Allahu Akbar, eh?

Perhaps some of them were in the UK, and are now ensconced in Paddingtom Green Police Station.

Close the border.

and the liberal canuck govt will do absolutely nothing sensible about it.

Jihad against acid rain?

OT

The Iranian Judoka who refused to compete against the Israeli is OVER his weight and DISQUALIFIED from the games

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - An Iranian judoka who refused to compete against an Israeli for political reasons has been disqualified from the Games for being overweight.

If he was really angry at the Israeli, he should have competed against him to prove he was better. Of course, much like the the1936 Berlin Olympics, that plan might backfire.

I wonder if any of them were named Canuckistan?

BTW, did it get banned?

a "lot" of Canadians there.

Shouldn't that read,

a lot of "Canadians" there.

Well, we could close the border to all Canadians, or...

we could profile and close the border only to those Canadians whose profile makes the even reasonably likely candidates for being trained jihadis waiting for the call to action: let's see, must be the Dukobors, the Mennonites, the Inuit, blond English grandmothers from Toronto, tow-headed children from Saskatchewan, Chinese Christian fundamentalists from Vancouver...

More enemies within...just in the US this time...

[Link: www.wired.com...]

The CIA has the names, they are done.

Maybe we should import them and re-export them to Najaf, just in time for the fireworks...

#5

Jihad against American beer companies (like Coors)buying Canadian ones (like Molson).

Chop... Chop... Time to round up a bunch gray haired octogenarian Canadian women to question.

/profiling is racism

Dave Ray, from your link:

"If you feel that you must shut up someone through intimidation or false accusations or any other method -- you are not relying on the superiority of the truth," The Pull, co-founder of the online political action group Hacktivismo, wrote in an e-mail. "People can not condemn censorship and then embrace it."

"The Pull" hasn't visited DU or Idiotmedia, has he?.

I have no doubt CSIS is tracking all these terrorists right now as they lead normal lives.

As a person who travels alot from Canada to the US, US boarder control workers are very good and very tough. The Canadian boarder workers (going into Canada from the US) are not so bright.

"Close the border". No, surely you don't mean that. Come to Canada guys and see what a free-thinking, open-minded, fair and socially-aware society can do for your health and peace of mind. Lower stress levels, not worrying all the time that people are out to get you, no more paranoia. The realisation that there is life outside the US of A and it's not too bad. Try it, try it. And go to Europe too while you're at it. People don't hate you they just find you unbelievably paranoid and just a tad ignorant of other cultures. But if you don't go you don't know. So be brave - venture out into the big bad world. Go on, you can do it...

While we're on use of quotations, how about a "lot" of weapons of mass destruction or even a lot of "weapons of mass destruction".

Or maybe "elected" president Bush.

Peace

OT UK charges 8 men with terrorism offences

I saw some suspicious East African cabdrivers two weeks ago in Toronto's "Entertainment District" among a throng of party-goers (in the thousands)--my sixth sense told me they should not have been idling among the crowds chatting away. That's all my suspicion is based on. So I'm obliged to stay mum. Meanwhile, in another part of the city a Somali cabdriver assured me Canada would never be bombed because "Canada does not make war." I reminded him of "Canadian Forces" in Afghanistan and he scoffed.

uh, spot, that would be closing the US border from Canadians. All the leftists and jihadists who wish to go to Canada from the US are welcome to as far as I am concerned, provided they never, ever return.

Spot:

Glad to know the Jihadists are living stress free up there.

#17 spot

You cannot be for real?!?! Canada is lefty, nanny-state, socialist central.

And, yes-I'm Canadian.

"Peace".

#16 simsg

As a person who travels alot from Canada to the US, US boarder control workers are very good and very tough.

They let me pass a few years ago. I'd say the evidence is not conclusive enough.

#17 spot

I'm in Europe. And you're an idiot.

#17 spot (the brain cell)

Oh, and spot:

Seems people feel the need to exit utopia, too:

Suicide levels equal or higher in Canada than US.

Iranian-Canadians like Ali Sina have warned about the consequences of Canada's appesement before. Of course, nobody will listen to them before many people die.

Mr Pol:

As a fellow who is also in Europe, I must congratulate you on outing Spot as an idiot...for he is

Canadian CSIS Agent Exposes Security Lapse At Athens Games: Good Work Canada!

#17

Is it really "peace", or creeping dhimmitude?

see spot

see spot run

see spot run off at the mouth

pride in a country that offers food stamps for their pets

O Canada, O spot, O forget it

spot:

I suppose you think yourself clever. Canada, and the Europeans, are free riders: you have your welfare states and low stress societies because the Big Dogs, the United States of America, and the British, are busy defending civilization, maintaining freedom of the seas, and paying the cost of defence.

Most of the time we Americans don't mind so much that we're doing the job that has to be done without much help from those who benefit most (think you Canadians, the Froggies and the Bosche). We get testy, though, increasingly so, when you free riders nip at our ankles, criticize us for the defence you are too feckless to undertake and too self-indulgent to pay for.

If you want a seat at the table -- any table in the house, let alone the top table -- you have to pay the cover charge.

#17 spot

On a business trip to Ottawa I ordered ostrich in a fancy restaurant. I was fantastic.
Thanks for reminding me of that.

OT

MM's DVD will be released just weeks before election day.

In my inbox, just in time for Christmas

What Muslims, multiculturalists, and the media hope you never find out about Islam

Sword of the Prophet
by Serge Trifkovic

Since the attacks of September 11, dozens of books have been rushed to market purporting to "explain" the religion in whose name the terrorists acted. Most of them strike a common theme: "true" Islam -- as opposed to the "fundamentalist" variety of the hijackers -- is a "religion of peace" that promotes charity, tolerance, freedom, and culture no less than "true" Christianity.

Such an viewpoint, argues Serge Trifkovic, foreign affairs editor of Chronicles magazine, is not only false but dangerous, since it blinds to the true nature of the enemy that threatens us. Moreover, it betrays a hidden agenda: to discredit Christianity and the West by comparison to an sanitized, idealized Islam that bears no resemblance to its actual teachings or history.

To correct this, Trifkovic gives us the unvarnished, "politically incorrect" truth about Islam -- including the shocking facts about its founder, Mohammed; its rise through bloody conquest; its sanctioning of theft, deceit, lust and murder; its persecutions of Christians, Jews, Hindus and other "infidels"; its cruel mistreatment of women; the colossal myth of its cultural "golden age"; its irreformable commitment to global conquest by any means necessary; the broad sweep of the military, political, moral, and spiritual struggle that faces us; and what we must do if we wish to survive.

Sword of the Prophet reveals the details and documentation for hundreds of "politically incorrect" facts about Islam -- such as:

• The Koran sanctions pillage, looting, ransom, and the rape of captive women as an incentive to join in jihad or "holy war"

• The Koran allows a man to have up to four wives -- at any one time. He can divorce a wife by simply saying so 3 times

• Mohammad had as many as 25 wives. One was six when they married; he was 54. He consummated the marriage when she was 9

• At least 27 people were murdered on Mohammed's orders

• Mohammed allowed temporary marriage "for three nights" or more, so that soldiers in the field could "marry" prostitutes

• The Koran assures the Muslim the right to own slaves by purchasing them or as a bounty of war. Mohammad had dozens

• In Islam, the definition of what is "right" or "just" is not fixed, but changeable by divine decree -- enabling the most heinous sins and crimes to be declared "the will of Allah"

• The joys and glories of the Islamic "paradise" are tangible and sensual and include sex with virgins -- and young boys

• The Crusades were a belated military response to three centuries of Muslim aggression against Christian lands and peoples

• Islam divides the world into the House of Islam (where Islam rules) and the House of War (where it doesn't). The two are permanently at war; there may be temporary truces, but peace will come only upon the completion of global conquest

• When Muslims are a minority community, the Koran permits them to adopt a peaceful attitude to deceive their neighbors, until they feel strong enough to dispense with the pretense

• The massacres perpetrated by Muslims in India are unparalleled in history, bigger in sheer numbers than the Holocaust

• Islam's "golden age" was parasitic on the Christian cultures and peoples it conquered, and ended when it "killed the host"

• In 1993, Saudi Arabia's supreme religious authority declared that the world is flat, and that anyone who disagrees is an infidel to be punished

Order your copy of The Sword of the Prophet and save 20% off the publisher's price.

