[Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!

Ellen Roskovich gussie443 at hotmail.com
Sun Dec 21 15:11:13 PST 2008


Yes, Donovan, that is EXACTLY what you implied when you told Ralph that he should thank the U.S. for giving him freedom from Germany TWICE!!
 
 
Ellen
> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:57:09 -0800> From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!> To: vision2020 at moscow.com; nielsen at uidaho.edu; gussie443 at hotmail.com> CC: tiedye at turbonet.com> > Yes, Ellen, they did fight, very heroically too! Did I say otherwise?> > 1.1 million Canadians served in the War staring in 1939. About 45,000 made the ultimate sacrifice. > > Best Regards,> > Donovan> > > > > --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > From: Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com>> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!> > To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, vision2020 at moscow.com, nielsen at uidaho.edu> > Cc: tiedye at turbonet.com> > Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 2:35 PM> > 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. 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