Site Search:
 
Speak Korean Now!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Canada.
Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4  Next
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
sundubuman



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:49 am    Post subject: Canada. Reply with quote

It's big, it's chilly.....


Discuss.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Nowhere Man



Joined: 08 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:55 am    Post subject: ... Reply with quote

It's proof that global warming is a big fat lie.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Adventurer



Joined: 28 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:59 am    Post subject: Re: Canada. Reply with quote

[quote="sundubuman"]It's big, it's chilly.....


Discuss.[/quote

Perfect for playing hockey, eh?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sundubuman



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hockey is the least of my worries...


inscrutability-


it's name is c a n a d a .............


We will never know what they are up to.................



we must plan for all possibilities..........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
crusher_of_heads



Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We are talking about an allegedly educated voting population that reelected John Cretin to majority governments twice.

That stands out for all the wrong reasons.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
endo



Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crusher_of_heads wrote:
We are talking about an allegedly educated voting population that reelected John Cretin to majority governments twice.

That stands out for all the wrong reasons.



And that bastard Cretien reduced our debt and helped Canada's economy rise.

He should be jailed for treason.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Alias



Joined: 24 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

He was a typical corrupt politician. But at least he kept us out of Iraq.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
crusher_of_heads



Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alzeihmer's doesn't look good at 24 Sussex.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
bonanzabucks



Joined: 09 Jun 2007
Location: NYC

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crusher_of_heads wrote:
We are talking about an allegedly educated voting population that reelected John Cretin to majority governments twice.

That stands out for all the wrong reasons.


3 times.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
The Perfect Cup of Coffee



Joined: 17 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean voted Liberal Party governments to three majorities. The only people who voted for Chretien lived in Shawinigan. Don't blame all Canucks, especially considering the alternatives at the time.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alias wrote:
...at least he kept us out of Iraq.


Is that the best thing that can be said of him?

Canada is a utopia, I hear. Should its leaders not be paragons of virtue, as well...?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Alias



Joined: 24 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Gopher"]
Alias wrote:
...at least he kept us out of Iraq.

Quote:

Is that the best thing that can be said of him?


Not sure if its the best but it is one of them. The leader of the opposition at the time wanted Canada to support the invasion.
Quote:

Canada is a utopia, I hear. Should its leaders not be paragons of virtue, as well...?


No. Who said that? Was it a strawman? Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
bonanzabucks



Joined: 09 Jun 2007
Location: NYC

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alias wrote:
He was a typical corrupt politician. But at least he kept us out of Iraq.


That's not true. Canadian troops were involved in fighting because of troop exchanges with the British and Americans. Technically, Canada was involved, even though they denied it. They were even recently involved with the rescue of those two Canadian hostages last year. If Chretien really wanted to opt Canada out of the war, he would have called back his troops even though they were part of the exchange. He did not. Wonder why?

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060323/hostages_freed_060323/20060323

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/878756/posts

http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com/Articles/200602/20060201_CAN_Iraq_War_Support.htm

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030329/liberals_troops_030328
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Canada. Reply with quote

sundubuman wrote:
It's big, it's chilly.....

The valley where my family lives in B.C. isn't so big and the temperature now is 38 C.

And having spent my formative years on the West Coast I can say that Vancouver and the Island is a heck of a lot warmer in winter than Seoul.

True, much of the country gets an extra month or two of winter. But most of the time (over six months of the year), most of the places Canadians live... not chilly.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alias: the lecture invariably begins "In Canada..."

And most of us have heard the material that invariably follows as well. Really hard to see how this could come as news to anyone.

bonanzabucks wrote:
If Chretien really wanted to opt Canada out of the war...


This is true. But most Canadians will go apoplectic over it. They prefer the fiction they have created for themselves ("Canada fights in Afghanistan but has nothing at all to do with Iraq").

Nevertheless, in multiple ways, immensely helpful or not, Canada and Canadian forces enabled and/or supported U.S. military action in the present Iraqi War/Occupation since Mar. 2003.

NATO is voluntary. Canada ought to withdraw from that if it really wants to disavow American military action and/or demonstrate independence.

But it won't will it? Razz
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4  Next
Page 1 of 4

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe
TEFL Courses, TESOL Course, English Teaching Jobs - TEFL International