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FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Canada
November 2002

NOV 28, 2006 11:51 AM

Andvari said:

Why would Alaska be part of Jesusland? Aren't they reasonable?

And where does Hawaii fit in all this? I want Hawaii.



I wouldn't mind having Alaska.

You know... minus stockula.

AceT

AceT

Portland, OR
April 2004

NOV 28, 2006 11:52 AM

Andvari said:

AceT said:

Colinism said:
yes thats why I said hopefully the West part of canada, IE everything to the west of Quebec. smile How was that hard to understand. biggrin


Indeed, I edited soon after posting, but you seem to have caught it anyway.

I like this approach better...



Why would Alaska be part of Jesusland? Aren't they reasonable?

And where does Hawaii fit in all this? I want Hawaii.


They've voted Republican in 11 of the last 12 elections, and every one of their members of Congress are Republican. It's the reddest of the red states. It's Texas with snow.

I only know two people that live there, stockula and Senator Ted "intertubes" Stevens, and they're both crackpots. I have a feeling the rest of the state isn't much different.

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

NOV 28, 2006 11:55 AM

Andvari said:

AceT said:

Colinism said:
yes thats why I said hopefully the West part of canada, IE everything to the west of Quebec. smile How was that hard to understand. biggrin


Indeed, I edited soon after posting, but you seem to have caught it anyway.

I like this approach better...



Why would Alaska be part of Jesusland? Aren't they reasonable?

And where does Hawaii fit in all this? I want Hawaii.



Uh, Blue Hawaii? Duh.

Vestril

Vestril

Coronado, CA
February 2003

NOV 28, 2006 12:21 PM

Zarth said:
Ptuj! You see? Canadian is the pussy. They cannot Balkanize. To Balkanize you must be the man. You must have the hate and the strong cock. We have created entire ethnicities in order to fight the race war over the issue of whether Jadwiga ever brought back the cup of sugar she borrowed from Ludmila eight hundred years ago. Fuck the Canada, they are weak. You can set them on fire and they only scream and run around. They have not the hate and the strong cock. Ptuj! Ptuj I am saying!



That was about 10 times funnier because my internal reading voice was reading it with a French-Canadian accent.

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

NOV 28, 2006 12:24 PM

Andvari said:

scorp17yh said:

Andvari said:

The people of Quebec are the original "Canadians" and contribute to this their departure and I would mourn the loss.



I think the "Native Peoples" who had their land and possesions seized by the 'French" invaders who conquered their lands and raped their women may beg to differ with you.



Not as in the original inhabitants of the land. The French were the first people to call themselves Canadians, or more accurately Canadiens.



as a fun side note: there's fossil evidence from south america that makes it appear as though the people we call "native americans" came across the land bridge from asia a while back and killed off the more simian natives of this continent. go murderous homo sapiens go!

DhD_No_Pants

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX
May 2006

NOV 28, 2006 12:28 PM

d20 said:
as a fun side note: there's fossil evidence from south america that makes it appear as though the people we call "native americans" came across the land bridge from asia a while back and killed off the more simian natives of this continent. go murderous homo sapiens go!



That sounds interesting, where did you hear about that?

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

NOV 28, 2006 12:43 PM

DancehallDreamer said:

d20 said:
as a fun side note: there's fossil evidence from south america that makes it appear as though the people we call "native americans" came across the land bridge from asia a while back and killed off the more simian natives of this continent. go murderous homo sapiens go!



That sounds interesting, where did you hear about that?



thanks to my job, my entire memory is now based off of soundbites. i honestly have no idea which journal i was reading when i saw that.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Canada
November 2002

NOV 28, 2006 01:03 PM

DancehallDreamer said:

d20 said:
as a fun side note: there's fossil evidence from south america that makes it appear as though the people we call "native americans" came across the land bridge from asia a while back and killed off the more simian natives of this continent. go murderous homo sapiens go!



That sounds interesting, where did you hear about that?



I've seen it mentioned on a couple of different programs on the Discovery Channel. And the History Channel.

Colinism

Colinism

Atlanta, GA
July 2005

NOV 28, 2006 04:30 PM

troglodyte

troglodyte

Victoria, BC
May 2003

NOV 28, 2006 05:44 PM

Colinism said:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/wl_nm/politics_quebec_dc

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Parliament recognized Quebecers as a nation within a united Canada on Monday, backing a controversial proposal that has already prompted one minister in the minority Conservative government to quit.

The House of Commons, Parliament's elected chamber, voted 266 to 16 in favor of the motion, which the government said it saw as a way to head off pressure from separatists who want to break away from Canada.

But critics said the proposal could actually bolster the separatists, and the pro-independence Bloc Quebecois said it would use the change to demand extra powers, including Quebec's right to speak at international meetings.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Michael Chong resigned over the vote, and said the separatists would use it to sow confusion.

"I believe in this great country of ours, and I believe in one nation, undivided, called Canada," Chong, whose cabinet brief included Ottawa's ties with Quebec and Canadian provinces, told a news conference.

"They (the separatists) will argue that if the Quebecois are a nation within Canada, then they are certainly a nation without Canada."

