The hockey metaphor is a good one. If acumen at hockey is equated with
'running the whole show', then Canada is getting rotten tomatos thrown at
her, judging by our "Home on Native Land's" abyssmal performance at
the Torino Winter Olympics ('the true NOR strong NOR free').If Canada ran the whole show, not much would be different than the US running the whole show, except Harper Bush would say please, thank you and pardon me a whole lot more. And the propaganda would be much more subtle (standard Canadian state propaganda: "Canada may be in a mess right now, but aren't you glad you're NOT AMERICAN?"). Kenji Fuse On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Michael Redler wrote: > Damn! If hockey decided the fate of nations, Canadians would be running the > whole show. > > Of course, Canadians can't make sense of the "white man's burden", no > matter how many Molsons you give 'em. So, I wouldn't expect them to do stuff > like put Kofe Annan up against the glass and have bench clearing brawls with > developing countries who can't afford skates, sticks or proper padding > because the IMF repossessed their equipment as part of a loan bailout > agreement. > > Mike > > JJJN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Imagine if we could get GW to play center :) > > Michael Redler wrote: > > > Imagine Iraqi leaders starting every session wearing everything but > > the skates. > > > > ...if only the soldiers could be replaced with NHL refs and the worst > > that ever happened was a few broken bones and some missing teeth. > > > > Mike > > > > */JJJN /* wrote: > > > > Iraq policy debates would be the equal to a good Canadian Hockey > > game :) > > > > Michael Redler wrote: > > > > > What would happen if US voters watched CSPAN with the same > > enthusiasm > > > they watch Major League Baseball, the NBA or NFL? > > > > > > Your favorite Senator or Congressperson would make a speech and you > > > "high-five" your pretzel eating friends on either side. There could > > > even be a cottage merchandising industry - you know, inflatable > > > chairs, cheese-head hats for your favorite representative from > > > Wisconsin, etc. > > > > > > Mike > > [snip] > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
