Hi Bob, About the White House...that was a mistake. The British made us do it!
And for our neighbours to the south, you are worthy of our friendship. I hope we are worthy of yours. Just kidding. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 2, 2003 10:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Canada Damn right Canada's a great and beautiful country - and filled with the some of most wonderful people to walk the face of this earth! For all these years we've shared the longest undefended border in the world with a good friend. May we always be worthy of this friendship. P.S. Please don't burn down our White House again. :) Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > July 1, 1867 was the day that the British North America Act was passed > in London. That basically ended Canada's status as a colony of Britain, > and set us up as a more or less indepentant nation. A few more things > had to happen (most notably the Statute of Westminster in 1931) before > we became truly independant. > > But never mind. July 1 is Canada Day, and we turned 136 today. Lots of > folks walking around wearing Canadian flags, with red maple leafs > painted on their faces, lots of local celebrations, lots of fireworks > tonight. We had a beautiful day for it, and I must have walked about 10 > miles, just taking pictures of smiling faces - everyone was in a good > mood, and no one seemed to mind having their pic taken. > > I'm a pretty cynical fellow sometimes. But days like today remind me > that, for all it's faults, there is no other country I'd rather live in > than this big, beautiful place.
