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[Jim Thompson]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:41:43 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com>
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"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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What in the hell would we want Canada for?

Don't you live in Arizona? The water, of course.

Actually Arizona has no shortage of water (at least for the near
future), but California does big-time.

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[Richard Henry]

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:41:43 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com
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"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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What in the hell would we want Canada for?

Don't you live in Arizona? The water, of course.


Actually Arizona has no shortage of water (at least for the near
future), but California does big-time.

California has no shortage of water. California has a surplus of salt.

 

[Tim Williams]

"Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com> wrote in message
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California has no shortage of water. California has a surplus of salt.

Considering winter is almost over, you'd think the same of Wisconsin. ;o)

Tim

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[Boris Mohar]

On 23 Feb 2004 14:23:01 -0800, jeffm_@email.com (JeffM) wrote:

Mexico is a great country, rich in resources and great people,
but with one of the most corrupt governments in the world.
Since Mexico is already pretty much a US welfare state
we should just seize the place. I doubt that more than
a handful of people would even attempt resistance.
Jim Thompson

Let's annex Canada while we're at it. All their best people are here anyway.
**Ducking before Speff, Boris, Black, et al start throwing things@my.head.**

Well I will take the dare. But in true canadian fashion I am required to
apologize first. Government made me do it.

Remember 1812? Well we cannot repeat that triumph again because we still
have the same weapons and most of them are still unregistered although our
government spent over a billion dollars inventing a gun registry.
But if you keep that up we will have to stop sending you our comedians.
Having said that now I am obliged to apologize. It is the Canadian way.
Instead of writing my own I shall recycle an apology by a Rick Mercer. He is
one of our top guns.

*******
Courtesy of Rick Mercer, from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC Television...

On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the
United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently
and for that, I am truly sorry. I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron.
He is a moron but, it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any
consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the
people of America. After all it's not like you actually elected him.

I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than
you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better
than your own.

I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our excuse
would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours.

I'm sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. I notice
you've rebuilt it! It's Very Nice.

I'm sorry about your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but,
we Feel your Pain.

I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against
a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side. I realize it
took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but
that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.

And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly
apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a
thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this.

We've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.

Thank you.

**********


Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
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[Myron Samila]

"Boris Mohar" <borism_-void-_@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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On 23 Feb 2004 14:23:01 -0800, jeffm_@email.com (JeffM) wrote:

Mexico is a great country, rich in resources and great people,
but with one of the most corrupt governments in the world.
Since Mexico is already pretty much a US welfare state
we should just seize the place. I doubt that more than
a handful of people would even attempt resistance.
Jim Thompson

Let's annex Canada while we're at it. All their best people are here anyway.
**Ducking before Speff, Boris, Black, et al start throwing things@my.head.**

Well I will take the dare. But in true canadian fashion I am required to
apologize first. Government made me do it.

Remember 1812? Well we cannot repeat that triumph again because we still
have the same weapons and most of them are still unregistered although our
government spent over a billion dollars inventing a gun registry.
But if you keep that up we will have to stop sending you our comedians.
Having said that now I am obliged to apologize. It is the Canadian way.
Instead of writing my own I shall recycle an apology by a Rick Mercer. He is
one of our top guns.

*******
Courtesy of Rick Mercer, from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC Television...

On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the
United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently
and for that, I am truly sorry. I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron.
He is a moron but, it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any
consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the
people of America. After all it's not like you actually elected him.

I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than
you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better
than your own.

I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our excuse
would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours.

I'm sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. I notice
you've rebuilt it! It's Very Nice.

I'm sorry about your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but,
we Feel your Pain.

I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against
a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side. I realize it
took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but
that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.

And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly
apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a
thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this.

We've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.

Thank you.

**********


Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/

Thanks Boris

I'm surprised that none of the other posters knew about the war in 1812, (one or two did),
and yes, ummmm, Canadians were originally British settlers eh! We were (we being me, I'm
Canadian) under the British Empire at the time, and yes, it was the Canadians/British who
did burn down the house which was later painted WHITE!! Hence, that is why it is called
the White House now, it was never white originally. Canada wasn't even really Canada as
we know it at the time, from what I recall we were Upper and Lower Canada, unfortunately
we took this land from the previous owners.

Canada (Kanata) in Native Indian meant the name of a specific village

Toronto in Native Indian means meeting place.


