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chegitz guevara
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL Communist Party of Apolyton
Jun 2000
time: 00:18
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Okay, this is prompted by a comment notyoueither made in another thread. Let's face it, we Americans don't know squat about Canada, except that it's North of us, whichever way that is, and it's cold, it has sucky beer and they play a lot of hockey. Oh, yeah, and they're communists, the whole lot of them. Despite this, and our apalling lack of knowledge about our cousins, they seem to like us, at least to our face, but who knows what they really say about us up there in Canada. It's not like we really pay attention.
So, my dear Canadian friends. What should Americans know about Canuks? Go easy on us. Make it interesting. Don't complain that we call ourselves Americans. We were the first country in the Americas, we got dibs on the names. You shouldn't have stayed loyal to Britain.
I'll start with a few Canadian fun facts I know.
One out of every five Canadians visits Florida at least once a year. One out of every thirteen Canadians lives in Florida year round.
Canada has roughly the population of California.
While Canada has never had a civil war, they did have a couple of revolts which led to new colonies being established in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, IIRC.
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Ramo
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Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 1999
time: 23:18
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Here it is:
The story of America's independence from the England is very well known, but did you know Canda was once part of the British Empire? It's true! We Canadians threw off the same British yoke as you, once we took a leisurely route to liberation. In fact, you might say, we've been "declaring" our "independence" for more than 200 years! Kind of!
Our style of revolution centered less on bloodshed and guerrilla warfare and more on the time-tested strategy of "not making a fuss." For example, at the same time you were declaring war on the English monarchy, we were enjoying privileges granted to us by King George in the Treaty of Versailles, which gave us fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland, provided we not dry or cure fish on land. (And by the way, we later got that right to cure and dry fish on land, thank you very much!)
All I'm saying is that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Not that I am in any way saying I would like to harm a cat. Quite the contrary, I like cats. Unless America wants Canada to skin a cat, in which case we will gladly do it.
The point is we took our time, waiting for The Canadian Moment to arrive, rather than forcing it upon the world. We waited, in the cold, watching the US, most of Central and South America, Africa and Asia throw off their colonial oppressors. I think it was us and Belize that held out.
And our patience ultimately paid off, for in the glorious year of 1982, we took the bold step of gettting permission from England to amend our constitution so we could amend our constitution - without getting permission from England. Let freedom ring!
Now the only remnants of the tyrannical rule of Queen Elizabeth II are an appointed "Governor General" who represents her in the Canadian governmental affairs. And the Queen is still officially our head of state. Plus she's on our money. And when we take a government job, we have to swear a loyalty pledge to her. All in all, a small price to pay for an independence achieved without bloodshed, violence, glory, or independence.
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