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I ran into an American yesterday who was pretending to be a Canuck.

I unmasked him very quickly.  he he he

by zoe on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 05:59:22 PM EST
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you've unmasked the underground railroad?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 06:21:07 PM EST
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is there an underground railroad for USers?

it seems to me they should stand up and be counted.  

by zoe on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 06:28:50 PM EST
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They're just practicing incase the draft gets reintroduced.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 06:47:24 PM EST
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Hush.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 06:58:00 PM EST
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Do your part, zoe: MarryAnAmerican.ca No good American will be left behind!
Ladies and gentlemen,
drop your borders

Now that George W. Bush has been officially elected, single, sexy, American liberals - already a threatened species - will be desperate to escape.

These lonely, afraid (did we mention really hot?) progressives will need a safe haven.



When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 03:19:37 AM EST
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That's pretty funny.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 08:49:42 AM EST
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That would be easy for a Canadian.

Americans travelling abroad quickly discover the depts of antipathy towards the US government and how differently Canadians are treated and, like the Canadians who wear their flag on their backpack in order not to be confused with the other North Americans, they start wearing a little Canadian flag.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 03:17:45 AM EST
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Well, I can certainly testify that, among upper- and upper-middle-class Brits (and one Dutch) my age, there doesn't seem to be a lot of antipathy for the US government.  In fact, there seems to be quite a bit of support, which led to some very heated debates.

I submit that Americans traveling abroad are a lot more likely to oppose the current government than one might automatically think.  Even among soldiers, who have a reputation for being quite right wing (but who are actually just as anti-war as the country as a whole these days), the two candidates who've received the most donations are the two candidates who opposed the war (Paul and Obama).

It's not my experience -- and, granted, I've only been to one country, but I have experienced people of many nationalities abroad -- that antipathy towards the US government typically extends to Americans as individuals.  I worried about it, but people abroad aren't stupid.  If you're there, it's a pretty good bet you're not the stereotypical American who doesn't care about the rest of the world and isn't at all intellectually curious.  They know that.

It's just that the Canadians are pushovers, so everybody loves them. ;)

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 08:48:38 AM EST
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Canadians aren't pushovers.

Whenever Canadians have fought in military combat, they  have excelled.

It's just that they believe that fighting should be a last, and not a first resort.

So now they are known as peacekeepers for the UN and they do a damn good job of it.  

by zoe on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 09:21:04 AM EST
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