tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post6655709327362315869..comments2023-10-10T10:34:10.843-06:00Comments on The Nexus of Assholery: Five More Reasons to Be Proud This Canada Day - 2010 EditionPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-66580231303704382952010-07-04T20:15:49.871-06:002010-07-04T20:15:49.871-06:00I'm guessing we can chalk hatred of you up to ...I'm guessing we can chalk hatred of you up to progressive hatred of immigrants, then? ;)Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268876306800933642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-37101124839515078462010-07-04T16:45:33.542-06:002010-07-04T16:45:33.542-06:00No, seriously, I had no idea. I am just a little ...No, seriously, I had no idea. I am just a little over a decade old "new" immigrant and in the books recommended at that time that new immigrants read about Canada's history, I don't recall seeing the old flag. Now I have copy of it in my pics folder.MariaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466641479249333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-90397279092046963422010-07-02T01:23:40.617-06:002010-07-02T01:23:40.617-06:00Maria,
I seriously hope you're joking.
The o...Maria,<br /><br />I seriously hope you're joking.<br /><br />The original flag of Canada was the Red Ensign, and it was changed to assert Canadian independence from Britain (simple explanation, as simplified by me. Disagreements are welcome.)Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268876306800933642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-88451238941829571792010-07-01T17:10:39.249-06:002010-07-01T17:10:39.249-06:00I just learned today from reading Michael Coren...I just learned today from reading Michael Coren's blog that the Canadian red & white flag is not the original flag of Canada. Gotta read up more and see what the old one looked like and why it was changed.MariaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466641479249333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-10528290206719074282010-07-01T14:22:26.517-06:002010-07-01T14:22:26.517-06:00Great post, our exports in culture of the Canadian...Great post, our exports in culture of the Canadian food, comedy, babes! <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoutineCanadianSensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010880162544507668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-68962710567990120132010-07-01T11:21:25.180-06:002010-07-01T11:21:25.180-06:00I actually expected to hear that objection from so...I actually expected to hear that objection from someone, Bruce.<br /><br />I'd just like to point out that "undefended" doesn't mean "unsecured".Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-69325897981645446902010-07-01T10:28:42.906-06:002010-07-01T10:28:42.906-06:00Not that I want to rain on a Dominion Day/Canada D...Not that I want to rain on a Dominion Day/Canada Day parade, but it's about time we stopped the "world's longest undefended border" comment — precisely because, from the American side, it's no longer true.<br /><br />Every centimetre of that border is under electronic observation. Former cross-border cooperation (one town's fire department responding to a fire in the neighbouring town) that's gone on for decades — centuries, even — is now not allowed by the Department of Homeland Security (US). Despite NAFTA, Canadians with US TN-1 visas are finding all sorts of entry barriers being put in their way.<br /><br />It may not be a military operation in the sense of one army squaring off against another, but neither is it the open border it was a decade ago, at all.<br /><br />Their fault. Our loss.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09636648210849318913noreply@blogger.com