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 Fafnir wrote:
Well, the nice part is that with a history of election fraud under his belt, whether we actually vote him out or not doesn't matter!

True enough sadly :(

feeder wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
Don't worry though, Harper's got a plan to get rid of that "saner, more sensible" nature of ours.

Yeah, if we don't smarten the feth up and all get out to vote that miserable snake out of power next election I may just lose (what's left of) my mind.

Seriously, fellow Canadians.

The problem is that the other two options are even more terrifying...

At least the current Conservative government isn't the never ending nightmare that the current Ontario Fiberal government is.

For as bad as the other options are, you'd have to be a lunatic to think that the conservatives are capable of doing better, especially under Harper. Not only has he bent over backwards for China, he's taken us from one of the largest surpluses in Canadian history into one of our largest deficits, is responsible for loads of unnecessary and (more importantly) fruitless spending while hypocritically claiming fiscal responsibility, and is muzzling our scientists and public media. Not to mention movements towards killing universal healthcare, his environmental record, and that whole 'election fraud' thing.

It's truly a case of picking your poison amongst a selection of toxic chemicals, whoever wins we lose. :(

At this point I'll take the son of a Rolling Stones groupie over Harper, and even I know the son of a Rolling Stones groupie isn't going to be much more than a great haircut and a roguish grin.


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 Grimskul wrote:
It's truly a case of picking your poison amongst a selection of toxic chemicals, whoever wins we lose. :(

I feel Mulcair could be an effective PM. The NDP could use a kick at the cat, it's not like they could feth up any worse.

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 Grimskul wrote:
It's truly a case of picking your poison amongst a selection of toxic chemicals, whoever wins we lose. :(

I feel Mulcair could be an effective PM. The NDP could use a kick at the cat, it's not like they could feth up any worse.

Just don't let him get a majority. Because that's when stuff really gets stupid.

It's a shame Layton went when he did, because he really could have had it in him to be a decent PM.

feeder wrote:At this point I'll take the son of a Rolling Stones groupie over Harper, and even I know the son of a Rolling Stones groupie isn't going to be much more than a great haircut and a roguish grin.

So, Liberals then?

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

feeder wrote:At this point I'll take the son of a Rolling Stones groupie over Harper, and even I know the son of a Rolling Stones groupie isn't going to be much more than a great haircut and a roguish grin.

So, Liberals then?

Not my first pick, but I'd take them over HarperCons any day.

Harpers? Don't they have like major issues with casting magic?

For what it's worth, Paul Martin did a good job with our finances, and was responsible for the surplus that Harper took credit for, and then ran into our second worst deficit in Canadian history.

 Jihadin wrote:
Harpers? Don't they have like major issues with casting magic?

Nah... Cattibrie keeps them straight.

I'm Canadian.

They must be communists of course, so much red in their flag!

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
They must be communists of course, so much red in their flag!

And clearly they like their weed

 LordofHats wrote:

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
They must be communists of course, so much red in their flag!

And clearly they like their weed

We do, but in all honesty you guys are putting us to shame, you have 2 states where it's legal, we're freakin jealous man.

We have mounties smoking medicinal maryjane while busting others for smokin the dope, the cognitive dissonance up here is thicker than the air in a jamaican shower.

My view is that national identity is a personal interpretation and will mean something different for each individual I bet if you asked the average Chinese, US, French, etc person they would have just as hard of a time at defining their country and there would be no right or wrong answer (well

maybe there's a few wrong answers) to what that definition is at it would mean something different to each person (even within the same country).

http://sociology.about.com/od/Sociological-Theory/a/Symbolic-Interaction-Theory.htm

Whatever you do, don't visit the entire middle of this country.

The combined provinces of Manikatchewan/Saskitoba don't exactly scream excitement.

The rest of the country is pretty damn awesome.

Seriously, it felt like -15 today...its fething mid April.

As for identity, there's worse things to be known for than being polite, having maple syrup and poutine, and drinking better beer than our southern counterparts.

 Blacksails wrote:
, and drinking better beer than our southern counterparts.

Better beer? Heresy man... HERESY!

This is the BEST. BEER. EVAH!

 whembly wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:
, and drinking better beer than our southern counterparts.

Better beer? Heresy man... HERESY!

This is the BEST. BEER. EVAH!

...Is that...non-alcoholic root beer?

Seriously though, every time I go south, its nothing but IPAs. Its like some sort of weird IPA fetish.

 Blacksails wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:
, and drinking better beer than our southern counterparts.

Better beer? Heresy man... HERESY!

This is the BEST. BEER. EVAH!

...Is that...non-alcoholic root beer?

It's soda. ON TAP!

Seriously though, every time I go south, its nothing but IPAs. Its like some sort of weird IPA fetish.

lPA is garbage... but... we got good beer down here. You'd just have to hunt for it. Which is part of the fun.

 whembly wrote:

It's soda. ON TAP!

That makes me feel uncomfortable. Also, its weird you call it soda. Pop man, pop.

lPA is garbage... but... we got good beer down here. You'd just have to hunt for it. Which is part of the fun.

Okay, I'll admit, I went to Duluth as part of training and had some delicious beer at a microbrewery and deep fried cheese curds.

That was pretty acceptable.

 Blacksails wrote:
Whatever you do, don't visit the entire middle of this country.

The combined provinces of Manikatchewan/Saskitoba don't exactly scream excitement.

The rest of the country is pretty damn awesome.

Seriously, it felt like -15 today...its fething mid April.

As for identity, there's worse things to be known for than being polite, having maple syrup and poutine, and drinking better beer than our southern counterparts.

Being someone from Alberta, it isn't too great either. Everyone thinks they're a fething cowboy here. And Calgary during the Stampede is just awful.

Soon, we'll be known as the country that still has oil.

We're also the country with all the radioisotopes.

 Fafnir wrote:


Being someone from Alberta, it isn't too great either. Everyone thinks they're a fething cowboy here. And Calgary during the Stampede is just awful.

I've spent a few years in the prairies, but never Alberta.

But hey, lower taxes, right?

Actually, its pretty cheap in Greater Manikatchewan. Well at least compared to Ontario. My car insurance in Ontario would be four times the amount it is here. Psycho.

Canada's identity is Bacon, Maple Syrup, and Hockey trying to hold a conversation while an annoying Quebecois is trying to politely excuse himself from the equation. But of course you can't understand him because he's asking in French.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Canada's identity is Bacon, Maple Syrup, and Hockey trying to hold a conversation while an annoying Quebecois is trying to politely excuse himself from the equation. But of course you can't understand him because he's asking in French.

You're not wrong...

 Crablezworth wrote:


We have mounties

I admit. I'm jealous.

 LordofHats wrote:

I admit. I'm jealous.

They have battle honours, and their officers carry commissions.

Kind of badass.

So long as an ocelot isn't present, nothing can stop them;

Why does the origin of DKoK pop in mind....