[PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION

[Fred Schneider]

NO I AM NOT.  JUST BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO PUT AMERICA AFTER THE WORD UNITED STATES,
MEANING WE WERE A GROUP OF STATES WITHIN THE AMERICAS THOSE CHOSE TO UNIT, DOES
NOT MEAN PEOPLE IN ALL THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT AMERICANS.

John Swindler wrote:

> 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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