990. April 3rd, Prime Minister Jean Chretien called on the United States to stick with the Kyoto accord to combat global warming, and iterated Canada's intention to honor its commitment to cut greenhouse gases. Jean Chretien is worried by what he sees as a confrontational and isolationist tone by the new U.S. administration and is getting ready to adopt a harder line with Washington if necessary.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Beer
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 11:00 PM

I live in an area called "The Chateauguy Valley" which is located in Quebec,Canada. During the war of 1812 the Americans were pushed back and Quebec was saved by the the farmers and the help of the British. On my lawn I have a granet rock about 3 feet in diameter which has carved into it "U.S.A.". Quite often I look at it and wonder if my American friend ever made it home.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST,Canada
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 11:29 PM

One time the Lord disappeared for seven days and seven nights,when he returned the angel michael asked him where he went.The Lord replied I was making a new planet called Earth,Imade a country called Africa for people with dark skin so they can stand the heat,then I made Asia for people with lighter skin,then I made Europe for white people.Then I made this Large beautiful country full of rivers and steams,and forests where people will be able to live in peace and prosperity for all time,I call it canada.The angel Michael asked why did these people deserve such a great place,to which the Lord replied just wait until they see the loud mouth braggards like that large lump of shit Matt R that I put to the south of them.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Apr 02 - 11:17 PM

Interesting.... God spelled the continents with CAPITOL letters and chose to relegate "canada" to lower case letters.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Lucius
Date: 07 Apr 02 - 12:12 AM

Canada invade the U.S.? Not all bad, I wouldn't mind some progressive gun laws on the books, and a little less jingoism. But with my luck, they'd invade New Hampshire and make us part of Quebec.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Apr 02 - 04:51 AM

Owlkat, I take a bit of exception to your all-encompassing rant. Among other things, you seem to be using a double standard of measurement. On the one hand, you present yourselves as the hapless, helpless victims of U.S. greed and aggression, and you ask us to stop. So, are you saying that you, as an individual, are unhappy with what we, as individuals, are doing? Or are we individuals somehow responsible for governmental policies? If U.S. citizens are responsible for what the U.S. is doing to Canada, why aren't Canadian citizens (subjects, citizens, whatever) responsible for what Canada is doing?

You say that the U.S. is competing unfairly with Canada because our products are privately owned and "the prices are jacked up." What?

Incidentally, you say, BC Hydro has been piping electricity to California for months to help out with the power shortage and hasn't recieved a dime for it yet. If BC Hydro/Canada are worried about payment for the electricity, why in the world are they continuing to send it?

And don't forget that it is *Canada*, not the U.S. or Alaska, that wants to route the projected Alaska gasline (not oil, if we are thinking about the same event) across Canada. My guess is that Canada anticipates a bit of profit in that transaction.

I'm sure you are smart enough to know and accept that each country every where whines and grubs for advantage, that each of them consider themselves in danger of being harmed. The U.S. is no different from Canada in that.

"You people have no idea what it's like on this side of the line, watching successive governments posting FOR RENT signs on our foreheads, watching our culture (such as it is) being McDonaldized, watching our health care systems being privatized to follow the American model, seeing our publishing industry weakened to the point that our school textbooks are being printed in New Jersey, watching the processess of our national elections being pulled down in the American muckraking style of mudslinging, and even seeing the spelling of the language we use being altered to fit the American model." You poor, poor things.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Teribus
Date: 08 Apr 02 - 04:21 AM

Interesting to read the references to 1066 in the thread. The misconception that Britain has successfully defended against invasion since that date seems to be widely held. Britain has been invaded nine times since 1066, the last time being 1688.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Hrothgar
Date: 08 Apr 02 - 07:03 AM

I'm a bit late coming into this thread, and from my more detached Australian viewpoint, I'd just like to clear up a small detail.

Wasn't the British-American war from 1776-1783 the American Revolution, and the war from 1812-1814 called the War of 1812 or the American War of Independence?

And if you really want some good stuff about the Canucks doing over the Yanks, look up the Stan Rogers website, and read the background for songs like "The Nancy," "McDonell on the Heights" and "Billy Green."

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Apr 02 - 04:30 AM

The Canadian dollar is becoming worthless. No need for war they can buy the country, all except for Quebec which is best left to worthless froggs.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 12:06 AM

TRADE WAR? WITH CANADA?

The United States recently increased a 19% tariff and penalties to 31.88% on imported Canadian softwood lumber. The U.S. wants to further increase this penalty. British Columbia residences propose retaliation by adding a 300% export tariff on Softwood lumber heading into the United States. Other proposals put forward to the Province of B.C. which controls B.C. Hydro is to limit or cut off Natural Gas and Hydroelectricity power to the U.S., which is expected to cause long term rolling blackouts down the entire west coast of the United States. Oil rich Alberta also affected by the softwood lumber penalties could join British Columbia to cease selling Oil to the U.S., as gasoline prices in U.S. would be expected to jump above $5.00 U.S. per gallon. Suffering U.S. airline industry would be expected to collapse, as jet fuel costs could double ticket prices. The domino effect on the U.S. economy would result in the worst economic collapse since the Depression.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: SDShad
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 12:30 AM

Okay, Mousethief, they can have Duluth, but we keep the North Shore, dammit!

Shad

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 12:40 AM

Aw, why does everyone want to ditch Duluth? I'd give them everything west of St.Cloud and south of downtown Mpls. And Wisconsin. All of it. But, dammit, I like Duluth! :o

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 10:51 PM

A war with Mexico is more to my liking.

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 11 Apr 02 - 01:52 PM

EBbie = Hey, dom't gtet sarcastic with us Canadidans, eh? We don't like have to like bend over and take your abouse eh! We run a tight ship up here and we don[t need no flippin sarcasm from readneck yanks neether! Your beer sucks majorly! Your hockey players are all from Timmins and Trois-Riveriere (or however the flip ya spell it). We got Don Cherry too, eh, and his dog, eh, and they can whup yer little ice right off the ice, eh? We got Tim Hortons donut shops on every corner, and you loosers just got lousy old Dunkin Donuts! We got Export and Canadian and you don't! We are the best!!!

You guys, you thibnk yu gotta have 2 hbillioin nucular bombs and B52's to be safe...ya know what we have in Canada? A couple truckloads of old rifles, 3 old destroyers and a squad of mounties. That's all we NEED to feel safe, man! Cos we kick butt. NOOOObody messes with Canada, flipface! You can flippin quote me on that, loser!!!

You wnat a war, just come to Blind River. Any time.

BDiBR

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Ebbie
Date: 11 Apr 02 - 07:58 PM

Whoa... Had I realized Blind River is in *Canada* I would've watched my tongue. I'm shakin' in zee boots.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: BS: War with Canada?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Apr 02 - 09:18 PM

Yeah, Ebbie, it's a two-bit, depressing little place a way down the road from Sudbury. Sudbury is a much larger, but similarly depressing place, although they've cleaned it up some...it used to look like the surface of the moon would after a major war (it's a mining town).

Shane (BDiBR) is one of Blind River's most articulate young fellas, and he surfs the Net between 6-packs. He is God's gift to stupid people everywhere...

Mind you, his patriotism is really quite touching, isn't it? I feel safer at night knowing that guys like Shane are out there holding the fort against all comers. :-)

- LH