Seriously Dana, if you hate America and Americans so much, why the hell do you stay here? Why not go back to Canada, or some other mythical land ran the way you would like things run.
> -----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> > > >The reason the British burned down DC was in retaliation of the US > >burning Toronto. Of course back then it was called York and was the > >capital of Upper Canada. > > > >The piracy and impressments was only part of the reason for the war. The > >reason we invaded Canada was because we didn't like the idea of having > >British neighbors. Many also claimed that it was a drive to liberate the > >Canadians from the British > > > >To this day Canada is still a Constitutional Monarchy, with the Chief of > >State being Queen Elizabeth II. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 7:19 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Re: Tim, what's your thoughts on this? > >> > >> A completely different country, with no quarrel with you. But no > >worries. > >> I am mostly kidding. Mostly. > >> > >> It's worth mentioning though that in the history I learned, there were > >the > >> Canadians, and then there were the damn British ;) Nor do I recall any > >> mention of burning Toronto. I think it was more like somebody's farm > >50 > >> feet over the border before y'all ran home...<g> but that may be my > >> memory, or bias in the learning materials. At least I know mine had > >one > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210320 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
