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Lol at american ignorance.

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connoroh
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Mar 23 2009 3:14PM
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Delphi
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Canadians, do you all know who Laura Secord is? And if so, is she like a super awesome national hero up there?
Mar 24 2009 12:38AM
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Clevinger
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Way to go champ, you forgot to capitalize a letter at the beginning of a word that shouldn't be at the beginning of a sentence in the first place. Who the fuck are you, E.E. Cummings? I'm surprised that you spelled spelling properly.

Mar 24 2009 12:51AM
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Ben.
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i think i just got dumber watching that
Mar 24 2009 1:00AM
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skiingonskis
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people like you are the reason why the world hates the the us
Mar 24 2009 1:01AM
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Abc567def
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Yep your right dumber isn't a word.

Just poking fun at ya :P.
Mar 24 2009 1:02AM
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fujarome
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i didn't like him much before, and this certainly doesn't help.
Mar 24 2009 1:03AM
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Tasche
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This is the same conversation that high school kids have the first time they get drunk. It looked like the special Olympics on that set.
Mar 24 2009 1:06AM
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Ben.
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careful. you cant say that anymore. god didnt you see barack hahaha
Mar 24 2009 1:08AM
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seward
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not as big as wayne gretzky

i see canadian history is not park of american high-school curriculums
Mar 24 2009 1:16AM
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fujarome
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unfortunately it seems like just about no history other than US history is really part of american high school curriculum. In my high school to take european history, you had to take the ap class. It's shameful is what it is.
Mar 24 2009 1:20AM
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skeedle
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in canada, or at least in BC, we had to take canadian history from like, grad 5 - grade 11, with the exception of grades 7&8 where you do ancient civilizations. its not required for you to take world history, but if you are in a normal school with no AP classes, usually history 12 is the only one you can take, but i think this is the case in most places. Europes history is so intertwined that they its like one big continental history, not just like England per say. It is also so much longer than North Americas, well the European- north american one at least. first nations is a whole different story.
its not just an american thing to teach only your countries history, canada does it too.

Mar 24 2009 1:28AM
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fsscott
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^this
Mar 24 2009 1:31AM
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Obsessedwski
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yes we do. Most people in the world are not as ignorant as most americans.

do you know who terry fox is?


Mar 24 2009 1:33AM
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ThaLorax
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Is it just me or is this a sad day? People giving a country shit for giving up it's military? that should be a sign of praise and rewards should be given to canada if anything.  Proving that you can fully operate as a large country for ayear with no military would be a momentous achievement, not a pansy one like faux news made it out to be, whether it's a joke or not.
Mar 24 2009 1:51AM
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connoroh
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Although this fact is reasonably correct, it mostly has to do with the geography of Canada. The vast majority of Canada is pretty inhabitable. We just cluster in the areas that are warm, and it just so happens that the states is right there below us.
Mar 24 2009 2:03AM
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Kazabazua
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canada isnt in the war because its a fuckin stupid war

Mar 24 2009 2:13AM
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connoroh
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If your american, this furthers the proof of this fucking stupid video.

People DON'T EVEN KNOW CANADA'S IN THIS FUCKING WAR.
Mar 24 2009 2:23AM
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hartig
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epic fail
Mar 24 2009 2:34AM
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NW_Rider
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His region says Canada....just sayin.
Mar 24 2009 2:38AM
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connoroh
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thats almost worse.
Mar 24 2009 3:03AM
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hartig
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...almost?
Mar 24 2009 3:28AM
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OhMyBosh
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Canadian and American history is pretty much a joke seeing as the countries are like 200 years old.
Mar 24 2009 9:28AM
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J.D.
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Not unless you have a really good memory of grade 10 social studies. No one really cares about the War of 1812, people just use it to make fun of Americans who talk about military power. Our major sources of military history are WWI, WWII and Korea.
Mar 24 2009 10:35AM
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Steeze420
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why?

canada is 3,854,085 square miles with about 33.6 million people.

the u.s is 3,794,066 square miles with about 306 million people.

therefore, the u.s has about 9.1 times the population of canada. i am sorry if i was off by nine tenths.
Mar 24 2009 10:43AM
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seward
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haha you obviously dont know a single fahken thing about history.

good history dosnt have to be ancient history.

alot can happen in a short amount on time, which it did.
Mar 24 2009 11:07AM
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hartig
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its right here nomen..
Mar 24 2009 12:10PM
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ATLskier
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#6 WRONG

