[PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION

[John Bromley]

Right now, with this bloody awful leadership still in power, if only in a
minority, we are know as Canuckistan of America.  I have no problem with the
diversity, just the leadership.  The Liberal government under Jean Chretien
(know belovedly as Creeptien) was responsible for the mass immigration from
everywhere including, apparently, Lower Slobovia, and they are all so
grateful that they're even allowed to bring all their relatives that they
vote Liberal regardless.  We shall overcome someday (sorry) and the Liberals
will be gone but with a divided right it's been really tough to get rid of
them.  We almost did it but almost and 50c will buy you a newspaper in some
places.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION


>
> Your confusing nations with continents, Fred.
>
> Last time I checked, these 48 states (+2) between Canada and Mexico were
> called The United States of America.  (somewhere I read that it was
'These'
> United States prior to Civil War)
>
> So it comes from the privilige of being the first to risk their future on
> independence.  Who knows:  if what is now Canada had been first, perhaps
> that nation to our north would be known as the 'United States of America'.
> Or perhaps the 'United Provinces of America'.
>
> John, a Pennsylvanian
>
>
> >From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION
> >Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:27:48 -0400
> >
> >When did we become Americans and the Canadians lost their ties to North
> >America.  It seems to me that Argentinians, Peruvians, Chileans,
Mexicans,
> >Brazilians, Panamanians, Canadians, Pennsylvanians all live in the
> >Americas.
> >Did the U. S. mentality expel everyone else from the Americas?  Did we
take
> >the
> >name to be our own?
> >John Bromley wrote:
> >
> > > Be happy to be included in western wrath.  That puts you in the same
> > > category as us easterners.  Remember how close Alberta and BC are to
> >Montana
> > > and Idaho, whose good citizens also number perhaps the largest
> >percentage
> > > (fortunately still in single digits) of weird Americans.
> > >
> > > It has nothing to do with my attitude towards Americans, gained as a
> >child
> > > in the late 1940s-early 1950s when we visited all sorts of places from
> > > Boston to Dallas (including Pittsburgh and you know how I feel about
> >that
> > > place from the hundreds of photos and slides), but my wife was and is
an
> > > American (dual citizenship) and the majority of her relatives, all in
> >the
> > > US, are some of the finest people I know.
> > >
> > > Enough sucking up.   This thread should probably die before Derrick
> >commits
> > > murder.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
> > > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 11:42 AM
> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION
> > >
> > > >                      PERSONAL OPINION WARNING! :-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, John. I know we all appreciate your support. You heard about
> >the
> > > > Nova Scotia highway patrolman who verbally abused a car full of
people
> > > > because he assumed they were Yanks? The car had license plates from
> >either
> > > a
> > > > Mid Atlantic or New England state. Problem was, most of the people
in
> >the
> > > > car were Canadian born and were visiting relatives in the province.
> > > >
> > > > May I add that I stopped participating on Dr. DeArmond's lists for a
> >long
> > > > period of time due to all the Yank bashing. Richard is American born
> >and
> > > is
> > > > wonderful person, but many of his list members are from British
> >Columbia
> > > > (now known to some of us as "Canuckistan".)  Some of them bash the
> >U.S.
> > > > relentlessly. That really rubbed some of us Yanks the wrong way.
There
> >are
> > > > about six of us who remain on the lists to keep up with the news,
but
> >we
> > > > seldom post.
> > > >
> > > > I appreciated the private e-mails you sent me about this subject
some
> > > months
> > > > ago. Some of the western Canadians have made wise cracks to the
effect
> > > that
> > > > Toronto and Hamilton should be annexed by Michigan because the
people
> > > > residing there are "as uptight and materialistic as bloody
Americans."
> >:-)
> > > >
> > > >  The New Zealanders on the list also seem hostile to Americans.
> > > >
> > > > Their choice. I have my prejudices, too.
> > > >
> > > > I scrubbed all plans to visit B.C., and since the attitudes in
> >Seattle,
> > > > Washington towards low brows such as myself aren't much better, I
> >decided
> > > to
> > > > cancel a family vacation we planned to take there as well.
> > > >
> > > > The friendliest traction fans I've met are mostly from Pittsburgh,
> > > Toronto,
> > > > Texas, D.C./Maryland and Philadelphia. Have met some nice people
from
> > > > Chicago and Seattle, but not as many as those from Toronto and the
Mid
> > > > Atlantic region.
> > > >
> > > > K.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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