Click here:

[Link: www.hebookservice.com...]

Khadr ratted out on all of them, some day they'll coveniently disappear.

off topic

anybody here very familiar with or worked at any orthodox union certified meat restaurants???

Moshe

' If you can't run with the Big Dogs, stay on the porch.'

. Spot, sit.

Good boy.

Stay.

Ahh it was "spot's" first comment, ahh bless.

Spot, sweetie, you need to brush up on your LLL mantra.
It's not "elected" president Bush it's selected pResident *

Some of us read DU as well.

Out, damned Spot!

Spot:

I've been to both Canada and Europe.

Paint with a broad brush much?

The Kerry Legacy -- not to be missed:

[Link: thenewsoldierbook.com...]
(note: page is slow to load)
 

In one respect, I must agree with good boy spot.

We need to keep the Canadian border open until we get prescription drug prices under control and allow Cuban cigar imports.

After then, I don't care.

#41 Boy hits Car:

I don't think Spot would know which end of the brush to grab, and which end to dunk in the paint.

Can anyone tell me why Canadians are so obsessed with what Americans do and don't do?

34 Sarah D:

and these were the muppets who wanted the South Park creators to delay the release of Team America because it could be seen as propaganda (or should that read patriotism?)!!! It's a marionette show you numbskulls! They happily chow down on MM's regurgitated lies and promote a piece of party political broadcast for Mr Kerry but object to a satirical take on Thunderbirds??? Has the world gone mad?

#45 Boy hits Car:

I asked that question of our correspondents from Canada once. To sum up their answers; due to decades of de-facto one-party rule, and a very powerful political-correctness lobby, politics are boring up there. They watch ours for amusement.

#45 Boy Hits Car:

Can anyone tell me why Canadians are so obsessed with what Americans do and don't do?

The short answer, to quote [spit!] Trudeau:

Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even- tempered is the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt

OT
(via Damian Penny)

Playing the Fright Game; Terrorism a relatively remote danger that's inflated for political purposes

What an asshat!

And may I point out that the jinx of the dreaded post #17 still seems to be in effect?

Oh, and spot? Don't soil Charles carpet anymore.

OG (Off Geographically)

Anybody seen any stories in the States linking arrests in Britain to the recent terror alert for financial institutions?

SUSPECTS 'PLOTTED ATTACK'

Eight men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop have been charged with attempting to launch a radioactive or chemical attack.

The suspects were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder and some accused of plotting a terror campaign against major financial landmarks in the USA.

Dhiren Bharot, from Willesden, north-west London, is charged with possession of plans for the stock exchange and Citigroup bank building in New York, IMF headquarters in Washington DC.Along with Nadeem Tarmohammed, again from Willesden, he was also accused of owning documents relating to an alleged attack on the Prudential Building in New Jersey.

From SkyNews via Command Post via Michelle Malkin

politics are boring up there. They watch ours for amusement.

andthenblamo:

But that doesn't explain why they always think they know what is best for the US and that their way is the correct way. Why do they think Americans are completely ignorant of history, foreign cultures, and social issues, especially since the US is the most cultural diverse country in the world.

#49 Kevin P.

For laughs, I looked at ol' Gwynn's bio. He's just packed full o' nuance! Or some other substance.

Fifth column. Quislings. Intern. Deport.

Any reassurances from the PM that would-be travelers to Canada needn't worry?

Kevin P:

Disregard anything that twta has to say. He spoke at my high school and I got kicked out for (mildly) disagreeing with him.

Andrew Whitehead over at Anti-Cair has coined a new word which should come in handy for LGFers. The word is "Ameriphobic". I kind of like it. Next time you are talking to a Muslim who expresses distaste for the US while at the same enjoying its fruits, you can say, with great relish, "You are so Ameriphobic!"

[Link: www.anti-cair-net.org...]

BTW, "twta" is an obscure western Canadian spelling for "twat".

;-)

Canadian attacks Olympics

The order to step up security was launched after the 31-year-old, dressed in a tutu and clown shoes, mounted one of the boards and plunged into the water during the competition Monday evening.

He stayed in the pool for several minutes before officials at the Aquatic Centre realised he was not supposed to be there and pulled him out.

OT...

I checked Amazons reveiws of the Swift Boats book and had a flying pig moment. There are 20 customer reveiws (less then I thought there'd be) and ALL of them positive. Whenever a conservative commentator puts a book out, the first day he/she gets wacked in the reveiws by people who obviously have not read it.

Perhaps the LLL's are laying low while they work out a strategy.

So far they are primarily saying that vets didn't serve with Kerry (false) and therefore can't comment on his behavior (very false). That and an evil Republican help found the 527 group (what was that Mr Soro's?).

NRO reports that O'Neill pre-restrained the DNC by faxing a long letter with documentation to TV stations two days before the Dems tried to censor the ad. I really like these guys. They are smart, honest, and very brave. And they are not backing down.

By three relatives who served in Vietnam thank you.

#60 Ed Moran: Abu GOMEX aoa 28C:

I understand he was awarded 9's accross the board, except for the freakin' Russian judge, who gave him a 5.8. sheesh.

;-)

#60 Ed Moran

I hope that he has earned a full cavity search by the Greek authorities. By the way he was dressed, I can understand why they thought he could be a participant in the sync diving competition.

Cam

I'm just glad Greek security was so on the ball. No way al Qaeda will ever be able to pull on over on those guys.

He stayed in the pool for several minutes before officials at the Aquatic Centre realised he was not supposed to be there and pulled him out.

"..he saw a lot of Canadians there..."

How could he tell? I couldn't tell a so-called 'Canadian' from an American or a European. In fact, Canada and America are made up of so many races that it would be very hard on any given day to say where any particular 'man-on-the-street' came from.

If he means he saw a lot of people who looked like they might be from Pakistan by way of Canada; or Iraq or Iran or Saudia Arabia via Canada, meaning they had Arabic or Persian or Pakistani characteristics, then maybe he did see some 'Canadians'.

More Taqiyya to confuse the infidel and put fear into his heart.

We're on our second week of the Olympics and no attacks so far; we've alrealdy had the Democratic convention and no attacks. Let's just see.

I say if nothing happens during the Republican convention we will probably get to the elections without an attack and if we get through them safe and sound, then I think we can put most of what these "Jihadis" say, as Mary Habecek calls them down to the only ammunition they have left.

I think Al-Qaeda is a toothless old lion. Aside from trekking to the Iraq flypaper to fight the 'infidel', the jihadis have no strength left.

#17 Spot

Of course you can live a stress free life. You and your socialist idealogues are parasites. You live free because the US of F...g A guarantees your security and survival with the blood of our own. Those few that give all so freeloaders like you don't have to do the heavy lifting. You remind of the reform minded Jews who want to shake hands with the poor misunderstood Arabs. Netanyahu was absolutely correct about the hand-wringing, kvetching, and self-loathing these intellectual Jews have for their countrymen.

BTW...When everyone is out to getcha...paranoia is just good thinking!

LotsaLuv

#64 Ed Moran: Abu GOMEX aoa 28C:

LOL!

#54 andthenblammo!

I know what you're saying. I am searching google now with his name. He was the asshat who said the Israelis would start expelling the palis from the West Bank once the Iraq war started.

Link.

I understand he was awarded 9's accross the board, except for the freakin' Russian judge, who gave him a 5.8. sheesh.

Oh, get over it already.

#57 Cam

Good for you! lol

#60 Ed Moran: Abu (I can't keep up with your nics)

That guy in the tutu and clown shoes who jumped into the pool is sooo "Canadian". You can just see Jim Carrey doing that in one of his dumb or dumber movies.

Canadians don't mind laughing at themselves.

That "stunt" is the first laugh I've had in these BOOORRRING Olympics so far.

Dirk:
Uhhh I don't think that was what he was referring too... it's an old joke, the idea that the soviets would only give good marks to soviet competitors...

That "stunt" is the first laugh I've had in these BOOORRRING Olympics so far.

I don't know. The USA men's basketball team has been good for a few laughs so far.

#66 Old Wright Winger:

F.U. and leave Spot alone!

Hey, the US Basketball team still has a chance!

But yeah, if they continue to hose out, we should just send the Harlem Globetrotters next year.

That would rule.

