Moving on without the US
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Is that really the best you can come up with?clancy98 said:
You seem confused....The US starts wars and helps in wars for it's own economic benefits. Canada doesn;t do that, not our government, some companies try and do take advantages of situations but there's a HUGE difference here. BTW Canada is nothing like the US, we're two very different cultures I'm both American and Canadian so I;m nto speaking out of my ass about this....ummbikes said:Half true, Canada isn't an aggressor as wars and "liberations".
Economics, well that is another story...
My good friend, we'll call him Chad, sells building trusses. He now has has to compete with with companies from your island, and greater B.C. because your government kicks in massive subsidies for the wood used to make the trusses. Canada is a great place, I love to visit, I love the culture, I enjoy the people I have met, but lets not kid ourselves, Canada is an economic bad ass and in certain areas have done major damage to it's neighbor to the south. So cut the warm and fuzzy crap, you guys are just like America, just not quite so willing to huck bombs. :eviltongu
just follow the breadcrumbs, mateChangleen said:
- Mao pajama suits now much baggier and more ill-fitting.
- Think they came up with that "Tickle Me Mao" on their own?
- Kung fu movie dialog suddenly in synch with the images.
- Most popular fast food dish at McFong's: McBeef with Snow Peas and McWontons.
- "Secret" Kung Pao sauce bears striking resemblance to thousand island dressing.
- President Jiang Zemin seen wearing one of those baseball caps that holds two beer cans.
- Rice now flavored with "The Chairman's" secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.
- Traffic accidents increase dramatically with availability of new "bike phones."
- New missiles are now armed with clapper-activated Chia warheads.
- New "Jerry Springroll" TV show features embarrassingly ignorant peasants beating each other silly over infidelities.
- Meals are now eaten in half the time, thanks to the wondrous new invention, the "fork."
- Surprisingly sophisticated special effects in the new movie "Episode 1: Jackie Chan and the Phantom Menace."
really? then where do you get such wonderful toys?JMAC said:
You couldn;t be more right about that, it's almost equal and if everyone actaully voted things might be different. Believe me I have alot of American friends and they're great people. Same with Bush people alot of them are great people, my entirely US family are all utra Bush lovers. It's hard to talk politics with them but I love them just as much....preppie said:
forgot to add:
weapons systems
type 094 submarine
you ever heard of wen ho lee? there was quite a dust-up over here during the clinton administration (coincidence, i'm sure). go googling: <"wen ho lee" "los alamos" espionage> & read all about the louis freeh bungling of his case
compare GM's [they're american] Spark minicar and Chery Automobile Corp.'s [they're Chinese] QQ model
in 1999, Chrysler [they're american] CEO Robert Eton was made aware that knock-offs of Chrysler's Jeep Cherokee had been seen on the streets of Beijing [this city is currently in china].
but, we're not so special: the "Red Flag" sedan was identical to the Audi 5000 [made in germany] right down to the last nut and bolt - with the single exception of a plastic red-flag hood ornament.
howsa bout software? surely, even the telegraph has reported this. i'll pass along a salon.com link detailing micro$oft's battle with china's 92% piracy rate.
do you understand motivations behind regional DVD encoding?
let me know if i can open your mind a little more on this rather obscure topic
weapons systems
type 094 submarine
you ever heard of wen ho lee? there was quite a dust-up over here during the clinton administration (coincidence, i'm sure). go googling: <"wen ho lee" "los alamos" espionage> & read all about the louis freeh bungling of his case
compare GM's [they're american] Spark minicar and Chery Automobile Corp.'s [they're Chinese] QQ model
in 1999, Chrysler [they're american] CEO Robert Eton was made aware that knock-offs of Chrysler's Jeep Cherokee had been seen on the streets of Beijing [this city is currently in china].
but, we're not so special: the "Red Flag" sedan was identical to the Audi 5000 [made in germany] right down to the last nut and bolt - with the single exception of a plastic red-flag hood ornament.
howsa bout software? surely, even the telegraph has reported this. i'll pass along a salon.com link detailing micro$oft's battle with china's 92% piracy rate.
do you understand motivations behind regional DVD encoding?
let me know if i can open your mind a little more on this rather obscure topic
so who got killed by our pilots a few years back in afghanistan? were you guys passing out fertilizer for the poppy fields & hummus to the natives?JMAC said:We use our forces to actaully stop people fighting like in Rwanda or anywhere. Canada is known as the peacekeepers.
Umm yeah your ****ing retarded pliots killed our soldiers....Do you know what the Canadaian soldiers were doing there? No, do i? No....but I do know that teh afghanistan thing was actaully supported by many countries. Now Iraq, Canada has opposed this from the start and has refused any participation in it. Give up. :dancing:$tinkle said:
fluff said:
ok... 15,000 vs 20,000. I stand corrected.
Just as you mention in your post, this is stuff that goes un noticed for BOTH sides though, so you can't point your finger and say we aren't doing anything.
You don't like the US, fine... That is your opinion.
My opinion is that I could care less if we are THE superpower or if everyone else looks to us for help.
Well, I didn't say I didn't like the US, I was merely pointing out that:-BB- said:ok... 15,000 vs 20,000. I stand corrected.
Just as you mention in your post, this is stuff that goes un noticed for BOTH sides though, so you can't point your finger and say we aren't doing anything.
You don't like the US, fine... That is your opinion.
My opinion is that I could care less if we are THE superpower or if everyone else looks to us for help.
1) The US didn't provide the most support
and
2) They automatically assume that they did.
So many other 'truths' as percieved by US citizen should be examined in closer detail.
Unless of course they are so insular that they care nothing about the rest of the planet, in which case they can hardly complain if they are thought arrogant and foolish.
I know that we didn't give the most $$, but I heard that we gave the most logistics... so sue me.fluff said:
. The US was actaully not even 2nd in the most money giving, Germany, China ect were all well ahead. Canada was close behind 
Not even close, and I don't mean that in any derogatory way.ALEXIS_DH said:
