It's up to you, Caul, YOU must save your people! (858 hits)
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Submitted by shadow (View user info) at 2007-10-08 11:03:45 EDT
ATTN: The following political message is based on one-part research, one-part discussion with Canadian citizens and two-parts my own personal opinion, take it or leave it.
It's up to you, brave citizens of the wild north, to save yourself from ever hungering appetite of US interests. You alone can control your border to the US. Do it fast, NAFTA is creeping in from the shadows...
Here's the scoop: We want you. We want your trees, your oil, your public health care, etc., and what we want we take. I'm sorry, it's not my way, it is the way of my people and I don't know if I can do anything to stop them. No, I'm not copping out on you, I vote, I show up at the polls, I write letters to politicians (well I have written three letters and sent them multiple times...) hell I even protest right down in DC on Capital Hill when the message is right! But there's no stopping the economic/political/crap-cultural juggernaut that is the US, not when you're little more than the muck stuck to the elephant's foot.
See, being a US citizen is a lot like being a kid in an abusive home. Your belligerent asshole father (Big Corporation) comes home and beats the shit out of your simpering too-willing-to-please whore of a mother (US Government) all the while telling her that he loves her. He might offer to buy her things to keep her under thumb, but what does he care about money when he has a woman like that to hold by the throat? And anyway money comes easy when you're the biggest bully on the block.
Mom acquiesces and keeps coming back for more, whispering to the little ones (US citizen) to "just be quiet and stay out of his way." Mom's out of control life leads her to paranoia, which she inflicts on the kids. All the while she tells you it's OK, and it's not daddy's fault, he's just stressed out at work and really he means the best. Meanwhile he's taking a "business trip" in your own backyard, raping the neighbor's wife (Canadian Government) while her husband (Canadian Big Corp) jerks off with a beer in his hand, courtesy of dear old dad.
The kids are left to cry on each other's shoulder, discussing how they might one day escape with the neighbor's kids, maybe run off somewhere exotic like Ireland or Germany... except mommy and daddy would hurt them if they ran away.
What? Too graphic? You'll be fine.
It's been said that Canada enjoyed its only five minutes of freedom at the end of World War II when ties where dwindling between the Great North and the ailing British Empire. The punch line may not seem that funny in hindsight, but it really was no time at all before Canada's alliances switched to the United States, a then emerging superpower. It should come as little surprise then, that by the 1960s, 38% of Canadian business was US owned. Pierre Trudeau saw this as a fallacy when he took the leadership role in 1968. He urged Canadians toward national pride, and freely met with controversial world leaders such as Fidel Castro, thumbing his nose at his southern neighbors who were constantly applying pressure for trade deals and resource sharing. Under Trudeau, US ownership fell 10%. And though a Catholic, Trudeau pushed for civil rights and left the legacy of a strong, culturally wealthy and independent Canada.
So how did you guys go from thinking-man Trudeau to the wuss-bag Mulroney? Mulroney who so placated US conservatives and Big Corp that he LITERALLY did a song and dance with Ronald Reagan? Does that infamous photo-op of the two of them singing "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" still make you cringe?
It should.
The 1989 Free Trade Agreement reopened the doors to American Big Business. And don't think we hesitated for a moment to stick out greedy fingers right back into every crevasse available. Things didn't get any better for you when NAFTA landed on your doorstep, nor did Mexico see an improved quality of life.
What is the end game of this? The answer may surprise you: A North American Superstate. A fully integrated single nation where all of the resources and money are funneled into one supreme ruling government. That's right, our governments have already held a number of secret meetings to tackle the problems of economic, political, defensive and cultural integration.
"No way!" I hear you cry, "That's impossible!" Oh no dear, it's very possible, and the leaders of our biggest companies are already investing in experts and analysts who are hard at work figuring out how to make it happen. Please don't take my word for it:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52063
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/042800-01.htm
http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20060919132553106/print
The US is blatantly disregarding all conventions and respect for national sovereignty to the North and South.
But then again, would it really be so bad? I mean, I hear jokes at least once a week that Canada is "America Junior" or "the biggest northern state." Aren't we already sort of integrated? Isn't the next step logically to pay taxes to the same place, and reap the benefits of a larger, wealthier central government?
In my opinion, NO.