Only in Canada can a suspected terrorist sue the government to get a passport. Unfuckingbelieveable.

Does the U.S. Men's basketball team still have a chance for a medal? I mean, exactly how important is the round-robin part of it anyway?

OT; another LLL'er is arrested for helping terrorist.

The Poster Girl of the Israeli Left

Ray:
I saw the crimth1nc guy at a computer security convention I go to, the man creeps me out. The funny story was I think he (and I as well) was expecting a lot of sympathtic voices at the talk, but he had to be escorted out by security as people were ready to pummel him.

The best line was from the crowd: "So, there is no room for dissenting opinions in your uptopia?"

Kinda sums up a lot of LLL right there.

(PS: Charles, and anyone else for that matter: If you notice your site being attacked by these nuts, I will gladly volunteer my services to answer questions, assist in defense and, if something happened, autopsy and cleanup. I do this for a living. Drop me a line through e-mail)

#17 Asshat AKA Spot

..Lower stress levels, not worrying all the time that people are out to get you, no more paranoia

That must be due to the huge amounts of pot that is grown/sold/smoked in Canada?

OT - But thank you, thank you, thank you for making me LMAO -

Israelis to barbecue outside hunger strikers' cells

JERUSALEM -- Israel declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners today, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their spirit.

The 1,700 inmates, seen by Palestinians as symbols of resistance to Israeli occupation, want wardens to stop strip searches, allow more frequent family visits, improve sanitary conditions and install public telephones, supporters said.

Please do more stuff like this :-) :-)

I never cease to be sickened by the ineptitude, cowardice and pathetic pandering of the government of Canaduh. Pfft!

BTW spot from one Canadian to another--FOAD, eh.

#32 Rob -- "If you want a seat at the table -- any table in the house, let alone the top table -- you have to pay the cover charge. "

They couldn't afford the cover charge let alone the cost of the meal.

#80 H-town:

{cough, cough}

Whatever do you mean?

;-)

#82 Gabba Gabba Hey:

from one Canadian to another--FOAD, eh.

LMAO!

Hey, the US Basketball team still has a chance!

Call me unpatriotic if you wish, but I hope the 'Dream Team' doesn't even qualify for a medal (which they probably won't anyway). Let the team with the best grasp of the fundamentals of basketball take home the gold.

#84

Not that there is anything wrong with that!

And by the way, are you gonna keep talkin' or you gonna pass that thing over here?

it. People don't hate you they just find you unbelievably paranoid and just a tad ignorant of other cultures

Spot---'ignorantly' blissful if he thinks nobody in the world hates Canada

Only thing about the USA losing in b-ball is that they lost to Puerto Rico, which isn't a country.

Every few years they have elections in Puerto Rico, where they offer 3 choices: statehood, independence or status quo. A National geographic story I read last year quoted a local who said the bars were always closed, because the Puerto Ricans hate the US, and if they voted with their hearts they'd vote for independence.

They'll never vote for statehood, because, besides hating the US, they'd have to pay taxes.

But they'll never vote for independence either, because over half the population of Puerto Rico receives assistance courtesy of the US taxpayers. Not PC, but thats sounds awfully close to the definition of parasitism.

And next up is Greece, and I get the feeling they hate us almost as much as the French do.

But if USA men's b-ball was losing to Micronesia or Australia or The Czech Republic or Lithuania, well, I'd be ok with it.

His contention that graduates of the Afghan camps are living normal lives in Canada comes as U.S. officials are concerned that al-Qaeda might try to use Canada as a staging ground for a terrorist strike some time before November’s presidential election

FUCKING DUH !!!

Canada is not only the enemy of every US citizen, they are unafraid to let us know it. When the attacks are launched from Canuckistan, their government will forbid any US retaliation and then will negotiate on behalf of the jihadis. Mark my words.

Fuck you Canada

spot 8/17/2004 08:58AM PST

Close the border". No, surely you don't mean that. Come to Canada guys and see what a free-thinking, open-minded, fair and socially-aware society can do for your health and peace of mind.

free-thinking open minded from a country that bans foxnews and allows aljazeera( aljagism)

Hey ForeignDevil

FU? that's it? That's all you have? Can't you muster up something about my relatives, my spouse, my children. No prejorative terms concerning my in-laws, siblings, or grandparents.

Just an F.U!

Peace Be With U

#85 Cam

Zut! I should've added "please" in keeping with the notion that Canadians are always polite and nice.

As a Canadian border resident, I find no reason to bash Canadians. My greater concern is our lack of will to tackle this thing head on and secure our borders. I guess the first step requires this administration to clearly and loudly identify the enemy. Perhaps we should also consider letting the military adjudicate border issues and not the civil courts. I can already hear the caterwauling.

#87 H-Town:

LOL. I know, I know, it's not a microphone - I just didn't realize I was bogarting it...

;-)

Only thing about the USA losing in b-ball is that they lost to Puerto Rico, which isn't a country...

Yeah, well neither is Canada and they beat us in hockey at the 2002 Winter Games.

/Braces for a barrage of tooks, back bacon, and Celine Dion albums

#93 Gabba Gabba Hey:

Are you still in Onterrible?

I've got to fly there for a freaking wedding reception on the Labour Day w/e. $500.00 for two days.

#96 Dirk Diggler:

/Braces for a barrage of tooks, back bacon, and Celine Dion albums

Hell, I'll chuck Celine Dion atcha, if you all will only keep her.

Best Celine Dion slag (from This Hour Has 22 Minutes)

"Celine Dion had her baby this week. Sources say she is beautiful and looks like both her parents. It is unclear at this point which source is true."

;-)

The Islamaborg will try to assimilate every country; the PC ones will go easy

#17 spotted:

Sorry for taking so long getting back to you -I was away aat lunch. Fuck off and die. A "fellow" Canuckistanan.

Spot, I must confess. I thought at first your comments were tongue in cheek, and you were on your way to a great punch line. How disappointing! As a Canadian, this is the kind of smugness that makes me vomit.
OldWrightWinger was correct, we are parasites, letting the yanks do all the dirty work in the world, while we benefit from the peace and security it has provided us.
Judging by the way you wrote "realisation", the Brit way, do you also say "sheduel" for schedule, and work for the CBC?? Sorry, I forgot to mention the world of academia.
I could say "peace" like you, which is so disingenuous and cheap.
May your Allah have mercy upon your sick heart.

Maybe Canuckistan should start cooking up a bunch of back bacon for all of the jihadists living there now.

#97 Cam

"Onterrible" -- good one! Ain't it the truth though? I won't be back to the until next month. $500.00 for two days? Ouch! Man, I hope it's a REALLY good wedding.

#101 Grim reaper:

I thought spot was kidding at first. Still waiting for him to return with the punch line.

#103 Gabba Gabba Hey:

I keep trying to get disinvited to these things but it ain't working. Apparently my strategy of getting obnoxiously drunk and punching out an uncle is not working.

#92 Old Wright Winger:

What relatives? Who'd marry you?

Sorry...OT again, but good!

A Mission to Cambodia

by Kevin Whitelaw | May 08 '00

Sen. John Kerry made his first forays into Cambodia during the Vietnam War as a Navy lieutenant on clandestine missions to deliver weapons to anticommunist forces. When he returned last week, the mission was official, but dicey nonetheless. At the request of the United Nations, Kerry is trying to broker a compromise on how to try leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime, whose late 1970s reign of terror claimed the lives of some 1.7 million Cambodians.
...

I wonder why Kerry won't "set the record straight"?

LMFAO!

#106 foreign devil

I'm sure he has a sister or brother that might marry him???

#108 BIG:

Then all his offspring would be id'jits...oh wait! They are...Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Maybe they're Can'juns. ;)

The worst part about having these enemies within is the fact that they have so many apologists and enablers.

ACLU misleads feds to get cash - Promises to use hiring 'black list' but then refuses to actually check names

ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero noted the agreement said an organization could not "knowingly" hire a person on the lists, so he simply decided intentionally not to refer to them.

Leo cites comments Romero made on National Public Radio: "I've printed them out [but] I've never consulted them."

Nadine Strossen, president of the ACLU board, said that the "knowingly" gambit was "a very reasonable, certainly clever interpretation."

Writes Leo: "The Romero excuse will now take its place alongside 'It depends on what the meaning of the word is is' and 'He was never alone in a hotel with her.'"