Funny, American text books show British soldiers burned down the White House, Canadian
text books show otherwise (because Canada was a British Empire) tells otherwise.

I know my history, ehehe, but I'm only here in this newsgroup for the electronics and the
occasional WTF post when something like this comes up

Oh, and to the proof I have to come up with that Iraq doesn't have WMD? Ummmm, I don't
have any.

CNN reports one side of the story, if only some viewers would watch CBC and see what our
investigative reporters bring out:

Did you know that the Bush's were in the oil industry before politics?
Did you know that Bush Sr and the Bin Ladens (yes, of Osama fame) were in business
dealings with each other?
Did you know that the US helped Saddam in the Iraq/Iran conflict?!?
Did you know that when Bush jr was in that classroom, he already knew that the first plane
hit the WTC, he was informed about the second one. Later in an open forum, he said that
earlier before he went into that classroom, he saw the first plane hit the WTC, ummmm, no
one saw the first plane hit the WTC until a day later when that video tape surfaced (it
was a tape being shot about Firefighters from what I recall). He later retracted that
statement.


Again, I could care less about politics, I am one person, and my sole purpose here is to
discuss electronics, but, stop and think beyond what CNN tells you.

CNN is about as reliable as PRAVDA (anyone know what PRAVDA was/is??)

If any viewers in the US get to see our CBC check out This Hour has 22 Minutes, or the
Monday Report with Rick Mercer, you gotta see it.

Anyhow, I hope eventually the world gets along, we only have one earth and we're killing
it!!


And now onto more electronics discussion.

Myron Samila
Toronto, ON Canada
Samila Racing
http://204.101.251.229/myronx19

 

[Dave VanHorn]

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Does the US want Canada? Remember, we did beat the US once already.

Who is "we", and when?

Canada, War of 1812, the only time a foreign power torched the white house.

Immortalized in song by "Three dead trolls in a baggie".

 

[Richard Henry]

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Does the US want Canada? Remember, we did beat the US once already.

Who is "we", and when?

Canada, War of 1812, the only time a foreign power torched the white
house.

Immortalized in song by "Three dead trolls in a baggie".

US history books count that war as a win for our side, since we were
fighting for freedom of pasage on the seas, not for preserving architecture.

 

[Vlad]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:32:20 GMT, "Robert C Monsen"
<rcsurname@comcast.net> wrote:

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote in
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:55:31 -0500, "Myron Samila"
myronx19@no.spam.sympatico.ca> wrote:



Does the US have a less corrupt government than any other in the world?

Try bribing a cop or a judge here and see what happens.


True, you have to go right to Congress for your bribes to work here... I

think its called lobbying...

That makes bribing, legal

Regards

 

Don Bruder wrote:

In article <n4mh30la156f5o4sqi2d3p5d896j5tfg1d@4ax.com>,
Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Sunday Morning Newspaper Laugh....

There was an accident report on a street in Scottsdale named:

Camino sin Nombre

ROTFLMAO!

Well, it coulda been Caballo sin Nombre...

I think he's already been to the desert ...

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[Bill Sloman]

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Does the US want Canada? Remember, we did beat the US once already.

Who is "we", and when?

Canada, War of 1812, the only time a foreign power torched the white
house.

Immortalized in song by "Three dead trolls in a baggie".

US history books count that war as a win for our side, since we were
fighting for freedom of pasage on the seas, not for preserving architecture.

U.S. history books are not known for being impartial ... on the
evidence available here, they also count WW2 as a win for the U.S.
rather than for Russia.

------
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

 

[John Fields]

On 24 Feb 2004 00:59:11 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman) wrote:

U.S. history books are not known for being impartial ... on the
evidence available here, they also count WW2 as a win for the U.S.
rather than for Russia.

---
Neither are you, so I'm sure you've sifted through the "evidence"
carefully, rejecting anything factual which is at odds with your
opinions.

--
John Fields

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Myron Samila wrote:

I'm surprised that none of the other posters knew about the war in 1812, (one or two did),
and yes, ummmm, Canadians were originally British settlers eh! We were (we being me, I'm
Canadian) under the British Empire at the time, and yes, it was the Canadians/British who
did burn down the house which was later painted WHITE!! Hence, that is why it is called
the White House now, it was never white originally. Canada wasn't even really Canada as
we know it at the time, from what I recall we were Upper and Lower Canada, unfortunately
we took this land from the previous owners.