There is an importance to national sovereignty that cannot be denied. It is a matter of pride, yes, but it is also a matter of heart and soul. It is a matter of independence and self control. It is a matter of economy and ecology. Who we are as people is in part who we are as citizens, and while I think you folks up in Canada and down in Mexico are A-OK, I do not want to see us become a superstate. It would destroy our national identity, eliminate the cultural divides that make our separate countries unique, and worst of all it would create an enormous and potentially dangerous form of government where the will of the citizen is overruled by the wallet of large corporations. Even discussing this idea without the input of the people is a flagrant attempt to circumvent the will of voting citizens, an obvious breach of the conventions of democracy.
Finally: Integration would take away each sovereign nation's ability to control its own destiny, and that my friends, is unacceptable.
What I don't know, what I wish I had an answer for is this: how could we stop it if our leaders are in line to integrate our countries? Do we protest? Would we go to war? In the political arena, there are no easy answers, but I can say this: in order to ensure our mutual freedoms, we the people must stay vigilant, not just of outside "enemies" but of our own government and private organizations.
So here's to you, Canada! Here's to you, Mexico! Here's to freedom and independence for all!
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-04-17 15:00:22 EDT (#)
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why dig this up?
p.s. pierre trudeau was a prick
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-04-17 14:29:29 EDT (#)
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+2 for you!
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-10 10:02:30 EDT (#)
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Chaos, I respect your opinion, but consider this:
I understand poverty. I understand the pain of poverty, nothing makes it more real than having a tooth pulled without anesthesia because mommy and daddy can't afford a real dentist. I understand the humiliation of standing in line for a can of food because it's Thanksgiving and the donations center ran out of turkeys. I understand what it feels like when the system fails, and kids get abandoned, like I was as a teenager. This is what I know of America.
I also know a land of opportunity where a kid like me can work HARD for years and raise up a little bit in the financial arena. I know of a place where you can start off with nothing and make something out of it, get an education, get a job, get a career. This is also what I know of America.
There is a huge HUGE difference between the upper class in this country, who can afford a thousand-dollar-a-plate fundraiser for their favorite politcal party, and the lower class who work the skin right off their bones for a few scraps of food. You say the US government has done more to balance out the wealth disparity than any other country? Then why is our middleclass shrinking? Why are our schools failing? Why can't I get a doctor's appointment without saving up for two months?
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE AMERICA. I love every inch of the rich brown soil beneath my feet and every silvery drop of rain from overhead. But I don't think, not for a second, that this is the end-all of what we can achieve. Yeah, I bitch, and I shake my tiny fist, and I verbally assault the status quo, and I do this all in the hopes that tomorrow, next year, next century, it will be BETTER for those who come after us.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-09 21:00:48 EDT (#)
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You know I loves you Shadow, but I just don't see the world like you do.
I've gotten a bit of dirt on my hands and, perhaps more importantly, I've seen how things work in many parts of the world not easily covered by the major news corporations in 45 minutes or less.
No matter how difficult your life may be, I can guarantee that your personal existence is more physically pleasant than approximately 60-70% of the rest of the global population.
Not only that, but the government that you evidently despise so much does more to equalize the massive imbalance in global wealth than much of the rest of the world, combined.
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I could go on in a giant pro-American rant, but it would probably be about as useful as pissing into the wind.
Just keep in mind that a huge amount of American effort has gone into improving the world...much of which will never be even recognized, much less rewarded.
All I can hope for is that, someday, when all of these petty squabbles have been lost to the dusty halls of antiquity, that someone remembers that here was once a shining beacon of hope called the United States of America.
No one truly recognizes a Golden Age until it's over...
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-10-09 14:16:21 EDT (#)
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i actually think a super north american state would make more sense than Canada, as a political and geographical and economical entity for a shitload of reasons.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 21:47:22 EDT (#)
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That's ok kids, I'll take negative reviews from morons anyday.
Especially those without anything useful of their own to contribute.
Submitted by jojo747 (user info) at 2007-10-08 20:35:57 EDT (#)
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you aren't smart
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-08 16:42:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-08 15:58:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:07:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:31:19 EDT (#)
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Canadians aren't reel people.
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We aren't?
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To be fair, the meaning of the statement is to include anyone anyone who primarily identifies themselves with a country rather than as an individual.
