12-02-2004, 04:17 AM
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#21 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by pkt The things one has to eat being the leader of a country.
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12-03-2004, 11:38 AM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Epee_Pox Americans don't tell jokes about Candians. | Sure we do. How do you get a busload of Canadians out of a swimming pool?
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You say "Hey, you Canadians! How about getting out of that pool?"
(I didn't say we tell good jokes about them)
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12-06-2004, 12:49 AM
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#23 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by pkt You want to know the REAL reason Dubya's coming to Canada?
He's checking out Canada, to decide if he can beat the DDs - disappointed Democrats - to their punch. if things go REALLY wrong, he might want to move to CDA... Then we can collectively slam the door in his face.
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Per my earlier posts regarding the NDP. Please disregard the rhetoric.
There were protestors (far less than expected...in fact the CTV reported that the police outnumbered the protestors 4:1 because they anticipated more!!)
butnothing to write home about.
People have the right to voice there opinions, but again...I sound like a broken record...this was not an official summit meeting!!! It was the traditional visit by thePresident to Canada. If you were expecting the sky to turn green, you were to be surely disappointed!!
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12-08-2004, 05:26 PM
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#24 | | Senior Member
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| Anyone know if there is any truth to the rumour that GWB declined to address parliament because of the fear of being heckled?
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12-09-2004, 07:24 AM
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#25 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| I don't know. It didn't stop him from addressing the Canadian Parliament last year, though. | |
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12-09-2004, 09:21 AM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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| It was speculation on behalf of the media that GWB would address parliament, and also that he be heckled. An invented story since his visit was not an official state visit, and wouldn't include addressing parliament anyways!
It's a red herring. All these comments about GWB would've/could've....but it was never in the original plan for his visit to Canada!
There probably would have been some heckling. (If you ever see our parliament even without foreign statemen, its can be a real bloodbath!!! Or like petty school children making fun of each other!)
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12-09-2004, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by civiltech (snip)There probably would have been some heckling. (If you ever see our parliament even without foreign statemen, its can be a real bloodbath!!! Or like petty school children making fun of each other!) | I'm reminded of a story told about an English king--Charles I?--who took the unprecedented step of actually going to Parliament to address the members of the House of Lords concerning some legislation he thought particularly important.
According to the story, upon arriving at the chamber he was greeted by the sight of men screaming at each other, throwing things, and one member being physically restrained from leaping into the benches to attack another.
Appalled, he turned to the Sergeant At Arms at the door to ask, "What is going on?" to which he received the laconic reply, "Your Majesty, it is just Lords debating."
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12-11-2004, 11:49 PM
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