"KMAN" wrote in message
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We don't have cars yet, Tinkerntom. Geezus. Our countries are attached.
Why
is Canada such a big mystery?


Total lack of news coverage is the short answer. Every major news outlet
would rather talk 24 hours a day about M. Jackson or some other junk than to
gasp ever talk about anything that does not fit in 10 sec sound bite. I
grew up only vaguely aware of anything about either of our neighbors. It is
only now later in life and mostly due to getting more into the outdoors that
I am learning anything. Strangely enough I did learn about Europe up to
about WWII but absolutely nothing about much else in a more modern vein. The
schools that I have had contact with did a very bad job teaching anything
about the rest of the world --- very sad. I get 70+ channels on my TV and
yet not one is international - do ya see a problem here.

Ken