Lloyd Bonafide wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

Lloyd Bonafide wrote:

At the outbreak of WWII the Canadian Navy was a shame to the nation. Not
only lacking ships, they lacked basics such as life jackets. Thousands of
Canadians died thanks to the negligence of the Canadian government in
defending itself. Today, Canada can boast more generals than tanks. Seems
a cultural thing to me. Those maple sucking strap hangers thumb their
noses at the US but come running for help whenever threatened. Hey
Canada - thanks! - thanks for letting those 9/11 terrorists pass through
your silly little country! If it so upsets you that Canadians come to the
US to be successful, why not build a wall to keep all you zambonie brains
in the country.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww2/ww2ship.htm

"A sorry state of affairs" puts it mildly.

Lloyd

Spolken by a person who ahs not been through customs at the US and
Candian borders...in order for someone to slip through FROM Canada, they
would have had to slip by US customs agents. They would have encountered
Canadian agents only upon reentering Canada.


So the 9/11 terrorists were born in Canada and never left until they decided
to attack the US? Or were they born somewhere else and entered Canada
(slipping past the Canadaian customs guys)? Reread what was written. It says
"pass through".

They entered Canada just like terrorists enter this country all the
time..legally...we've let in whole groups of terrorist under the guise
of students or on work training permits...why should Canada, a smaller
in every way except for geographical size, do any better at immigration
than we, the largest, touted to be the safest, country in the world?


The population of Canada

entire is less than the entire population of California. At the time of
WW2 even less so. You obviously don't know many Canadians.


Not as many as I do Californians. I know Canadian Naval history, especially
what went on at the outbreak of WWII. Can you refute with facts anything I
said? I can cite several books on the subject from the Naval Institute Press
if you are interested. Canada is a classic case of what not to do to for
Naval Scholars and military historians.

History repeats itself. So they were inexperienced, had no budget, and
had an inferior navy...so what? They went with what they had and they
did what they had to do...in the long run, that is what counts, not what
is put down in some anachronsitic account to tittlilate historians in
the future...

They are

lovely people.


Canadians are a distinct people?

About as distinct as Americans...
Are they French-like or more English like?

If you knew anything about Canadians you would know that the
preponderance are more English-like...
Eskimo like?
Now you're acting totally ridiculous...
The Canadians burned down the White House in 1812.

The British burned down teh White House...Canada did not become a
Dominion until July 1, 1867...

They would
be burning it down again today if we didn't have a bigger military than
theirs.

bullroar...you're a hate monger...


I am proud to have Canadian relatives.


Are your Canadian relatives equally as proud to have you as an American
relative?

Yep...some have even become Americans...and some of my American rellies
have become Canadians...marriage is a wonderful thing...


Go pound on some other country more deserving of your ire than our allies
in Canada...save your spew for Germany or any other Euro neighbor that has
turned their back to us.


I'm an equal opportunity offender. Germany has contributed much more good to
the US than Canada.

The memories of gas ovens, incinerated bodies, and the rape of Europe?
Yeah, that's a wonderful legacy...or were you talking about sauerkraut,
beer, and wienerschnitzel?

If Canada is such a great place why aren't more
Americans moving there?

Lloyd "don't drink maple syrup" Bonafide


No one drinks maple syrup and BTW, maple syrup is made in many US
states...Vermont and Michigan come to mind, and also Maine...actually
any state where a maple grows and there is a hard enough winter and a
nice enough spring can produce maple syrup...you should try it on French
Toast sometime..it's really good...

"katy" wrote in message
...

They entered Canada just like terrorists enter this country all the
time..legally...we've let in whole groups of terrorist under the guise of
students or on work training permits...why should Canada, a smaller in
every way except for geographical size, do any better at immigration than
we, the largest, touted to be the safest, country in the world?

The terrorists came from Canada because it was the easiest way to enter the
US. As far as Canada's size who would expect them to do better in health
care than the largest, richest country in the world? Or hockey? Or curling?

History repeats itself.

No, stupid people repeat the same mistakes. History is simply of record of
human action, stupid or good.

So they were inexperienced, had no budget, and had an inferior navy...so
what?

Ask those who died unecessarily because of it.

They went with what they had and they
did what they had to do...in the long run, that is what counts, not what
is put down in some anachronsitic account to tittlilate historians in the
future...

They did what they were ordered to do or acted out of desperation or
ignorance. The fact many died because of lack of equipment or lack of
training prolonged the war which caused additional lives to be lost. In the
long run in does not matter unless Canada lost the war because of it. In the
short run, in the context of those who paid in blood it does matter. Would
you send your kids off to war, untrained and ill equipped and tell them not
to worry because in the long term it does not matter? If the term is long
enough then nothing matters.

Eskimo like?

Now you're acting totally ridiculous...

Not in the North. My point was Canadians are not a distinct people as are
the Swedes, Nigerians, Chinese. Canada is a melting pot, go and see for
yourself.


The Canadians burned down the White House in 1812.

The British burned down teh White House...Canada did not become a Dominion
until July 1, 1867...

They would
be burning it down again today if we didn't have a bigger military than
theirs.

bullroar...you're a hate monger...

You're right, they won't burn down the White House. They only say it to get
elected:

http://english.people.com.cn/200512/...14_227935.html



Yep...some have even become Americans...and some of my American rellies
have become Canadians...marriage is a wonderful thing...


Marriage must be incredibly wonderful to make an American want to become
Canadian.

I'm an equal opportunity offender. Germany has contributed much more good
to the US than Canada.

The memories of gas ovens, incinerated bodies, and the rape of Europe?

Why are you excluding the Italians and French?

Yeah, that's a wonderful legacy...or were you talking about sauerkraut,
beer, and wienerschnitzel?

Science, medicine, psychology, manufacturing, agriculture to name a few.

No one drinks maple syrup and BTW, maple syrup is made in many US states

I drink maple syrup. Because of global warming the maple sugar crop is
moving further north. I also put it on English muffins and whale blubber.