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2004-11-16 Great White North

Toronto Star Calls For Canada To Become 51st State

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Posted by Anonymoose 2004-11-16 7:15:48 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Screw these idiots. How many U.S. infantry platoons would be needed to conquer Canada, anyway?

Posted by Dave D. 2004-11-16 7:29:06 PM|| 2004-11-16 7:29:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Thomas Walkom is an idiot. He should be happy he found some people more delusional than he is to pay him for writing such tripe.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-11-16 7:31:42 PM|| 2004-11-16 7:31:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think arresting President Bush would be ... unwise.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2004-11-16 7:32:33 PM|| 2004-11-16 7:32:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 heh heh - attempting to could be hazardous

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-16 8:01:22 PM|| 2004-11-16 8:01:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, actually, there would be some positive aspects in that kind of scenario.

1. Ottawa arrests Bush.
2. US declare hostilities and invades.
3. Bush returns to US while occupying force stays to sort out some issues.
4. Requests a reparation for the mental anguish in the form of Alberta and BC. The request may be polite, but would be non-negotiable. (Yukon may be added, it will make a territorial sense).

It's a win-win for me. :-)

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-16 8:45:52 PM|| 2004-11-16 8:45:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Hell, in a fit of nice-guyism, and to sweeten the deal (for us, not for them), we could give them the Northeast blue states in exchange for the Western provinces.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-11-16 8:48:42 PM|| 2004-11-16 8:48:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Not sure you want Yukon or British Columbia -- they've legalised same-sex marriage there. ;-)

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-11-16 9:04:42 PM|| 2004-11-16 9:04:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 What's their divorce rate, Aris?

Posted by Tom 2004-11-16 9:11:28 PM|| 2004-11-16 9:11:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Aris, the same-sex married can move to Canada, if they want to preserve their status.

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-16 9:12:32 PM|| 2004-11-16 9:12:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Heck Aris can move there since he is so worried about being able to marry his boyfriend.

Posted by trolling for allen 2004-11-16 10:14:06 PM|| 2004-11-16 10:14:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Just to make it clear ... "can move to Canada" meaning what's left of it. :-)

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-16 10:21:09 PM|| 2004-11-16 10:21:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Not sure you want Yukon or British Columbia -- they've legalised same-sex marriage there. ;-)

Both provinces will be very welcome, after all their inhabitants are forced-marched to camps along Hudson Bay... :p

Posted by Pappy 2004-11-16 10:50:21 PM|| 2004-11-16 10:50:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Who cares about same-sex marriage in the Yukon and BC? Hell, in the Yukon, they invented the third sex on -60F nights! They got mines, and they got yeller gold, Arrrrr!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-11-16 11:05:19 PM|| 2004-11-16 11:05:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Nah. Not a troll. Nope. Contributor. Deep. Pithy. Valued. Plain as day. Not a troll.

Posted by .com 2004-11-16 11:08:36 PM|| 2004-11-16 11:08:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Agreed. I find him nuanced and non-personal in his collective cultural/societal aspersions. He's a true talent.

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-16 11:25:52 PM|| 2004-11-16 11:25:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 You do? He is?

Who'd thunk?

Posted by Conanista 2004-11-16 11:43:32 PM|| 2004-11-16 11:43:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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