We have lots of natural resources left. The liberals are fucking insane and won't let us use them. Thanks the liberals and environmentalists.
Mar 24 2009 12:36PM
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OhMyBosh
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people take my posts too seriously. im not that stupid.
Mar 24 2009 12:41PM
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Caveman.
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This thread seriously needs to die

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Mar 24 2009 1:01PM
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fujarome
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yea that sounds about like what it was like in the US. Years of US history with a few ancient civilizations thrown in the mix every now and then. I can understand concentrating on your home country more, but the fact that even just the option to learn about other places isn't even available is terrible. If you wanna just learn about your home, fine, but some of us want to know more about other areas


Mar 24 2009 1:07PM
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Delphi
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lol wanye gretsky's best years were on US hockey teams.

Canada's history of one of foreign dominance. It began with the French in 1535, then transferred control to the british in 1763, and in 1922, the US gained economic dominance over Britain in Canada. You guys barely have an autonomous history, let alone an autonomous country.
Mar 24 2009 1:11PM
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Delphi
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^ VT maple syrup is far better than Canada's, although the Sugar Shack in quebec is awesome. I pride myself on my ability to judge Maple syrups hha, I've had em from all over. New York, NH, VT, MA, Quebec, etc. I think Vermont "Jed's Reserve" or Northern Comfort are the best out there.
Mar 24 2009 1:17PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Are you kidding me?!1 I live in Vermont and we have better maple syrup!!! rable rable rable
Mar 24 2009 1:20PM
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Delphi
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exactly! ownt
Mar 24 2009 1:21PM
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ThaLorax
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No. We don't need to use out own resources and we don't need to use Canada's or anybody else's for that matter.  What we need is to pull our heads out of our asses and invest in technology that utilizes renewable/infinite resources not finite resources like undiscovered oil fields here in the US.
Mar 24 2009 1:24PM
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Delphi
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haha this one will never end. New Englander's are fiercely protective of their maple syrups, no matter what you say, this argument probably won't ever end. Pick up a bottle of northern comfort, shit is insane.

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Mar 24 2009 1:31PM
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Delphi
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Mar 24 2009 1:33PM
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kris.....
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well i do have to say we may be a small military but were the best trained military in the world right now....
Mar 24 2009 1:38PM
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Delphi
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i believe Israel has the best trained military in the world
Mar 24 2009 2:24PM
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ZavierV
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I believe this thread needs to end.
Mar 24 2009 2:37PM
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cjgncjgn
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and your spelling and understanding of your closest, and largest country, explains the American education system. Oh and unless your super loaded don't get hurt.

we have a PROPORTIONAL military for fucks sake the USA is significantly larger population wise than Canada... Last i checked Canada was around 30 mill, the USA 300 mill. It is only logical for our militarty to be smaller, not to mention we don't go around pissing of the world forcing us to need a large military.

Yes our mounties do have a formal dress that has red jackets. Should one make fun of the marines for their ridiculously outdated formal dress? A fucking sword... no its military tradition. The RCMP has many factions that are in standard police gear.

Weeds pretty much legal, free healthcare, the drinking age is lower, we have significantly less violence (even per capita), and our economy isn't falling faster than a rock. Not to mention I can wear my flag on my back with pride in any nation in the world... can't really say that about Americans... some of whom pretend to be Canadians in Europe.

If only the average American understood where their county has been headed for the last 50 years. If you want a real understanding look into the NPT and how the USA's violations of this treaty amount to the largest proliferation of nuclear arms in the world ever. Yet they signed an aggreement with the express intention of reducing the number of arms globally. bah
Mar 24 2009 2:44PM
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CJHski
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unbelievable!
Mar 24 2009 2:52PM
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Delphi
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090323.wfoxapology0323/EmailBNStory/International/home

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Mar 24 2009 2:53PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Mar 24 2009 3:51PM
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skiminnesota
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in the spirit of the pic above this. the thread is shit anyway. lol

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Mar 24 2009 3:54PM
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Ben.
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hahahaha go put that in "if you laugh you lose"
Mar 24 2009 3:59PM
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Alexander_Keith
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju-fZVvuQBE
Mar 24 2009 5:32PM
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Alexander_Keith
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Mar 24 2009 5:33PM
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Alexander_Keith
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My brother just returned from Kandahar, he's currently decompressing in Cyprus (ie getting shitfaced and chilling on a beach)

Still, there are some 15 odd soldiers from his tour who aren't so lucky. Have some fucking respect and let the topic go.

Mar 24 2009 5:36PM
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