Yeah, who knew the Canadians liked being subjects ;) We just figured that if given the choice people would rather be free, than the be a subject of another from birth. Guess we were fooled.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Tim, what's your thoughts on this? > > Well, actually, it's theoretically her representative the Governor- > General; but this is about as important to the functioning of government > as oh... the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is in the United States. > The rubber stamp is required but has never been refused since > Confederation as far as I know. > > As for the various incursions -- as I understand it Canadians were > supposed to rise up and overthrow our oppressors :) Sound familiar? How > about this? > > "While they had expected little from their tiny navy, the American people > had assumed that Canada could be easily overrun. Former U.S. President > Thomas Jefferson dismissively referred to the conquest of Canada as "a > matter of marching." > (From the wikipedia article) > > <g> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210305 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