Canada (Kanata) in Native Indian meant the name of a specific village

Toronto in Native Indian means meeting place.


Funny, American text books show British soldiers burned down the White House, Canadian
text books show otherwise (because Canada was a British Empire) tells otherwise.

I know my history, ehehe, but I'm only here in this newsgroup for the electronics and the
occasional WTF post when something like this comes up

Which history is that?- The one on the back of the cereal box? You come
across as a blithering idiot. Your upper Canada was a very sparsely
settled British territory administered by their military and with less
than 90,000 inhabitants at the time- a desolate outpost at best-and
definitely nowhere near being a nation. The native Canadian provincials
were very pro-American, engaged in heavy economic dealings with
Americans, and established a thriving trade in US goods to circumvent
the British trade ban. That incident in Washington was a minor foray and
they withdrew quickly before things got ugly for them. The British Army
ended up being annihilated yet again by Americans, they tried a
three-pronged invasion strategy and were soundly thrashed and decimated
quickly. The British could not enter into a peace treaty fast enough
after that. You're a simple minded and ignorant idiot to think that
Canada was anything other than a backwards cesspool frontier populated
by toothless illiterates who were drunk 100% of the time to cope with
their miserable existence.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Roger Gt wrote:

"Tim Williams" wrote
: "John Fields" wrote

: > >Remember, we did beat the US once already.
: > ---
: > At what, hockey?
:
: Probably refers to 1812. Or perhaps even earlier than that.

No, it was a rebellion in Canada, the losers fled to the US.
1838 - 1840
Read about it at:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/patriots.htm

We got even when all the Draft Dodgers fled to Canada!

Actually that rebellion of 1840 was how Thomas Edison got here- his
father was forced to flee across Lake Huron into the US with British in
hot pursuit. The Edisons were not really Canadian, they originally
settled in the New Jersey colony and were evicted into Canada after the
Revolution because they were Loyalists- then they cause trouble up
there, and back into US western territory they return.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:26:27 GMT, the renowned Fred Bloggs
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

The native Canadian provincials
were very pro-American, engaged in heavy economic dealings with
Americans, and established a thriving trade in US goods to circumvent
the British trade ban.

The New England states, especially MA and VT were so against the war
they refused to lend the gov't money or send troops and continued to
trade. State (eg. NY and PA) militias refused to cross the border
under constitutional grounds, as this was clearly an offensive war,
and the founding fathers hadn't allowed for that kind of thing.

That incident in Washington was a minor foray and
they withdrew quickly before things got ugly for them. The British Army
ended up being annihilated yet again by Americans, they tried a
three-pronged invasion strategy and were soundly thrashed and decimated
quickly. The British could not enter into a peace treaty fast enough
after that. You're a simple minded and ignorant idiot to think that
Canada was anything other than a backwards cesspool frontier populated
by toothless illiterates who were drunk 100% of the time to cope with
their miserable existence.

Sounds like an excellent description of the Kentuckians. Slaughtered
at Frenchtown by the Potawatomi, and the remnants taken prisoner,
leading to the rapid and final retreat of Americans from Canadian
soil. And Isaac Brock's bluff that led to the surrender of Detroit
without a single shot being fired was nothing short of masterful.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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[Stephen J. Rush]

On 24 Feb 2004 00:59:11 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman)
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Does the US want Canada? Remember, we did beat the US once already.

Who is "we", and when?

Canada, War of 1812, the only time a foreign power torched the white
house.

Immortalized in song by "Three dead trolls in a baggie".

US history books count that war as a win for our side, since we were
fighting for freedom of pasage on the seas, not for preserving architecture.

U.S. history books are not known for being impartial ... on the
evidence available here, they also count WW2 as a win for the U.S.
rather than for Russia.

War isn't a zero-sum game. The Soviets wound up holding half of
Europe, but they took a lot of casualties and would have been overrun
without the combination of German stupidity, Western assistance, and
their old co-belligerant "Generalissimo Winter."

It can be argued that the big winner was Japan.

 

[Richard Henry]

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Does the US want Canada? Remember, we did beat the US once
already.

Who is "we", and when?

Canada, War of 1812, the only time a foreign power torched the white
house.

Immortalized in song by "Three dead trolls in a baggie".

US history books count that war as a win for our side, since we were
fighting for freedom of pasage on the seas, not for preserving
architecture.

U.S. history books are not known for being impartial ... on the
evidence available here, they also count WW2 as a win for the U.S.
rather than for Russia.