And no, not really.
Submitted by Constitution (user info) at 2007-10-08 15:28:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:26:53 EDT (#)
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Bingo!
Our government is in the process of creating a "North American Union", modeled after the European Union. The disturbing thing about it is that it isn't one political party pushing for it, BOTH are.
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Ron Paul woooo!
All that's left in politics are big government social leftists and big government social rightists. Corporations indeed have a big and negative role in government and the policies they make the government enact, from "free trade" (which isn't free and is barely trade) to the NAU are due to government regulation.
Why blame the government for corrupt corporations? Because it's regulation that stifles competition and innovation. Corporations know that in our current system, there will be regulation. But they also know that they can influence what the regulations are. So to make it easier on themselves, they have the government enact weak regulations which allow them to get the wealth generated from capitalism but without the competition or innovation that normally comes with capitalism. So what we've ended up with is a weird corporate-based mercantilist system.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-10-08 15:08:21 EDT (#)
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we'll take Canada, with the proviso that we DON'T have to take Quebec.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:50:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:38:23 EDT (#)
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rigor mortis has already set in?
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:27:02 PDT (#)
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I'm really not much of a beer person, though - I like my alcohol the same way that I like Shlongy, hard and stiff.
What?
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**shudders**
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:39:55 EDT (#)
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Shut it, Stacie. :)
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:38:23 EDT (#)
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rigor mortis has already set in?
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:27:02 PDT (#)
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I'm really not much of a beer person, though - I like my alcohol the same way that I like Shlongy, hard and stiff.
What?
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:27:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 13:14:05 CDT (#)
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CT you made me snarf my soda!
I do love those commercials, in spite of their AWFUL beer.
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Hahahahahahahahaha. True. I can tolerate Bud Select at best out of their entire lineup, and that's assuming that I've already knocked off a few good drinks to get me started.
I'm really not much of a beer person, though - I like my alcohol the same way that I like Shlongy, hard and stiff.
What?
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:14:05 EDT (#)
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CT you made me snarf my soda!
I do love those commercials, in spite of their AWFUL beer.
Submitted by dronebee (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:09:48 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-10-08 14:07:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:31:19 EDT (#)
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Canadians aren't reel people.
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We aren't?
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-08 13:58:24 EDT (#)
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"Budweiser presents: Real Men of Genius." ("REALLLL MEN OF GEEEENIUS!")
"Today, we salute you, Mr. Franco-Canadian Liberator." ("MR. FRANCO-CANADIAN LIIIIBERAAAATOR!")
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-10-08 13:04:28 EDT (#)
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Finally: Integration would take away each sovereign nation's ability to control its own destiny, and that my friends, is unacceptable.
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This was thought out well. The idea of a supernation isn't new by any means, though I hadn't realized all this was happening currently.
I "heart" capitolism.
But only if capitolism can have a heart.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:31:19 EDT (#)
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Canadians aren't real people.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:29:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:26:53 EDT (#)
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Bingo!
Our government is in the process of creating a "North American Union", modeled after the European Union. The disturbing thing about it is that it isn't one political party pushing for it, BOTH are.
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Not long until we're using the 'Amero' for purchases.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:28:17 EDT (#)
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It's probably an experience worth having. I probably got my fill of dead bodies when I lived in PG county, there was one in my parking lot on an otherwise boring Thursday evening. Gunshot wound, pity.
If I were you, I think I would. Besides, we all need a little "memento mori" every once in a while.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:26:53 EDT (#)
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Bingo!
Our government is in the process of creating a "North American Union", modeled after the European Union. The disturbing thing about it is that it isn't one political party pushing for it, BOTH are.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:25:43 EDT (#)
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It's not so much a scientific study, but was an offer I received to join in on a detective class for MPD. They are required to do it, but I have the choice of auditing the class. I think I'm gonna do it.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:15:51 EDT (#)
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are we investigating the reality of thanatology?
Hmmm... I think I would, but i might vomit at the smell of decomp, so I'd have to bring a baggie or something.
Nothing smells worse than decomp.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:12:09 EDT (#)
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Fully functioning, to view bodies and manners of death, no less.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:05:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:55:03 EDT (#)
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If you had the chance to go to a morgue in DC, would you?
