You missed noting that wherever the crisis or the conflict that Canada and the Canadian citizens treat us like family lending whatever support they can. Unfortunately, Our government is getting as harsh on our allies as they are on our citizens. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Moran" To: Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Happy birthday USA > Well, I for one have only a few problems with the US. Mostly, they are only > very minor annoyances that come from living north of there. > > I may have some facts slightly wrong here, but this is, in general, > approximately correct. > > For instance: First there were the soft wood lumber disputes, then when > California started to hit an energy crisis, B.C. (a Canadian province) was > kind enough to sell energy to them. Now, California has refused to pay for > the energy they bought, and gone to the US supreme court to demand that they > not be required to pay for their energy. And all through this, while there > have been major tarrifs placed on Canadian goods, Canadian companies have > continued to be injured in various ways by similar occurences. But we're > still sending energy south. We aren't getting paid, but it's still going > down there. > > I don't think that's fair to us. > > But the one thing that really annoys me is that the companies in the US are > willing to pay enough that the best minds in Canada tend to go to the US. > Up here, it's called the "Brain Drain" It's a corollary of Murphy's law: We > can't win because the companies in the US are able to pay our people more. > > But in general, I think we're pretty good, friendly neighbors. Together we > could do some real good for the world. But in general we aren't recognized. > As far as I know, most American maps end at the 49th parallel. In fact, in > an old game called "Jet fighter" If you flew far enough north, you'd find > ocean, not Canada. In Canada, maps in general extend a few to a few hundred > miles below the border. > > I just wish that the American spelling and pronunciation would stay in the > US. > > It's "zed" not "zee" $%&* it!! > And, "all y'all" is not the plural of "y'all" which is not the plural of > "you" > > Feel free to ignore any of that you want to. I think I've remained polite > and without hatred. > > --Brendan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Newton, webmaster" > To: > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: [OT]: Happy birthday USA > > > > source= > > http://www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\2002\07\05\122241a > > > > My God. Am I the only American on the list who is still proud of > > his country? Is no one from the rest of the world willing to at > > least toast our success? > > > > Am I reading too much into this or is it that the American people > > are embarrised or ashamed? Too polite to disagree with happyness > > in another year of the USA? > > > > I fully understand that the US has done many, many horrible > > things to other people, but I defy anyone to show me a country > > that hasn't. Power corrupts. Deal with it. I'm still enough of a > > red blooded American Animal to be proud to be part of the biggest > > (you know what I mean), freeist nation in the world. I still > > think we help more than we hurt, and we should be PROUD of it. > > > > A nation rich enough that one of our universities can afford to > > pay the (substantial) bandwidth bill for this list and one of its > > citizens is allowed to squander his money on the bandwith for the > > accompanying site. Not to mention where Microchip is from. > > > > I'm proud of other countries as well. Mexico has made major > > strides in reduceing political corruption in recient years, the > > Brits have finally pulled out of the last of their foreign empire > > (or is there more territory after Hong Kong?) and the Asian's are > > starting to pull out of the economic hole they were in. We have > > been graced on this list with people who are the excellent > > product of most every country around the world. I'm happy to > > occupy the earth with most people and I'll tip my hat to you. > > > > If you have a problem with my country, tell me what it is. That > > is what [OT]: is for (among other things) and if you can't do it > > politely, without hate, do it off the list, via private email. > > > > --- > > James Newton: PICList.com webmaster, former Admin #3 > > decorated Gulf War vet, and damn proud American. > > mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone > > http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 > > PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu