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"wizardB" wrote...

The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
degrees north latitude!

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
Just remember the last time you pick a fight with us we kicked you ass and
burnt down the presidents home thats why it's called the white house now
because they had to hide the scorch marks with white wash.

Well, sort of. The "we" who "kicked the U.S.'s ass with the burning of the
White House were British troops, not Canadians. And surprise, surprise,
while it's true that the U.S. failed to accomplish its goal of the conquest
of Canada (and by smoke and mirrors no less), the U.S. won the war
politically. The treaty negotiations cut the Canadians and First Nations
folks out of the negotiations entirely. Any land gained by British
invasions were returned, and the Americans were given free rein in the West.
According to Will Ferguson, author of the venerable Canadian History for
Dummies (the only "Dummies" book ever to make a bestseller list) as well as
How to be a Canadian,
The Americans won.
The Canadians broke even.
The First Nations lost.

So just remember that.
--
JF

"Here comes the lightening and here comes the thunder. Ride on the storm and
take it to the sea. "
- Jim Hunter

Jim F wrote:
"wizardB" wrote...
The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
degrees north latitude!

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
Just remember the last time you pick a fight with us we kicked you ass and
burnt down the presidents home thats why it's called the white house now
because they had to hide the scorch marks with white wash.

Well, sort of. The "we" who "kicked the U.S.'s ass with the burning of the
White House were British troops, not Canadians. And surprise, surprise,
while it's true that the U.S. failed to accomplish its goal of the conquest
of Canada (and by smoke and mirrors no less), the U.S. won the war
politically. The treaty negotiations cut the Canadians and First Nations
folks out of the negotiations entirely. Any land gained by British
invasions were returned, and the Americans were given free rein in the West.
According to Will Ferguson, author of the venerable Canadian History for
Dummies (the only "Dummies" book ever to make a bestseller list) as well as
How to be a Canadian,
The Americans won.
The Canadians broke even.
The First Nations lost.

So just remember that.
The first nations where long dead by then the Indians killed them off
about 5000 years earlier