#109 foreign devil:

Interestingly enough, your Cajuns are descended from french-speaking Canadians, a group called the Acadians, who were expelled from eastern Canada.

OT to anyone:

Did Gordon manage to get himself banned? I haven't seen him in a while.

OT - I don't know if anyone's brought this up yet, but last week (9 Aug) the Saudis were accusing Israel of manufacturing anti-Semitism in foreign countries so that Jews would return to Israel and steal land from the poor little defenceless Palestinians.

#111 Cam:

Say it isn't so! Does that mean that James "Ragin Cajun" Carville might...(gasp!)...be related!
Aaaarrrgggh!

#111 Cam

The Canadians *expelled* someone?

They musta been worse than Islamofascists.

:)

#114 foreign devil:

The only thing that yahoo is related to s Gollum, from LOTR.

;-)

Otee -

13 ###holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

MORE TERROR ARRESTS IN BRITAIN

Eight men arrested in anti-terror raids have been charged with conspiring to commit murder and launch radioactive or chemical attacks.

One of them was also charged with having plans which could have been used as the basis for a terror attack on the New York Stock Exchange, the IMF in Washington and Citigroup in New York.

The men were among 13 arrested on August 3 in a series of raids by the Anti-Terrorist Branch and MI5 in London, Bushey in Hertfordshire, Luton in Bedfordshire, and Blackburn in Lancashire.

#112 Cam

There was talk. I seem to remember he was being rather offensive, so it wouldn't surprise me.

OTOH, he might just have got fed up with his lack of results. Most of the responses to his blatherings were bland and unexciting.

#115 Paranoid Brit:

They were french-speakers who refused to pledge their allegiance to the British king after the french were kicked out.

Otee -

13 ###holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

MORE TERROR ARRESTS IN BRITAIN

Eight men arrested in anti-terror raids have been charged with conspiring to commit murder and launch radioactive or chemical attacks.

One of them was also charged with having plans which could have been used as the basis for a terror attack on the New York Stock Exchange, the IMF in Washington and Citigroup in New York.

The men were among 13 arrested on August 3 in a series of raids by the Anti-Terrorist Branch and MI5 in London, Bushey in Hertfordshire, Luton in Bedfordshire, and Blackburn in Lancashire.

Sorry for the DeePee - not sure how that happened...

#119 Cam

Well, I had known about the Acadians, but aside from my cheap comment, I hadn't known that was reason why.

If they'd hung around a bit longer, they could have just moved to Quebec, eh?

Sorry, on reading the article, I realized that these are NOT new arrests - just charges brought against people who were arrested on August 3 - InstaPundit's headline lead me astray...

48 Cam

The short answer, to quote [spit!] Trudeau:

"Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant."

At least he did say "elephant", he could have said donkerry...:).

Speaking of what has become of 'Margaret', formerly of the Trudeau clan?

If they'd [the Cajuns] hung around a bit longer, they could have just moved to Quebec, eh?

Yes, but then there would have been no Cajun food - no Crawfish Etoufee - no Red Beans and Rice - no Popeyes - it would be like that episode of Star Trek/TOS when Dr. McCoy goes through the time portal and changes the history of the Earth completely...

Paranoid Brit:

We weren't a country when that happened. My history is a lot fuzzy now but back in the day--the days of early Canada, the Brits and French were fighting and one of them came and cleaned out all the people in eastern Canada (though it wasn't "Canada" then). Okay?

So this bunch came along and said to all these people "You can't live here anymore" and they all had to pack up and move; most of them to Louisiana. I guess it was the Brits did it and the people were French.

They moved to Louisiana and voila, as they say, bob's your uncle. Cajuns!

Short history of Canada.

Oh then after that, some American General named Adams or Grant or something, tried to capture Niagara Falls and got his ass kicked by the not then Canadians. They were because they'd been living there for several hundred years but they didn't have allegiance to either France of Britain so they were Canadians but not in name.

Long story short--these Canadian farmers, some Indians and what have you continued on down to Washington and BURNT YOUR BLOODY WHITE HOUSE!

Until Pearl Harbor, it was the first and only time there'd been a successful attack on US soil. Then came 9-11.

But we did get to capture the castle!

How'm I doing!

Any historians in the crowd? Are you wailing yet?

Why do you people respond to these trolls? This idiot just parachuted in, left his little comments and then fucked off.

Just ignore them.

Paranoid Brit:

LOL.

The area of Louisiana, now known as Acadiana, comprised about 22 parishes. It forms a triangle from Lake Charles at the west to Grand Isle at the east, with Pointe Coupee at the apex. The Acadians were the largest group to settle in this area from 1765 to 1785. Although other nationalities were there, the Acadian culture was dominant in many places. When bits and pieces of these other cultures were added to the Acadians, a variation of the Acadian culture was created. These people, and this culture, became known as Cajun ... a derivation of the word Acadian

El cid:

I believe she spends most of her time raising money for a foundation that raises money for avalanche safety - one of her sons was swept to his death by one. No word on whether or not the RCMP is still scoring weed for her.

;-)

Does anyone remember this Canadian?

Also seen here.

#126 foreign devil:

The battle you are referring to is the Battle of Queenston Heights, not Niagara Falls. The American general to whom you refer was U.S. Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer. And sad to say, most of the fighting was done by British regulars and our Native allies. The York Regiment was at Queenston heights, but it is doubtful that they had much of an impact.

#126 foreign devil

WTF! *MY* White House? :)

I thought it was my lot who were the arsonists, coming up thru' New Orleans or something. But then, back then, you were us too.

I heard also that before burning the place, the troops ate the dinner that the staff had prepared for a banquet.

They do say that a marauding bunch of bloodthirsty arsonists marches on its stomach.

Cam and El Cid;

I believe Margaret Kemper (aka Trudeau) most recently made the news (within the last week, coincidentally) for DUI in the National Capitol Region (aka Ottawa)

Iowa Girl -

That gut looks awfully familiar.

And why is the Swedish guy spanking him? I thought spanking was illegal in Sweden.

#105 Cam

Maybe you should try goosing the bride :p

Cam, et al.

Now, I presume that Acadia National Park, Maine, is in some way connected.

#49 - Kevin P

Dyer must have lost his brain at the same time as Eric Margolis.

Hope this "Sudden Insanity Syndrome" isn't catching.

Foreign devil:

Here is a pretty good depiciton of the battle. You can damn near spit accross the Niagara River to Lewiston there.

Paranoid Brit

The Battle of New Orleans was a loss for the Brits which occurred after the negotiation of the Treaty of Ghent (?). If I recollect, the marauding Brits were on thier way to Orlando on EasyJet but were so drunk that, on a stop-over at Dulles, they got off the plane and headed off for downtown D.C. with inflammatory consequences. Can anyone help me out?

#130 Cam:

Okay, okay! If you wanna be toffee-nosed about it: "The Battle of Queenston Heights".

But we did burn their White House, didn't we?

Of course, international readers...NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT ANYMORE!!

Ask an American who burnt the White House almost to the ground in 17.. something or other? They won't answer or won't talk about it but WE DID, WE DID.

ninner, NINNER, NINNER! Gotcha!

Sorry Paranoid Brit, I forgot I was talking to a Paranoid Brit and my fingers got carried away in my excitement and I used the pronoun "them" instead of "their". 'pologies!

#134 Gabba Gabba Hey:

LOL. Tried that too.

#135 Paranoid Brit:

It is indeed.

One more post:

The awful song "Canadian Driftwood" by the Band (I think) was about the expelled Canajuns.

So getting back on topic, tell me again why we don't throw falafel laced with smallpox into the mosque at najaf?

#139 foreign devil:

LOL. I've never heard the expression "toffee-nosed" but I get the drift. I'm gonna have to use that.

And yes, it was a mixed force of regulars and militia that torched the WH- I believe it was in 1813.

And yes, they ewre drunker than a fiddler's fart at the time.

foreign devil,

The War of 1812. Yeah, I remember. Revenge, a dish best served cold. If I become president the first thing on my agenda is putting some real acid in the acid rain. That's just the warm up. MUHAHAHAH! Mu-MUHAHAHAHA!

#141 Son of a Pig and Monkey:

Hey, Hey! Watch it! "The Band" any version, is my favourite group! Still! "Cripple Creek" is my rallying song!

Can someone say "Plains of Abraham"?
*ahem* :)

#146 Paranoid Brit:

LOL. Sure, like beating the French is any great accomplishment...

;-)

#146 Paranoid Brit

Dude, you saved (most of) them from speaking French. They should send you a Plains of Abraham card every year.

#147 Cam

Touche :P

Canada cares not a whit about hosting Jihadi scum because they know they will use Canada as a base to attack America.

Canada is well along on the dhimmi track so immune from attack.

Re: #90 Danny

Charles - anybody - please get this guy some lithium.

Topically enough, Arcadia is (was) a province in the Pelopenese, which came to be known mythologicaly as a "paradise of pastoral simplicity", except for the sheep-droppings. A well-known painting by Poussion(?) is called "Et in Arcadia ego"

So if AQ is pissed at Spain because of an event from what, 600 years ago (my pre-1900 European knowledge is limited), perhaps there are a bunch or redneck terrorists (or leftwing terrorists) sitting around somewhere saying "we'll we waited long enough to avenge the Brits burning the Holy City of Washington (7th most sacred site in the redneck world). Let's go Jihad on them!"

#150 dennisw-matamoros:

I disagree. We are as much at risk as you, because the jihadists don't just hate the U.S., they hate Western Civilization as it exists. Truth be told, we could paradoxically be more at risk now, as the U.S. has tightened their borders, while Canada has not, making it theoretically an easier target to reach.

#147 Cam

Dude, you saved (most of) them from speaking French. They should send you a Plains of Abraham card every year.

Hey, even Mexico has beaten the French.
Cinco de Mayo

They were led by a Texan, of course. :P

#144 Beagle:

The rest of the world doesn't realize that we've had our differences too. Yes we burned the White House and no--better not to talk about it.

We still--until those bastards flew into the WTC--had the world's longest undefended border with few or NO PROBLEMS.

This whole war has driven a wedge between the Canadians and Americans as surely as anything else in two hundred years. TWO HUNDRED YEARS we've been friends and overcome most obstacles even a couple of World Wars through diplomacy. Now we're at each other's throats.

I hate these Islamist rat bastards and anything I can do, as long as I have a breath, I will do to bring them down. I'm physically disabled now but I can still read and type and I've spent a lot of time doing that since 9-11 under TERRIBLE CONDITIONS!

All joking aside, for the first two years I was posting on this blog I was using an interactive webtv system--didn't have a computer. But it served.

Now, of course, I'm loaded for bear! Extreme High Speed and everything--all the bells and whistles. Of course, I still have to stay awake and type the stuff.

cam #154

Yes -think about Saudi Arabia. They're pretty close to the cause, but haven't necesarily been spared the AQ rod -at least the dhimmis living there

#140 Cam

Could always try punching the bride instead of an uncle or giving her a good cross-check. Make sure no referees are in the room first.

*ducks head* -- only joking, not advocating violence against women

#155 RIP Ford:

LOL. Ah, the French "military". If they weren't around to mock, who the hell would we make fun of?

139 fd
the british burned the white house.
except it wasn't called the white house, until after being reconsctructed... and painted white to mask the burn marks... benefits of a white house tour!

Dave the...

7th most sacred site in the redneck world

Which begs the question, what are the top six?
1. Nashville, TN (music, duh)
2. Daytona Beach, FL (the 500, RIP Dale)
3. Tuscaloosa, AL (Bear, we luved yoo!)
4. New Orleans, LA (daymn, thet wuz a guy?!!)
5. Tupelo, MS (Elvis, we luved yoo! It would rank higher, but have you been to Tupelo?)
6. Padre Island, TX and Pensacola, FL beaches (cuz a redneck needs to redden his neck somwharz)

#158 Gabba Gabba Hey:

I will take under consideration, but my now-sister-in-law is a pretty tough broad. She'd probably shit-kick me.

I am considering setting fire to the head table, though.

#159 Cam

Actually Islamic armies make the French look like fierce warriors. They have been on an almost 400 year losing streak against western armies. They have won a couple of battles, but have lost all the wars.

#112 Cam

I was blissfully unaware of his absence

#126 foreign devil

BURNT YOUR BLOODY WHITE HOUSE!

Don't worry, revenge is a dish best served cold.

Actually, Ottowa is so frickin' cold, we might not get around to returning the favor.

Throw Atlanta, GA in there somewhere, cuz yew know SHERMAN BURNED ATLANTA!!!

#160 sgt tom:

"...except it wasn't called the white house, until after being reconsctructed... and painted white to mask the burn marks..."

So...be grateful! Canadians gave you THE WHITE HOUSE as opposed to The BROWN HOUSE or DARK BLUE HOUSE.

If we hadn't burned it down you'd never have thought of painting it...now would you? Be honest?

And why White? Because they used MILK paint in those days because there weren't too many colors.

Anyway, what's a little bonfire between friends, eh?

And the White House burning brought us the famous tale of First Lady Dolly Madison saving the portrait of George Washington.

The Cajuns were generally an ok people, but I had a hard time meeting women when I was there.

That, and some of the more isolated towns, like Delcambre (DELL-cum), where everyone had the same last name. (Delcambre, of all things).

Not all the Cajuns are French. New Iberia is a town of, I'd guess, 20,000 or 30,00o people total, and almost all of them are decended from the Rodrigue, Domingue, Viator (Espa&ntildeol: Villa Toro), Romero or Segura families, given a land grant by the King of Spain when Luisiana was on loan to the Borbon royal family from the Bourbon family.

I've been drunk in Acadiana.

OT

I hope this backfires and causes the Swiftboat Vets story to be pushed into the MSM...

MoveOn PAC accuses Bush of allowing false advertising

Since we've evolved into a SW Louisiana thread...

I've always enjoyed Zydeco music (which if I understand my music history right is the black version of Cajun, more of a rock/blues beat then a waltz).

#164 papijoe:

Don't worry, revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's already done. U.S. Forces burned York (now Toronto) in retaliation. It was the capital at the time.

So we's even-steven.

;-)

#166 foreign devil

So...be grateful! Canadians gave you THE WHITE HOUSE as opposed to The BROWN HOUSE or DARK BLUE HOUSE.

It's too bad they didn't use masonry...then it woulda been a...BRICK...HOUSE!

OW!

Mighty...mighty...

#159 Cam

Ah, the French "military". If they weren't around to mock, who the hell would we make fun of?

The Angolans? :P

Speaking of "French Military Victories"...

get a load of this...

Google search of..."French Military Victories"

Andrew B.

War Metaphor of the Day: Portrait of how the anti-war protestors will be remembered by the Iraqi people

(The wrong side of history)

OT: But just saw on WND that the EU/UN are going to build a FENCE. The fence is being built to separate recently added EU members Poland and Hungary from their new neighbors – Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The EU said the fence is necessary to "prevent the free movement of migrants seeking to enter" EU territory.

So, it is ok for the EU but God forbit that Israel be able to protect itself from splodeydopes who like to kill women and children just because they are Jewish.

Will the hypocrisy ever end?

#172 papijoe:

IIRC, the White House was originally built of sandstone blocks. It has, however, been a looong time since I took the toor, so I may be talking out my ass.

OT, somewhat: Good Daniel Pipes article today on naming the enemy:

'Terrorism' battle is really fight against Islamism

#171 Cam

Well...uh...let that be a lesson to ya!

#169

A) This won't fly (Bush is keeping his distance here)

B) The Swift Boat guys are smart and well prepared. They have documentation to back up their claims.

C) Yes, it will help our side.

D) OT, I'm listening to Michael Medvid right now. He's talking about the protestors/domestic terrorists plans for NYC.

Lefty wacko Tom Hayden says they are bringing 6 million to NY for their Hate-Bush protests. I'm sure that's highly optimistic, but you get the point.

I have since misplaced it, but I had a pretty good Beausoleil casette in my car called "La Dans de la Vie" (IIRC), that had cool songs, including an instrumental piece titled "L'Ouragon", which I liked simply because of the title.

#173 RIP Ford

:)

#171 Cam

Um, was that after the Blue Jays won the World Series?

#176 Cam:

"toor"?! What kind of spelling is that, you half wit? You make me ashamed to be a fellow Canadian...