Chong's resignation does not threaten the government's survival, but it does underline political tensions over the status of Quebec, which has already held two closely contested referendums over whether to break away from Canada.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper drafted the motion last week in response to one from the Bloc that recognized Quebecers as a nation, but did not include the words "within a united Canada."

Chong said he remains a Conservative member of Parliament and was loyal to Harper.

He was the first minister to leave the cabinet since Harper defeated the Liberals in January. Chong quit after the government said it would dismiss cabinet ministers if they did not vote for the proposal.

French-speaking Quebec already calls its legislature the Quebec National Assembly and calls Quebec City its national capital.

"It won't change anything in their day-to-day lives," Industry Minister Maxime Bernier, a leading Quebec legislator, insisted during Parliamentary debate. "It won't give Quebecers more powers."

Many Canadian politicians have welcomed the motion as a way of mollifying Quebecers. But others said it risked opening the door to the break-up of Canada down the road.



Hopefully when they break up the non french speaking west part of Canada will finally join the lower 48. biggrin


You really have no clue what any of this actually means, do you?

Colinism

Colinism

Atlanta, GA
July 2005

NOV 28, 2006 06:03 PM

It's a pretty straight forward article, I made a light hearted joke at the end. smile Whats wrong?

troglodyte

troglodyte

Victoria, BC
May 2003

NOV 28, 2006 07:04 PM

Your cluelessness.

Colinism

Colinism

Atlanta, GA
July 2005

NOV 28, 2006 07:20 PM

So basically, your mad that I posted a news article for people to read and discuss? What have I said that would make you think I did not know what the article was about or understand it? Please lets keep the discussion civil, your personal attacks are not needed. smile

Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

NOV 28, 2006 08:34 PM

Colinism said:
(article) -
Hopefully when they break up the non french speaking west part of Canada will finally join the lower 48. biggrin


So basically, your mad that I posted a news article for people to read and discuss? What have I said that would make you think I did not know what the article was about or understand it? Please lets keep the discussion civil, your personal attacks are not needed. smile



Dude ! you are fuckin retarded.


the french speaking chicks are hot as hell.

we want the FRENCH speaking part !
pft.

confused
wink

LordAuch

LordAuch

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

NOV 28, 2006 10:17 PM

As a Canadian. The rest of Canada should end Equalization payments to Quebec. Major companies such as Bombardier (SP) and the government offices and ministries placed in Quebec as appeasement trying to keep them in the confederation should be moved to other parts of Canada. Fuck them let them live off of tourism.

Let them eat cake!

Reprisal

Reprisal

Port Alberni, BC
September 2002

NOV 29, 2006 10:31 PM

I find it amusing that the Americans seem to be the least vitriolic about this particular portion of Canadian politics. We have angry Canadian anglophones going off about how Quebecers are all leeches and don't contribute anything, and then there are Americans speaking truth about just how cool (and hot) Quebecers (especially those from Montréal) can be... Ontarians seem to think they're the only Canadians, and Albertans think they're the shit because they're sitting on top of oil.* Canada would not be Canada without Quebec, official multiculturalism, and the French language -- without these things, it would truly be a backwoods mimic of the United States.

The term "nation" is essentially subjectively defined by members of that group and there's little else that others can do about it. Some define nation ethnically and culturally, others use the term nation as a replacement for state or country. They are not the same things... A country can have many nations within it, but it can also be it's own country.

Personally, I don't want Canada considered as "one nation" of people. Our acceptance (or rather tolerance) of diversity is one of our greatest strengths. There are too many great communities out there to lose it in a morass of "The Tragically Hip, Beer, Hockey and Tim Hortons."** Sure, they're all good to great things, but I wouldn't want to lose the flavour that an acceptance of diversity brings.

* A retarded monkey could run Alberta's economy with a surplus. Oil is like winning the lottery. I really wish some of the Albertans I know would stop pretending they're the be-all and end-all because they have money. I know a lot of idiots who have money, and guess what, they're still idiots.

** Not to say anything against these four corners of Canadian culture, but there's so much more out there.

d20
as a fun side note: there's fossil evidence from south america that makes it appear as though the people we call "native americans" came across the land bridge from asia a while back and killed off the more simian natives of this continent. go murderous homo sapiens go!



True, however, the few thousand years should still amount to something more than being treated like sub-standard immigrants in one's own country. Or else it's all just an absurd and tragic game of King of the Hill.

Besides, need I remind anyone of the Great European Genocide of the Neantherthals? wink

Andvari

Andvari

Calgary, AB
April 2005

NOV 29, 2006 10:36 PM

Reprisal said:
* A retarded monkey could run Alberta's economy with a surplus. Oil is like winning the lottery. I really wish some of the Albertans I know would stop pretending they're the be-all and end-all because they have money. I know a lot of idiots who have money, and guess what, they're still idiots.



Could? Don't you mean "has been"

And hasn't even been doing a good job at it for that matter.

AceT

AceT

Portland, OR
April 2004

NOV 30, 2006 07:50 AM

The Tragically Hip, Beer, Hockey and Tim Hortons.


Wow, that really does perfectly explain Canada. Filed for future reference.

erleichda

erleichda

Germany
May 2003

NOV 30, 2006 08:07 AM

I thought this was about wild brass music now being made in Canada. You can never have enough of that.

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