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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans (Tribute history video of U.S. & Canada)
06-21-2013, 11:35 PM
That was good. Now that I'm on the road again, I have been meeting a lot of Canadians. I am growing very fond of them. Good people, down to earth, and very generous. It made me realize how oblivious Americans are about Canada, myself included.
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06-22-2013, 03:49 AM
Great piece. I wish more Americans were aware of how awesome our neighbor to the north is, how important we are to each other, and how similar we are. Back many years ago in school we were told practically nothing about Canada but a lot of information about Mexico. I wonder why the teachers, schools, and book publishers don't dedicate more time to teaching students about Canada. Perhaps because Canadian and American culture and background are more similar than say Mexico and the United States.
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06-22-2013, 08:58 AM
We in America rarely think about Canada. It is largely an inconsequential country.
Some people here even jokingly refer to it as the 51st state.
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06-22-2013, 09:44 AM
I've never heard anyone in my life mention Canada.
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06-22-2013, 09:47 AM
I find that Canadian chicks stateside are often flattered when you know anything about their country. But you got to segue rápidamente from this sort of stuff because it's too intellectual.
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06-22-2013, 10:26 AM
Well they forgot to mention that we Canadians kick USA ass in war and burned down the white house....
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06-22-2013, 11:10 AM
Also the U.S. invaded Canada in the War of 1812 assuming the natives would happily revolt and join the Americans. They were shocked when they fought to get us out of their territory. We've replayed this script ever since.
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06-22-2013, 12:05 PM
America almost folded after that battle. The country was at its weakest politically and structurally. The British circles around the colonies like vultures as did the Spanish from the south. James Madison was a stooge, traitor and nearly destroyed your nation.
Oddly enough on the flip side no other country has invaded Canada more times then the USA. I believe something around close to 130 instances of small and large scale invasions. The USA has always had a love... Of... controlling us.
They do mean a lot to each other. It's a shame more Americans don't know about Canada and what it has to offer.
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06-22-2013, 12:32 PM
To Americans or to US citizens? Because it's not the same.
Can't wait to see the version of this video with neighbours south of the border
She go crazy, is hamster!
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06-22-2013, 12:34 PM
I like canadians, as a Brit I tend to find them a bit more similar to us than Americans personality wise. I enjoy winding up my Canadian friends though by saying culturally they are just the same as America (the french part excepted).
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06-22-2013, 02:34 PM
We have a shitload of Canadian tourists in my Florida beach town in the winter-we call them Snowbirds-they are old as fuck, are a safety hazard on the roads, are notorious for not tipping (hence the term Canadian being used as an epithet by restaurant workers), are otherwise cheap as hell, will go to the 20 item limit checkout line with 40 items, sneakily spread their Canadian quarters everywhere which you receive in change and then have difficulty spending so it costs you money, brag about how wonderful Canadian socialized medicine is while they cram our local clinics here to get medical care they either can't get or have to wait an excessive amount of time for in Canada, and are prone to acting smug and superior and making anti-American statements.
The Canadian summer tourists aren't so bad. I recently pulled one from a bar after I shut her down when she started making anti-american statements. Blasting my American cum down her gullet twice was quite satisfyng
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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans (Tribute history video of U.S. & Canada)
06-22-2013, 02:48 PM
^^Is this a common trait? Being anti American yet coming and visiting America?
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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans (Tribute history video of U.S. & Canada)
06-22-2013, 03:03 PM
The one thing I jeaous of Canadians (or any other foriegn citizen) is their ability to escape their home country's onerous tax systems by establishing residency in another country (like DR or Panama). Us Americans are in the same boat as the Eritreans (taxation by citizenship).
I guess I could follow that multistep plan I wrote in Gmanifesto's piece on expatriation, but its too time consuming and you can always just move overseas, not file a tax return, and if you want to return to America stay on the DL. If I have spawn though, I got a plan for that. Canada, like USA, grants citizenship by birth (not by blood, as is done in Europe), so I can just have some anchor babies there, they renounce the US citizenship they inherit from me, and presto first world citizenship without tax liability