# 77 Cam

(Tho everyone's probably forgot the question by now!)

Team USA must finish 4th or higher in their group of 6 to qualify for the quarterfinals.

foreign devil,

Seriously, I know that many Canadians (especially out West) don't agree with the government's dhimmi approach. The French speakers are hopeless. The big cities are pretty bad for the most part.

If Canadian Muslims cross the border and pull off massive terror attacks, especially if the Canadian government knew about the perps, that will seriously strain relations. Throw in some legal manuvering to save them from the death penalty and there might be some righteous anger down here. Not that I'm a big fan of the death penalty, but mass killing is not a bad time to impose it.

If the Canadian government is too obstructionist there might be real tensions, a la Canadian Bacon (Michael Moore's most factually accurate movie).

#180 Ed Moran:

My personal fav (though it's everyone's) is "La Jolie Blonde"!

BTW: US Basketball--they're up one right now.

I've been drunk in Canada.

#184 Buckaroo:

Who else is in their group? (I'm not google-illeterate, just lazy)

Blame Canada.

Invade Canada.

The "new" Afghanistan

GAR!

I am a Canadian. These low-lifes are living off of tax-payer money, using our healthcare system, and all the while planning Jihad against us.

They should be sent on a raft back to Afghanistan with no food or water.

Primarily a question for the Canucks ...

Reading Steyn as I do, using him as my ultimate authority on the Canuckian Political Pulse, I wonder just what it *would* take for the country to take credible steps to limit the progressive islamification.

For example.

Truck bomb at the base of the CN Tower?
Sarin attack in Quebec? (no clapping, please)
20 acres of weed ruined in Kelowna?

I guess I'd like some idea of just what it would take for the average *vocal* Canadian to realize that the developed world is all in this together. (Assuming that you agree that we *are* all in this together).

#186 foreign devil

The Flatlanders did a great cover of that song.

# 188 Cam

Well, Greece (obviously, they're playing them this moment), PR (who beat them), the Aussies, Lithuania, and mighty Angola!

#189 reason:

Huh?

#191 Paranoid Brit:

20 acres of weed ruined in Kelowna?

Dude, I already told you - that's not my bag! I was just holding it for a buddy.

;-)

179 Dave the...

I told a Vietnamese friend of mine at work yesterday that I was voting for Bush. Since he was surprised - I told him all I knew about Kerry's so-called "Vietnam service". He said that his Dad fought on our side during the war and that after the US left - his Dad had to spend 6 YEARS in a 're-education' camp. I told him he could thank Kerry for that. It seemed to have made a real impact...

I can totally see why they would choose to live in Canada and invade the USA. If they are hurt in the process of trying to kill our citizens they can get immunity and free medical care.

"Hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take away all he has, and all he'll ever get."

#191 Paranoid Brit:

But seriously, I should point out that Canadian Forces are fighting and dying in Afghanistan, and were among the first to volunteer in that coalition. True, we are not in Iraq, and I have my own feelings about that, but it cannot be denied that our boys are serving with distinction in Afghanistan.

Beagle:

Please believe me when I say that we are WATCHING FOR THEM!!! BIG TIME!

So far they haven't come across the border and they're NOT GONNA.

Canadians are sooo pissed with Martin right now that if there's ANY KIND OF SCREW-UP there will be another election so fast his head will snap off and Harper will tighten up the border so that my relatives won't be able to cross. Either way!

A lot of the "new Canadians" voted for Martin or he wouldn't be sitting there. I voted for Harper and so did a lot of others.

We have a coalition government now and if Martin missteps or we don't like the cologne he's wearing his ass is grass.

I'm not kidding!

Cam

Why on earth would your Jihadis attack you? Because of your troops in Iraq? LOL! (You don't have any)

Because they are unhappy with you rubber stamping their sharia courts in Canada?

Because you let in that Khadr family of Afghan JIhadists?

[Link: 66.102.7.104...]

No ... Canadian Jihadis will attack America. You are their sanctuary

#156 foreign devil:

TWO HUNDRED YEARS we've been friends and overcome most obstacles even a couple of World Wars through diplomacy.

I think you are forgetting that little pig incident in 1859 known as the Pig War.

"Reason"

Before you get too snippy with our neighbors from "The Great White North", remember every bit of true satanism like Bryan Adams is balanced by good music like Rush.

Don't forget that Lorne Greene, star of films like Earthquake! and TV shows like Battlestar Galactica was from Canada.

As is Leslie Nielsen, star of Police Squad! and Airplane! although I've never understood the Canadian habit of naming boys "Leslie". Almost as bad as the English naming boys "Hilary".

#193 Buckaroo:

Thanks bro. I have yet to watch one minute of this Olympics.

Although I had a pretty good view of them out on the water last week.

;-)

#190 Afghanistan

They should be sent on a raft back to Afghanistan with no food or water.

One problem with that proposition - Afghanistan is landlocked.

Otherwise, I rather like the idea.

#156 foreign devil . . .

This whole war has driven a wedge between the Canadians and Americans as surely as anything else in two hundred years. TWO HUNDRED YEARS we've been friends and overcome most obstacles even a couple of World Wars through diplomacy. Now we're at each other's throats.

Don't we fight over fish alot?

#155 RIP Ford . . .

Hi! How's it going?

#194 Cam

Dude, I already told you - that's not my bag! I was just holding it for a buddy.

Thanks man...you can give me that bag back now!!

#179 Dave the...

So Tom Hayden is going to bring 6 million of his followers to protest in NY. Look on the bright side, nobody is going to miss work because of their travel plans.

(Maybe Bush should reduce the unemployment so these morons don't have so much free time.)

#197 Cam

Not denying or belittling your contribution in the least. At an operational level, I can't fault Canada (except that in absolute numbers, we'd like more of you guys).

But .. when I communicate with Canuckians in other contexts on the web, it seems though most of them believe that they have nothing to fear from Islamic Terrorism. All I get is laughs when I say that bombing the WTC was as significant to New Yorkers as demolishing the CNT would be to Ontarians.

"Why would they do that to us?"

To all those people who like musing about the possibility of a Canada-US war: just remember the 1 million or so Canadians living in the US right now. They look like you, they dress like you, they talk like you (well, almost, eh?)

You worry about the enemies within... BUAHAHAHAHA!!!

#193 Buckaroo

Oz has a pretty good b-ball team too, don't they? Basketball is practically a national sport down there, as much as football (soccer) or cricket.

#201 Ed Moran

Battlestar Galactica was cool.

I've been drunk in Madison Square Garden.

#204 Promethea

Very good, thank you. I haven't seen you around in a while, how ya' been?

The great thing about Cattlecar Galactica was you could tell who the baddies were by looking at their heads - didn't they all have 6" long unhealed lobotomy scars?

Re: #208

That reminds me, anyone ever see Canadian Bacon?

#199 dennisw-matamoros:

I'm afraid that we'll have to agree to disagree. Bin Laden's fuckwads didn't crash the WTC because of a U.S. troop presence in Iraq - there wasn't one at the time. They did that because they view the West as decandent and corrupt. All of western civilization is under attack - just ask the Spaniards.

#207 Paranoid Brit:

There is a large degree of smug complacency, particularly (in my experience) in eastern Canada. I'm afraid it will take an attack here to make most Canadians give their heads a shake.

20 acres of weed

But officer, that was for my own personal use, glaucoma, back pain, cancer...

Oh crap, I'm going to jail aren't I?

Ed M. -

I know that "GOMEX" is for "Gulf of Mexico", and "28C" is "28 degrees Celsius", but what does "aoa" stand for?

(This has to do with ocean temperatures that bring about hurricanes, right?)

BTW, I heard that Hurricane Danielle is a devotee of the "Kabbalah Center".

How come there aren't any Canadian food restaurants in Houston?

We have UK style pubs, Vietnamese, Mexican (thousands upson thousands), Central American Brasilian, French, Italian, Spanish, Thai, Japanese, Argentinian, Filipino, Korean, Indo-Pak, even irish style.

But no Canadian, at least that I've ever seen.

#212 Paranoid Brit

No, I think you're thinking of France.

#206

I highly doubt that 6 million people will be there, but even if there are 1/10 that much there could be some serious trouble...the police will be extremely outnumbered.

