[Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!

[Ellen Roskovich]

Donovan!  Shame on you.  The Canadians have always been our allies.....they fought in those wars and DIED.....U.S soldiers and Canadian side by side.
 
I think I might have more to say......but after I count to 100....counting to 10 sure as hell isn't going to do it.
 
 
Ellen A. Roskovich
 
 
> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:05:24 -0800> From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> To: Vision2020 at moscow.com; nielsen at uidaho.edu> CC: tiedye at turbonet.com> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!> > Ralph,> > If you hate the US so much, and Canada is so perfect, why don't you leave us go there?> > When I was a kid, I use to work hard doing chores to save money for summer fun. I would buy stuff with my hard earned money, and because I was a kid, the clerks would slip me Canadian coins with my change only to later find out I couldn't buy anything with it. Your government stole money from an eight year old kid, by printing worthless money. That was my thinking as a child.> > I grew out of my childish thinking and have grown to appreciate the things that Canada has to offer the world, while realizing no people or country is entirely good. > > You obviously haven't grown past that childish stage. You should think about that while you enjoy everything the USA brought you;> > Light Bulb> Electricity> Computers> Airplanes> Cars> The Internet> Microwave> Television> Freedom from Germany, Twice.> > Best Regards,> > Donovan> > > > > > --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:> > > From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!> > To: "vision 2020" <Vision2020 at moscow.com>> > Cc: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>, "Dave" <tiedye at turbonet.com>> > Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 1:24 PM> > When I was in Gr. 5 in the small one-room school up the road> > in Edgewater BC a few years ago we had to learn the names,> > capitals and principal cities, and principal products or> > industries of all 48 states to the south of us.> > > > Later, when I worked in the tourist business in Radium Hot> > Springs, I found to my amazement and disgust that many> > Americans had no idea how many provinces there are in> > Canada, or even what province they were in. Some thought we> > used English pounds, shillings and pence, some thought we> > all spoke French. Some refused to take Canadian $2 bills,> > which were very popular in Canada. To them we would explain> > that Canadian $2 bills were lucky. In fact, twice as lucky> > as $1 bills.> > > > Part of the trouble, of course, is that the USA is not a> > distinctive name. Some had suggested "Columbia,"> > which was probably how British Columbia got its name. So> > saying "America" for the USA is not intentionally> > belittling any other country in the American hemisphere. We> > simply don't have a choice, do we?> > > > Ralph> > > > > > This goes along with issue I had about the High School: The> > U.S. History> > textbook is wrongfully titled "American History",> > but I checked, it has> > nothing in it about most of America, it only focuses on one> > set of fifty> > states, one of which isn't even IN America.> > > > I wonder if Donovan is a product of MHS, where the State> > mandated> > "Social Studies" curriculum consists of: U.S.> > History I, U.S. History> > II, and U.S. Government. Does anyone else notice what is> > missing in> > this picture? Like, maybe, the rest of the world?> > > > Perhaps this is why Donovan and many others believe that> > the United> > States owns the world.> > > > It comes from confusing patriotism with nationalism.> > > > Personally I don't trust any "ism".> > > > Dave> > > > > > Ellen Roskovich wrote:> > > *Well, Donovan, you have gone and done it.....forced> > me to hop up on> > > my soapbox and give you what for in the name of all my> > Canadian> > > friends. Trust me.....they get very annoyed with> > their neighbors to> > > the south when we call them Canadians and refer to> > ourselves as> > > "Americans".....as if we owned the entire> > North American continent> > > instead of sharing it.*> > > **> > > *I rather like the notion that we have to> > share.....and that there's> > > another little bridge of land to the south with> > Mexico.....also> > > Americans....and if we follow that Central American> > bridge, we end up> > > in South America. Kind of like going from one> > neighborhood to another. *> > > **> > > *Stay warm, Moscow.*> > > **> > > *Ellen A. Roskovich*> > > **> > > **> > >=======================================================> > List services made available by First Step Internet, > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > > http://www.fsr.net > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > =======================================================> > > > > =======================================================> List services made available by First Step Internet, > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > http://www.fsr.net > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================
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