It's not just the books. We also ended up with two jingo-music classics:
"The Star-Spangled Banner" and "The Battle of New Orleans"

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/battleof.htm

"They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch'em".

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Spehro Pefhany

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:26:27 GMT, the renowned Fred Bloggs
nospam@nospam.com> wrote:


The native Canadian provincials
were very pro-American, engaged in heavy economic dealings with
Americans, and established a thriving trade in US goods to circumvent
the British trade ban.


The New England states, especially MA and VT were so against the war
they refused to lend the gov't money or send troops and continued to
trade. State (eg. NY and PA) militias refused to cross the border
under constitutional grounds, as this was clearly an offensive war,
and the founding fathers hadn't allowed for that kind of thing.


That incident in Washington was a minor foray and
they withdrew quickly before things got ugly for them. The British Army
ended up being annihilated yet again by Americans, they tried a
three-pronged invasion strategy and were soundly thrashed and decimated
quickly. The British could not enter into a peace treaty fast enough
after that. You're a simple minded and ignorant idiot to think that
Canada was anything other than a backwards cesspool frontier populated
by toothless illiterates who were drunk 100% of the time to cope with
their miserable existence.


Sounds like an excellent description of the Kentuckians. Slaughtered
at Frenchtown by the Potawatomi, and the remnants taken prisoner,
leading to the rapid and final retreat of Americans from Canadian
soil. And Isaac Brock's bluff that led to the surrender of Detroit
without a single shot being fired was nothing short of masterful.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Whatever- Madison and company apparently did not think it was important
to consider their military readiness prior to declaration of war. The
Federal army at the time consisted of wasted rabble and drunks- they
were actually doing a good job of emulating their English heritage that
way

 

[Wade Hassler]

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message news:<n4mh30la156f5o4sqi2d3p5d896j5tfg1d@4ax.com>...

Sunday Morning Newspaper Laugh....

There was an accident report on a street in Scottsdale named:

Camino sin Nombre

ROTFLMAO!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Gilroy, CA has a street named "Noname Uno"
Apparently, they are preparing for naming multiple unnmamed streets.
I prefer to pronounce it to rhyme with 'Besame Mucho.'
Wade

 

[Myron Samila]

"Stephen J. Rush" <steverush@cox.net> wrote in message
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It can be argued that the big winner was Japan.

The Russian (Winter) stopped the German war machine.

You're right! But what a way to end a war eh? Dropping two atomic devices on two
separate days on civilians? Pearl Harbor was a military target.


--
Myron Samila
Toronto, ON Canada
Samila Racing
http://204.101.251.229/myronx19

 

[Roger Gt]

"Spehro Pefhany wrote
: Fred Bloggs wrote:
:
: >The native Canadian provincials
: >were very pro-American, engaged in heavy economic dealings with
: >Americans, and established a thriving trade in US goods to
circumvent
: >the British trade ban.
:
: The New England states, especially MA and VT were so against the
war
: they refused to lend the gov't money or send troops and
continued to
: trade. State (eg. NY and PA) militias refused to cross the
border
: under constitutional grounds, as this was clearly an offensive
war,
: and the founding fathers hadn't allowed for that kind of thing.

The war of independence WAS an offensive war!
I saw nothing in my reading of the papers of the founders that
restrained action when it was needed to protect Americans.

: > That incident in Washington was a minor foray and
: >they withdrew quickly before things got ugly for them. The
British Army
: >ended up being annihilated yet again by Americans, they tried a
: >three-pronged invasion strategy and were soundly thrashed and
decimated
: >quickly. The British could not enter into a peace treaty fast
enough
: >after that. You're a simple minded and ignorant idiot to think
that
: >Canada was anything other than a backwards cesspool frontier
populated
: >by toothless illiterates who were drunk 100% of the time to
cope with
: >their miserable existence.
:
: Sounds like an excellent description of the Kentuckians.
Slaughtered
: at Frenchtown by the Potawatomi, and the remnants taken
prisoner,
: leading to the rapid and final retreat of Americans from
Canadian
: soil. And Isaac Brock's bluff that led to the surrender of
Detroit
: without a single shot being fired was nothing short of
masterful.

However IT was a British action, not Canadian!
Not sure about the Kentuckians, Notably Davy Crocket was elected
to the Congress, he was no dolt! Such broad brush descriptions
will always be wrong in some respect.