And if anyone listened to Hannity yesterday, that woman that was on wouldnt even say that she encourages the protestors to be non violent. She kept saying nonsense like, "we have many diverse groups protesting"...well ok, but how does that stop her a PEACE PROTESTOR from denouncing violence from the other protestors?

In my opinion a lot of these lefties want something to happen. I know it sounds bad, but that is just the way I see it.

In case anyone was wondering what that last little bit of silliness was about - I was envisioning the cast of The Weather Channel and Hollywood Dirt Tonight Entertainment Tonight swapping places for a day.

# 209 T

Yes, Down Under has invested in the hardwood game for some time now and it's paying dividends. As one of our proud parners in the WoT, I don't mind them picking up a bunch of medals, in swimming, basketball, and since there's no US team, baseball (they are also favored there!)

I believe that before the pre-Canadians and British burned Washington that we burned York (maiden name of Toronto)-- their then capital. So I think we've all counted it as even. And we paid them compensation for winning at New Orleans after the war was over-- but great JOhnny Horton song.
York (Toronto) was burned by U.S.
I can't find a link showing U.S. paid UK indemnity for the battle of N.O; perhaps I am deluded.
music and lyrics to "The battle of new orleans" but to get the right effect you'll have to sing the lyrics to the banjo (drunkenly?--its a bit early for that)

But we did burn their White House, didn't we?

Um... kind of. The War of 1812, which incidentally lasted a lot longer that one year and, was a peculiar comedy of errors, did result in the White House being burned to the ground. The arsonist involved was Rear Admiral George Cockburn, a member of the British army who was also a Canadian (but such things as Canadians didn't exist then). He was assisted by a large complement of mercenaries hired by the British and recently freed up after the defeat of Napoleon and numerous irregular Canadians who apparently were rather impetuous and eager to go burn DC. The army burned only official government buildings and decided to spare the library of congress after the pleadings of the librarian on the grounds that the library was the property of the American people and not its government.

The whole thing was a kind of leftover of the War against Britain. Canada was founded by two groups, the French who preferred the idea of British control to being a minority French 14th state and the 1/3 of the American populace who rejected the Declaration of Independance and moved north to remain under Birtish rule and found Ontario, usually after being looted and stripped of all their wealth on the way up the USA.

A group of "hawks" apparently forgetting why Quebec and Ontario weren't already US states decided we would be happy to be rescued from our plight under British subjection and marched north to rescue us. ou have to understand that the USA was this little spit upstart of a nation and part of the rationale was the subjected northern British people (later known as Canadians) would welcome US troops when they arrived and the British would be too busy fighting Napoleon to do anything about it. Hence the USA's manifest destiny of ruling all of North American would be fulfilled just as G-d had assured them.

It didn't quite work out that way.

The USA whopped our butts in anything involving naval battles, but we Canadians stunned the hawks by fighting back and we held out very nicely until the Brits finished up with Napoleon and then got around to dealing with that damn upstart US again. (About three years.) There were a whole lot of USA doves who obviously recalled their history and had no desire to try to rescue the Canadians without consulting them first as to whether or not they wanted rescuing and tsked tsked and "I told you so"ed when the Canadians (you must recall we were British subjects then and there was no such thing as a Canadian) declined the kind of offer of liberation by killing a whole lot of American troops.

The reason the British irregular army (read Canadians) didn't burn the city was largely because of the general desent in the USA against the war on Canada. Also it is not polite to burn things that belong to innocent third parties.

Cockburn had a very famous painting of himself commissioned which was entitled "The Flames of Washington Warming My Ass."

#213 TQC

Hell yeah. I loved Canadian Bacon. Is there any way I can send Michael Moore about 30 pounds of it? What's back bacon anyway, same thing?

I love Rhea Pearlman as the crazed sniper. Nothing says funny in a Michael Moore movie like a crazed American with a gun. The uberpolite RCMP guys are funny also.

How does the old saying on not standing up against the "bad" folk in the world:

"They came for the people 2 doors down and took them away and me and my neighbors said nothing.

They came for my neighbors and took them away and I said nothing.

They came for me and my family today and took them away. No one was around to say anything..."

#211 RIP Ford . . .

I've been around--reading but not posting. Haven't had too much to add to the already clever discussions. Once in a while I pipe up, like the Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland.

#217 Ed Moran: Abu GOMEX aoa 28C:

How come there aren't any Canadian food restaurants in Houston?

Sure there are. They're called bars.

;-)

al-Qaeda is not stupid. They'll hold off on attacking Canada only as long as it's politically expedient for them to do so (like to drive a wedge between Canada and the US). It's not because they like Canada, or Canadians.

#197 Cam

Did you see this story?
Canadian soldier leaves with a heavy heart

#221 Buckaroo

Me neither, I'd love to see Australia take the gold in basketball. Honestly, I think if the USA loses (just like we did to Puerto Rico and Italy), maybe it'll teach us not to think we're hot stuff fielding our "Dream Team" of pro-players when the whole idea to the Olympics was that amateurs who worked hard and gave their all (and aren't making millions of bucks) are supposed to be the ones competing.

#224 Beagle

Yeah, and I thought the part where they cross over to Canada and start dumping trash all over the place was hilarious. It reminds me of this guy who worked as a janitor at the grocery store I worked at when I was growing up, guy by the name of Virgil. We were talking about Canada one day, and he was walking by. He stops, looks at us, says "Canada? Man, they always walkin' 'round lookin' fo' stuff to pick up.", and walks off. It was hilarious when it happened.

#226 Promethea

Good to see you around, again.

Haven't had too much to add to the already clever discussions.

Yea, me too. Unfortunately, It does not stop me from posting. :P

#224 Beagle
Back bacon is what we brits call the section of bacon with the big oval section of lean meat in it.

As I understand it, Canadian Bacon is cut from that piece.

So, British Back Bacon is like one part Canadian bacon, and one part American (grow a fat ass from all the fat) bacon.

Ed M. -

I've never seen a restaurant advertising "Midwestern Cuisine" either. Or "New Jerseyan".

The South, Southwest (except maybe Arizona), Northeast (except Jersey), Florida, California and the Pacific Northwest are covered, but haven't heard of Oklahoma or Rocky Mountain states cuisine.

Cockburn had a very famous painting of himself commissioned which was entitled "The Flames of Washington Warming My Ass."

I guess he warmed it a little too much and wound up burning his C**k.

Judith

"The Flames of Washington Warming My Ass."

LMWAO!

They didn't call him a Rear Admiral for nuthin'!

I can't find a link showing U.S. paid UK indemnity for the battle of N.O; perhaps I am deluded.

Full reparations were indeed made. In recent history this idiotic Virginian senator Jesse something who seems ot make headlines every year or so for being an ass (kind of a straight version of our Svend Robinson) introduced some sort of law allowing any American or their descendant who had ever lost anything when Castro took power in Cuba, the opportunity to sue any third party anywhere in the world who did business in Cuba for reparations for said losses.

This resulted in a huge kerfuffle because a whole lot of Canadian companies would have been left open to being sued by Americans. Among the things that happened, a group of Canadian descendants of the Loyalists who had originally owned the farm that said idiot lived on, immediately launched a legal battle suing him personally for compensation of their ancestors loss of the land. As part of his defense he brought up the reparations treaty of the War of 1812 which terminated all such claims. Hence the suite was unsuccessful.

Anyway, the law wasn't passed to Canada is still safe.

#210 Ed Moran: Abu GOMEX aoa 28C

Wouldn't it be easier to just list the places you haven't been drunk?

BTW, thanks for the weather updates. I spent a few hundred on plywood and Charley missed me. But I am sure that if I didn't, he would have come straight up the coast and got me.

OT - Ted Rall is as much a moron in print as in picture

OT: 'work accident' in Gaza. A senior Hamas terrorist killed, his assistant wounded, in explosion at home.

aoa stands for "at or above".

Still true, although a weak ago offshore Texas and Louisiana were over 31C, and off the southwest coast of Florida was almost 32C. The "October" style cold front, with dry air, gusty winds and nightime lows near 15C cooled the northern GOMEX to about 29.5C, and Hurricane Charley cooled the water off Florida down to about 30C.

Not all bad news. A Cat 5 in the Gulf is now very unlikely.

I once read 28.5C was the minimum temperature for a major hurricane, and about 26.5C is the minimum for tropical cyclone genesis.