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Is this an old morgue where bodies once were, or a functioning one?
That would probably effect my answer.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:04:40 EDT (#)
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ya know, BOB, you bring up an interesting point there... perhaps I do have it backwards.
It seems that we, as US citizens, tend to harbor at least a little paranoia toward our government, ingrained over two hundred years of screaming "FIRST AMMENDMENT BITCHES" and such. We sort of let business do it's thing, we even offer up (on a regular basis) precious personal info such as address and phone number if only to get the occasional discount in the store.
In Europe the trend seems the opposite, the government is trusted to regulate business, and business is severly restricted as to what personal info it can have/keep/use ect. even in regards to employees. Buisness practices are kept under a close eye across the pond, whereas over here we say "uh... free market?" and let them do their thing.
All in all, I don't trust either to make the right choices for the people, especially when oil tycoons can become president.
I do see your point though, my assumption that the issue was driven by business largely came from the idea that our politcal leaders can be bought and sold... or so it would seem. Especially after the last two "elections."
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-10-08 12:03:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:55:03 EDT (#)
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If you had the chance to go to a morgue in DC, would you?
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I don't think I'd even bother to go to Washington, let alone the morgue.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:55:03 EDT (#)
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If you had the chance to go to a morgue in DC, would you?
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:52:08 EDT (#)
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It's not big business that is at fault - big government is. Your analogy is backwards.
For example, if we could drill in ANWR, there would be no immediate need to import oil. Well, at least not as urgent of a need. Why aren't they drilling? Government restrictions.
Look at the flip side of the issue. Why is our Mexican border still open? It's not because Mexico has anything that we could use, other than a cheap labor pool.
I'm all for free trade, but not at the sake of our, or any other country's sovereignty. Let the market drive the price of goods and labor, not the government.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:51:47 EDT (#)
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I have no faith in the fact that that vile cunt even has a vagina.
In her first camwhore there was a mustache and an Adam's apple. I realize that Uber is a place filled with desperate and crazy people, but CHICKS WITH DICKS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE TO GO.
I didn't read this post at all. Today is a day for reviews.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:50:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:29:00 EDT (#)
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Ok, Imagine then if you were on a quiz show.
Host> Shadow, who is the most famous Canadian person in the world?
Shadow> Caul.
Host> Nope, Gnarls. eeee awwwwwwww You have lost a million scrubbles.
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i don't know why, but everytime I read the word "scrubbles" I giggle.
wtf.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:46:46 EDT (#)
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You know, I always read reviews before I read the actual post. I don't know why.
EI only thinks that Gnarls is the most famous Canadian b/c he wants her sweet vageen. FACT.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:44:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:41:09 EDT (#)
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I agree with your conclusion, but totally disagree with how you arrived at it.
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That's fair. ESPLAIN PLZ.
I am completely open to discussion on this topic, criticism as well. If you have information to share that may enlighten my perspective, please do so.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:41:09 EDT (#)
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I agree with your conclusion, but totally disagree with how you arrived at it.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:35:56 EDT (#)
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Are you saying Canada is actually it's own country? I could have sworn it was like guam or something.
I am really joking caul. don't get your panties in a twist.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:29:00 EDT (#)
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Ok, Imagine then if you were on a quiz show.
Host> Shadow, who is the most famous Canadian person in the world?
Shadow> Caul.
Host> Nope, Gnarls. eeee awwwwwwww You have lost a million scrubbles.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:26:24 EDT (#)
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Well, I'm an ass but Caul was the only Canadian I could think of off the top of my head...
My other title option was "Dear Canadians, stop letting yourself get fucked!" But somehow it seemed to lack a certain uberness.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:20:51 EDT (#)
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I think Gnarls would go bonkers. Possibly on a shopping spree with Canadian flags poking out of both ears.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:16:06 EDT (#)
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Actually I don't think Caul would mind one iota if Canada and the US merged. I'd say that he'd just say "meh" to the idea but I don't think the french accent is capable of such intricate phonetic expression.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:09:53 EDT (#)
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well that's true... but he's the most vehemently FrechCanadian i know of.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-10-08 11:08:54 EDT (#)
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Caulo wouldn't save a fat puppy from a slowly encroaching steamroller, let alone a whole nation. That is unless he's going to save it by pointing and laughing.