In about 6 weeks, when most of the Gulf cools below 28C as Canadian fronts and decreasing sun angles and longer nights take their toll, I'll probably have to either e-mail Charles and ask him to change my nick to "aob 28C" or get a Hotmail address so I can re-register.

I know registration makes Charles' life easier, but I miss being able to vary my name every day.

But there are a half dozen kinds of Southern BBQ. Culinary art, it's what we do best. ;-)

#233 Frank IBC

I've never seen a restaurant advertising "Midwestern Cuisine" either.

What do you think Golden Corral is? ;)

Alright, I'm off back to the tox lab, see youse guys later.

#229 papijoe:

I did. Reminds of the fact that we can be a beacon of hope.

#230 Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus:

Years ago there was a program shot in Toronto, callde, IIRC, Night Heat. It was a cop show, supposedly in New York. One scene called for a trash filled alley. There were unable to find one sufficiently trashy, so they strew a bunch around and shot all morning. They broke for lunch, and when they returned, all the trash had been cleaned up by the city.

Judith:

Whoooaa! That's more history than my tiny brain can handle! Your's is the correct version; mine's the 'dropout' version. ;)

Ed Moran:

True Canadian food is hard to find. There really isn't such an animal but next time you're drunk in Newfoundland, ask for 'codfish and brewis'. Though the codfish may be off the menu these days. You'll love the 'brewis'. But bring a hammer.

#200 EW1(SG):

"461 Americans--14 guns versus 3 British warships, 70 guns and 2140 men over a pig"

Now THAT'S what I call a 'fair fight'. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

They should have just roasted the pig and had Bar-B-Que!

oh and I would suggest ignoring spot. He's obviously from Toronto, the necrotic center of Canada, and the rest of us never take anything out of Toronto seriously.

# 240 Ed

"but I miss being able to vary my name every day."

Frankly, we miss it too ...

Brrr...Danielle's looking a little scary right now.

Um, the baddies in Battlestar Galactica, with the exception of one human, who looke Greek to me, and one lizard I saw once, were all robots.

Did you ever see the video game from 1981 that had a happy face named "Evil Otto".

The Cylon robots talked like that.

From the "I don't expect you to give a flying fig about this department"...

The doors from a side entrance to the White House on the day it was torched currently are the front doors of my girlfriend's parents house. That house was built in 1888

# 243 Cam

"They broke for lunch, and when they returned, all the trash had been cleaned up by the city."

I beleive you, but a link would be priceless!!

ploome -

I'm not sure that's such a bad development - I don't think it's going to strengthen his support among the Muslims.

Now, let me get this straight?

Rall wants Bush to go medieval on Pakistan and Saudi's ass because most of the 2800-odd dead in the WTC were Democrats?

Wouldn't this further enrich Halliburton, or are our boys and girls expected to forage for food?

I knew this guy was an unmitigated rabid loon, but dear me, is that an understatement.

Also, aren't some of those comments libellous (despite the fact that the targets are public officials)?

Let's see. There is also Saskatoon jam, rhuberry pie, Nanaimo Bars, smoked Winnipeg goldeye, buffalo burgers, and smoked wild rice. From Quebec I would add sugar pie, poutine, and baked beans in maple syrup, and of course Montreal smoked beef.

mmm

From the Ted Rall article

The Republican delegates here to coronate George W. Bush are unwelcome members of a hostile invading army. Like the hapless saps whose blood they sent to be spilled into Middle Eastern sands, they will be given intentionally incorrect directions to nonexistent places. Objects will be thrown in their direction. Children will call them obscene names.

So the soldiers sent over there are hapless saps?? Can this guy get any more condescending. If I ever saw this guy on the street I would punch him in the face.

#243 Cam

I remember the Canadian snipers who did such an incredible job and IIRC the Canadian govt wouldn't even let them accept a citation from the US.

I thought "poutine" was that stuff the Irish drank, that makes them see Leprechauns?

Speaking of Michelle Malkin, it looks like she's taken up the rewarding hobby of a crystal-meth addiction:
[Link: www.100monkeystyping.com...]

oops I meant in #255, from the Ted Rall article that was linked to in #238

# 249 Ed

Ah yes, the golden age of video games -- "The human must not escape!"

OT:

ADL Letter to Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G)

[Link: www.adl.org...]

#255 mad_scientist 8/17/2004 12:56PM PST

If I ever saw this guy on the street I would punch him in the face.

You'd have to stand in line. By the time you got your shot in he'd be less than a bloody pulp...

#244 foreign devil

True Canadian food

What about poutine?

Canada is a pathetic disgrace. I cannot open a newspaper these days without seeing yet another disgusting story.

To be fair, there is much the same thinking (and actions) rampant on the US Left.

We have these people in Winnipeg who wear little red and gold and black uniforms and they walk around in pairs looking for tourists who might be lost, panhandlers who need to moved along, and of course, they pick up trash and put it in litter recepticles as they go.

Nothing is more unnerving to the typical American tourist then having one of these pair follow after them picking up their litter and smiling politely and asking "Can we help you?"

I recall seeing a husband and wife arguing about on Main street and she said "Watch this." She tossed her empty cup on the street and someone walking by stooped, picked it up, and tossed into the garbage. "See! See!" she said to her husband, pointing, "They all do it here."

"Okay, okay, I get the message I won't litter anymore while we're in Canada."

Then my bus came.

Canuckistan -

Got a problem with Asiatic eyes, racist?

# 264 PBC

"there is much the same thinking (and actions) rampant on the US Left. "

Well duh! They went to school together, go to UN receptions together, etc ...

WTF canucklehead? Any of the Canadians I know living in the US couldn't give a beaver's balls about Canaduh. They have no plans of moving back and wonder at the fiberal yoke asshats in the Great White North elect to endure. Take off.

#258 Canuckistan

Speaking of head cheese...

How was your vacation in Afganistan...?

# 266 Frank

Naw, I just think confident women scare him ...
:-)

#257 Frank IBC:

I thought "poutine" was that stuff the Irish drank

Naw, that would be "potcheen," which is no longer allowed to be imported into the US. To steal a line from Ed, I've been drunk on potcheen in Pensacola, and my liver hurts just thinking about it.

#126 foreign devil :

I would argue that it was the British who burned the White House, not Canadians. Since Canada didn't become a independent country until 1867. I would also say that Canada wasn't it's own soverign country(still under the British Mandate Charter) until 1982 when it got it's own Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I'm still torn if we are or are not a 'free' country as we still recognize a foreign head of state as a leader, and so forth.

That pretty much makes me a anti-monarchist and pretty anti-Canadian according to the Liberals. Ha!

#191 Paranoid Brit :

It will probably take a lot of people dead or dying for people here to change their PoV. If I talk to the people at the GM-NPDC here, you hear anger at the government for doing *nothing* all the time. Or lots of pretty words. They know that if something happens...alot of people are going to die because of it.

Frank IBC 266 -you forget, its only racist, anti-semitic if said by a gun-toting red-neck, or by a Bushitler supporter...

258 Canuckistan

On the thread below pictures of Malkin having a spirited debate (yeesh, you ever seen Ted Kennedy go into a drunken rant where you need subtitles to understand his version of Boston style American-English) we had an LLL who demonstrates just how sensitive the LLL is to avoiding ethnic stereotypes

Hey Michelle, how 'bout a short time? Or long time? O O??

Posted by: Sailor at August 17, 2004 04:47 PM

BTW, I'm married (so is MM), but give me a room full of woman that look like her or Ann Coulter, on a bad hairday w/o makeup, than a room full of Susan Estrich, Molly Ivins, Andrea Dworkin, Barbara Mikulski and Hillary Clintons anyday.

#257 Frank IBC

Make sure you ask for poutine and not putain :P

266 Frank IBC

Hey, you have to admit that this expression is startling, Asiatic eyes or not:

[Link: www.100monkeystyping.com...]

BTW, I think Malkin's hot, but sadly, I think she's also cwazy!

Judith-- great picture and link of cockburn (any relation to Alexander?)

Jesses is now gone(replaced by Lib Dole)-- but he was North Carolina not my native state of infinite pride, Virginia.

what about ice beer?

Now there is an African-American running in N.C. as "Jesses Helms is back--and this time he's black"link

Ah...I think I got it - poutin = boudin? Am I guessing right?